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Yesterday, 11:53 PMSomething I really liked about Tyranny was how they sort of gamified the process of building out your character's backstory. You get one instance of...7 replies | 294 view(s)
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Yesterday, 09:24 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsFor what it's worth, I don't think snakelike dragons are outside the bounds of modern dragon depictions. Like the Jackson film's take on Smaug was...106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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Yesterday, 02:35 PMI am quite sympathetic to them, because it's hard to establish a brand new fantasy world and it's not like they had a huge budget, but I do think the...7 replies | 294 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 10:47 PMErrorname replied to a thread Baldur's Gate 3 III: No Plans for DLC Or A Fourth Thread in Gaming (Other)I do think there's value to giving a sense of what Shadowheart's life in the cult was like from a peer and friend's perspective rather than an...109 replies | 5274 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 10:37 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsA problem with 'mythical beast from medieval times' is that not only is that not a comprehensive description of what a dragon is (Dragons appear...106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 08:06 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsHe's a big destructive reptile with bad breath, but from a phylogenetic (phylomemetic?) standpoint I think we'd call that convergent evolution....106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 05:01 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThis also got reinforced by the need for games to have bestiaries of distinct enemy monsters, so a lot of splitting and taxonomization happened with...106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 06:08 PMErrorname replied to a thread What Are You Playing: 9 Years since the Last Dragon Age in Gaming (Other)I love how it's basically a musical.1473 replies | 116125 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 08:52 AMNope! I do wonder if this started as an adaptation but they either couldn't or didn't want to get the rights. No, but the premise is...14 replies | 716 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 08:08 AMSo I thought this was a Foster's Home ripoff from the second I saw the trailer, but did they seriously name their main imaginary friend "Blue"?14 replies | 716 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 02:19 AMErrorname replied to a thread What Are You Playing: 9 Years since the Last Dragon Age in Gaming (Other)It's a shame we're at 3 years over 10 between Elder Scrolls titles or I'd suggest keeping the theme up. Designing party balance is very...1473 replies | 116125 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 11:16 PMI really love a lot of what they've done with this game, but I will say it feels a lot more "stock greek myth inspired fantasy" plot than the first...18 replies | 1283 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 03:39 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThe feathered serpent is a recurring cultural motif in multiple mesoamerican cultures, so there is more than one, but it's a lot more akin to...106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 10:22 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsI don't know enough about that show to really build on this joke beyond pointing out that I referenced HOTD as a show with multiple pretty cool...106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 08:18 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsWhile on the subject of paleontology influencing dragon designs I want to shout out Caraxes from HOTD for his four-winged paravian inspired design....106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 05:26 PMErrorname replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power Season 2 [airs August 29th] in Media DiscussionsNaturally they lost the actor between seasons. Oops. Honestly, part of my issue is that it's a Lord of the Rings series to begin with, because...65 replies | 3286 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 05:17 PMErrorname replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsI will say do prefer the concept album version of Doubt Comes In where it's just Orpheus and Eurydice without the Fates, but I haven't seen the show...131 replies | 7742 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 04:47 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsHonestly, given Tolkien's statements that Fafnir and Beowulf's Dragons are the only 'real' dragons I don't know if the St. George story was his...106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 04:23 PMYeah, much as Dan's overexplaining can annoy me it's a perfectly understandable reaction to having to deal with a lot of webcomic fans.350 replies | 20384 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 08:08 PMFor one, there are much easier ways to arrange a duel between two characters than that, and also no it wouldn't, because there's basically no way for...174 replies | 9728 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 08:04 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsHonestly it doesn't read like how this comic draws hair, it feels more like a Wobbegong's fleshy beard than anything else. That might be another...106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 03:28 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsI think it's easy for this sort of discussion to turn into apophenia, reckoning a pattern that sounds right but doesn't actually hold up. Like I...106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 01:11 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsWe're definitely at that point by the time of Smaug, and while I'm no scholar of Beowulf I do think the dragon in that story is quite large. I...106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 12:53 PMI think Davies was quite happy to get the Timeless Child because it fits into how he likes to write the Doctor, the sole survivor of the time lords...8 replies | 789 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 06:57 PMJohnson stepped in a few avoidable landmines, but I also say he wound up getting the bill for a lot of Abrams' bad choices. Frankly if Trevorrow...636 replies | 28442 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 04:39 PMErrorname replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power Season 2 [airs August 29th] in Media DiscussionsKind of a shame this isn't going back to back with HOTD's second season like the first one did. Really helped me get over my grievances with HOTD to...65 replies | 3286 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 02:54 PMErrorname replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power Season 2 [airs August 29th] in Media DiscussionsRings of Power has always felt kind of sad, a project adapting a book they don't have the rights to based on the scant mentions from a book they do...65 replies | 3286 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 02:53 PMSo I think Camdin is an idiot, but he's also the sort of idiot who thinks this is a superhero story and is likely to try to conform to those genre...350 replies | 20384 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 01:28 PMErrorname replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThis is a massive factor. Aside from their scale, I think a lot of modern dragons are quite similar to medieval ones, they're just being drawn by...106 replies | 3361 view(s)
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