Yeah, but the “politically correct” terminology is just sorta lodged in there in my brain, even though I know that can come across as kinda crass, like the kind of person who’s about ready to start declaring people “SJW’s”.

Interestingly, at least in 4th Edition (looks like they switched it back in the 5th Edition PHB, which is the only sourcebook I have for 5th Ed.), D&D went kinda politically correct. Much like there were no longer “actresses” or “waitresses” after a certain point, 4E listed all the gods, regardless of apparent gender,…

“It says here that the babies lose their pajama-like coat after their first year.”

Now that I think about it, if we want to make it interesting, just switch their equipment. The other team’s arms and armor, your team’s training, and you know what you’d expect if the guy coming at you in your team’s arms and armor had your training, but he doesn’t.

Internet Samurai vs. Knight is probably a pretty interesting fight. I assume “Internet Samurai” are some sort of hackers, like Anonymous with a code of e-Bushido or something, and all their 1337 h4x0rs sk1llz will be of no use against proper medieval knights, but the knights will have trouble rooting out the Internet…

I love Peter’s response to that speech. So perfectly Spider-Man.

A Secret Identity is Only Worth A Damn if it Doesn’t Impair the Story

I think there’s something appealing about seeing a solitary hero today, someone who can and will unilaterally do the right thing even when the rest of the world is indifferent at best or hostile at worst. When you look at the constant gridlock in Congress, the never-ending stream of violence and chaos in the Middle…

I could see that, but I’ve never been that much of a Penguin fan (though I liked young Oswald Cobblepot in the one or two episodes I saw of Gotham before drifting away and hearing that it just got dumber and dumber as time went on).

And if your first dose isn’t enough and you add more, does it get curiouser and curiouser?

I forget how the topic of Batman came up in a discussion of Game of Thrones a few weeks ago (although, this being the Internet and all of us being nerds, Batman can really just sort of show up anywhere), which got me thinking: Iwan Rheon would make a spectacular Joker. I wouldn’t want to necessarily subject him to the…

Am I the only one who heard when the guy who met Arya at the House of Black and White specifically said no one there is named Jaquen H’gar? I kinda feel like it, because I never see him not referred to as Jaquen. Sure, he’s wearing the same face as the guy in Westeros who introduced himself to Arya under that name,…

By no means would I say pen and paper is obsolete, but it’s my go-to for a lot of purposes that most people would just whip out their cell phone for. Giving me your number? Need me to record an appointment? Let my just write that down… and then put it into my phone.

I just learned that in another response to my comment and used one of my spare credits to get it. Time to finally get around to re-“reading” the series, I suppose.

I say we take off and nuke the entire dairy aisle from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

Gummy, sticky, and cuddly; or gummy, sticky or cuddly? This is a key distinction that needs to be made.

This sort of thing, free-form (I assume, haven’t read the full article yet, but basically governed by narrative and player actions rather than by dice or other random number generators) forum-based RPGs were how I got into online forums and communities in a big way back when I first got myself unrestricted access to…

So that’s why Ghost Story kept showing up in my Audible recommendations: because there were two different versions. Well, I’ve got a couple Audible credits to burn and an itch to “re-read” the Dresden Files, so I guess there’s no question of how I’m spending one of those credits…

I know Wil Wheaton is the go-to for John Scalzi’s books (or, looks like, for the ones that aren’t part of the Old Man’s War series). I really liked his reading of Fuzzy Nation, but I know that he’s very much a love-him-or-hate-him kind of personality.

I assume this documentary is 100% accurate on the subject of caveman dining, and also the various home appliances they used…