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It definitely is a 1st Edition D&D party though - one magic-user, one cleric, one thief, and how many fighters? Five? In those days, a fighter-heavy party was a good starting bet because most of them had a decent chance of surviving to 2nd level. Magic-users, on the other hand, were more likely to s...

Part of Morrowind's success in making the Elder Scrolls mainstream was the very alien feel of its setting. Colossal insects, mushrooms, and ash-covered lands all over. Dark elves being the majority population, soldiers wearing bone armor, the smooth rounded stone architecture, and a handful of Roman...

My guess for why he didn't finish the story is the same as my guess for why it's so long before the next part. Act one is prolog, meet party members... and then hours and hours of mindless grind getting enough power to trigger the end of act one. It gets good after that, but it's a TERRIBLE first i...

Imagine if this scenario happened today. One hour of social media and cable news, and Klaatu would be ready to head back to his ship, peace out, and dial up the robot army.

It's almost like this is a completely different timeline to actual Star Trek canon... I'm all on board with invoking the Death of the Author and viewing Discovery as a different canon from classic Trek, no matter what the producers and writers say. It's not we're like dealing with real history and ...

The bit with Michael flying between ships while the grand chorus tries to inject some majesty to the scene didn't sit right with me either, but mostly because of the fact she was being escorted by things that were either constantly spinning or circling her, like some carnival ride.* When I first saw...

I'm sure it doesn't help that each season had significant turnover with both writers and showrunners, on top of having over twenty-odd producers to begin with. It's tough to maintain a coherent plot when everyone in charge treats it like a ridiculously expensive series of "yes, and..." improv exerci...

I'm sure B5 still dealt with civilian corporations and such after declaring independence. Clarke probably held back on prohibiting transport until he decided if the economic impact was worth it. And despite all the "purity of Earth" sentiment in his government, a direct pipeline to advanced alien te...

The flaming stone head saying "Zog!" gives me Zardoz flashbacks nowadays. And to be fair to the term "climate change," it's also meant to address those people who say "Well, this winter was colder than last year's, so obviously global warming isn't real," unaware that an average overall increase in ...

One of my personal favorite examples of truth being open to interpretation is Mount Rainier. See, growing up a ways south of Seattle, I've lived most of my life seeing a Rainier that looks something like this: https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/118957661_10158103316696973_7747806699871433...