OT: Vampire: ... -Redemption

[Steve Ames <steve@virtual-voodoo.com>]

Apologies to the maintainer of this list... this posting is pretty
off-topic.

Anyone heard anything about this? Sound pretty slick:

> Vampire Interview 8:46 PM (your time) Chris "Outlaw" O`Brien     (0)       
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> GameSpot has kicked up an interview with Activision's Chris Hewish. 
> Chris is currently the producer for Nihilistic's highly anticipated 3D 
> accelerated blood-sucking role-playing game, Vampire: The Masquerade - 
> Redemption. Here's some sweet ass loving:

	GameSpot News: We've been waiting a long time since Vampire 
	was first shown at E3 in 1999. We were pretty amazed at what 
	we saw then. What is the one feature (in your opinion) that 
	you think will blow away gamers and make them need your game?

	Chris Hewish: That one feature would be the storyteller mode, 
	which wasn't shown at E3 '99. Basically this feature allows 
	one person to act as the storyteller (aka game/dungeon master), 
	while the players control their individual characters. Basically 
	we're using the Internet/LAN as a virtual tabletop, modeling 
	the entire experience around the one you'd get when playing 
	any pen-and-paper RPG around a real table with your friends. 
	The storyteller will be able to control the gaming environment 
	in real time as they choose. This could be anything from 
	monitoring and altering an existing adventure or going freeform 
	in an unscripted world. The really powerful thing about this 
	feature is that it allows the storyteller to respond to 
	his/her players' special needs while creating a gaming 
	experience that is much more personalized/responsive than 
	your standard prescripted/unalterable adventure.

Good hype...

-Steve