Recent content by Ruin Explorer

It's been a weird one with Paramount+ and Netflix. When Paramount decided they were going to launch a streaming service they ended agreements with Netflix, but then found there would be a big gap before they even were showing Paramount+ in a bunch of markets, so somehow after a few months, older...

Sadly Homeland definitely falls into the "basically propaganda" category despite its controlled cynicism re: the US government and CIA, because its portrayals of other people and places are horrifically racist and reflect propagandistic narratives of that era. The easiest example being its...

I would politely suggest that like, the vast majority of RPG players do not feel that way after they've been playing a very encounter-heavy game on a turn-based mode for say, 20+ hours. That you are quite unusual in this. I mean, it's not only not posing "any real difficulty", it's that...

Yeah I mentioned that the 6m didn't seem to include digital, and I'm trying to avoid being too repetitious so didn't repeat that there. Also I suspect owning the digital PHB is less relevant to how many people are playing because I suspect that's the book with by far the highest "owns in...

Care to quote anyone actually saying that? Because otherwise "Facts not in evidence", as they say, and you're in trouble with the judge.

The US population in 1980 was 226m The US population in 2026 is 341m That's about a 50% increase in population. So a 50% increase in sales would be matching sales. Previous "best guess" estimates (I believe based on figures from Ben Riggs, who is a legitimate researcher and author) on how many...

I'm optimistic on Mistborn. Everything about that seems very doable. That will live and die on the casting though, given the tight focus. If they get someone in charge of casting like Nina Gold*, they're well, uh, golden. If on, the other hand, they get the sort of people who have cast a lot of...

I don't think anyone has ever said that here. I mean there's absolutely no question about that. If that's something you're even considering might not be the case I think you must be making some truly bizarre assumptions. D&D books sell many, many times the numbers they did even at the absolute...

I mean, you should read what you quoted. I literally asked if it was a good deal! That wasn't a purely rhetorical question, that was an actual question! I gave my answer and expected others which didn't make up other opinions and assign them to me. My opinion is right there and doesn't need to...

Yeah and I think Stormlight is prima facie evidence of the eternal truth that limitations breed creativity, and removing those limitations can result in something massive and sprawling but not necessarily actually any better. But there's just Mistborn on the table so far and that's a compact...

Absolutely. D&D genuinely did a good job when they were adapting existing material, and whilst I haven't seen 3 Body (or read the book), my understanding is they did a good job adapting that too. Seems like they have poor judgement/instincts with original material, but extant stuff? Good, maybe...

I think it's very genre-dependent, and particularly how trope-heavy shows are, for me. There are lots of shows, maybe the majority of shows, which I could not background-"watch" whilst playing a game or doing housework or easy work or w/e. Any show which is complex or has strong acting or...