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Binge Watching and RPG Ideas #886825 Mon 07/08/17 01:40 UTC
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,158 Likes: 1 Gryphon OP Confusingly Confused Moderator
OP Gryphon Confusingly Confused Moderator Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,158 Likes: 1	I spent a little over a week not able to do much except binge watch television shows. As I did, I could not help but think that some of them would make outstanding game ideas. Ones like: MY OWN WORST ENEMY The series followed the life of American secret agent Edward Albright and his cover, Henry Spivey, who had no knowledge of his double life. Albright, played by Christian Slater, was implanted with a chip allowing his handlers to physically switch Albright's personality to that of his cover. However, in the pilot episode, there was a malfunction which caused Albright's personalities to switch at random, revealing his secret life to his alias. Henry was then thrown into the highly dangerous life of Edward, with no real way for the two to communicate except through short cell phone video messages. This looks like it has potential for a few players who, after a mission, find their chips malfunctioning. It could be fun with PCs waking up and always wondering "How did I get here?"

Re: Binge Watching and RPG Ideas Gryphon #886852 Mon 07/08/17 12:13 UTC
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,106 Likes: 5 M MikeD Member
MikeD Member M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,106 Likes: 5	That sounds a bit like Officer Downe MikeD

Re: Binge Watching and RPG Ideas Gryphon #886864 Mon 07/08/17 17:05 UTC
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,011 Likes: 10 Pandemonium Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator
Pandemonium Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,011 Likes: 10	Mike, were you beer posting again? They don't seem quite the same thing at all. Though if it works for you, go for it. I will probably watch Officer Downe just because. Too bad the series only got one year. Seems to be that the interesting concepts don't always get the play I would like.

Re: Binge Watching and RPG Ideas Gryphon #886872 Mon 07/08/17 19:01 UTC
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,106 Likes: 5 M MikeD Member
MikeD Member M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,106 Likes: 5	The premise for Downe is that he gets killed ... pretty much on every assignment ... and is resurrected afterwards with no memory of the previous 'death'. Seemed somewhat similar <shrug> But that =could= be the beer clouding my mind ... or old age ... or too much pizza ... or <weg> MikeD

Re: Binge Watching and RPG Ideas Gryphon #886876 Mon 07/08/17 19:14 UTC
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,011 Likes: 10 Pandemonium Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator
Pandemonium Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,011 Likes: 10	Wasn't sure that death was involved in the first one at all. Though I will admit the lack of knowledge of the past, is a familiar tenet. I still blame it on the beer.

Re: Binge Watching and RPG Ideas Gryphon #886891 Mon 07/08/17 20:36 UTC
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MikeD Member M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,106 Likes: 5	's OK ... I am happy to drink another in support of your tenet <g> MikeD

Re: Binge Watching and RPG Ideas Gryphon #887154 Thu 10/08/17 01:04 UTC
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,158 Likes: 1 Gryphon OP Confusingly Confused Moderator
OP Gryphon Confusingly Confused Moderator Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,158 Likes: 1	No, Slater stays alive through the series, no reincarnation. The plot is an agent has a chip in his brain that switches him from agent to sleeper identity. His memories also switch on and off. The chip malfunctions. It is a modernization of Jekyll and Hyde (Henry and Edward are the two names he goes by depending which persona is switched on).

Re: Binge Watching and RPG Ideas Gryphon #887186 Thu 10/08/17 16:43 UTC
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,011 Likes: 10 Pandemonium Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator
Pandemonium Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,011 Likes: 10	Speaking of old versions of Jekyll and Hyde, I enjoyed a British one from 2007. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497298/

Re: Binge Watching and RPG Ideas Gryphon #887240 Fri 11/08/17 13:05 UTC
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Gypsy Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,452 Likes: 57	Some good actors in that one!

Re: Binge Watching and RPG Ideas Gypsy #887431 Mon 14/08/17 06:10 UTC
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,158 Likes: 1 Gryphon OP Confusingly Confused Moderator
OP Gryphon Confusingly Confused Moderator Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,158 Likes: 1	That series made me a huge fan of all of the actors (who I did not already know). Amazing casting and acting!