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I agree that they would willingly do (and did) a favour for Gandalf, however would they do something that their master (Manwe was it?) wanted the free folk to accomplish on their own? I very much got the feeling that the destruction of the Ring was a task that the Valar wanted the people to accomplish independently, perhaps as a reckoning for the pride of Numenor and Saurons turning of that people, redemption? Though with a little help from the five Wizards of course. I always wondered whether Tolkien had a seperate line for the five Wizards in his Ring poem originally: Five Wizards to wander the wilds of Middle Earth or somesuch.

There is a theory that Gandalf was headed to the eagles when they got stopped by Sauron and forced to pass through Moria. Gandalf died, and no one else said "Hey!! Let's go to the eagles!" Because they were being persued by Orcs, and the Elves were closer. The eagles' home is located on the other side of the mountains. Still the Elves should've sent them to the eagles. Anyway... Would Gandalf, even as the white, be able to "command" the Eagles to do anything? As I remember from the Silmarillion the creatures were the favoured creations and servants of one of the high Valar, and acted according to his and maybe Illuvatar's commands, not those of a Maiar, even one serving his masters agendas. I may be misremembering however, it's been a while.

I predict that it will be a fair while (if ever) before the fields of Valve are sown with salt.

From the director of "Mad Max" comes the latest and greatest action hero "Miffed Sadie."

Good Lord were you chaps right about season 4 of Babylon 5, those two massive arcs squeezed into that one season felt rushed and really quite disjointed. In truth its sapped my desire to watch season 5 somewhat. Oddly enough i've been playing Sacred Gold on and off for quite a while and stumbled upon an easter egg recently, a hidden Shadow ship that proceeded to zap me with its purple laser. The room before has "If you go to Zhadun you will die" spelled out in large letters on the floor as well.

Thaos Ix Arcanon I/Ovara? The old Ultima translation skills returning.

Theory of the week. It is a time of rampant apathy in the Universal Heirarchy, Raiders from the Spoon Nebula have penetrated into the very heart of the Heirarchy and discovered some excellent dining establishments, a number of comfortable and affordable hotels and a vast variety of leisure facilities. Armed with this knowledge they delay their urgent mission to deliver the Poe novella manuscript from the editors of Zlaartl VI to a remote planet called Mud, and settle down for some well earned R&R, after two weeks of which they send for their families and make a vacation out of it. Meanwhile on the barren sands of Splectrum the nubile young princess Pomegranite reclines on a beach towel and has her friend Lhuk rub copious amounts of oil into her soft skin, while ocassionally admonishing his clumsy efforts, and wondering why he grips his Photon Falchion so determinedly. Unbeknowst to the attractive couple (but knownst to us,) these are the twin children of Plop Zarniblet, scourge of twelve sectors, leader of the Heirarchical Myrmidons, and a practicioner of the ancient religion known as Methodism! Can the Raiders be roused from their naps before dinnertime? Will Lhuk and Pomegranite commit a mortal sin? Will Lhuk break his Falchion? Will Plop build his ultimate weapon of destruction the Zarniblet casino, restaurant and automated photon phalanx interceptor emporium? Stay tuned for next weeks exciting episode, same time, same place, be there or be an equal sided quadrilateral.

Regis narrating possibly? If so the chap must have found some more expedient means of regeneration after Stygga, possibly a plot point? It will be interesting to see a thriving Nilfgaardian protectorate such as Toussaint, especially when set against the barbaric Northern Kingdoms "freedom," inform ones choices of who to support in the disputed lands and Skellige as well perhaps.

I'm keeping an eye on it because of the unusual innovations it promises. Have they implemented a thrusting mechanic in the swordplay yet? I was a little disappointed to see only swinging in the early versions, as the thrust seems a far more obligatory attack. It reminds one of the first Diablo game ambience wise, which is no bad thing of course.

Excellent punmanship sir.

Reminds me, I recently watched the original movie with the kids (to great response I might add,) but I seem to remember one part being a little different: That being the chair/hand possession scene with the lovely Ms Weaver, as I remember that scene went on for a while longer and the chair/hands were on rather first name terms with the actress so to speak. In this cut the scene seemed very truncated, am I (or my hormones) misremembering? I'm similarly not impressed by the trailers, but then again I gave up in the franchise after the second film with young Dragonslayer and the chap from Die Hard.

The "online" part.

