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rjshae

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  1. I've played it several times, but never really got into it. It's not party-based and you seem to spend a lot of time with your character walking from place to place. The character building process seems unbalanced, but the game has a lot of unique detail. For me, a comparable game play-style-wise would be Divine Divinity, although I enjoyed DD much more.
  2. I know this won't be a popular opinion, but I still find the Dune (2000) mini-series was the most faithful to the actual novels. It doesn't have the visual fireworks you see in the films, of course, but a longer TV series can cover the more mental aspects that made the books work.
  3. Started watching Extraordinary on Hulu. It's effing hilarious. British humour. Rated MA.
  4. I finished up the Loki series on Disney. For a god of mischief, that outcome sure seems like a less than desirable day job. But okay... Why do fantasy stories (almost) always seem so utterly random? They're basically "random sh*t happens", the end.
  5. Funny, I used to really enjoy the stuff that Whedon put out on screen. But now, knowing what we know, it's all got a creepy edge to it. But yeah, Dollhouse was a pretty good series. I wouldn't mind a remake with a longer run.
  6. Personally I prefer not to shoot up the tanks. Just let the fish swim in peace.
  7. At the time I had a sense that the game suffered a lot of criticism on release and didn't sell as well as expected. That may be why we didn't see a sequel. However, the responses seem better these days so perhaps there will be growing nostalgia?
  8. Yes, I've tried some of them; a few are quite good. They can suffer a bit from balance issues though. Perhaps from a lack of play testing?
  9. Yes, I've finished most of that campaign now. It's pretty decent, about on a par with the other Solasta campaigns. I'm not sure how much I want to finished the final slog though. The best part is the new add-on tilesets and other features that are sure to start showing up in user modules. It might even be possible to build an Icewind Dale-like campaign now.
  10. "The Hundred Years War" by Jonathan Sumption, or at least the first volume thus far. It's a lengthy read.
  11. PROJECTing a victory by MICHIGAN in their bowl game...
  12. I caught this via a posting on ModDB: there's a kickstarter underway for Undershadows, which bills itself as a 'horror adventure RPG'. Considering the low financial goals and hand-drawn graphics, this game actually seems surprisingly creative and artistic. It's targeted at a young audience though. There's a demo available.
  13. Going back to give Tyranny another try. I'm enjoying it a little more now.
  14. Because "metagaming"? From one perspective the NPCs are a gaming resource, which sometimes get expended. What this did for me is provide an incentive for a party member to intervene when an NPC gets in a bad tactical position, which is probably a more realistic behavior.
  15. Yes I had crew members die on my latest play-through. I suppose it provides an added incentive to avoid boarding actions against tougher opponents, as well as to hire new crew mates.
  16. I finally finished up a complete play-through Deadfire. It was a more enjoyable experience this time since I didn't prioritize chasing Eothas and just went where the story took me. Now I'm off to do the same with P:WotR. Yeah, it's almost retro gaming at this point.
  17. Editor FreshLook on the Vault has been doing some interesting work to enhance the game appearance: https://forum.neverwintervault.org/t/project-fl/409 This would work with the existing game engine, adding ambient occlusion, ground fog, fixes to transparency, water depth, improved shadows, and multiple light sources for grass. Unfortunately, I think this is a long way from release.
  18. It would have been more interesting tactically if sailing in opposite directions ended up putting more distance between the two ships.
  19. Tomorrow is yesterday: 100-year-old predictions about 2023
  20. Successful hypothermia in nonhuman primate paves the way for future application in human torpor during spaceflight
  21. Okay now my posts are vanishing. I feel like I'm being covertly censored here.
  22. I got in a weird state on this forum so that I couldn't even like a post or use the contact tool. It either told me I was blocked or the system was in a bad state. The only fix was to clear out my cookies for the last month.
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