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 Topic: RPGDot Feature: Ashes - Two Worlds Collide Interview |
Namirrha
Replies: 3
Views: 612
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 Forum: News Comments Posted:
Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:06 am Subject: RPGDot Feature: Ashes - Two Worlds Collide Interview |
I did think the engine was mighty tasty, if I may say so...  |
| Topic: Batman Begins |
Namirrha
Replies: 14
Views: 419
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Forum: Books & Movies Posted:
Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:35 am Subject: Batman Begins |
| I thought it was a pretty good film, although I felt the pacing of the film was uneven. The first 1/3 was a bit too slow, a bit too predictable (Bruce Wayne wanders off to the mystic East, finds enlig ... |
| Topic: good fantasy novels with actual endings? |
Namirrha
Replies: 14
Views: 435
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Forum: Books & Movies Posted:
Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:26 am Subject: good fantasy novels with actual endings? |
| I like novels by Greg Keyes. Imaginative writer, who's good and maybe given some time, may become great. The first novel I read by him was The Waterborn followed by its sequel The Blackgod. Yep, that' ... |
| Topic: Hobbies |
Namirrha
Replies: 15
Views: 721
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Forum: Absolutely Off Topic Posted:
Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:14 am Subject: Hobbies |
| Like piln and Kengo, I like Japanese films a lot. And I have an official excuse to indulge myself since I'm taking Japanese classes. I read a lot. History, literature, plays, short stories, science ... |
| Topic: What are you reading now? |
Namirrha
Replies: 132
Views: 4194
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Forum: Books & Movies Posted:
Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:01 pm Subject: What are you reading now? |
| The Complete Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. I completed all the Brothers' Grimm fairy tales about a month ago, and before that, read a lot of Aesop's fables. Out of all of these, Andersen's tales a ... |
| Topic: Side Quest: No Time! No Time! |
Namirrha
Replies: 28
Views: 1364
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Forum: News Comments Posted:
Sun Nov 27, 2005 8:13 pm Subject: Re: Side Quest: No Time! No Time! |
| I must admit some internal conflict: I <em>like</em> the idea of an epic 100 hour cRPG but 30-40 hours suits my available time better. Obviously, the game design needs to be taken into ac ... |
| Topic: What are you reading now? |
Namirrha
Replies: 132
Views: 4194
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Forum: Books & Movies Posted:
Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:39 am Subject: What are you reading now? |
Kengo, I think I might give that novel a try. Looks good.
I'm reading Moby Dick for the second time around. Like other countless Americans, I read it in high school and didn't quite get it then. ... |
| Topic: Elveon Announced |
Namirrha
Replies: 14
Views: 533
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Forum: News Comments Posted:
Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:38 am Subject: Elveon Announced |
| Rejoice! Another RPG with pointy-eared people and a story I've seen only a thousand times in movies, books, and games. |
| Topic: Side Quest: Defining the Evolving Genre |
Namirrha
Replies: 42
Views: 1583
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Forum: News Comments Posted:
Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:09 am Subject: Re: Here's how I define CRPGs |
| A CRPG relies on the character's skills to complete the game and not the player's skill with the keyboard/mouse/joy stick. No matter how engrossing a story is, if you have to rely entirly on your own ... |
| Topic: What are you reading now? |
Namirrha
Replies: 132
Views: 4194
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Forum: Books & Movies Posted:
Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:30 pm Subject: What are you reading now? |
| Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace by Joseph M. Williams. Rereading it to purge my system of academic and scientific writing. |
| Topic: Side Quest: Hey! Where did my party go? |
Namirrha
Replies: 24
Views: 1154
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Forum: News Comments Posted:
Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:19 pm Subject: Side Quest: Hey! Where did my party go? |
I don't understand the last sentence, "I think the games that try to make party combat active, but try to appease strategic types are too much of a middle to be fun." Not trying to flame or nitpick ... |
| Topic: Side Quest: Where Next for Indie RPGs? |
Namirrha
Replies: 26
Views: 2786
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Forum: News Comments Posted:
Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:22 am Subject: Side Quest: Where Next for Indie RPGs? |
Could you tell me the name of these games? I have never found any indie game like Wizardry, Bards Tale or M&M except Devil Whiskey.
Devil Whiskey (I love that name), Minions of Mirth, Grimoire ... |
| Topic: Side Quest: Where Next for Indie RPGs? |
Namirrha
Replies: 26
Views: 2786
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Forum: News Comments Posted:
Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:58 pm Subject: Side Quest: Where Next for Indie RPGs? |
| Why it would be so hard to get more Fallouts and Baldur's Gates? I mean, it has been done before at low cost so why not now, right? I hear all this jibber jabber about rising development costs. Thats ... |
| Topic: Side Quest: Where Next for Indie RPGs? |
Namirrha
Replies: 26
Views: 2786
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Forum: News Comments Posted:
Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:50 am Subject: Side Quest: Where Next for Indie RPGs? |
Do you regularly play indie games? Do you think the downloadable market will explode? Wouldn’t touch homemade graphics with a 10-foot polearm? We’d love to hear what you think.
Dhruin, first I w ... |
| Topic: Knife of Dreams (Wheel of Time, Book 11) |
Namirrha
Replies: 42
Views: 1928
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Forum: Books & Movies Posted:
Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:08 pm Subject: Knife of Dreams (Wheel of Time, Book 11) |
| I think I'll take a look into Erickson's works, based on what I've read here. |
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