Let’s examine a post-apocalyptic game with a penchant for low-budget outre 90s cinema styles, and a fairly simple core mechanic to boot. It’s octaNe, and it’s pretty interesting, even if I personally never wanna read about Six String Samurai ever again.
System Mastery 
Historical context: octaNe was written between toward the end of Gaming Outpost but before The Forge (~2000). Thanks for spending so much time talking about a really dumb games.