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Oxxidation posted:recommend The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. among other things it goes into detail on how the Golden Age of superheroes was a response to the sociopolitical tensions around WW2 (and to a lesser extent how it degraded into the Silver/Bronze Age as that influence ebbed) Ahhh more book recs. Thank you, it's on the list
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And aside from the subject matter, Chabon is just a great writer overall. Thoroughly enjoyed everything I read of his, from superhero stuff to adventure to real life drama/relationship. I even read a literary review of his the other day that was just so erudite and effusive in its praise that I desperately need to read that other writer's work now because of it.
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My personal conspiracy theory is that between all the streaming and pay reasons for the last strike and writers rooms basically being slowly killed across the country, it's actually somewhat intentional that half of Disney's output keeps generating endless arguments. We all know that outrage and anger gets people coming back to fight more than actually enjoying something. I don't think that they planned to do this from the beginning but the fact that everyone constantly keeps arguing over worst Marvel/Live Action Disney/Star Wars movie is probably fine with them.
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Lobok posted:And aside from the subject matter, Chabon is just a great writer overall. Thoroughly enjoyed everything I read of his, from superhero stuff to adventure to real life drama/relationship. I even read a literary review of his the other day that was just so erudite and effusive in its praise that I desperately need to read that other writer's work now because of it. Gentlemen of the Road fuckin owns.
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Arist posted:I distinctly remember that AC1 at launch was considered decent but incredibly repetitive and threadbare. AC2 was the game that really set the world on fire, and people will sometimes look back on 1 fondly given what the series has turned into, but it wasn't immediately particularly outstanding, no. Yep that's my recollection too. I liked AC1 a lot despite its flaws and sensed that I was in the minority. And then yeah AC2 realized the promise of AC1. And then Ubisoft kept rehashing that formula, I was sick of it by Revelations and when AC3 failed to revitalize it I was done.
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Lobok posted:And aside from the subject matter, Chabon is just a great writer overall. Thoroughly enjoyed everything I read of his, from superhero stuff to adventure to real life drama/relationship. I even read a literary review of his the other day that was just so erudite and effusive in its praise that I desperately need to read that other writer's work now because of it. Wholly agree, which is why I was excited when I heard he was heavily involved with the first season of Picard, despite not being a big Star Trek fan. Didn't turn out all that great, though.
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RareAcumen posted:My personal conspiracy theory is that between all the streaming and pay reasons for the last strike and writers rooms basically being slowly killed across the country, it's actually somewhat intentional that half of Disney's output keeps generating endless arguments. We all know that outrage and anger gets people coming back to fight more than actually enjoying something. I don't think that they planned to do this from the beginning but the fact that everyone constantly keeps arguing over worst Marvel/Live Action Disney/Star Wars movie is probably fine with them. I don't know, I'm pretty sure they'd rather be blithely selling Baby Yoda and Spider-Man toys to children than having a thousand angry incels making videos about how it's a travesty that Mary Jane is black now and Luke Skywalker is too woke (Skywoker?)
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Anyway as I slog through Immortals of Aveum I've noticed a few fun design similarities with Divinity Original Sin: -you play as a generic human wizard fighting against creatures called 'the void' -extremely bland plot about good wizards vs evil wizards propped up by decent puzzle-like combat system -abysmal gear and crafting systems -a lot of 'funny' quips that mostly do not land -there is a cave level where you are chased by invincible magic statue men and your only option is to run from them -they both get a little better when you get to the snow level. Do I just like snow levels?
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Apr 11, 2024 22:11
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I bought Helldivers 2 on PC. This game is so stupid. I love it.
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I played a bit more of Immortals and I they just really didn't care about this story making any kind of sense. They drop a "FIVE YEARS LATER" just to make kind of a lame joke, but then - huh? Apparently during five loving years my character didn't find a single piece of gear (other than the new cosmetic outfit and haircut) or learn a single new spell? And what about the speech right before that "We are losing this war! Desperate Times Etc." then five years later the war is still going on? Guess you weren't losing too bad then huh?
