Hi, Ralph. You were one of the people I was thinking of. And rest assured, I haven’t completely abandoned my sidebars in new With Great Power. I need them like Luke needs imps.

Speaking of Mr. Crane, I just want to respond to Paul Beakley’s “[they] come together in a way that I’m skeptical was by design.” I can attest that the conversations were happening in 2004-2005 when BW Revised was being put together that they most assuredly were by design. Some of the conversations were at the Forge, some were on anyway, some were private messages and IMs, lots were face-to-face. But they happened and those systems were there very much on purpose.

Another thought occurs to me and them I’m really, really going to bed. If the game contains the procedures AND the commentary on the procedures, what the heck do you do to promote the game? Maybe the value that Mark mentioned lies in using commentary as promotional material. Vincent sustained a blog for over a decade on commentary. BW has the richness of its forum community.

Hmmm. Maybe I should take those sidebars out of the game and post them on the blog every so often.