Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
Weirdest fucking thing.
Raven McCracken, the guy who did World of Synnibarr, which is mentioned in the same breath as FATAL, is in my IRC channel talking about the revival of the game on Kickstarter.
(9:58:31 AM) Lin_Chong: What kind of experience is this game supposed to give players?
(9:58:57 AM) RavenMcCracken: The ability to use the powerbases are tied to the guilds but not exclusively...
(9:59:14 AM) RavenMcCracken: it takes about 10 minutes to build a character now...
(9:59:35 AM) RavenMcCracken: The experience is what Fate makes it
(10:00:03 AM) RavenMcCracken: Ive designed building blocks that can be arranged to fit any desired gaming experience...
(10:00:53 AM) Dan: That's a bold statement, Raven. Can it really? I mean, it definitel covers a lot of bases, but with the emphasis on powerful characters, can it pull off horror, for example?
(10:01:02 AM) RavenMcCracken: Ive created paints, and a canvas... Fate paints the pictures
Synnibar doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as FATAL. Synnibar's just horribly, horribly unwieldy. It's not terrible in theory. FATAL, on the other hand, is actively malicious against half the planet, and participates in historical revisionism. Synnibar is flawed. FATAL is evil.
Synnibar doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as FATAL. Synnibar's just horribly, horribly unwieldy. It's not terrible in theory. FATAL, on the other hand, has absolutely nothing going for it.
(weapon) of Torturon: The wielder becomes obsessed with removing his victim's eyes and shoving them into his nose (the victim's nose, not the wielder's) and also takes up sunbathing naked on top of cottages. Okay, that's oddly specific and rather disturbing, especially given that one of Byron Hall's friends is called Torturon...
O_O
Never dig into FATAL stuff. It never gts less weird
Sitting in a Burger King parking lot with my sis looking up books by a crazy obscure '40s/'50s literary horror guy named William Sansom. Could be worse for sure.
And yes, we hung out before he went home for the summer. It was very cool.
And you know what? That's OK. Pirates ran on hilaridumb. The first movie was about redcoats fighting undead pirates who were hunting for cursed Aztec gold, and part of why it was so great was that it wasn't taking itself seriously.
It's when they started to seriously world-build that things fell apart.
Which leads to the Kraken dying for basically no good reason and Jones walking around like a castrated monkey before finally getting chucked into the sea. (No, I didn't like At World's End)
Because the writers made an entertaining, compelling villain and had no idea how to get rid of him.
i don't remember much about the plot of that movie series at all. was at world's end the third or fourth? i think i only saw the first three and remember being kind of amazed that they were trying to do a fourth after the third seemed p conclusive
speaking of movies based on disney world rides: is tomorrowland any good?
Tomorrowland is...eeeeeeh. The plot's more coherent than any of the Pirates movies and the characters are worth caring about, but the pacing's awkward and the villain's kind of lame.
If you have spare time, go see it, but you won't die if you don't. I'd go see it, if for George Clooney's strong performance alone.
Also they made a fourth because it was always about making money, and film studios never let quality get in the way of that. They'll probably make them until either Johnny Depp or Geoffrey Rush kicks it or quits.
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Hanging out with Yarrun was fun, by the way. Vegan kosher Chinese food is also a good thing, unlikely as that might seem.
And yes, we hung out before he went home for the summer. It was very cool.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Alas, I must go. Talk later, guys. Keep on keeping on.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
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