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I like to pop in on 1950s/1960s science fiction from time to time and this one had caught my eye. I think this is the first full novel by Arthur C. Clarke that I've and I was not disappointed. Aliens invade and take over the planet but in a bloodless and benevolent coup. The story follows a few...

Way better than it had any right to be plus Tim Curry as Captain Hook.

Checking in on nu-Pennywise That's about right.

If you find yourself needing a much too long and detailed documentary on the IT made for TV miniseries from 1990 than here you go This came out in 2021. Tim's noodle was still working just fine even if everything else had failed him.

I knew it was coming but that one sucks real hard.

Find that sexy, do ya?

Hard to go wrong with complex villains.

Basically, yeah. Think of it like introducing a brand new magic system in to an existing game and the new system comes with a bunch of it's own unique ways to break the rules. Magic is already really good in DnD and now here comes Magic Plus.

Psionics are almost always always always completely out of line with the rest of the edition and have been since 1st edition AD&D.

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You used to be able to just delete some shit from the zone file on your computer and then skip the patcher. Bam, no door. It probably still works.

Pigs in Space, the Muppet Show parody of Star Trek, is almost fifty years old. As a side note the episode where Mark Hamill guest stars is a lot of fun.

I think he eventually got caught by meth. Unfortunate.

Fay-Mart or bust. Fuck EC.