Kind of incredible in how no subtlety was even attempted. Went out of their way to say “In case you thought about giving us the benefit of the doubt and this racist caricature wasn’t meant to disparage any real world people, let me reassure you that it was.”

Yeah I though, probably just some inappropriate tropes, art, and or other shit. Not based on an early 20th century medical texts section on race.

I legit guffawed in disbelief when I got to that race part. Even when the very title mentioned it was going to be racist, I still did not expect it to be that horrifyingly blatantly racist.

I honestly do not get some people. Imagine having the luxury and time to work on designing a game and selling it. Instead what you do is take your hatred for people different to you so far that you design the game around that and burn everything you had in the process.

....and they make a great chicken sandwich.  Service is extraordinarily good as well.

fuck Chick-fil-a in all things, but this is basically making up a reason to be angry when there are already plenty out there.

If you find what they said offensive, then the problem is with you. Where do you find Chick-fil-A? Malls, airports, commercial areas, and communities. The good Lord has richly blessed me with three Chick-fil-As within a 2.1 miles of our house.

Yeah that’s a bit of a stretch...

This is ACAB in it’s purest form.

Every single word of this opinion article is a fiery example of gatekeeping. It burns bright enough to be seen from orbit, and makes no effort to disguise its purpose.

It really is high time Claire stops posting opinions. EVERY SINGLE ONE - and I mean EVERY SINGLE FUCKING ONE - is some dipshit hot take like this one with barely any coherent thought put into it.

a lot of people feel this way bro? take off your fragile nerd exoskeleton and breathe... they offered a generous compliment to a movie everybody loves and added a little bit of critique (which is a really common critique given the ratio of battles > other stuff in the books versus the movies)

Ikr this article is ridiculous

Agreed, this article is some petty-ass bitching

To your point, I’m pretty sure your average D&D campaign would make for an awful movie. The idea that LOTR is somehow a D&D substitute completely ignores how much D&D has diverged from it since its inception - like yeah, they both have elves, dwarves, etc. but D&D goes quickly off the rails from there by comparison.…

Exactly the same (IMO, silly) criticism that was lobbed at TV series adaptation of Foundation.

“Arguably, we’ve already had the “perfect” D&D movie thanks to Peter Jackson’s adaptations of The Lord Of The Rings in the 2000s—which, if I’m being honest, do chart a bit too close to “action movie” for my taste”

Can someone just spoil the damn ending for me? I hate being told when a movie has a twist ending, somehow especially if I have no interest in actually watching it.

Not to be too pretentious or oversell Halo, but a lot of the writing and planning around the series was a lot more inspired than any other shooter around it at the time. From literary references influencing game design and story beats, to the downright perfect musical arrangements in the series. Everything in Halo…

Was watching that trailer again recently. God, when it got to that shot of the Pelican weaving between skyscrapers and anti-air flak fire, and it was accompanied by—of all things—serene harp glissandos, flighty woodwinds, and glittering string vibratos, it fucking sent me.