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Child of Light

07/09/2016 Act 20 Comments

I had such high hopes for this game — was really looking forward to it — and it was a disappointment in just about every way. Except the art, which was stunningly gorgeous. Everything else was a clusterfuck. (more…)

RPGs, Video Games child of light, videogame

St. Elmo's Fire on Misc Discussion PostI don’t know if I’ll do a full post on this eventually, but I just finished Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and it was great, highl…
illhousen on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch4Okay, could this work given wizard lifespans where Simon joined up during a timeperiod when he’d have identified himself by patronymic instead? That c…
Farla on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch2The problem isn't really that Harry finds them attractive, it's what comes along with Harry finding them attractive. Often, men describing women as be…
Farla on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch4Hm. Yeah, in Book 1 it seemed just random unfairness, but as of Book 3, we know the whole reason Harry's got Morgan stalking him is he managed to get…
Roarke on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch3You're right; that's a better way to put it. She's still hitting all the 'woman' markers, including the part where she concedes having a purse would h…
Farla on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch4That’s sorta consistent with how later books try to play it. The idea is that Summer is super-passionate, which can be a bad thing since it means they…
Farla on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch3Same principle with vampires. If harry was polite and cordial to them,they would take him as a weak target No. Harry said this. What actually happened…
Farla on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch3women using power effectively. Oh, I think that really works out. Though I think it's not that she's sidestepping femininity, it's updating how it wor…
Farla on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch5 Part OneI like the idea that Harry loses interest when he realizes that Morgan’s animosity wasn’t important enough to risk his status, but I feel it doesn’t j…
Farla on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch5 Part OneYeah, don't be fooled by Harry's split second of willingness to use another name, that's what the narration decided he's called.
Farla on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch5 Part OneAll indigenous people are not dead, but all indigenous people do not share a single culture, and there's no surety the ones that are alive will still…
Keleri on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch5 Part Oneand this is the problem with trying to have an international group, there are continents other than North America and Europe.
Spoony Viking on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch5 Part OneOverwritten in the public consciousness, not for the peoples themselves.
guest on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch5 Part OneThe less represented a culture is, the more being included in the stories other people are telling is important, but the greater the risk that a mista…
Hyatt on Dresden Files Summer Knight Ch5 Part OneThat one's even weirder, because the official romanization is Li Syaoran. Because CLAMP loves their unusual spellings.