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I also don't understand the laughing stock comment, since working on games means they have a money influx, somewhere in the pipeline. Which can only be good for an independent studio. I think that would be better than what happened with Troika which, IIRC, ended one game's development only to find they couldn't get anyone else to take up any of their pitches for new games. I have no interest in any kind of MMORPG, but if it helps them and they still are making games I'm interested in outside of those games...why would I care? People get bent out of shape over the weirdest things.

Right, Gromnir, once it becomes even uncommon its harder to keep secret. Which is why I agree with you that Lord Reginald hiring people to experiment on others (who can be "disposed of" quietly if it doesn't work) makes a lot more sense. A large undead population would then probably result in the catastrophic failure to contain the experiements (or undeath by some other means that raised a large population at one time, or over a long time like dead adventurers in a tomb joining the existing undead in undeath for some reason).

Thing is Gromnir's not wrong, really. Yeah I made a somewhat humorous (well I like to think it was) comment about a snake-oil salesman kind of pitch to a noble who KNEW another noble that had become undead (and obviously so). And Gromnir's right that, if a widespread correlation could be made to a medicine show and appearances of the ravening undead then the medicine show would not be a viable method of spreading animancy (and in fact would probably lead to arrest and execution). I think the reason why there is a difference of opinion here is that there are a certain degree of intangibles involved, the biggest being the ability to create a correlation between what an animancer does, in secret, to Lord Reginald and when he does go ravenous undead (a process that, from the initial timeline might take some time to get to that state - if years, then the correlation co-efficient is going to be rather small). If so it might be harder to draw the conclusion of "animancer did it". That said, the most likely scenarios are probably what Gromnir suggests - nobles paying for animancers to practice on others rather than on themselves. "Did you hear about Lord Reginald? The guard found he'd been dabbling in an animancer cult. Had people locked up in his basement in various stages of undeath trying to unlock the secret of immortality". "Hopefully no one we knew". "Just a bunch of peasants." "Oh well, terrible business, but no real harm done..."

I'd totally lose the character assessment if it included "getting on the expressway behind cars going 30 mph" though.

Ignoring the potential breach of the Terms of Service, you seem to miss the point that the extras are incentives for people to pay money to fund a game that is only going to exist if they make their funding. Why would they want to create a dis-incentive for paying as much as one can (and thus insuring they make their target)? How is the raffle unfair? Its unfair to the people who pledged the money to get those tiers that rewarded backer content. Remember Kickstarter is not a store. You don't go in and say "Yes, I'd like to order one 'PROJECT ETERNITY' and I'd like a side order of 'being able to create content' please". You're putting your own money forward with an inherent risk that you will get nothing for your investment. And for taking that risk, Obsidian is giving the ability to shape a very small part of the game *if* the game got funded. As an aside at least three posters here who did pledge for backer content ran their own contests for the tombstones they had in their pledge tiers. The contest lasted about three weeks all told as I recall. But they did that on their own, covering their own pledges and it did give forumites here a chance to offer their own wit for a chance to be included in the game (and I thought it was magnanimous of those posters to do it).

I like rain. So no problems there. I've only ever lost luggage once. Didn't realize it was missing until weeks later. Still not 100% sure what I lost in it. Don't have tangled Christmas tree lights because when I take them down, I put them back right. EDIT: I met Ms. Angelou back in the early 1990s; very nice and gracious woman. Very thoughtful and even though her mom (IIRC) had just passed very willing to try and connect with the people who'd came to see her and pass on her ideas.

I didn't know historically what a Penny Dreadful was until you mentioned it and I checked. Now it makes sense I am here to educate AND entertain.

Yes, she played Gisele Harabo (or so the internet tells me; never seen a F&F film).

I think he used a female avatar once. Gotta be a woman then.

I really don't like donations being available as a way to game the NPC influence system. BGII: "Oh I'm being too bad to keep Aerie - I'll donate to the church" followed by "I'm being too good to keep Korgan, I'm going to go whack a villager who is by themselves so I get a -1 rep without triggering the guards...". I'd be okay with donating to the local church being a way to improve the characters local area reputation.

Yes?

