The customer for this product is an imprint like Harper Teen to create a publishing package like Vampire Diaries so they don’t have to pay a creative like L.J. Smith. (Smith was selected by Harper to write the books.)

The pet was fine and so was her hair. I think you just like to complain for the sake of complaining like quite a few gamers.

fic has ALWAYS been accessible. writing has been accessible for YEARS. people have been writing fanfiction since the 1800s and publishing it since the 1890s. Accessibility has never been an issue, as there is literally no gatekeeping happening and nothing stopping anyone from writing fic.

If you cannot see the difference!! in between a HUMAN BEING!! taking something they love and loving it EVEN HARDER and in public and within fandom culture and a machine outputting The Next Most Likely Word then i simply cannot explain it to you in simpler terms lmao

TOR was 2011 and essentially the reason SWG “had” to shut down. It was also far less open world IMO. More narrative driven, sure, but SWG’s housing, crafting, and ship customization was lightyear ahead.

To me open-world means “open-world single player” which is very different from an MMO, so I think the statement’s still accurate, but I hear your point.

Yes, but maybe it doesn’t make sense for a multi-million dollar studio to be developing and supporting it. Let’s say it’s got a profit of $250K annually. That’s not nothing, but it sort of is to a company like BioWare. So they farm it out where it can thrive with a smaller team and more focus on it.

Yet another site succumbing to the enshittification of the internet.

NO!!! People don’t choose movies based on quality or entertainment value. It is only based on studio and sub-genre. Maybe also the number of sex crimes committed by the cast and crew.

I think “superhero fatigue” only exists among film reviewers and other people who are professionally obligated to see every movie that comes out. Everyone else just goes to see whatever looks fun or interesting and ignores the rest.

Welcome to the “failed spin-off canceled after 1 season” club, The Winchesters! You’ll be in good company here.

I guess this really is the final nail in the wall

Genuinely mind blown by this. What an absolute failure.

Counterpoint: The Prisoner of Benda. Math was invented for that episode. Math! Plus, it has one of my favorite scenes in Futurama: when washbucket (in Amy’s body) professes her love for Scruffy.

“This just kind of highlights the selective canon outrage I keep hearing.”

6'6" with giant ears and androgynous features is canon. Cate Blanchett in a long dress with forced perspective against Hobbits is a pretty good facsimile, but not using that forced perspective to have Liv Tyler tower over Aragorn in every scene is a disappointment.

As much as most fans i love the visual repertoire the Lord of the Rings movies created. It was consise, consistent, well thought out, it’s time to let other artists give it a shot. And honestly, while it’s hard to break from visual canon of 20 years of consistent output, the MTG art crew has done an incredible job at…

Excellent article. I like all of your work, but this was special. Thank you!

If a simple skin color change on a fictional character triggers you into a frenzied rant, you definitely need help, and maybe a hug. 

In an old Shadowrun manual, it said something like “In this world, racism as we know it no longer exists. Why would anyone care about the color of the human next to you in the subway when 2 seats over there is a 6’8 horned troll?”