A Touch of Zen is the third King Hu film I’ve watched so far, and the second of his films after he left Hong Kong and Shaw Brothers for Taiwan. The first, Dragon Inn, kept some of the framework of the Wuxia Western while using Taiwan’s more diverse scenery for great visual effect. A Touch of Zen, on the other hand, leans more heavily into the Wuxia side.
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While I’m a fan of science fiction film, and science fiction in general, I have a big gaping hole in my fandom, in the form of the Planet of the Apes movies.
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I’ve talked a bit in this series about encounter design. The Pit of Moander works well for it’s lack of encounter design. Or, rather, a designed lack of encounters – specifically random encounters.
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After completing Yulash and reaching the entrance to the Pit of Moander (see next blog post), I got to thinking about how to deal with this game’s money problem – in terms of the whole encumbered by cash issue. Aside from not giving cash encumbrance values, that is. And I thought of this based on Yulash, the Pit, and where we’re going to be going to next – Zhentil Keep.
Read moreKnightfall begins, with Batman taking on Mad Hatter, Amygdala, and Zsasz.
Read moreTime for another rematch with the Vampire Lord.
Read moreWe make a quick run to stock back up on Transfer Potions.
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The Astro-Zombies is, basically, 2-3 movies mashed together badly. They’re not mashed together in the editing room, like with the Godfrey Ho Ninja films, but in the screenwriting process.
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We have a timely issue of the Knightfall saga.
Read moreWe have a very close call before falling back to town resurrect our party and level up our members.
Read moreWe get teleported to another area of the dungeon and continue our exploration.
Read moreThis year has been nuts, and so it’s time to kick back and enjoy a nice hot, minty beverage.
Read moreWe continue to explore the West Wing of level B8.
Read moreWe decide to pace ourselves and explore, and very nearly lose another party member again.
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Once again, I’ve fallen back behind where we are in Nintendo Power Retrospectives, with my recaps in NextGen, so it’s time to play some very slow catchup.
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We’re coming to the end of the next installment of The Search.
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In the UK, Bruce is on the trail of Dr. Kinsolving, and his pursuit is going from London to the countryside.
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It’s time to return to The Quest, as Bruce travels to the UK
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2020 is the year where Virtual Conventions very much became a big thing, and I give my thoughts based on my experiences as an attendee, and from what I’ve heard from people hosting panels. Hopefully we’ll be able to all meet in person in 2021.
Read moreWe take on an optional boss in the form of a Vampire Lord, and get our clock cleaned.
Read moreAfter nearly losing a party member from an in-dungeon resurrection, we return to town, and find out we have a shortcut back to B8.
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Last time, AzBat faced his government created opposite number.
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We’re continuing with Knightfall: The Crusade – with the continuation of Gotham’s mob power struggles.
Read moreWe return to the Golem and throw down.
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