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Apr 14

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Apr 13

Steven Universe: Attack the Light

Okay, so good game. Definitely worth the price. There were some issues, though. I’ll talk about it after the break.

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Apr 12

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1) Nah. I have a humansona! I made him for a 3.5e campaign!

2) Speaking of which. I’ve joined a group a bunch of times, but they all ended before they ever began. The one time we got far enough that I could fight I was a Minotaur Swordmage in 4e.

3) Well, according to Google, the definition is a bit more diverse and varied.

4) Do tools function independently of outside intervention?

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Apr 11

Holy crap, Attack the Light is hard!

If you don’t get those timed defenses you’re going to get eaten!

Also there might be a slight input delay on my Kindle.

Apr 10

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See, here’s my problem. Steven Universe is a very different show than, say, My Little Human. Steven Universe has very clear and concise rules, with a very limited cast, under which its world works. Even if you don’t know the reason behind something, because the show is told through Steven’s perspective, chances are there is one. And you’ll find out later. Maybe even dozens of episodes later!

My Little Human isn’t so stringent. If some information was omitted, it’s not usually because of a limited narrator or because it’ll be expanded on later. Most of the time, there just is no answer! It wasn’t necessary so nopony ever bothered to nail one down! And that’s where viewers can come in and fill in the blanks with their own imagination, without designating it as “alternate dimensions” or dreams.

One show allows for very plausible, viewer-created additions to fill in gaps left by the show. The other is just a show. No less a show, mind you, but more of a thing to be watched and experienced than one to be explored and immersed.

So… No. It can be fun looking at others’ Gemsonas, particularly their designs, but I don’t see a point in doing it myself.

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1) Ah… Hmm… I’m gonna go with worse. For the betterment of society, specialization is needed to efficiently complete a task, both for yourself and others, which allows those others to similarly complete different tasks. When a society has everything it needs to sustain itself, it can advance and expand into new territories (both physically and technologically).

If I had to gather food and maintain a shelter and you had to gather food and maintain a shelter and Hopscotch had to gather food and maintain a shelter; it just doesn’t allow much time for anything else but focusing on survival.

2) No. No I think we can do for less of that.

3) You keep using words that are vague and open to interpretation. Depending on where you go, Tumblr is obscure. Is this website a cult? Specific forums can be very hard to find in the vastness of the internet. Is a small group of ten or so folks brought together because of a common appreciation for a video game a cult?

4) No, sorry. Greed can be a decent fall-back. “I do bad because I want nice thing.“ That’s what Ursula did, anyway.

But no, what you’re describing is a tool. Somepony trying too hard to be edgy and cool, and will just wind up being used by somepony else with greater ambitions.

Exhibit A.

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Apr 09

I had a nightmare last night, which isn’t new, but in this one I lost a permanent tooth.

That is a new kind of terrifying.

Apr 08

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Apr 06

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1) Well, I suppose the most important thing is rationale; your reasoning for doing what is considered wrong. You can’t just go attacking ponies all wanton. You need a morally ambiguous goal or drive for your actions.

2) Is religion a cult? What about television and the internet? If you spend hours upon hours invested in an object, is that not worship? Is sleep a cult?

Disturbing is an awful subjective point-of-view, isn’t it?

3) A little light on the original part of OTP, but they have so much chemistry, don’t they?

4) Bon-Bon: I’d seen the ad on Lyra’s screen before, so I knew what he was talking about.

Apr 05

Somepony asked me today, in person mind you, who my OTP was.

And I had to pause for a moment, and act like I didn’t hear what they said. Because how do you explain to somepony that your OTP are a pair of rocks?

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1) That’s a funny sort of question. What constitutes a cult? At what point does a repeated gathering become a cult?

2) Now I’m just angry! Why do my figures always have horrible manes! I mean they’re not horrible, but they do not work for me at all! Stop giving me Twilight’s mane! And Rarity’s? Really? Were you even trying?

And then I saw Octavia has her own molded with her double cello or whatever and I just closed the friggin’ window.

3) Bon-Bon: Because my parents are rich. That’s the sort of thing rich parents do. Less family togetherness time, more materialism. Love them both with all of my heart, of course, but I don’t intend to follow that path.

Apr 04

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