Recent content by Bohandas

Politicians are always trying to ban the best videogames and playground equipment. That goes double for 'think-of-the-children' politicians

Alchemy - Call of Cthulhu. The PCs are searching for the laboratory of an ancient alchemist who supposedly learned the secret of transmuting base elements from Nyarlathotep. When they reach his laboratory what they find is not the philosopher's stone but an atom bomb core

I almos forgot about Breadfinder https://breadfinder.thecomicseries.com/comics/first/

I have this deranged idea rattling around in my head of elves being sent by Santa Claus to assassinate some celebrity or political figure because that's what some dying child wants as their very special Christmas wish. The PCs could either be the elves or the celebrity's security detail

Half-Life did it more in the second game, which in addition to having its own tram sequence at the beginning also had the scene in the lab, the scene in the cave, and the villain's monologue at the end, which admittedly weren't in vehicles but were otherwise the same thing I've had people tell...

What was the deal with games with boring unskippable intros around the turn of the century. ie. Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, etc. They all started with really long boring sequences where your character is stuck in some kind of vehicle and can't do anything. In the case of the...

That game sounds pretty garbage. That's two things that are dealbreakers for me - limited saves and unskippable cutscenes EDIT: That reminds me, does anybody know if there's a word for sequences that are like cutscenes but aren;t cutscenes? Like the part in Half-Life 2 where a bunch of boring...

I hate games that don't let you save

What about a Psion/Cleric who solves pronlems with the awesome power of thoughts and prayers

As it is written in the face book

That sounds much better than modern times. Nowadays flame wars have mostly been replaced by a mix of lynch mobs, echo chambers, and/or rules against discussing anything controversial

it's idiomatic!

If he left off dreaming you where do you suppose you'd be - Idea I had for a gonzo Call of Cthulhu storyline where the universe is gradually revealed to be an intrusive thought in the mind of Azathoth, and Nyarlathotep a sort of psychiatrist dedicated to eliminating it. The Elder Gods, who...