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Yesterday, 10:06 PMThat's basically a side effect of the Force being a tangible thing that for all practical purposes only some people have access to. Yes I know...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:12 AMThe mistake that I think people are saying the Jedi made wasn't in how they raised Anakin, but that they did so at all. He was too old, too full of...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 08:59 AMwarty goblin replied to a thread What Are You Playing: 9 Years since the Last Dragon Age in Gaming (Other)Something like that, although with a lot more orcs who are also trees. Actually pulled off a win in that game this morning. It took a certain...1330 replies | 103186 view(s)
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2024-04-20, 08:48 PMThere's this odd urge to turn Star Wars into some type of sci-fi besides big budget planetary romance. So there's the attempt to treat it like...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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2024-04-20, 09:37 AMThe book pile looms large, but dedicated page miners continue to chip away at its foundations. Felt like some sci-fi, so read Contact, by Carl...840 replies | 97426 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 09:07 AMI don't think it even makes sense then. The Jedi are agents of the Republic, they go around lightsabering people on the government's behalf. It seems...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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2024-04-18, 11:03 AMIf you do a coup, you don't hand over the ex head of state to any existing body, certainly not one he's been influencing for years. You make up a new...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 09:21 AMwarty goblin replied to a thread What Are You Playing: 9 Years since the Last Dragon Age in Gaming (Other)So my goal of playing through Cyberpunk has hit the slight snag that my guaranteed game time is 6 - 7 AM, and my just out of bed brain and reflexes...1330 replies | 103186 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 03:28 PMYeah, Anakin is a great teacher and mentor, ignoring the giant pile of kids he chops up whenever he's feeling stressed. Personally, when evaluating...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 08:14 AMMostly I think the Jedi get nitpicked because they're a weird quasi-religious order that doesn't look like a fantasized version of the audience, and...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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2024-04-12, 10:25 AMAs I said before, the Architect scene is to me the best part of the movie. It absolutely sizzles to me, precisely because it's the point where the...71 replies | 3497 view(s)
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2024-04-11, 08:42 PMwarty goblin replied to a thread What Are You Playing: 9 Years since the Last Dragon Age in Gaming (Other)Finally wrapped up Chapter 4 of Knight's Tale today, that being the end of the main story, with chapter being the endgame stuff. I started this in...1330 replies | 103186 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 06:08 PMThere is no right to pursue individual passions in that creed. There is the will to power for a single individual to do whatever they want. Yeah, I'm...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 03:27 PM4d in what sense? We exist in 4d spacetime as it is, so every gun is 4d. If the gun and bullet occupy 4 spatial dimensions, you can miss in exciting...24 replies | 964 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 02:25 PMStates can be violent and oppressive, that doesn't mean they necessarily are. This is pretty much just fascism. Like, it's Umberto Ecco's...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 11:33 AMThe Jedi method is not easy or instantly relatable, because it asks something of the practitioner, namely self awareness and understanding and...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 10:15 AMwarty goblin replied to a thread Baldur's Gate 3 III: No Plans for DLC Or A Fourth Thread in Gaming (Other)I've never been able to get very far into WoTR's story, but it certainly didn't strike me as particularly engaging. The first thing that happens is a...94 replies | 3678 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 09:44 AMI found the Architect scene to be by far the best part of Reloaded. It didn't save the movie by any means, there's too much pointless action and the...71 replies | 3497 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 09:12 AMwarty goblin replied to a thread Baldur's Gate 3 III: No Plans for DLC Or A Fourth Thread in Gaming (Other)The best way to play Wrath of the Righteous is the roguelike DLC, where all the characters are custom, and the leveling pace is substantially higher....94 replies | 3678 view(s)
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2024-04-09, 03:13 PMI don't think it's a fair read to say that the Jedi supported an ineffectual Republic, it worked very well for a very long time. Nobody is going to...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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2024-04-08, 10:05 AMwarty goblin replied to a thread What Are You Playing: 9 Years since the Last Dragon Age in Gaming (Other)Getting very close to finishing up Knight's Tale. The missions in the last chapter get really hard, with huge enemy counts, so a mistake in movement...1330 replies | 103186 view(s)
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2024-04-05, 01:29 PMI don't think series generally work well if they (try to) go on forever. Either they mutate into something unrecognizable and lose their original...511 replies | 17841 view(s)
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2024-04-05, 10:53 AMwarty goblin replied to a thread Baldur's Gate 3 III: No Plans for DLC Or A Fourth Thread in Gaming (Other)There's a reasonable design philosophy behind not letting you see all a class's possible choices at character gen, it puts the focus on choosing what...94 replies | 3678 view(s)
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2024-04-03, 06:19 PMwarty goblin replied to a thread Baldur's Gate 3 III: No Plans for DLC Or A Fourth Thread in Gaming (Other)Ship combat is tricky in an RPG context, particularly following the ST formula of a single capital ship, because then the player only has a single...94 replies | 3678 view(s)
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2024-04-03, 04:25 PMwarty goblin replied to a thread Baldur's Gate 3 III: No Plans for DLC Or A Fourth Thread in Gaming (Other)I meant lucky as in fortunate, enviable or rare, not getting where they are due to random chance. Could have picked a better word.94 replies | 3678 view(s)
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2024-04-02, 07:16 PMwarty goblin replied to a thread Baldur's Gate 3 III: No Plans for DLC Or A Fourth Thread in Gaming (Other)I'd rather not an actual licensed Star Trek game at this point - again Larien is too inventive and in the astonishingly lucky position to not be...94 replies | 3678 view(s)
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2024-03-30, 05:51 PMwarty goblin replied to a thread Baldur's Gate 3 III: No Plans for DLC Or A Fourth Thread in Gaming (Other)Preset protagonists are just fine, and pretty common in the wider universe of computer RPGs. In many ways I rather prefer them, as it makes the...94 replies | 3678 view(s)
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2024-03-29, 08:39 PMwarty goblin replied to a thread Baldur's Gate 3 III: No Plans for DLC Or A Fourth Thread in Gaming (Other)I find it slightly funny that everybody is talking about a GoT cRPG like a theoretical exotic form of matter when it's an actual thing you can just...94 replies | 3678 view(s)
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2024-03-28, 09:19 PMwarty goblin replied to a thread What Are You Playing: 9 Years since the Last Dragon Age in Gaming (Other)Reached Act 4 in Knight's Tale. As per previous act transitions, the dominant enemy has shifted from the Sidhe to the Formorians, because the game is...1330 replies | 103186 view(s)
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2024-03-28, 07:30 PMI thought he did fine for everything but the Napoleon is a charismatic general whose soldiers would follow anywhere bit. Which, admittedly, is a very...12 replies | 998 view(s)
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Blood-red were his spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat,
When they shot him down on the highway,
Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman, 1906.
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And he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat.Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman, 1906.
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