slingstone

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[–] slingstone 1 points 9 months ago

I wonder what would happen in the same scenario but with John Constantine or Dr. Fate?

[–] slingstone 2 points 9 months ago

That would be phenomenal, but I imagine it's unlikely.

However, if we're in the realm of unlikely scenarios, maybe they can give me a follow-up to Xcom: Enemy Within that proceeds from an Xcom victory in the first game. I never got into Xcom 2 because it ignored the buildup to the greater enemy foreshadowed at the end of Enemy Within. Not knocking those who liked what we got...it just didn't work for me.

[–] slingstone 13 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Gang, is there like a biological reason cats put their butts in your face? Based on everyone's reaction, it's obviously something we've all seen enough that we find the meme funny or at least relatable.

[–] slingstone 2 points 9 months ago

I miss Looney Tunes so much.

[–] slingstone 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Alpha Centauri with the Alien Crossfire dlc

Best 4x ever.

[–] slingstone 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] slingstone 3 points 9 months ago

What a shpadoinkle word!

[–] slingstone 61 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] slingstone 2 points 9 months ago

Honestly, I could deal with Adrian's shenanigans just fine. That whole thing was supposed to be over the top, so they shifted most of his story to non-canonical status. I understood why, at the time. But then, the main storyline moved on to a lot of odd muscle porn stuff that was kinda not important to the story. I was dealing with that when I came across a thread lamenting the fact that the actual Gilgamesh of ancient legend was coming into the story as a living character somehow. I read ahead to confirm, and then I gave up. It was just one ridiculous bridge too far. The beautiful HFY story I'd started reading all the way back with Kevin Jenkins (whose character transformed in some nonsensical ways himself) was just too off the rails for me at that point. Add the dismissive treatment of female characters later on, and it was just another story ruined for me. So many great characters and so much unrealized potential...

There were some seriously emotional stories in the Jenkinsverse, but there were so many side stories that went nowhere. I've just been disappointed too many times to continue to sort through it all.

If you liked it all, more power to you. It had some pretty fantastic moments. It just transformed too far away from what I enjoyed about it for me to continue.

[–] slingstone 2 points 9 months ago
[–] slingstone 2 points 9 months ago

It's just the ice wall on the edge of the flat earth. Checkmate, globe-lovers!

/s

[–] slingstone 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mean, a rocket will get you past the sky, so...

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