Usually in my experience an inexperienced young person from a privileged background, with an elitist frame of mind, a smug demeanour and a hypocritical lack of regard for self reflection.

I always wonder why common murders and such aren't judged as hate crimes? For instance when Mr Sutcliffe was beating prostitutes skulls in with his claw hammer back when I was a lad, surely there was a certain level of hate involved there. I'm not sure that the term fits really.

It's still not released? I think we should begin to unveil the conspiracy theories now: My money is on a Nepyunian Slaarh beast holding the script to ransom because of innappropriate resemblances to political situations in its own dimension. Either that or Mr Avellone has written something so dangerously seditious and ruthless as to make the Prince seem positively meek, and the publishers are afraid of what shockwaves its release may bring.

The Sky at Night featuring a look at Mercury with the recent solar transit upcoming, a very odd planet, but then again many heavenly bodies are strange. Followed by Kurosawa's Ran, the maestros take on Lear. I can't think of a better night of televisual entertainment, sometimes the beeb is worth the license fee, it's becoming rarer but the potential is still there.

I believe they were all consumed by one of the Hive Fleets according to canon, strange to have Ratlings and what have you but no Squats for some reason. Probably just another means of helping to distinguish the Fantasy and 40k brands, like with the disappearance of the Zoats and other elements from Rogue Trader.

Wow, well thank you Mr Sands, think i'll stick to the original games based on that however.

I have to ask to those who've finished the game, is it true that the antagonist is

Yep, content needs updating to mesh with "modern day gamers" and "sexism" has to be fought everywhere. Because **** internal logic, down with the patriarchy, privilege something something. They had a thread over at BD discussing this too. Barely made it to page 2 before it was shot down and offenders were dealt with. You know things are ugly when you're told to go to the KKKodex if you resent someone else's political agenda being shoved down your throat. And now I'm probably treading on thin ice myself because badmouthing other companies is a big no-no here at Obsidz'... So in other news, I'm playing through this. Installing some mods (SCS and tweaks) broke tons of strings and now items have random and nonsensical names and descriptions. Hasn't affected dialogues, so... What would be quite humorous in my opinion is to have the Cleric at the end of their narcissistic lecture say in closing, "Please donate to my Patron." This is quite a fitting play on words, referencing churches habits of taking donations, Tempus being her patron in a spiritual sense, while at the same time referencing the modern phenomena of spoiled young adults begging online like the genuinely needy, instead of working for a living.

How strange, why would there be any but extremely poor transgendered people in Faerun? Magic Users are in every city and a Polymorph spell will change gender immediately, there is no need for all of the pretense. I can only blame (obviously) poor writing, lack of research and a failure to apply logic. Still hardly something to fuss over, modders are allowed to put whatever they want in a game. I have to ask however, for those who are playing, whether the Bhaal essence at Boarskeyr (spelling?) Bridge is dealt with in any manner in this game, or just handwaved away? This seems like the only interesting plot point to me i'm afraid to say, as WotC have effectively destroyed the Bhaalspawn saga with their canonical PnP treatment of poor Abd Al Adrian.

As a nipper I think the Eagle was very much of its time, though making enormous strides for the medium, an optimistic and pro everyman publication with obvious sensible conservative undertones. 2000ad (reading as a teenager) however wore its colours and biases on its sleave quite clearly, though without the modern penchant for condescension, spiteful hypocrisy and preaching. Then again almost every form of media was anti Thatcher in those days, even those who had suffered through the mismanagement of the 70s socialist dream/nightmare reality, she was enormously iconic and easily demonised/caricatured.

Back to the Witcher 3, just living the life of an itinerant Witcher, wandered back into Novigrad for some reason to hear Priscilla singing of Yen and Geralt. I'd forgotten just how well made this game is, usually singing in video games comes off as far too mawkish and cringeworthy, like Lillyallan's song from Dragon Age or any Bioware cutscene really, but this was actually touching and well implemented. Firmly lodged in ones noggin now as well, i've already caught myself humming a few bars. Strange that Jaskier doesn't get such a moment.

The GM wants to tell their story, and what you the player wants doesn't matter, it's all about the GMs pets and their brilliant narrative. Strange how such a common poor practise amongst novice GMs is carried out by experienced developers.

It's a Bioware game, don't expect logic or any kind of reasoning, perhaps the pioneers had a spare few thousand millenia to throw away making the journey to the nearest galaxy?