MattWatson's definitions

theory bait

An aspect of a story (typically seen in video games) that is vague and seems mysterious, eluding to a grand payoff when in reality it lacks substance and is purely there to bait the community into making theories and wild speculations therefore creating a better narrative than the original author could have made themselves.

I wanted to make popular a video game, but don't know how to write a compelling story so I made theory bait instead and the community wrote the story for me.

by MattWatson December 21, 2019