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Idle Musings on Star Wars: The Force Awakens

01/26/2016 SpoonyViking 49 Comments

As the title says, these are just idle musings on a specific issue in the movie. I’m really interested in any and all feedback I might get.

Also, there will be spoilers. Big ones, too.
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Movies, On Writing meditations on writing, Star Wars

St. Elmo's Fire on Misc Discussion PostI played Super Metroid when I was a kid, but I don't recall the controls being janky except for the diagonal aiming.
Heatth on Misc Discussion PostIf I remember well, the consensus at the time is it was a terrible first person shooter but an incredible 3D Metroid. And it did feel like a 3D Metroi…
Nerem on Misc Discussion PostThey're not very good games that are well-loved in American because they had literally zero competition for what they were doing. It's pretty similar…
St. Elmo's Fire on Misc Discussion PostJust played Metroid Prime for the first time. I don't have enough thoughts for a full review, but I am shocked it’s so well-liked by the fandom. The i…
Roarke on Into the Breach and Star RenegadesIt might have been three runs if I didn't have a bug resetting the progress every time I closed the game. Then there were the other buffs you really n…
Nerem on Into the Breach and Star RenegadesI mean you can get your first win the moment you unlock the Seer, which is about three runs in which honestly in a game like this is about the minimum…
Roarke on Into the Breach and Star Renegades"To be fair to it, it’s not really that long to unlock the stuff required to win. It’s just that they should start off being unlocked or unlock after…
Nerem on Into the Breach and Star RenegadesWeirdly the older version of Into The Breach that had heavy story and stuff apparently had a lot more replayability and sounded way cooler. I'm still…
Roarke on Into the Breach and Star RenegadesInto the Breach was also a disappointment to me, but I did like the gameplay to an extent; it just wasn't as replayable as the devs thought it would b…
Nerem on Into the Breach and Star RenegadesI think Griftlands is a lot better example of a Roguelike with plot, since honestly I couldn't tell you a single thing about Hades's plot. If I rememb…
St. Elmo's Fire on Into the Breach and Star Renegadesa Roguelike with plot? No one would buy that! Cut to Hades staring directly into the camera. The real question is why they hired such a prolific write…
Nerem on Into the Breach and Star RenegadesI liked both a lot gameplay-wise, but you aren't wrong about the writing. I mean, these kind of games usually have a plot that boils down to a very th…
Nerem on Undertale Discussion PostShame the site became nonfunctional so I couldn't talk about Deltarune 2 when it happened. It sure was good in every way.
Nerem on Sword Art Online Discussion PostFunnily, World of Warcraft actually created a good illusion-based boss. During the fight he splits into a bunch of mirror images, and everyone sees th…
Nerem on FEZSince I can actually comment now: The reason why the game feels so disjointed like the premise is a lie is that Phil Fish happened. Phil Fish was the…