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I think that kind of flexibility shows how the game is best played.

A 2e game sounds great! Maybe 2e will be our next D&D campaign. We’re playing 5e now after a 2-year 0e (Labyrinth Lord) game and I admit it a nice change of pace to be able to do heroic practically from the start. 2e with the common house rules and all the kits/splatbooks would make a nice...

Intradiegetic criticism is a species of fan fiction. Sometimes entertaining, sometimes… not.

The thoughts of a character are a fiction the player authors. Characters exist within the fiction as their players ‘write’ them and as their actions are ratified & reified by the DM and other players.

Always. The metagame level is the actual world, where all character decisions are ultimately made.

I haven’t finished the final episode yet — didn’t notice it was almost 90 minutes long when I started it late last night — but much respect to Seth for going out on a classic TNG slice-of-life episode. Also, the Kaylon Primarch announcing he’s leaving a small contingent to defend the homeworld...

You are not incorrect. A quick right-now ranking: HBOMax (you can watch Our Flag Means Death, Harley Quinn, and Criterion hits, nuff said) Apple+ (best quality/price ratio, Severance, For All Mankind) Netflix (lots of good stuff but too big, the content firehose is bad) Disney/Hulu (lots of...

I see this a puzzle/challenge design issue. Is the challenge in finding the THING (valuable, clue, etc.) or in what the what to DO with the THING once it's found? The older I get, the less interested or perhaps able I am to describe the physical details in an imaginary space. At least with the...

I voted 'no'. As a player in a cooperative social game, you are always justified in doing your part to keep things running smoothly, though. Even if means occasionally ignoring the advantage.

I wasn't interested until I read about the cancellation and found out the directors worked on Ms. Marvel. Now I'm disappointed! Ms. Marvel had the kind of visual style/distinctiveness the Disney/Marvel needs a lot more of. I'm also kinda worried because HBOMax is a great service with a broad...

I think the trajectory of 'woke' is: Black slang --> ironic Black slang (according to Jane Costin and that guy on Atlanta, at least) --> ironic progressive slang --> conservative pejorative --> progressive slang (reclaimed pejorative). But don't quote me on it. Gotta check with my linguist fiends.

It's Babylon 5, Season 4 Syndrome. I think Seth is trying to complete the major story arcs because it's not clear another season is coming. Though with all the good press this season is getting, I wouldn't bet against more New Horizons.

I find most people like that who have postmodernism in mind have no idea what postmodernism is.

Minor, positive. I'd say social media had a much larger effect.

... the drug of the nation. Good one!

We have the windows open this morning for the first time in over a week. It's been hot here in Philadelphia. Another heat wave starts tomorrow, with 5 days of 90F+ weather. It could hot 100F on Thursday, just in time for my wife's appointment downtown. I was at a pool party last weekend in...

I love the first Yp Man, but if we’re doing series, I have to give it to the later Mission Impossibles. They keep getting… better??? (in defiance of normal franchise logic).

Sure. Hauer’s Roy Batty secures his place in movie history, full stop.

Weirdos, eh? Here’s Laurie Anderson feat. William S. Burroughs.

Have some Bettie Serveert. “Dust Bunnies” is one of the 90s best albums.