Topic: Neal Stephenson wants your money.

[Karyn]

And you might want to give it to him...

http://kck.st/NoObyE

[Caffiene]

A lot of interesting stuff there... Im not hugely interested in the realistic sword stuff specifically, just because I dont know enough to tell realistic from non-realistic sword stuff. But I can see how having it could add a heap to a game, and a bunch of the other stuff sounds really cool too. The motion controlled duelling looks fun.

[arthwollipot]

OMG AT LAST someone's at least making an attempt to introduce realistic swordplay into gaming.

Unfortunately, I suspect this won't work very well, because realistic swordplay is actually rather boring. There's a reason why movie and game sword fights are unrealistic. A real fight lasts seconds before someone sticks his sword in the other guy's face.

I really hope Neal can make it work.