Another weird thing- the actress playing Cleopatra, Adele James, is relatively light-skinned and they darkened her for the show.

We do, largely, know her mother’s ancestry. We’re almost certain it was a Cleopatra V/VI but the records are a bit muddled.

Africa is a big fuckin’ continent, and has been home to many queens throughout the ages. If they had cast the same woman to play the role of a famous Ethiopan queen this would be a non-story.

Egyptian Queen Cleopatra has captivated the attention of historians for centuries, many of whom say she was descended from Macedonian Greek kings, and claim that very little of her background was steeped in non-Greek ancestry.

“changed how many saw open-world experiences”

I loved this game very, very much in terms of gameplay, world design and puzzles... but story-wise, Zelda games just don’t really do it for me. Will Nintendo ever get rid of the “Princess in distress needs hero to rescue her” trope? I mean this is the basic premise of every Zelda and Mario game.. I just find Link…

I feel like BOTW’s open world hype is forgetting that open world non-linear adventures were already an established genre. I think the community at large forgets that Elder Scrolls games have been doing it for a long time already. Even before Skyrim, the Elder Scrolls were sending players off into massive sandbox…

“With Covid”

Haven’t they heard yet?

Do you want prions? Because that’s how you get prions.

“Chump change. But we still aren’t going to do it.” -Every Oil And Gas Company In The World. 

Sounds like Nintendo being capitalist assholes and not really caring about the collateral damage, imo.

Calling 5 houses “an entire neighborhood” is a bit of a stretch, no?

Pirating Nintendo games is always morally correct, so you should do it.

If they receive no meaningful pushback for releasing shit Pokémon games they’re never going to suffer consequences fo anything. They’ve learned they can act with impunity and it has no impact on their profits.

Nintendo deserves some sort of backlash and failure for this shit, fuck their corporate attitudes

I mean it wouldn’t be the first time that zelda goes cross-gen...

This is why I don’t bother even starting a show until it’s come to its conclusion. Yep, I waited 6 years to even start Better Call Saul even despite Breaking Bad’s success. When I tried a new show last year, it was Y the Last Man, which got canceled *during* the first fucking season. Back to my no-ongoing-shows rule,…

Uh…