I'm looking forward to seeing PENNY DREADFUL eventually... But there's a part of me that thinks...would it be too much to ask for them to actually add some characters who actually appeared in Penny Dreadfuls? So far it looks to be built more on traditional Victorian age supernatural stories (with the exception of Victor Frankenstein who is pre-Victorian; written in the early 1800s and set in the late 1700s). When it was announced I was almost hoping to see Sexton Blake* punch Varney the Vampire and Spring Heel’d Jack or something. *yeah, I know Sexton Blake was in the Harmsworth's half-pennies, but as they were a response to the "evils" of the Penny Dreadfuls, who better to fight their evil in a TV show?

I may be misremembering, but IIRC Kickstarter forbids contests/lotteries based on backing which makes sense as you'd have people who pledged the same tier getting different backer rewards. I'm pretty sure at least one kickstarter I had joined ran into that issue.

In the comics, Coulson isn't the Coulson from the TV show, he's not as high up in the heirarchy of SHIELD as far as I know.

The old prostate exam was a bit more uncomfortable, I thought.

I'd think people who are bad at watching movies would also include people who miss stuff that's in the movie and then complain how that same stuff wasn't explained despite the fact that it was, in fact, explained in the movie. But he is right in that the movie doesn't stop you from watching it because you're watching it wrong.

I like the way the video looked. Good stuff.

My doctor says I have "white coat syndrome" which means my blood pressure readings are remarkably unreliable around doctors in white coats...

A lot of people love iced tea. It never did much for me personally.

The only thing worse than tea is coffee. The only thing worse than coffee is tea. Dreadful stuff, only popular with those who feel water should have a flavor. Mind you, I come from the southern US, where the only tea is sweat tea - black tea and sugar brewed in hot water, then chilled with ice (although originally it was green tea) - and it is particularly vile (I admit this only anonymously on the boards lest the south rise up against me for expressing such an opinion).

How are you finding the derogatory references to women? And yes I haven't played this game but its not just the Eurogamer review that made a point of pointing this out. Other gaming websites had the exact same criticism so there must be some truth to it How am I finding them? Mostly by going through the game. *ba-dum-dum-tsch!* Thank you, thank you...I'll be here all week. Be sure to try the veal. Seriously, I'm not sure I'm far enough into it to see anything that's terribly bad (if it exists). There is a scantily clad character who is both commented on (and disliked both for appearance and for "being a witch") and gives back what she gets. There are some unsavory comments regarding women - but this to me seems specific to characters (the biggest amount of "whore" calling, for example, is a drunk) or to the society that has yet to crumble more than some kind of commentary on the real world (certainly exceptional women exist in the world, and aren't all scantily clad sex workers). I wanted to revisit this since I've finished the game. I don't understand the complain. I went and re-read the Eurogamer review you reference, and I still don't get their complaint. The script - and its a short game - is not littered with prejoratives about women (and when they're used they make sense in the context of the game; I mean the reviewer complains that the word "concubine" is used and that the concubines wear revealing tops disregarding that the concubines were created out of people by an evil ice lord who, essentially, created supernatural sex slaves. I dunno, the complaints are ludicrous and it'd be a shame if people skipped the game because (IMO at least) its been misrepresented in the media.

I think its more the cost of licensing those films than anything else (and yeah in the US pretty much everything that was in copyright in 1928 or so and after is still in copyright due to the copyright extensions though, as opposed to the "life of the author" rule). Mind you somethings are choices of the director/producer too (a lot of old horror fans will toss some Universal or Hammer classics into the background of a scene because they're grown up horror kids).

I enjoyed it for what it was, a goofy throwback film. It felt like a 1960s historical drama/disaster film. Saw X-Men Days of Future Past. I liked it, but didn't love it. Felt the end was a bit clunky and the best set-piece was too early in the film (the Pentagon bit). But still enjoyable.

I used to do alot of exercise and training when I played hockey, for obvious reasons, but even several months into it, I never got that "positive" energy or "love the pain" feeling others spoke of. I only felt tired, bored and like I had wasted time. I need work or production from effort to feel good about it. Normal training sessions on the ice felt awesome though. *Shrug* Guess I'm peculiar in that way. Back when I played soccer in high school, I used to hate the long distance running. It was sooooooo boring. Loved being on the field, even if we were running wind sprints between goals. Short and had a point and was engaging. But when we hit roadwork for long distance running my mind hit a barrier; it turned off and so did my ability to run consistantly.

I'm really enjoying Soule's She-Hulk so far.