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Reading that link is interesting and doesn't actually support what you are saying at all. Apparently they are paid with 25% of the income from property holdings *that they fully own*, with the other 75% going to the treasury in exchange for not paying taxes. So, not paying taxes is 'true', if...

Ah good memories. "as I stride through the Gates of Hell, carrying your severed head on a pike !" "Stride ?" "... All right then, roll. Roll through the gates of Hell !"

Gave this a try given it's open beta at the moment, more or less. Didn't grab me at all, I think this one is a pass from me.

Dawn of the Void - a LitRPG Apocalypse | Royal Road This one is surprisingly good. I ignored it for a while because apocalypse litrpg are a dime a dozen, but this one plays out quite differently - it's much more about the apocalypse part than the litrpg part.

I got around to giving this one a go - it's not bad, but the AI is too braindead for skirmish, and the campaign provides challenge of the 'surprise ! a fully levelled hero and army just materialised out of nowhere in your backlines !', or 'your opponent starts with 3 fully levelled cities -...

Not bad, only got one literal lol out of it, but that's still pretty good ;p

Looking at that link, I think if anyone is cherry picking there it's you - that's a shitload of four legged dragon pictures. It's a stupid argument anyway, it's not like there's a canonical answer to the appearance of a mythical creature. Probably telling that it's more interesting than...

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...

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 ?

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

No, no there were not.

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...

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...

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.

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.

You actually watched Black Panther right ?

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

It looks like a lot of fun, going to have to try it out.

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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.

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.

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...

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...