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I tried to figure out the history of the Temple after playing the first few Legends of Greyhawk adventures, and it got confusing. Am I correct that Tharizdun and the Princes weren’t linked to the Temple until 3E and Return To The Temple Of Elemental Evil?

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Walter Peck from Ghostbusters. Yes, he shouldn’t have shut down the equipment without understanding it, but he was a dedicated civil servant trying to protect the public from literal mad scientists.

I’d love to hear you and Shawn do an episode on the OGL’s legacy. I find the topic fascinating.

Since one possible answer was "screw it, let's build a giant money bin for our MtG profits instead", I'm happy they found a plan that worked for them. With hilarious consequences! The emergence of Pathfinder from the OGL, and modern WOTC's pantsing during the OGL fiasco, will always make me smile.

Without pretending that the OGL was in any way born of altruism, I think it's important to remember that it was created in the context of TSR's collapse. The question wasn't so much "how do we dominate this industry" but rather "how do we make publishing D&D sustainable in the long term".

Hey kids! If you like the X-Men, then you should totally buy our Spider-Man comics! He can beat them up! He is awesome!

One of the most ham-handed pieces of writing in comics history. “He is awesome!” He sure is, Nightcrawler. He sure is.

I’m sure that they were equally upset when the Germanic actress Diane Kruger played Helen in the Brad Pitt movie. Because it’s all about historical accuracy, of course.

Coming in 2027, Wes Anderson presents ISLE OF DOGS 2: THE COYOTE OF ALCATRAZ.

Maybe he has an old box of On The Edge on his shelf somewhere. What a devastating loss for you if he took it down.

This also ignores that the US is reviled by many if not most Iranians and that shows of support from US groups could well be counterproductive.

Trying to figure out Trump’s actual beliefs is usually a pointless exercise, but it’s 100% clear that he fundamentally sees long term alliances and partnerships for mutual benefit as being a sucker’s game. To him, you make deals for your own short term benefit and then backstab the other side.

‘We’ll Never Make That Kind of Movie Again’ An oral history of The Emperor’s New Groove, a raucous Disney animated film that almost never happened.

If you’re a fan of the movie and you haven’t read this article yet, drop whatever you’re doing and dive in.

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“Canadian English is a source of immense pride for the nation’s pedants” is a top tier burn.

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The Dragon, in the downtown mall. Not the biggest selection, but serviceable.

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I think you need to make it clear that the top hat is made of silk and not, um, you-know-what.

“This subculture has a pearl-clutching reactionary old guard who fear and resent change.” No, really? Like every subculture ever? What a scoop!

Anyone interested in the connection between fantasy “evil races” and real-world racism should read The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad. It dramatically changed how I looked at, eg, Tolkien’s orcs.

Real life is so much more like the Dortmunder novels than it is like the Parker novels.

“…and then, Sutler will be forced to do the only thing he knows how to do.”

I’m from a more or less WASP upbringing in southern Ontario, and there were at least two couples, old friends of my parents, who we referred to as aunts and uncles despite no blood relationship at all.

The politicians-at-a-podium and Louvre photos add nothing to their stories. A decent photo of one of the large city protests would have conveyed the scale at a glance. They couldn’t be more obvious about trying to downplay the story.

Dale Gribble on Global Warming YouTube video by CoMaLunar

As foretold in the very first episode of King of the Hill in 1996.

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We, the players, were _pissed_. We went in all out and came up with tactics we’d never used before. We wiped the floor with them in record time. It was exhilarating.

Instead, we were ambushed by a local villain team that we’d clashed with many times. It was a total dick move, and very much in character for those villains.

In a Champions game I played in many years ago, our team had just returned from an intense multi-session mission across the dimensions. We and our characters were ready for some serious downtime.

It’s something I’ve only seen a handful of times, but when you get the actual _players_ mad at your villains, exciting things happen. In my experience, it’s the highest form of player engagement.

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That sounds like it would pair well with some Sardinian maggot cheese.

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