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SCP-8008: TIME PERVERT
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-8008
This SCP Wiki entry riffs on our favorite fan fiction extruder cum doomsayer. It is the deepest, weirdest cut, it relies on having some familiarity with SCP Wiki lore, and it is also very NSFW.
I'm sorry.
Okay, that was actually funny, even though I understood zero of the in-world references. Is the whole SCP project like that or is this one an outlier?
I was of the impression that it's just X-files meets bad creepypasta (I remember the one from years back where some paper-mâché statue chased you around when you weren't looking at it) and never paid much attention to it.
a lot of it's that, but it's also got some really good horror writing
@dgerard @mii the There is no Antimemetics Division series is particularly good.
@Dtl @dgerard @mii
The world-building in that narrative thread is extremely chewy. :D
Because of the silo-ed nature of the OCP bureaucracy, no-one really knows how many times that the world has been destroyed and re-built. :D
@Dtl @dgerard @mii
@cstross
There's another good example in The Secret World :D
https://www.secretworldlegends.com/
It's an early and ongoing experiment in machinima that stands out as being one of the few MMO's that was publicly LBTQ+ friendly. :D
It is known from interviews that some of the writers are fans of @cstross as is evidenced by the world-building for the main story arc. :D
@Dtl @dgerard @mii @cstross
The game mechanics are similar to most tactical MMORPG's, but it's the quality of the storytelling that stands out. :D
In the first section that you are sent to explore, the player is acting as an investigator/cleaner in an HP Lovecraft story. :D
What is also interesting from the pov of gameplay, is that you can only make some of the choices once in the main story arc. :D
Want to make different choices, you have to start again with a new character. :D