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Thank you Remedy for not Epic-jailing this like with Alan Wake 2! That game is such a masterpiece that more people need to play 😭

I think Legacy of Atlantis is actually a remake of the first Tomb Raider, so I think Crystal Dynamics wanted to be like "Don't worry guys, you're also getting a new one" at the same time.

No one mention the use of 5G and wifi in front of Elizabeth May and we should be ok.

You may be right. Disney sent a cease and desist to Google right before this "partnership" with OpenAI was announced. Seems like Disney wants to integrate and control AI using their IP on their own terms.

Some men should watch Heated Rivalry with their significant others. Great bonding experience.

Despite writing about dark topics - apocalyptic events, oppressed populations, the failures of heroes, etc. - he is missing the edge that you get from other authors who write similar stories.

You know what, I think you're onto something here. I don't need Scadrial/Cosmere to be the darkest and edgiest fantasy world ever, and a lot of fantasy readers read for escapism. But there is a certain friction you expect in the genre that just isn't there for me in the first Mistborn trilogy, or the Stormlight books I read. Again, I can't quantify it (and maybe I don't have to), but the best example of my feeling is when I recall reading The Magician's Nephew with my younger cousin around the same time that I started the Stormlight Archive, and man was I way more invested in Diggory and Polly's reactions to the dystopias they were visiting than who/whatever was screwing with Kal again (free my boy from suffering, Sanderson).

8 people? Sounds like the perfect excuse to rent the penthouse. (Disclaimer: I've only seen penthouse hotel suites in movies)

I had an English teacher that had us read The Prince along with the Life of Castruccio as a parody of the Medici/Italian ruling class, and how it made Italy worse as a kingdom. Much more enjoyable that way tbh. Fantastic teacher, I hope she's living the life in retirement.

Oh good! I just want everyone to know this fact because I want more people to commiserate with about how we got to where we are in 2025 :')

This is probably divisive here, but I just...do not care for Brandon Sanderson. As someone who has read a lot of fantasy before getting into him, he's always praised for having a coherent magic system, but that isn't really enough to make it an enjoyable fantasy story. There's just a lack of.... something in his writing (and I've tried to read Mistborn and his shorts) that I have a hard time quantifying to others.

Also I was really surprised that I found his writing weirdly bland in the same way I found Stephanie Meyer's writing bland, considering that they write completely different genres. Then I found out they were both had Mormon upbringings, and I can kind of see why I found the blandness similar.

but the writing is ass. the politics more so

You will not be surprised to learn that the author, Eliezer Yudkowsky, started a cult called LessWrong, which had members that would spin off into ANOTHER (more murder-y) cult, the Zizians.

I bought the illustrated version in high school because I was taking an art history class and liked looking at the pretty paintings. The story itself did not leave any impression on me lol