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    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    This was pretty good overall I think. Great cinematography and set design, solid acting pretty much all around, story interesting enough to make me want to watch the next episode. GoT like attention to detail on sets, props etc - you can certainly see where they spent the money. To my surprise...
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    House of the Dragon

    I'm confused, are you using a House of the Dragon trailer to prove that the Game of Thrones s1 trailers had dragons in them, or did you think he was saying that no-one was expecting dragons in a show about dragons called House of the Dragon ?
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    Saints Row 5

    Aw come on, being a parody of itself is what made SR3 great - 'A fucking TIGER?!?!'
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    House of the Dragon

    No, no there were not.
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    Moonbreaker -- collectible minis tactics game

    The trailer appears to show a standard "spray-paint" tool being used on different parts of the models, as well as some entirely unpainted ones. So it *looks* like you can fully paint it yourself if you want to. If I play it, it will be all about pre-painted configurations though, I have zero...
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    Across the Obelisk

    The madness modifiers are a mixed bag - lots of things that just make it harder or more annoying. I don't think I'd ever turn Random Combats off though, the mini bosses add a lot to the game. You kinda get a feel for it anyway - if it's too easy and you are still interested in playing, start...
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    Saints Row 5

    https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/08/saints-row-game-review-an-open-world-mess-beyond-redemption/ It stood out a lot because the reviewer usually does very in-depth reviews that are generally pretty boring even when he really likes something.
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    Saints Row 5

    I was amused, one reviewer I ran across has, as far as I know, never given anything a negative review before and he absolutely savaged this game. It's a shame, SR3 was just so good, to have the series end in a trainwreck is just depressing.
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    House of the Dragon

    You actually watched Black Panther right ?
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    Across the Obelisk

    You can have any real person play more than one character in the party.
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    Across the Obelisk

    It's not fucked up - the new perk trees are much deeper and more varied, with better customization options. It's just grumbling because with the old one you just ticked all the ones that were pre-assigned to your 'class' and there was zero thought or choice required, now you actually have to...
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    She-Hulk

    It seemed.. fine ? Didn't really wow me, the cgi is kind of distracting, but self-aware and happy to make fun of itself and other MCU movies. ( "I've..... got no good explanation for that" ) Mostly it was more amusing than funny though, other than the end-credit scene which was genuinely funny.
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    Harley Quinn

    Some of it worked for the comedy though, like Bane's censorship. Bane is definitely my favorite character on the show anyway, I lol'ed at the whole thing with his credit card.
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    Tower of Fantasy

    What does this actually *mean* ? 2 years of Genshin content will get you a smaller number of the slot machine items than the 'initial release' of ToF ? That seems.. implausible. Or do you mean it would get you a smaller percentage of the total amount of collectible content available in each...
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    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    The latter seems more likely - gotta pump those launch numbers, next FY revenues are somebody else's problem.
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    Siralim Ultimate - Grindy RPG

    I picked this one up as a mobile game. It's pretty much what it looks like - merciless OCD bait with an entirely bewildering build complexity. Pathfinder Wrath has got nothing on the complexity of this shit. It's also hard as balls, OP combo or bust ;p
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    Cult of the Lamb

    It looks like a lot of fun, going to have to try it out.
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    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    My main problem with this guy's critique of costumes is what he is wearing. It's like a 400lb woman giving dieting tips.
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    Web Serials

    Been a while since I picked up anything new that was good. https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/57011/industrial-strength-magic New one from Macronomicon, usual madcap insanity but tilted more toward comedy than Wake or Soulmonger. It's a bit like 'The Gamer' webtoon, in that it's a...
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    Farthest Frontier

    Yeah, from watching a few videos on it, I think that while being wholly independent and self-sufficient is a great goal, it's fully intended that trading makes life much easier. The even easier early example is tools - getting to a smith that can make some is a long path with many steps where...
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    Westworld

