Redemption, Phil, Redemption...

Redeption: I have not read the deluge of Romantasy and FanFic pieces about Orcs so I'm sure the movement predates Pratchett, but he waited until 2009 to even mention them in his series.

I feel your pain.

I take it this is not "Halifax, Nova Scotoa" ;)

What are you going to do, Phil, after having read all these books?

I'mma watch all the Deadpool movies so I can FINALLY see Deadpool & Wolverine. :)

Also Meta-Analysis is fancy for "Literature Review" which is probably powered by LLMs now.

It's a mirror for us all, we're messy and amazing too!

It's the unholy grail, we both know that (pops a can).

Regarder des gens jouer à Star Trek au poste 37!

Or you go full indie

"To Shadows we Sang" ;)

Will always remind me of a post-mortem about a project at Ubi where the devs were so tightly packed that someone wrote "on est trop proche et le monde me tappe sur les nerds..."

Love you too, friend!

I got a HIGH REZ gridless battlemap and adjusted the 5'X5' square on D&D Beyond's VTT to a small enough size that players had to move, teleport, jump, and fly all over the place to address its various "puzzle" pieces and guardians to disable the BBEM's immunity shield.

Characters are level 7.

Thanks Chris. It was a journey!

Now I get to be a healthier, happier old man! :)

They are low on ressources and Malakor, the Geomancer Lich and heir to the fallen Dwarf King of the Glistening Spires of Sorrow just stepped out of the protective bubble the characters deactivated.

"I will erase you and your worlds like your ancestors erased mine!"

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I just discovered accuradio & basically am listening to older R&B I grew up on.

The templating is a side effect of record companies realizing it's cheaper to push a dozen super stars than to have an ecosystem of musicians/singers/bands to support.

Now all pop music uses the same producer/writers.

My "Discover Weekly" now has a significant portion of AI-art cover bands with AI-Generated bios with no artist names assigned to "voice".