Recent content by TiQuinn

But. Someone. Is. WRONG. On. The. Internet!

I don’t know that I agree, primarily because while you name the positive examples, I’m not sure what are the examples that tripped the trigger for your rant. For example, I read a book like Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master and see a book that is trying to teach people how achieve a particular...

I don’t know - I’m sure someone will be along to tell me this is all a good thing because nothing directly is happening to me, and any worries I have are all my imagination.

I don’t know if this is correct or even helpful but maybe simulation is the overarching term for a combination of abstractions that stand in place for “reality” but when you’re talking about TTRPGs, maybe every rule is really an abstraction at that point.

To me, simulation refers to a focus on the mechanics of the game. The mechanics are approximating something that we have seen elsewhere - it can be the mechanics by which a dragon flies. That’s obviously an imaginary thing but we say it has a speed, a turn radius, the ability to hover or not...

That post hurt my brain just reading it.

Dungeon of the Mad Mage would fit very well for a TV format, IMO. It highlights a boatload of different monsters, doesn’t jump around different locations since it’s all in a dungeon, and yet that dungeon has tons of variety. Each level carries with it its own story making it very episodic in...

I agree there have been massively boneheaded decisions over the years. I think letting Dragonlance die on the vine was one of the biggest. There was a point that in terms of name recognition, the setting and characters were prime candidates for a movie or a tv show. But…it all came about in a...

My personal favorite from this...ahem...subgenre of music is Cher's Dark Lady.

I still like the song from a melody perspective and the call/response singing. I personally recognize it was written in 1950 and a lot of the subtext and turns of phrases had a different meaning then than it does today. But if someone else is bothered by it, I totally get that too.

Is this the point where someone needs to say the hobby has room for everyone? 😂

Big shout out to Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy by David Bowie and Bing Crosby!

Yes. And yes. Though on some level, I have to admire that song's totally naked attempt to get people sobbing (or rolling their eyes).

The preachiness of it is just peak-Lennon for me. It's certainly the better of the two songs (as a contrast/compare - McCartney's song sounds like airheaded drivel with terrible synth), but it's not one I care to hear over and over.

That's fine. (y)(y) I don't know - they took away my executive lounge key.