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Ok I think I need to see some new episodes to see if they actually feel like adult Millenials or if they just slapped than on them.

My initial impression flattened a bit. I finished it yesterday and while the strenghts remain, I must say that unfortunately the author took something from videogames that I could've been good without: level grinding. In the middle of the book there are some boring passages where Carl and...

I understand that, I found characterization not a little thing though. Imagine Homer suddenly behaving and speaking like Lisa (without any plot reason). And a lot of their characterization and background is based on their generation, at least thats how I read them. I mean its not a big thing...

But it is exactly that. Just because its organic and good, doesnt make it something else. Its exposition and its a lot. Yes, some plot events happened already but it still feels all like the premonition of the REAL inciting incidient that will push the players into action and form them in their...

haha thanks for the reminder - I actually really liked that one, don't know how I could forget

Yes I exaggerate to make the point that acting like there is none exposition is wrong. The monologues are just an obvious example, but the two episodes are THE exposition. Its the introductory act to the story where all the characters and the world get introduced. There is not a lot of plot...

of course we have, everytime someone rolls high on an INT check and Brennan delivers a 5-minute lore dump.

I didn't touch Dungeon Crawler Carl for a year since I heard of it for the first time. I hate LitRPG, I alwas hated the trope of being part of a game and leveling up in a story and all that metagameplay being forced into a story. But everyone told me to give it a chance and that I would like it...

Not about gaming, but reading: This is how I got out of my 10 year long reading slump! I read whatever I am in the mood for and I stop reading when I feel forcing myself. Yes this sometimes leads to having a dozen started books and none finished, but I don't stress myself anymore about started...

I love it! This could be the first CR campaign I will actually watch every week - although I said the same about CR2 and CR3 and than they lost me at some point. But I know Brennans style a lot from Dimension 20, which I watch religiously. I think it shows that Brennan has tons of experience as...

I am excited! C2 was when I discovered CR and was the campaign I watched the most (although it lost me like all other CR campaigns at some point).

1. The Dark Knight 2. The Prestige 3. Oppenheimer 4. Batman Begins 5. Inception 6. The Dark Knight Rises 7. Tenet 8. Interstellar Havent seen the other ones. People claiming Interstellar is the new "2001" made me so mad. I think Nolan is the most overrated contemporary director. I still see...

This. I hope nobody is really surprised about that it literally is stated in the DMG. No they are not overlooked. In the DMG it clearly states how much combat is expected for a full adventuring day. People not playing the game as intented is not the fault of the design. This is the reason why I...

I had to google that reference :D Anyways I am less talking about scientific facts and more about characterization and cohesive writing. The Simpsons did care about that back when I watched them - but that was years ago, I think I stopped watching around season 15-18.

I really like that comparison and can completely understand that drive - unfortunately it still doesnt work for me, because adventuring in DnD means being a heavily armed combatant. Its not like like D&D adventurers just want to broaden their horizon - they are ready to slaughter everybody who...

Or the actors just changing it. If I recall correctly Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher famously dunked on Lucas' writing and changed a lot of dialogue "Thats not how people talk, George"

These are my personal favorite backstories. I don't like the "happy farmer wants to go on adventure" because I don't like playing naive characters and also I often can't grasp how that happy farmer becomes a warlock just like that for example. Or a druid. There must be something more, some...

That could be an interesting backstory, but I wouldn't default to it. Someone fleeing from conscription would be a typical fish out of water character, being away from his homelands. (In their homeland they would do the opposite of adventuring, staying down and hide). Also as to my knowledge in...

thats quite interesting. I wonder if they only did this change to make a flashback with marge in the 90s as a teenager of if the characterization of the Simpsons did actually change. Because Homer and Marge were always written as boomers. The whole setup doesnt make sense if they are millenials...

I understand what you mean although this is one of the reasons asian literature is so interesting to me - because they have complete different understanding of dramatic structure and of course in terms of content vast cultural differences. Feels always quite fresh to me while Western literature...