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Something else in this episode rubbed me the wrong way. And I think I finally figured out the other issues I have. First, the biggest problem with season one was how it teased the questioning of Starfleet values in war and if taking hard action was necessary if it meant winning the war...

Oof... that was a rough episode. We finally find out about our cyborg, and she is a cyborg, and the whole episode tries really hard to make us care about her so the ending matters. But it doesn't. As it does too often, Discovery tries to TELL us there's an emotional connection or something...

Sasquatch and Kobold Press never did their own game system, just 3rd Party stuff. Yes, WotC did work with Green Ronin, but it's not like there were many of other options for people who could do the job and do it on time. And it's not like they tapped Paizo to make one of their 5e Adventure...

Well.... rather than being a source of free advertising, they’d be the competition literally costing WotC money and players. And D&D Beyond, which has sponsored them for a year in a mutually beneficial relationship, would have no reason to do so. And the DnD Twitch stream would have little...

D&D is pretty future proof. If WotC moves onto 6th Edition, they can stick with 5e. There’s no reason they need to play the current version. Of course, if/when WotC does go to 6e, they’ll probably approach people like Critical Role and throw money at them to move over as well, advertising the...

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a critic or detractor. I was just repeating what I saw (and argued against) and posting a link. (Personally, I wanted to table flip after that hack job of a polygon article.) The CR crew is doing a lot to signal boost gaming and do seem to be great human beings.

Joe Manganiello is the most interesting example. Because he came out of nowhere as a gamer and WotC tripped over themselves catering to him. They had him open the Stream of Annihilation and play in several games. They had him on the second season of Force Grey. They let him tour WotC and do some...

Matt Mercer's comments to that effect were partially the result of some people getting upset at their success. There's a lot of growing criticism of Critical Role: https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/11/18256668/critical-role-kickstarter-animated But, really, this is just because it's successful...

Sure. But what's the benefit? They'd lose their D&D Beyond sponsorship. And the players would have to learn new rules and remake their characters. Yeah, it would make them some money from Critters. But they're already doing that with art books, dice, pencils, T-shirts, hoodies, press on...

They could but they probably won't. For a wealth of different reasons. First off, the DM who runs the game—Matt Mercer—is a super busy dude. Heck, all the CR team have day jobs. Making a brand new RPG is a an eff of a lot of work, and requires a very different skill set than running a game or...

Yeah, the first half of season 7 is rough. Not that interesting cliffhanger. Forced new character. Lot of spinning wheels while the wait for the final stretch. But that's probably also as a result of comparing it to the previous two seasons: it's still probably a tighter half season that...

Sure would be nice to be D&D famous enough to have waves of people giving you free stuff. Luke Gygax has given Joe Manganiello soooo much stuff.

The key phrase there being “that can’t be explained”. Yeah, you can fan wank an explanation for most of the changes. That doesn’t mean they’re not changes. The fact that we have to explain it ourselves because they can’t be bothered is an issue and example of them not caring. Heck, even...

We don’t know. They’ve given almost zero backstory to anyone. (Heck, the one alien we got backstory—Saru—has their nature retconned.) That fact you can’t even recall their name is kinda informative for how much attention thye’ve been given.

It’s cute that you think Discovery cares about canon like that...

Because only good shows get reviewed? (Plus, several years of Voyager and Enterprise demonstrate Trek fans will watch shows even if they think they’re bad.)

They can also regrow organs. Like we saw in the episode Worf was paralyzied. And Nog’s artificial leg.

I was quite happy with this episode. It took eleven or twelve episodes, but Tyler FINALLY had to deal with some consequences for cold blooded murder. Plus they had some fall out for the resurrection. And Saru is trying to figure himself out again. Plus, I loved (LOVED!) what they did with...

Yeah... there just might be some bias.