I had to blow the dust off this one https://conanzeromus.ytmnd.com/

praised for its seamless open world, amazing bosses and freedom of choice.

repetive mini bosses and dungeons, rather empty open stretches in the overworld

These can be true statements from players with different engagement levels.

If you only do the content you stumble across toward the end, it may well feel boundless.

But if you cleared every annoying catacomb, every gaol, etc then you start to see the seams and artifice.

I guess the boss funneling is accurate, because the entry toward the Morgott bottleneck is technically a funnel.

In fairness I adore the bosses because they made me level up as a player and now Consort Radahn is my absolute favorite boss to spank.

The real universal praise should be for the jump button 🙏

Hell ya! One of Quark’s finest scenes:

They have weapons. You have weapons. Everyone has weapons. But right now, no one has a clear advantage. So the price of peace is at an all-time low. This is the perfect time to sit down and hammer out an agreement. Don’t you get it? Attacking the Cardassians now will only escalate the conflict and make peace more expensive in the long run. Now, I ask you, is that logical?

I want to believe in the age of enshittificiation that The Martian Chronicles will take on a new life.

It’s so bleak how it ends with highways and diners everywhere.

I hope this isn’t a spoiler, but this about sums it up for me:

Buckle up for S3! You are about to witness ENT come into its own and it’s glorious.

This is the real year of hell and they don’t pull any punches.

I think I want to rewatch 3x15 Harbinger again.

Wow. Detailed steps plus a script, you have my gratitude 🙏

Your 4 year goal reminds me a lot of Cogmind’s development and the video about the journey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yJflbg0V38

Best of luck

Is this sorta stuff doable with free software? If so, can you point me in the right direction? I definitely have some scenes with this treatment in mind.

That was a great read, thanks.

Kinda surreal to read about disco without also reading about disappointment.

Wildest part is how good it sounded at the time:

“Things are at a fever pitch right now, I believe we can all agree. The devastation, the oppression, the genocide, the division around the world, I think it has reached a fever pitch, and I absolutely think that it’s causing people to lose hope in a lot of ways,” she says. “So yes, I think people are looking for something to hold onto, they’re reaching and grasping for glimmers wherever they may find them. It’s why I feel so honoured and blessed to be a storyteller, number one, and to be telling this story, because I believe it speaks to that. I believe seeing this utopian future, even with its challenges, is incredibly, incredibly hopeful and inspiring.”

I feel they already have; the Klingon bridge crew from the musical episode appeared as TNG-ridged.

Truly a subtly unretconning of the Klingon look without even addressing it.

TNG character headcanon?

Worf is a narcissist. Reason: Kurn and Alexander were kept until no longer useful to him then discarded. #Justice4Kurn

Universe headcanon?

The Vulcans are augments and the romulans are the baseline diaspora. Reason: every time TPol was unphased by the anomaly because of her [superior] Vulcan physiology.

They can be archived without being playable

You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger darling.

Imagine an archive for unreadable books, unwatchable films, and unplayable games too!

the best series finales are always double-episodes

I think you’re right:

TNG: 2-parter, check

DS9: 2-parter, check

VOY: 2-parter, check

ENT: 1-shot, check

DISCO: 1-shot, check

Romulans: Don’t Tread Mintaka On me

How about Elric of Melniboné?

How many more Targaryens and Geralts must we endure before this is adapted?

Yes a surprisingly fun and satisfying adventure. It really made me wish there was a video game in The Congregation setting.

Dal discovered Adreek’s skeleton, and we learn that Aurelian skulls have spurs of bone projecting from them, presumably covered by the feathers.

Me: Aurelians have…feathers?

Some searching later…

Me: Oh Aurelian not El-Aurian

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Squidward, his lawnchair folded