Not a huge one.

A normal person: “wow how unsportsmanlike!”

It’s ok, you don’t gotta like it, but I don’t know why you gotta be weirdly bitter about it...

It’s funny how often the “every game should be for everyone” apostles fail to see the flaw in their reasoning when they instantly make an amalgamation between a community and its toxic vocal minority.

How would that story go, exactly?

China is what’s it’s always been, a totalitarian state where authority must be obeyed. It doesn’t matter if the window dressing is communist, fascist, capitalism or oligarchy.  The state must be obeyed at the cost of all individual freedom.

There are over 30 billionaires in mainland China. The wealthiest citizen of the PRC is the 8th richest person in the world.

As others stated, this somewhat echoes the novel (though I’d posit that’s more by accident than intent) but I wouldn’t characterise this as a “misunderstanding” of the film... it’s clear that the authorities DO understand, to an extent, what is going on, and don’t want people to see it or associate it. That’s the…

Heh. To state what should be obvious to the world by now, the CPC either hasn’t been ideologically Communist in decades, or it’s self-deluded in thinking its current “socialist market economy” represents a significant break from capitalism.

Critical Role is great. That style of role play is not for everyone and tabletop players really shouldn’t try to emulate it unless their groups are up for it because I know very well not everyone in a group is a passable actor - and even fewer people have the acting and improv skills of Laura Bailey (THE greatest…

This is just a really fantastic development. CR is just an endless source of creativity and entertainment with some really gifted actors giving their all to characters they developed themselves. And Matt Mercer seems like a genuinely good guy who hasn’t let success go to his head on top of being extremely talented.…

You really can’t compare reviews across shows and especially when it’s different reviewers. Not sure why they even really bother with a scale since it will never be consistent. 

A lot of people started playing TTRPGs because of Critical Role, so this is definitely a “why not both” situation. It’s also inspired a bunch of other fan creativity. Calling it a passive experience isn’t giving the reality enough credit.

buddy, that exchange where she explained that money can be exchanged for goods and services really had me laughing.

I would love if the show just committed to the semi-comedic theme that “Boba Fett is a great fighter, but an incredibly incompetent manager and maybe not super bright. Like Michael Scott with a jetpack”

There’s got to be some other planet with interesting stuff going on. 

This continues to be such a weird show to me as I do like it, yet every episode I’m kind of taken back by the incredible dumb narrative choices it makes.

Because the new trilogy sucked Bantha balls?

“what is it people want from Star Wars?”

“What if in the future everyone can fly? What if there is no hunger? What if humanity has eradicated disease and poverty? That future is why I spent $5,000 on a GIF of cartoon monkey sniffing its own poop.”