Wofano Wotanto
Hero
Well, one can dream.And once we stop arguing about the usage we will be one step closer to world peace
Geek Confessional Thread 2024
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You got farther than I did. Couldn’t stand it.
GrimCo
Hero
Salty rant incoming. Easily offended fans, prepare butt ointment.
Herbert's Dune is hot garbagio. First 3 books are semi decent as political SF with mostly coherent story. After that, it goes into mess akin to philosophical ramblings of philosophy student on acid. Also, it's boring. On the other hand, some of prequel books are actually interesting, like 3 books about houses. At least those books don't try to be anything other than light generic SF.
DS9, especially Domion War, is best Star Trek. Hands down.
SW ep 1-3 are solid fun movies. Rogue One is only decent "new" SW film, and that film is more or less just SW version of partisan movie.
Big Bang Theory is decent sitcom and only got better with inclusion of female cast.
I don't mind reboots of popular old films if they well done. Total Recall with Collin Farell was better than original with Arnold.
I don't care if WoTC tries to close off their licenses, nor do i care if they try to screw over other publishers. In the end, they are all competing for the same pool of customer money. As a customer, only thing i care is if end product has good value proposition or not.
Main line Marvel/DC comics are mostly boring cash cows, same goes for movies/tv shows.
Herbert's Dune is hot garbagio. First 3 books are semi decent as political SF with mostly coherent story. After that, it goes into mess akin to philosophical ramblings of philosophy student on acid. Also, it's boring. On the other hand, some of prequel books are actually interesting, like 3 books about houses. At least those books don't try to be anything other than light generic SF.
DS9, especially Domion War, is best Star Trek. Hands down.
SW ep 1-3 are solid fun movies. Rogue One is only decent "new" SW film, and that film is more or less just SW version of partisan movie.
Big Bang Theory is decent sitcom and only got better with inclusion of female cast.
I don't mind reboots of popular old films if they well done. Total Recall with Collin Farell was better than original with Arnold.
I don't care if WoTC tries to close off their licenses, nor do i care if they try to screw over other publishers. In the end, they are all competing for the same pool of customer money. As a customer, only thing i care is if end product has good value proposition or not.
Main line Marvel/DC comics are mostly boring cash cows, same goes for movies/tv shows.
payn
Glory to Marik
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
The question of unrealistic expectations is an open one, but calling CR "D&D porn" is a little harsh. I think it is more like the difference between watching Wimbleton versus playing pickleball.
overgeeked
Open-World Sandbox
I hated the Hickman Manifesto until I read it and dug into it.
Here's a link to a post, video, and quotes from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
One highlight is: "For many years at GenCon and other conventions, I would give a lecture entitled: “It Isn’t Whether You Live or Die…” it’s how you play the game. In it I fervently espoused the idea that character death in the midst of heroic action was vastly preferable to a boring, long-lived character trudging along in the middle of the party and soaking up XP."
Here's a link to a post, video, and quotes from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
One highlight is: "For many years at GenCon and other conventions, I would give a lecture entitled: “It Isn’t Whether You Live or Die…” it’s how you play the game. In it I fervently espoused the idea that character death in the midst of heroic action was vastly preferable to a boring, long-lived character trudging along in the middle of the party and soaking up XP."
Autumnal
Bruce Baugh, Writer of Fortune
…with regard to how quickly you can get a plumber to make a house call.
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