    Who could have predicted making a robo William would come back to bite you in the ass ? ;p Also - who the fuck makes an 'Ascended' robot form that not only doesn't have a dick, but also doesn't have hands ?! No wonder the robots hate black Dolores.
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    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    It's friends and family - mostly positive is: "So, mom, did you like my new game?" "It's, uh, nice dear".
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    Siralim Ultimate - Grindy RPG

    Given it's on mobile platforms, looks like it could be a good pointless time waster that isn't a thinly veiled attempt at picking your pocket.
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    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    I am assuming it's the 'not read it' option then - that's fine, it's not a very interesting book. You may be surprised to know that it really doesn't clearly outline much about anything, let alone skin color. There's a few people that are mentioned as being 'fair of skin', but for the most part...
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    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    I suspect you are being deliberately obtuse here, although I suppose it's also possible you have never read the Silmarillion and have no idea what he's talking about. Here's an example that might make it clearer How would you go about faithfully adapting that to a TV show ? You could do...
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    Farzar

    Humor is inherently subjective, but this just seems dumb and unfunny to me. Zero laughs and zero snickers from three episodes.
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    The Orville

    This season hasn't been great, but the last episode was aggressively terrible. Mercer brings in the ghost of Dolly Parton to teach the militant feminist rock monster a valuable lesson about... I'm not actually sure, because what the fuck am I watching.
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    Westworld

    This has managed to surprise me after a very boring start. Interesting ideas, unpredictable plot, and some original thought. Overall this season is actually pretty good so far.
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    LitRPG

    Oh yeah, also on the Ugland books - on a litrpg number crunchiness scale, they are about a 2/10 : the few numbers that come up are inconsistent and make no sense, and rarely mean anything to the story ( exception Strength stat for good guys MC ). Whether this is good or bad depends on your...
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    LitRPG

    Got around to reading these - they are pretty fun, nothing too serious but solid entertainment. The main character of the good guys plays life like I play Skyrim - step 1, cheat inventory constraints, step 2, loot absolutely everything that isn't attached to the ground, and most things that...
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    Resident Evil

    The first point is entirely fair, the second is terrible because Wesker is not only *not* a loving father in any way, he's also the best thing about the first episode, and entirely obviously evil. His threats to the kid's father were the highlight of an admittedly underwhelming first episode.
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    Westworld

    I still wonder what Heroes could have ended up as if Fuller didn't walk out on them near the end of S1. From memory he did the same thing for Dead Like Me, American Gods and Discovery, which makes me suspect he might be a hard person to work with, but given the trajectory of all of them after...
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    The Terminal List

    Now see, stuff like this makes me wonder if you have actually read any of the Jack Ryan books.
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    Ms. Marvel

    Overall this was a bit too kid's show for my preference, but it was well executed with interesting characters.
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    Westworld

    Aren't they on a satellite ? I seem to remember something about groundstations and receivers and shit about that.
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    Thor: Love and Thunder (2021)

    You are reading too much into the connotations there - think more 'The most Fabulous' of the MCU movies if that makes it clearer.
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    Moonhaven

    No way - the biggest barrier to 'fixing' Earth is other people. Step 1 would be fighting a war over what 'fix' means. The first episode of this was pretty boring, although it picked up a bit in the last 10 minutes. Not sure if I'd continue.
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    Thor: Love and Thunder (2021)

    This was, in a one word review... tedious. I suspect it's Waititi's equivalent of the Phantom Menace, where he has unlimited budget, and is surrounded by yes men that think everything he says is a great idea. Valkyrie actually seemed in physical pain at how bad some of her lines were. Jane and...
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    The Boys

    On the one hand, a lame lack of resolution of anything. On the other hand, SB's speech about raising Homelander was some A+ ice cold shit, heh. His face.. Anthony Starr is just absolute gold in the role.
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    Ms. Marvel

    If it was wearing Lederhosen and traveling to Bavaria, would it make a difference ?