Flow in Games - a master's thesis tackling fun in video games, but I think it could be applicable to the tabletop
The original Sorcerer - I like this outfit much better than Hennet's goth-club gear, though I don't think I would send a PC of mine into a dungeon with his twig and berries hanging out.
The Dragonquest Shrine - I never played any of the DQ titles, but I absolutely adore some of the monster art you can find here. Evil has never been cuter!
Space Chicks: An alternative history of the future - I don't drop a lot of political stuff on this blog, but I found this item pretty amusing.
The Rasterbator - Not as naughty as it sounds, I'm afraid. This site allows you to make a cool-looking poster from any image.
A Return to the Stars
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After a veeeeerrrryyyy long, and mostly unplanned, hiatus, Stuart and I got
together to play more Stargrave in recent days. It was good! It was also a
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Y'know, Hennet gets a lot of crap, not all of which is deserved.
ReplyDeleteI imagine a large part of what was going into his design was a confusion as to what an archetypical sorcerer (as opposed to wizard) looks like. My interpretation? They wanted someone who was a little alien (to signify the natural connection to magic), someone who was clearly not a scholar, and someone who looked kinda badass.
So they gave him surprisingly effective weapons for an arcane caster and put him in clothing that gave the illusion of armor. He certainly doesn't look like a stereotypical wizard... and I think that's largely the point.
Could they have done it differently? Sure. Is his clothing remarkably impractical? Sure (but less so than most pictures of Mialee).
szilard:
ReplyDeleteI see what you're saying, but I think Hennet and Mialee both desparately need Blockade Boy makeovers.