User blog comment:ProfessorMcG/Reworking of the Map Games/@comment-461469-20100705235050

but, if their is no figure of authority to try to rein in the implausible parts, then the game isn't any fun, as you aren't using anything realistic: it just becomes a contest of who can think of the weirdest and craziest things. That's when I lose interest.

What we need to find is a balance between the two, I think.