The Weasleys are essentially an old, upper class family fallen on hard times. The father is a government official (some power, some privilege), but every member of the Weasleys is born with inherent magical powers that normal people can never learn or get, or the non-human intelligent beings within the Potter universe …

I don’t see the “impending” part of the disaster, I guess. The Harry Potter series were never particularly progressive, or “woke” as all the kids are saying. The leads are all white, and the most politically favourable reading is basically that those born to wealth and power should use that wealth and power justly.…

Is it weird though? He basically said ‘sorry you were disappointed, but that’s how it’s gonna be.’

Hear me out—we invent holodecks, of Star Trek fame. Then we put Kanye West in one running a reasonably accurate representation of the world, but never tell him. It’s a win-win! He gets to be the centre of a universe, and no one else needs to ever hear from or about him again.

Now I know you’re drunk.

That this is a Playstation exclusive is a goddamn travesty.

I think you just printed EA’s business model. They’ve done it again and again to small but noteworthy development studios. Sadly, Bioware’s probably soon for EA’s chopping block.

I believe that Bioware quote should read:

You have said exactly what I’m feeling.  I want to like it, but so far I’m kinda left feeling cold.

*You’re.

Agreed.  A lot of people seem to have trouble with my bit of hyperbole above.

The point, in reference to this article, is that Bilbo gets an awesome magic sword in his first encounter, and a major magic artifact soon afterwards. He then uses those magic items, particularly the ring, to overcome difficulties he couldn’t without them—defeating the spiders, for instance, or freeing the dwarves…

“Avoiding magic in the game means that we can avoid easy solutions to problems. There’s no mode of charming our enemies or casting big spells that annihilate our enemies from orbit. In fantasy, magic is the great equalizer that can help the lowly hero fight against insurmountable odds. That big spell during the final…

The point isn’t better or worse because they’re in the greys; the point is that almost no one sees them because they’re in the greys. It’s a comment on volume, not quality. But thanks for your moral outrage on a non-existent issue.

That’s exactly it. So many replies, particularly in the greys, are people completely missing the point. Low magic, no magic—either can be done well. What irked me about the article was the author’s repeatedly stated variations on how not having much or any magic makes a work somehow, like, morally superior.

Bilbo does spend a lot of time using a magic ring to be invisible though. Kinda magicky if you ask me.

Fantasy is more, exactly; the author of this article though has exactly as reductive a take—low to no magic is the ‘best’ type of fantasy.

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Was this because the Kaiser had stolen the word for ‘eight?’

And Black Isle. Put a fork in Bioware--they’re done.