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Bethesda also didn't make FO1 or FO2, nor does anyone who worked on them work at Bethesda, nor indeed has anyone who had a major role in FO1 or FO2 ever had a major role at Bethesda (even if the FO3 and FO4 era), AFAICT, and indeed Bethesda's vision of "what Fallout is" notably rejects FO2's...

I mean, 8Chan already exists. But seriously WoW without moderators would rapidly degrade into just nazi trolls - because any totally unmoderated chat with enough people in it always does. Because nazi trolls have no self-awareness, no self-control, no sense of decency, no sense of decorum, no...

No, I'm not, because it's not saying it's "definitely a bad business decision". That is literally you projecting on to my comment lol. As a business decision, in the sense of getting eyes of Apple TV, it may be a good decision. Or not. We just don't know. What I'm suggesting is that it will...

9 is pretty much the worst-reviewed one (though Famitsu, the most respected Japanese review mag, thought it was pretty close to 8 in overall quality, and I feel like they're the most trustworthy on this particular genre). However for the low, low price of free, and never having played Dynasty...

Daniel Abraham, I think. He's worked closely with GRRM before, I think GRRM is kind of his mentor, and he's written multiple epic series, especially with his collaborator as SA Corey (The Expanse). Tonally he works in a similar space to GRRM, even though I don't anything he's written that I've...

I really doubt that that's the choice being made, though, do you think it is? I think it's much more likely they're giving a certain amount to Apple TV, which can be negotiated a little, but not vastly. I suspect it's more like $700m+ on several seasons of one huge, meaningless, loud TV show...

Yeah it does seem like we're there, but it was a lot of books to get to that point! Personally I think they just need to do a time-skip, (huge spoilers)

I'd personally strongly rate Novik's Uprooted over Spinning Silver. It's got a lot of similar ideas but it executes insanely better on every single one, and is also more unique, and also doesn't have a distractingly insane attempt at apologia for landlords kicking out destitute peasants (one of...

I mean, was there a time when most SF/F books weren't? After the 1970s anyway. Maybe there was a brief window in the 1990s and early 2000s when increasing taste levels combined with more careful use of art so some SF/F books didn't routinely look like the tackiest junk imaginable, but a lot of...

For sure, but that's not really the issue I would suggest. A four-year-old can footle around hitting the easiest monsters (if it's anything but those, they'll be dying a lot, which I doubt they'd enjoy), or monsters made easy because someone else got gear/hearts on the character, and that'll...

I am always interested in excessively long YouTube video essay recommendations! This one has appeared in my YouTube recs before but I ignored it because of the title, but with your recommendation I'll add it to my to-watch.

I'm a little worried about this. Not because I don't think Sanderson is sane, relatively sensible, or organised or whatever, but for two specific reasons: 1) Sanderson has almost no experience in the industry and this is a huge role. Really close to none - basically none - because the only...

BotW is an insanely impressive game but I think it absolutely falls outside the kind of gameplay described because it's a serious metroidvania with a ton to unlock (a lot of which works in intuitive but still complex ways). Even the short gameplay loop I'd characterise as a lot longer than...

Is it? What do you base this on? Do you mean re: other stuff getting called "romantasy"? ??? I'm not trying to - I'm pointing out that plenty of good works get labelled "romantasy" right now (because the genre is very fashionable) so suggesting the whole thing is "trash" in a broader sense...

Yeah it's one of those ideas which is neat, but can very rapidly wear out its welcome. Two movies playing it for laughs, fun! Dozens of episodes of an anime taking it mostly seriously (as even the ones with comedic-seeming premises do in practice)? Not so great.

Good luck with that, tell us if you find one! I definitely get you there - I love roguelike and soulslike games and heavy stories buuuuuut sometimes you don't want any of those! The only genre I can think of which really features that is Boomer Shooters, but I'm guessing when you say "action...

That's a bit like saying "dark fantasy is awful" or "epic fantasy is awful" or whatever though, because it's such a broad sweeping claim about an extremely diverse genre that it just shows you're basically unfamiliar with the genre. There's certainly a lot of romantasy that is both trashy and...

Yes I'm well aware of it sadly.

Isekai just means portal fantasy essentially (most literal translation is "a different world") and includes reincarnation, planar travel, alternate realities, time travel that actually changes stuff, as well as "trapped in a video game" and so on. It's not inherently bad, it's just like...

Technology limits this a bit, implying electronics or at least mechanical devices. I have a whole bunch of kitchen stuff that's 40+ years old and still in use, but I wouldn't call any of it technology (plates, cutlery, etc.). I think actual technology, it's pretty much going to be the Stanley...