Everything posted by Oerwinde
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What's the ONE Thing You've Wanted In RPG's Over The Past Decade?
One thing? New World colonial setting where your colony competes with others and your decisions determine how it develops.
- Will the T-Shirt be "Project of Eternity" or "Pillars of Eternity"? Because honestly I want both.
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Nelson Mandela, dead at 95
He is that big of a prick, but that was a satirical article. The quote about him being the first black rapper made me question its truth. Sadly, I had to get that far to question it.
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Movies you've seen recently
Closest thing to a radio drama I've listened to is some old Goon Show, this should be interesting...
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The Day The Music Died...
That response next to your avatar ruined the silence with laughter.
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Movies you've seen recently
Is Nick Frost supposed to be the best character in ever movie he and Pegg are in, or is that just a coincidence?
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What's on the idiot box... Part 2
Watched Once Upon a Time, how the hell is Pan supposed to recast the curse that brought everyone to storybrook when one requirement is for the caster to sacrifice that which he loves most, and the only thing he loves is himself?
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Movies you've seen recently
Gal Gadot has been cast as Wonder Woman in Batman vs Superman. I hope she pulls a Christian Bale and gains 30 lbs for the role, she looks like a stiff wind could break her in 2. Otherwise not bad casting I guess.
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UK Muslims targeted for speaking out about terror
The thing there, is because they allowed each group a level of autonomy to that degree, they never felt like they were truly Ottomans, which resulted in all sorts of civil war and such. There needs to be a desired level of assimilation and pressure to do so, otherwise you get a patchwork of different people who don't fit with each other, and that doesn't end well. The issue is finding that desired level and the level of pressure that doesn't lead to push back.
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What's on the idiot box... Part 2
You know what Agents of SHIELD needs? Dum Dum Dugan.
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What's on the idiot box... Part 2
Me and the missus really enjoyed the special. Opens up a lot for future stories. Doesn't it kind of negate The End of Time though?
- InExile is plotting to ruin Torment by making it turn-based
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Where are you really from
On my mother's side I'm from an English family that immigrated to British Columbia in the 1800s, one of the founding families of the Comox Valley. On my fathers side I'm mostly Welsh, some older immigrants, some newer(Grandmothers parents moved here from Britain, Grandfather's line dates back further). For a British Columbian I'm relatively old blood.
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What's on the idiot box... Part 2
IO9 described it as 80's sci fi with a modern coat of paint. that's pretty accurate, and not a bad thing.
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RAnDoM VidEO GAmE NeWS
Brian Menze was quite insistant on the io9/Kotaku comments that it was a general dis on preorders and not a crack at Obsidian.
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RAnDoM VidEO GAmE NeWS
I can't stand it when people say "video games aren't serious". video games are a new form of art/entertainment. like movies were in the 20's and 30's. They can be as serious as they intend to be, and someday will MORE engrossing and evocative than any film could hope to be. we haven't gotten there quite yet, but there have been moments in gaming that show glimpses of it. i've cried while playing video games, because of the game itself. twice that i can think of. (walking dead was one of them). how many movies have made me cry? probably about a dozen or so (same for books). I play games for many reasons, but one of them is that I genuinely believe "video games" are the single greatest form of art/entertainment/media we have, and dismissing them as being unacceptable vehicles for social discussion and/or emotional engagement is, imo, dismissing film and literature in the same breath. edit: video games DO have an issue in that most major releases have the emotional maturity of a G.I. Joe cartoon at best. but you can't dismiss the entire medium because the popular trend is to release trashy fiction/railroad-gun-simulators edit 2: also, comic books. most of them are pulp fiction, but some of them are literary works that have a lot of weight and depth. I hope that video games will eventually evolve past where comics have. I think the problem here is you get a lot of "games are art" people who think all games should strive for a higher purpose and the pulpy GI Joe games aren't worth making, and then you get the fans of dumb fun getting all defensive about it. Games can be art, and they can be fun, and they can be fun art. There is room for all of it.
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What's on the idiot box... Part 2
Been watching Steven Universe, based on the hype I was expecting it to be good, at least on Adventure Time's level, but so far its just kind of meh.