Mass Effect Andromeda unlocks for regular play tonight at midnight (eastern). That's probably just enough time to create a character before I go to bed. Whee! Well, regardless, it has been on my mind of late. Heck, thanks to the commercials, I have Rag'n'Bone Man's Human in my head. While I've seen it said that Mass Effect is like a more recent ( Read more... )

So, with 7.1 about to release, I've finished up the current Suramar content on my main. I put in time with alts, finishing out my death knight's class story and getting to the final few steps of my priest's. And... the class/order stories have made a range of impacts...

[Spoilers for Legion paladin, priest, and death knight campaign stories]The paladin story is still my favorite so far. After watching Tirion go down ( Read more... )

I came across Gravity Falls while looking for Star Wars: Rebels on Disney XD. It's one of those animated show that may not be immediately striking in one viewing. The animation is pretty standard, relying a bit more on style than detail. Some of the voices were familiar, though, and the teasing of a mystery were enough that I made some effort to ( Read more... )

I think of movies like Die Hard and Raiders of the Lost Arc, classics in action/adventure, and when I look at the heroes I think "y'know, here is a character that did no use Con as a dump stat." Perhaps because those examples are so deeply ingrained in my mind, I might have failed to consciously notice how that isn't necessarily the case these days ( Read more... )

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is normally not even a game I'd give a second look. Big-franchise first-person shooters these days are built heavily around multiplayer and have a reputation for single-player campaigns that are short and/or lacking in other ways. BO3, however, came out just in a time frame where I looked a little more closely than usual ( Read more... )

I've talked before about my difficulties in dealing with multiverses conceptually. I always keep coming back to "well, how does any of this actually matter when there are worlds out there in which things are already the way I want?" Why struggle to beat Sauron, Thanos, or Lord Evildude when you can go to a world in which it's already done ( Read more... )

I think it's something of an achievement in art and entertainment to evoke emotion. Some might argue that's the whole point. But when you get down to it, the bulk of quests in an MMO are fleeting and forgetable. If I really focus on it, sure, killing those ten rats in the basement may have been a huge relief for the tavernkeep, but I wasn't ever ( Read more... )

I've used the term "spark" in discussing characters and roleplaying games in progress - usually in reference to something that's lacking. Maybe it's the initial spark of inspiration that leads to a plot/story or maybe it's the spark of chemistry between characters that makes them feel like there's more between them than just carrying out actions in ( Read more... )

Since I got nudged into starting to watch anime online, I've had a chance to take in a few series. Most are relatively new (Valvrave, Log Horizon), though I've started watching a relatively older series as well (Read or Die). And while I like a lot of these individually, if to varying degrees, the meta-reaction I'm having here is one of sadness at ( Read more... )

So, after a session of fantasy adventure RP last night, I got to talking with our active GM for a bit. As conversations will, we strayed over a few topics, but some left me thinking.

( Rambling and Musing )