Mythic was in Halo 2. Proof:

like gamefaqs still existed so it is not like finding them was a difficult task and I am almost adamant that mythic most certainly was in halo 2 before MCC. I cant exactly remember how the skulls worked but what do you mean you couldnt enable them? You didnt just collect the skulls and have it affect the rest of your…

Agreed 100%. Half of this article is shitting on the idea that we need to have a more visual element for some of these DND staples when we already have our minds eye and artwork.. well as someone with Aphantasia maybe think about other people’s experiences with media. I play a ton of DND. Seeing the mimic, the…

Hey bud, good news—white knights are VERY popular in D&D!

I have two issue

Yeah, the fact that the reaction to “Oops, the heroes accidentally helped the BBEG get the thingy needed to conquer the world and now have to try to find an undo button” being the purported plot is “...yeah, that sounds like a D&D campaign” from most fans really does tell me they know what they’re doing.

Sure man, the 5th edition of a game no one ever had interest in made people want to play it.

Claiming D & D is hot because of queer roleplayers on podcasts is downright bizarre to the point of parody. I am more concerned about the weird lack of knowledge about Led Zeppelin. I mean, Led Zeppelin was exactly what was playing when D & D sessions were going on (That and Jethro Tull, of all things)

Okay, I was right that it was a publicity stunt, but wrong about who was doing it. I think “new modding tools” is possibly the best thing it could be publicity for, though, so I’m happy.

I actually think that is kinda a side effect of D&D huge rise to fame in the last decade. A lot of new people are playing and trying to “MAKE IT DEEP” and meaningful without realizing that a lot of table top players moved on to better games for that sorta thing. D&D is great, I love D&D but its rarely about deep…

“D&D is hot right now, largely because queer roleplayers have made it shine”

Look I’d love if we queers could take credit for this but dude that’s an interesting choice for planting a flag. That you skip over Stranger Things is weird, which (along with Critical Role, which you mention) I feel did a LOT more to bring it…

One of those things is not like the other, and that thing is Stranger Things

Ugh this article

“Be it queer-only actual play podcasts that chart out across epic adventures for hours at a time every week, or powerful new RPGs like Thirsty Sword Lesbians, the modern TTRPG renaissance is profoundly queer and, from the looks of things, this film is not brave enough to take the same chance.”

Your view of nerd culture…

Man, you must have been PISSED to find out there isn’t a haunted copy of mario 64 out there that kills you if you play it.

I’m struggling to get where you’re coming from on a lot of this.

Yeah. This movie exists because Stranger Things made D&D cool, that’s it. 

Uh, I’ve played in more D&D campaigns than I could count and “Hope you like classic rock, because it’ll likely be another skin-deep thrill ride more suitable for a theme park” pretty much sums up Dungeons and Dragons. Most D&D games aren’t deep, introspective, philosophical, high-brow literature and this movie (if the…

It is incredibly apparent that, in choosing to write about nerd culture, you have chosen the wrong career.

For my money I think Critical Role, Harmonquest, and Deborah Ann Woll’s several various games, and of course Stranger Things, did a lot more to bring it to the forefront of people’s brains again, and introduced it to a bunch of people who’d never played before. Wife and I watched Harmonquest and I ended up having a…