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  1. MarkB

    Highly-Anticipated Star Wars Movie Becomes Disney+ Show — Report

    Yeah, for all we can say that the Thrawn trilogy got written out when Disney turned the EU into Legends, it really started 'way back when the prequel trilogy came out and clones didn't work the way Zahn envisioned them. If I were to reimagine it at this point I'd maybe have the lost fleet be...
  2. MarkB

    Highly-Anticipated Star Wars Movie Becomes Disney+ Show — Report

    I feel like Rise of Skywalker kinda already did the whole "hidden fleet" thing to death, they'd have to put a serious new spin on it.
  3. MarkB

    What videogames are you playing in 2026?

    Yeah, the illusory door in the hag's lair was seriously frustrating in my first playthrough. There's no indication that you need to not interact with it to get past it, and it takes up so much of the screen that just finding some place beyond it to click isn't at all intuitive.
  4. MarkB

    What videogames are you playing in 2026?

    Are you using Alt to highlight interactable items in the environment (and Shift to highlight enemy line of sight for stealth)? That should eliminate pretty much any pixel hunting you need to do.
  5. MarkB

    What videogames are you playing in 2026?

    I'm currently replaying Divinity Original Sin 2, have just finished the first chapter and left Fort Joy island. It's an interesting contrast to BG3, with no concept of an adventuring day and the ability to completely recover after every fight. Aside from potions and throwables, the only 'class'...
  6. MarkB

    General video game discussion

    Depends on the level of story-ness you're looking for. Certainly some content creators do a fair amount of editing to keep things flowing. I like Many a True Nerd for his playthroughs. The issue to bear in mind is that it's a really inefficient way for someone to make content, especially with...
  7. MarkB

    OOTS 1139: Weak Interaction

    Durkon replied to him.
  8. MarkB

    Video Games and Music

    Shout out to the PS4 God of War soundtrack for being truly cinematic in quality. The vocal performances and animation of the characters is great, but it really feels like the music is doing so much work in conveying Kratos's emotions and presence.
  9. MarkB

    Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

    I feel like the legs are less impressive than manufacturing himself a new digestive system. Still waiting for the epic tale of Darth Maul's lower half. Maybe it managed to graft itself onto the head and torso of one of the battle droids that got bisected during the fighting.
  10. MarkB

    Spoilers Falllout season 2 discussion

    Hank certainly wasted no time ramping up once he got past the prototype stage. I think the major issue this season is that there's no real sense that it's building to anything. Plotlines are moving, but they don't feel like they're converging the way they did last season, and nobody feels like...
  11. MarkB

    What videogames are you playing in 2026?

    Fair enough, but the story is always what discourages me from playing through Fallout 4 again. Then again, the gameplay prevented me from ever getting very far into the story of either Fallout 1 or 2. Not sure how Fallout New Vegas doesn't make the cut, on either criteria, though.
  12. MarkB

    D&D General Help with Beholder Eye Ideas

    How about having the eyes have drawbacks or side effects due to them never having been meant to be controlled by mere mortal minds. Like, the Charm eye causes people to randomly become infatuated with you at inopportune moments, or the Sleep ray turns you into that one teacher from Ferris...
  13. MarkB

    What videogames are you playing in 2026?

    Sony seems to put a really high value on stories in the games they publish or support, and have done a good job of delivering some very good stories to their platform. Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, Ghost of Tsushima and Spiderman all managed to combine story and gameplay very well to deliver...
  14. MarkB

    D&D 5E (2014) Real Emotions at the Gaming Table

    I've seen too much Konosuba not to find it hilarious. If there's not a Spellcaster with Prestidigitation in the party, my main concern would be how far the nearest bath house is. With some characters I'd feel more sorry for the toad, swallowing all that spiky metal.
  15. MarkB

    Fallout Shelter Reality Show

    Maybe the audience will get to vote on what horrific unethical experiment this vault's population is being subjected to.
  16. MarkB

    Spoilers Falllout season 2 discussion

    This week's episode has sparked up my interest again. A few interesting reveals and twists, some bad news for the planned fate of vaults 32 and 33, and a shake-up at the end. Just disappointing that we didn't get our big Deathclaw fight (yet?)
  17. MarkB

    D&D General The D&D Memes Thread

    And if you gather enough, your hoard can also be your horde.
  18. MarkB

    Star Wars prequel questions

    What, one rule for you, another for everyone else?
  19. MarkB

    Star Wars prequel questions

    Sure, but that one was established (at mod request IIRC) precisely to prevent the proliferation of threads exactly like this one.
  20. MarkB

    Star Wars prequel questions

    We have a thread for this.
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