Recent content by Ralif Redhammer

Heh, point conceded.

Funny, it was one of the most recent FR novels I've read. For some reason I didn't pick it up back in the day.

I mean, if someone talks about The Turner Diaries as a simple dystopian story, yeah, that's a problem. And yes, something bad does happen. For example, I love the stories of Robert E. Howard, but there's a whole lot of racism and sexism in them, full stop. Not discussing those issues...

I dug the first episode. The smaller scope is nice, but one thing that struck me was that it depicted people just having a good time. No foreshadowing of doom or anything too deep. Been a long time since a Game of Thrones TV show just let people be happy. If it's the one I'm thinking of, yeah...

68 is way too young. Red Magic was a solid entry in the D&D fiction line, and I mined a lot of Raven's Bluff sourcebooks for material back in the day.

I fail to see how not being critical of flawed (and ultimately failed) ideas like the Confederate leads anywhere good.

Yeah, Spire is a striking game, with a deeply detailed setting and the mechanics to back it up.

Considering SDCC pulled almost twice what Gen Con did last year, I'm not surprised.

I played the 1997 Blade Runner game on the Switch. Originally released in 1997, it's got some great moments, but is constrained by the technology of the time it was created. It evokes the mood of the film quite well, even having a number of the original actors reprise their roles in it. But...

As much as I love that piece of art, it's represents what drove me to stop using wyrmling category dragons in my games. A dragon should be fearsome and majestic, not an overgrown winged alligator. But it is a great work of art. You can instantly recognize each character's class, their pride in...

It's a great convention, to be sure. But I've gotten sick every time I've gone, and numerous other people I know have as well. It's during flu season, and is in a relatively small space with an ever-increasing number of tickets sold. I would advise wearing a mask and taking any other precautions...

Sir Terry has a wise and funny quote for every occasion.

That's the thing - is there an artistic vision or is it just a set piece/stage for the action scenes. The latter is, in my opinion, one of the things that really is hindering big genre movies, whether it's Star Wars or Marvel or whatever. The scenery doesn't tell a story, it showcases the...

I think it goes back to excellence of execution. The digital environments of the prequels don't feel real, but when you look at LOTR or The Fifth Element, they do. Heck, that goes back further - look at the matte paintings of Blade Runner versus Hawk the Slayer (though I would argue that a bad...

The answer to all that is probably the CGI environments. No longer constrained by real places or physical artifacts (matte paintings, miniatures, sets), people just free jazzed on their digital sets. There's a distinct untethering from reality.