Recent content by Ruin Explorer

Okay these two have been added to my list because they sound like something I'm missing!

I mean, there are a lot - Shadowdark, Daggerheart and PF2 are probably the most prominent, but we're in a golden age if you want a game that's a lot like D&D, but caters to a more specific taste (there are the close 5E-likes, like ToV and A5E, but also Cairn, Draw Steel!, OSE, WWN, 13th Age 2E...

I dunno, I feel like WotC were actually at-odds with the overall RPG-playing (including super-casual) social media climate, not like, violently so, but they weren't in-tune with it. Like, games like Daggerheart or Shadowdark seem much more in-tune with that than WotC. The increasing pure...

The sheer lack of context I have for this is amazing, especially as to why Mistborn might now involve a Star Empire lol. Don't tell me anything! I'll find it out when I need to!

Such a Cormyr-ass thing to do! Always with the bureaucracy, always with the charters! smdh (I kid but goddamn, I swear if 3E hadn't come out one of my 2E campaigns would probably have involved with the very high level PCs overthrowing the Obarskyr dynasty out of sheer annoyance with them...

I don't think so personally, I think it's much more likely it was the result of the particular risk-averse corporate leadership being worried that it wouldn't fit with D&D's ultrasafe image. I don't think the social media climate is overall more positive re: the particular issues Dark Sun...

I'm not sure why competence would be an issue. Changes of corporate leadership are almost always accompanied by some changes of direction. It's incredibly unusual for them to not be, in a corporate environment, frankly. So I doubt it's "can't follow it", what's much more likely is "have a...

MorningLightMountain remains one of the greatest antagonists in SF I swear. Also probably one of the most frequently-referenced fictional characters between my wife and I lol.

Well, too bad I'll never get to see that lol because the digressions in book 3 were just a step too far (but I did finish the book, I'll give him that!). When he put out the first book I had six RL friends reading it. The last gave up after book 4. Maybe he can do an experiment in condensing...

I don't think that is a common definition of "clickbait", I'm afraid. Not saying it's an impossible or unreasonable one, but the word "common" has a meaning. Especially with "extremely" attached to it. I looked it up to see if this was just me having a big blindspot or out-of-touch with how a...

Total aside but wife switched from Motorola to Google Pixel and has had way more issues with autocorrect since. Maybe Motorola has the least-offensive autocorrect on Android?

Yeah that tracks honestly. Every time I've rewatched it's been more and more noticeable how messed-up the pacing is. And I will credit Sanderson with this - whilst I think he's messed up pacing plenty of times, he has managed, even in 1200-page behemoths which should have been edited to like 400...

It is. I could mean absolutely nothing beyond "videogames are tough to direct, I've had enough man!" (I think most likely) or it could be pre-emptively moving Ohlen off a ship he expects to sink (less likely I suspect).

Sadly the novel is pretty bad. I actually gave up on it, which is not normal for me and Hamilton. I think the poor guy got given an absolute metric buttload of worldbuilding info and told to integrate it all, and struggled a bit because it wasn't his creation (despite a brave effort). The...

What is your definition of "usual", Fitz? Because "something someone typically does" is to me, the definition of "usual". And you seem to be saying exactly that WotC typically does this thing you're saying is not usual? Am I going insane? "They didn't always do it" is fine but that's different...