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@jmac In fairness, Ron Edwards was one of the original Edgelords, even at the time. At some point, you may want to look through discussions on the Forge of the period between him and me and several other members of what evolved into the Story Games community, which gave rise to so much of modern game design.

He certainly wasn't alone in that, mind you. Breaking the boundaries and being transgressive was pretty much de rigueur for some of us. But everybody had a different idea of what proper transgression was.

If you get the opportunity, sit down and play Sorcerer with some other people as written in the book. It is shockingly functional and the meta-commentary about games and game design is as applicable today as it ever was, perhaps more so given that a chunk of what became of the SG community became what they hated most in terms of allowing external social pressure to dictate what they create.

What a long, strange trip it's been.