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Apr 11, 2024 22:26
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The Five Years Later joke was very clearly someone's darling they were unwilling to kill, which is fair because it's the one good joke in the entire thing.
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Wolfsheim posted:Do I just like snow levels?
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Vikar Jerome posted:The fallout show decanonized new vegas lmao todd still shook (or they hosed up all the dates and references, which looks more likely but still) How
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Arist posted:I bought Helldivers 2 on PC. This game is so stupid. I love it. Welcome, Defender of Libery
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JBP posted:How I am trying not to spoil myself on anything, but I saw someone mention to Rope Kid on Twitter about how they killed off one of the factions from New Vegas or something.
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Apr 12, 2024 00:18
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I don't really care if the show "decanonizes" New Vegas unless it means that bethesda is delisting the game and actively destroying copies of it lmao, even if Obsidian were contracted to develop another one I think they'd figure something out
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Maybe it neither canonizes nor decanonizes it and it’s just another take on the fallout concept with no implications for any other installment Or are we just not allowed to have one-off media these days
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The fallout timeline is that the US got nuked and then a bunch of weird poo poo happened afterwards
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Arist posted:I bought Helldivers 2 on PC. This game is so stupid. I love it. Good job solider, now go spread some libertea.
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Lol at people panicking about the Fallout rumours. I've played the Fallouts back when they were new (minus F76) and it looked and felt like another Fallout to me. Probably some details were wrong, but that's fine. Show definitely got some dates wrong to fit perfectly for canonical timeline, which internet quickly escalated to #NewVegasErasure. Tiny spoilers about season 2 teaser at the end of the season: We got some nice view about a character walking toward New Vegas, so it definitely is canon. Probably some details about the place will be changed, which is fine.
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I watched the first ep and it’s pretty drat enjoyable surprisingly
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It's really good. Sat down to watch one episode and ended up watching three in a row. Looking forward to seeing the rest over the weekend.
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I'm watching episode 3 right now and I'm not sure why some people are so upset. It's pretty good.
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tango alpha delta posted:I'm watching episode 3 right now and I'm not sure why some people are so upset. All I'm really seeing is universal acclaim.
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A few grumpy corners of the internet will always be upset about anything related to bethsofts version of fallout. A few angry 40 year olds. Otherwise it seems universally beloved. I liked the first episode a lot. I don’t really have much experience with the games, but the show on its own seems very promising.
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Bugblatter posted:A few grumpy corners of the internet will always be upset about anything related to bethsofts version of fallout. A few angry 40 year olds. Otherwise it seems universally beloved. The show actually captures a lot of the feel of Fallout 3 and especially 4.
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tango alpha delta posted:The show actually captures a lot of the feel of Fallout 3 and especially 4. Sounds bad.
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tango alpha delta posted:The show actually captures a lot of the feel of Fallout 3 and especially 4. A damning condemnation.
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Yeah they should've gone for the feel of Fallout 1 and had it take the mc 10 minutes to kill a rat.
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I like Bethesda Fallout and I've played a drat lot of it but I can't say I have ever held it in super high regard. The aesthetic, the writing etc. It's fine. I don't have a strong opinion on it. But I will say that what they did with the show sort of impressed me regardless.
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I would rather have to play Dragon Age 2 than Fallout 3 or 4.
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Mordiceius posted:I would rather have to play Dragon Age 2 than Fallout 3 or 4. Who cares.
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That was better than most TV shows I've seen in the last few years. I am not an expert.
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I've seen people say the tone is uneven and not serious enough but the comedy doesn't seem that far removed from a lock picking rad scorpion or exploding brahmin to me.
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JBP posted:I've seen people say the tone is uneven and not serious enough but the comedy doesn't seem that far removed from a lock picking rad scorpion or exploding brahmin to me. I don't think those people have played any of the games.
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JBP posted:I've seen people say the tone is uneven and not serious enough but the comedy doesn't seem that far removed from a lock picking rad scorpion or exploding brahmin to me. I haven't seen that.
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