In honor of White Day, it’s time for some silliness with a bunch of horny idiots.
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We properly open the path to the Water Temple.
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Read moreWhen I reviewed Fortress of the Pearl, I was partway through the next book in the first of the more recent Elric omnibus collections, and I came to the realization that book was written less with the thought of “How do I fit this story within the larger Elric saga?” and more “I have an Idea for an Elric story – where do I put it?” By contrast, Sailor on the Seas of Fate, which was published soon after Elric of Melnibone, feels like Moorcock continuing with the concepts he had with that first story – setting up the chain of events that lead to where the first published Elric story – “The Dreaming City” – picks up, and in the process further building up the concept of the Eternal Champion Mythos, based on the other incarnations that had been published at this point.
Read moreThe first season of Legend of Vox Machina left off on a significant cliffhanger – Vox Machina had overcome the Briarwoods and liberated Whitestone – and had succeeded at their first major act of deliberate heroism. However, the Chroma Conclave were literally on the doorstep. Season 2 kicks off the start of the Chroma Conclave arc.
Read moreWe take out the fire guardian, and I get set to do some gear crafting in between streams.
Read moreWe finally get to take on the Fire Guardian.
Read moreWe get to the second of the Von Bek books I’ve read (and the last of them I’ll be reading for a while).
Read moreAfter some close calls, we finally clear our path to the Fire Guardian.
Read moreWe get to the conclusion of Dorian Hawkmoon’s story this week, with the final book in his series – The Runestaff.
We reach the main entrance to the temple, and once again there is no OSHA compliance.
Read moreThis month, Tora, David, and I kick off the inaugural installment of Fate-uary with a discussion of our background with the franchise, and a look at Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family.
Read moreThe Fortress of the Pearl is Michael Moorcock, in 1989, writing a book set between Elric of Melnibone (1972) and Sailor on the Seas of Fate (1976). The current Elric omnibus collections put this in that space in the chronology in their reading order, while my previous video on the Elric reading order recommended reading it significantly later. Re-reading the book now, in its place at the timeline – I think my assessment is accurate, but not necessarily for the reasons that I thought originally.
Read moreThis time their positioning makes more sense, even if it still fails.
Read moreWe have another fight set up to have the PCs be flanked.
Read moreIt’s time to get back to Michael Moorcock (in the video reviews) with the first of the Von Bek novels.
Read moreWe clean out the next wave of guards.
Read moreWe reach the outside of the temple – I think.
Read moreNettle & Bone was this month’s Sword & Laser Book Club pick, and was a tremendously brisk, and very enjoyable read. It also introduced me to a variety of fantasy fiction I hadn’t encountered before – the “Grimcozy”
Read moreOf the past few Sword & Laser picks, Brightness Falls from the Air, by James Tiptree Jr./Alice Sheldon ended up being a bit more of a controversial pick – and I definitely get why, as it gets into some squicky subject matter, and not necessarily in an elegant way.
Read moreWe clean out this fight without getting knocked into the lava.
Read moreWe fight way closer to some lava than would actually be safe.
Read moreWe have another port of a PC first-person shooter to the N64.
Read moreWe deal with enemies who have a height advantage.
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