Oh, those weren’t examples of fantasy stories without magic. I just didn’t want to cite a bunch of obscure fantasy series that you have no context for. Everybody here knows Tolkien, Martin, and Sapkowski (or at least CDPR).

Heh, I played 2E with a buddy once who named his orc KFC, modified his armor to have a shitting hole, and shat in every situation possible. Derp characters are the best character.

Fantastic book series. I wish someone here at Kotaku/io9 would read and review it, if only just to drum up hype for the show.

Which is a shame, because fighter is one of the best classes in D&D. The answer is always to hit the thing. Locked door? Hit it. Stubborn vendor? Hit him. Rampaging dragon? Hit it.

Fantasy certainly doesn’t require a focus on magic. Look at fantasy literature. How many spells does Gandalf cast? Which Lannister is the most powerful mage? Why is (book) Geralt a compelling protagonist?

I’ll be in my bunk.

Yeah, but we’re nerds; pointless arguing is kinda what we do.

Kotaku wasn’t the same without you. I was sort of thinking of finding another place to get my video game news, but I think I’ll stick around for a little while. Good to have you back, you one-of-a-kind, absolute madman.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a giant saturation boost close to the end. Like, Christopher Robin saves the day and everybody is happy and so color returns to the Hundred Acre Wood.

Well, Terry Pratchett’s Death is an appropriate time for all-caps. Preferably small-caps, but hey, formatting is formatting.

Hey, honest question, is there a better site to get aggregate geekdom news than Kotaku/io9? Because io9 hasn’t consistently produced good content since CJA left, and Kotaku has been going downhill as well. I sometimes visit PCGamer (quality content) but I don’t have a general, “genre films, geekdom, tabletop/comic…

I think the time-jump in the books makes the most logical sense for a cutoff. I forget where exactly it is, but I recall it being a little over halfway. That runs the risk of a bloated first film, but I trust Villeneuve with it.

Wow, that bulge. He doesn’t shy away from a thing, does he.

Buuuurninaaatinng the couuuntrysiiiiide,

Hey, I don’t disagree a bit, but some tact would go a long way. Aren’t we all on the same side here?

Heh, yeah, I was thinking something similar. I think “noble looking” is a good way of putting it, though. Basically: agree.

Yup. Been here for years. Shadowbanned to the greys on the author’s whims.

Agreed, except I want an Obi-Wan movie with Ewan McGregor so badly. Mostly because the actor is actually the perfect age to reprise his role, and that sort of incredible timing is like a once-a-generation thing. He wants to do it, too. Otherwise, yeah, screw the rest.

Aw, gee, thanks! I don’t think that ungreys me sitewide, but it definitely makes me feel better about this post in particular.

I want LESS explicit romance used to pad out the fact that most movies are so fucking stupid you have to include a romance because otherwise why would any character care about anything?