Recent content by Mechamorph

Howard's Conan books are written in a slightly archaic style with vocabulary to match and the cultural values of the 1930s. Its themes echo the ones common to pulp fiction of the time; lost civilizations, racial characteristics, sinister magic, things from the past being better than those found...

Coming soon to Netflix: The X-Wing Series. Starring Nathan Fillion as Wedge Antilles. Coming to a theatre near you: The Thrawn Trilogy. As an aside, one internet friends asked me why the Chinese did not seem to connect with Rose in the Last Jedi. My answer is simple; Identity Politics is...

I clicked on the wrong option because I misread the poll (I missed the 'AT' LEAST and read it as "LEAST") but I really do not have a big issue with Season Passes. If you trust the developer, for some strange reason, you could try and shoot for a discount. Especially for developers like CD...

Yahtzee is much funnier than he is an analytical critic. In general I found that most game critics are rather poor at what they do; some sites have/had good ones that broke down the games and explained what you could expect from it, who would be interested in it. Now I go more by word of mouth.

Yes I can understand why tsundere can easily turn you off. It was originally based on the Japanese cultural concepts of honne and tatemae (a public and private "face") which I think Kimagure Orange Road pulled off very well. Madoka (prototype tsundere) has severe intimacy issues due to an...

Let me also add my recommendations for Onegai Teacher and Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou to those others who have already mentioned these two gems. Kare Kano in particular because it explores various relationships with varying degrees of health. The main couple get together quickly but within their...

Ad hominem attacks are basically a shorthand for "my argument holds no water therefore I will attempt to discredit my opponent with pejoratives". Insults I can understand, calling someone a "cuck" or "sjw" is just their version of "-ist". Trying to say that the person's ideas have no foundation...

I believe that in the greater scheme of things, FFVIII will go down as one of the "decent to good" FFs. While the characters were not always memorable, the story was solid enough but its system mechanics had no coherency. It had that "throw it at the wall and see what sticks" vibe rather than a...

I think the notion of different developers for different games in the Star Wars universe is their best bet. I would think Disney would be more leery about putting all their eggs in one basket again. An Old Republic Jedi lightsaber spectacle brawler by Platinum Games? Why not? A tactical RPG by...

Hearts of Iron IV so I guess guerilla warfare against the advancing Imperial Japanese Army. Just one of the faceless millions of irregulars and militia in that particular theatre. Now if I could pick, it would be DOA5. The world is (reasonably) peaceful but apparently most women are built...

Mainly because it is simply easier to present things in animated format than as a still panel. Each episode of anime can run between 2-4 chapters of the manga easily. As they are both released on a weekly basis, the anime will outpace the manga quickly without fillers. Notwithstanding that there...

I have three rules that I try to follow as a DM: 1) The Golden Rule The game must be fun, preferably for everybody but realistically for most of the people, most of the time. The point of playing games is fun. It's a hobby, not a chore. Understand your players and understand their needs...

Well this is the thread for unpopular opinions isn't it? ;) No, I do not think that the Federation is a Utopia, rather that the underlying assumptions behind its foundational philosophy is Utopian, as in the philosophy not the state of being. The thing is the changes you ascribe to our...

Avatar, the James Cameron movie, is better as a tech demo than it is as a film. The plot is terrible and I wanted to hang the main character off a lamp post by the end due to the fact that he is even worse than Benedict Arnold and Vidkun Quisling combined. He turned his back on the human race...

I believe you are confusing descriptive traits with character traits. What does any of those traits tell me about a person's character? Who they are as a person? If the core characteristics of Dr Marlow is that he is meticulous, wry and urbane, how much of that changes if he is White, Black or...