I think you will find it well worth your time.
I would also recommend Bernard Cornwell's Warlord trilogy, which is a de-mystified retelling of Arthurian legend.
You don't have to be racist to dislike Richard Sherman, but it apparently helps.
A lion does not concern himself with sheep.
I think of tipping this way: it helps to pay the bartender for all the stuff he does to make my trip to the bar enjoyable, even before I walk in the door. After all, if all I wanted was a beer, I'd just go down to the grocery store and get myself a six pack. I go to the bar specifically for interaction, sports, food,…
Corollary to rules 1 and 2: The amount of shit-fits thrown on the internet have no connection to the actual quality of the output.
I generally lose interest when the characterizations cease to be internally consistent. In the instance of Heroes, they would often times mistake "character does something completely contrary to all of their stated goals" for "depth." This was especially true of the Petrelli family.
I wouldn't say that 4th Edition is an MMO, but it IS a very good tactical miniatures game, with its focus on movement, status effects, and reactions. You can pick it up and play without too much difficulty, and creating a level 1 character is a snap. The fact that it put so much book space into designing balanced…
Oh, no question about it. The comic is far superior. The column just poked something in my brain about what was missing from the show.
This stretches the definition of "adaptation" to an extreme amount. I could see it being "loosely inspired by" 1984, in the sense that it features an oppressive, totalitarian state, but really, the similarities end there. I mean, they've already dropped the 1984 name, why not just drop all pretenses of adaptation…
As someone with an admitted fondness for oddball character builds, this is a Pelor-send. I am curious, though, as to their manufacturing capacity, as this will directly affect their ability to fulfill orders.
Gotta' say, while USM could be enjoyable, the one thing that bothered me was that, in a cast of characters with rich histories and backstories, most episodes turn into "Spider Man solves everybody else's problems." The only way that it works is if we accept that Peter Parker is an unreliable narrator who thinks it's…
Chief?
When I look at this, the thing that bothers me about the Kellers' responses is that it seems to me like they are trying to tell someone else who is really grappling with a painful, difficult medical situation, how they ought to feel about it, and deal with it. The fact is that different people deal with these…
Why pander to young people when they can pander to me?!?
When I say remove the Thrawn trilogy, for instance, I don't mean you can never have Thrawn, Mara Jade, or Talon Karrde. I simply mean that the books would no longer be the definitive depictions.
While I am sure the single-day only pass sales policy will no doubt prove to be unpopular with many prospective convention-goers, I would be curious to see the economics that prompted this decision. I find that one-day passes tend to make more sense if the bulk of your attendees are locals, but are not nearly as…
It's the stylized ultra-violence coupled with clever, funny dialog and a non-linear narrative structure.
Look, as a Seattlite, I want the 'Hawks to win. Yeah, they're pretty good this year. Do I think the 'Hawks are going to win? Sure, I do, but the fact is that the Saints are also a pretty good team. This means that there is a significant non-zero chance that the 'Hawks lose. In short, it will most likely be an exciting…