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  1. Randin

    Avatar 2 (2020)

    For that matter, so will Cameron. Going to burn away his golden years making the Dances with Space-Cats cinematic universe.
  2. Randin

    The Northman (2022)

    I'd say the comparisons to the Green Knight are at least somewhat justified, with similar slower pacing. That said, not nearly as artsy-fartsy as Green Knight was. Also, as a medieval history nerd, I was happy to see they actually did quite well with the historical accuracy. There's certainly...
  3. Randin

    Red Dead Redemption 2

    Can't say I had much trouble with the controls either. Granted, I'm also the type that walks in towns, which cuts down of having a lynch mob form because you bumped someone quite a bit. The story was great, and so much of the rest of the game just being a Cowboy Simulator resulted in something...
  4. Randin

    Moon Knight

    Was halfway expecting that we'd get a scene at some point, but still, well done. That said, also happy that it looks like they aren't going to belabor the 'what is real?' angle for too long; cool as a WTF moment, but the series is too short to do it as a real plot arc.
  5. Randin

    Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

    Just got back from seeing it, and this was another really fun one. The first half was decent enough, if perhaps with a scene or two that was a little too 'kids movie' for my tastes (although it is a kids movie, so it's hard to hold that against it), but the second half was great. They hit the...
  6. Randin

    Playstation 5

    $3 a month for online play? At that price, I might actually try my hand at multiplayer every now and then.
  7. Randin

    Guild Wars 2

    Essentially just continuing work on the stuff they've talked about before, getting matchmaking working on WvW rather than having the server-based teams, stuff like that.
  8. Randin

    Guild Wars 2

    Info update from the devs: ArenaNet Studio Update: The Future of Guild Wars 2 – GuildWars2.com The major bullet points: The active player population has doubled in the last three years EoD has outsold PoF (presumably comparing similar timeframes) Now that EoD is out the door, they're working...
  9. Randin

    Hogwarts Legacy

    I don't have a ton of attachment to Harry Potter specifically, but I'm always down for some cool wizard shit, and this looks like it hits the mark. Looking forward to it.
  10. Randin

    Horizon 2: Forbidden West

    There's been one or two shots where she looks kinda weird--one in the opening cutscene in particular--but other than that, she looks fine.
  11. Randin

    Guild Wars 2

    Quick tip. One step of getting the skyscale requires you to get 250 of the map currency for each zone in LW4. If you complete the Return to the Living World achievement for the relevant zone, it'll give you a full stack of the currency as part of the reward. Much faster than farming the currency...
  12. Randin

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    A year without a CoD? Well, pack it in folks, the End Times are clearly nigh. I'm sure the Horsemen will be riding any day now.
  13. Randin

    Peacemaker

    Well, I think I'm going to have to call that my favorite superhero tv series so far. And coming out of the DCEU of all things.
  14. Randin

    Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

    Yeah. Safe bet is that there will be some seriously confusing shit if you haven't seen Wandavision.
  15. Randin

    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    Well, looks better than Wheel of Time, I'll give it that much. Course, after WoT, I'm not inclined to give Amazon the benefit of the doubt, short of this thing getting glowing reviews across the board.
  16. Randin

    The Book of Boba Fett

    Jesus Christ this deepfake shit is getting good. Strange to think it was just a few short years ago that we were getting Rogue One Tarkin, and now we've got a practically perfect recreation of a young Luke.
  17. Randin

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Worth mentioning, Bloomberg is basing this on a tweet from someone at WB listing upcoming games, which happened to not include Suicide Squad. May still be true, but it's not exactly the hardest evidence.
  18. Randin

    Playstation 5

    Or we just haven't heard about the purchase yet. Apparently Bungie is just the first of multiple acquisition announcements.
  19. Randin

    Playstation 5

    So Sony owns the original Halo developers, and Microsoft owns Crash and Spyro... Funny old world we live in.
  20. Randin

    What did you just read?

    A lot of the review snippets included in the book lean really hard on the whole "lesbian main characters" thing, but honestly, the main character's sexuality--or anyone's sexuality, for that matter--barely enters into the story; it's just not a romance- or sex-heavy story, and it's not really...
  21. Randin

    Horizon 2: Forbidden West

    One of the quests in the main story takes you right up to where Frozen Wilds starts; I usually just head up there at that point, which will also have you at about the right level.
  22. Randin

    Expeditions: Rome

    The game is launching today; this also comes alongside the odd news that after launch, the developers are shutting down so that a number of them can re-form as a new studio dedicated to blockchain games. THQ Nordic owns the IP now, so that's not necessarily a death knell for the series, but...
  23. Randin

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Being way too optimistic, I'm sure, but with the change in leadership from the purchase, maybe we'll actually see some of Activision's studios released from the Call of Duty mines to try making their own games again. The Hulk: Ultimate Destruction guys are buried in there, right? With Marvel...
  24. Randin

    Eternals (2021)

    I vaguely recall reading somewhere that the explanation is supposed to be that she's deaf to protect her from the sonic booms she creates when she runs. I'll leave it to you to decide if that's too bullshitty an explanation.
  25. Randin

    Eternals (2021)

    I'm inclined to say that if it had been split into a Disney+ series dealing with the whole 'Eternals throughout history thing' (episode one is Stone Age, episode two Babylon, etc.), followed up with the movie dealing with the modern day story, it would have worked a lot better. But yeah, too...
  26. Randin

    What are you playing?

    Kena: Bridge of Spirits. It's a shorter game (and the price tag reflects that, happily), but I'm enjoying it. Surprisingly difficult combat too; wasn't expecting that from a game with this sort of Disney aesthetic.
  27. Randin

    Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

    Assuming the rumors turn out to be true, they are. Itsuno is the lead for both Dragon's Dogma and Devil May Cry, and rumor has him starting on a Dragon's Dogma sequel after DMC5 wrapped. It that's accurate, I imagine we'll see an announcement sometime this year or the next.
  28. Randin

    Hawkeye

    Well, """kills""" Kingpin. In an off-screen shot in a superhero show, after he tanked two arrows to the chest without flinching, and walked off a point-blank all-trick-arrows-at-once explosion. Guessing he's less than dead.
  29. Randin

    Hawkeye

    Some of the other shows may end up having a greater direct impact on the overarching narrative of the MCU (Loki introducing the multiverse, and so on). But by a pretty big margin, I'd say this is the most actively fun of the Disney+ series.
  30. Randin

    Marvel Universe stuff

    The actual trailer, for anyone that didn't stay for the post-credits in Spider-Man.
  31. Randin

    The Northman (2022)

    Looks cool. And hey, a piece of viking media where it looks like someone actually did some research for the costuming and aesthetics; no biker leather, and not an undercut hairstyle in sight. I even saw some characters wearing clothing with color in them.
  32. Randin

    Expeditions: Rome

    They've put out a free demo; supposed to be the first 4-6 hours of the game. I'm personally inclined to wait for the full release, but if anyone's interested.
  33. Randin

    Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

    Shit, amongst all the other things in this movie, I somehow managed to forget "I'm a really good lawyer." All that coyness about bringing Charlie Cox back when/if they do Daredevil again, and the fucker pops up in a movie like a week later.
  34. Randin

    Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

    When I went to buy a ticket for this online, I actually got put into a queue to access the theater's website. A queue that lasted all of 30 seconds, but still; never seen a movie big enough for that to be a thing. And it deserved it. A movie with five villains and three Spider-Men--from...
  35. Randin

    All things Brandon Sanderson

    Now that it's out in paperback, just finished Rhythm of War. People weren't kidding about this one being a slow burn--lot of standing around and talking for a series that has so far had so many big battles and aerial duels between flying sky-paladins--but then you hit the climax of the book...
  36. Randin

    Total War: Warhammer

    Even playing on Normal, Norsca is the only race that I called it on before hitting the long campaign victory. Just becomes too much of a slog once Archaon shows up, regardless of which choice you make.
  37. Randin

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Although, the one piece of information we have on the Wonder Woman game currently is that it will be using the Nemesis System, so gameplay-wise it may end up scratching the same itch the Mordor games do.
  38. Randin

    Wheel of Time

    I'm generally not one to rip on someone for their appearance (the part of it they can't control, anyway), but man, Robert Z'Dar of the Red Ajah is damnably distracting, and somehow becoming more so with every passing episode. Woman looks like she has a bite force that could crack walnuts.
  39. Randin

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Yeah, between how high-magic the setting is, how military-focused it is (think of how hard GoT had to work to avoid having to film massive armies), and how the setting has dozens of races--many of them getting little-to-no description of what they actually look like--trying to go the TV route...
  40. Randin

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Activision-esque shenanigans.