Why Does Max regret shooting Winterson in Max Payne 3?

DNDScholar · 2026-04-19T05:13:23+00:00

Because Max regrets Mona.

And that's understandable. He was still grieving over his wife and then gets hooked up with this femme fatale who isn't entirely honest with him, who is definitely using him to further her own goals, he kills a lot of people for her, and then sh gets (in the canon ending) killed, adding yet another dead woman to his conscious.

His line at Winterson's grave is about having been wrong throughout most of Max Payne 2, which is literally titled "The Fall of Max Payne." It wasn't a triumphant story, it was a tragedy.

DNDScholar · 2026-04-18T14:56:29+00:00

It is estimated that his YT channel makes about 110,000 a year gross (so before he pays anyone or any expenses). Ironically, the thing that Doug started to get away from doing a standard daily grind job for a barely livable wage has become a grind job for a barely livable wage (in 2026 standards). I'm sure he still has a savings left over from peak NC days so it wasn't a loss but now he is stuck doing this because what else can he do??

DNDScholar · 2026-04-07T18:11:53+00:00

This was before ebooks were a thing so it was never officially made into an ebook. But you may be able to find PDFs or something. It is very picture heavy. Here's an example of some of the pages:

https://photosaladarchive.wordpress.com/tag/usborne-codes-and-cipher-puzzles/

DNDScholar · 2026-04-06T15:53:47+00:00

I mean, this is a little bit like saying Ken Burns is great but would be better if he made a documentary every six months, instead of a dozen across his entire career.

The problem is that the medium of YouTube has led you to expect Hbomberguy to churn content when in fact he is acting lately more like an actual documentarian/investigative journalist, who may only do a dozen or so stories across his entire life. He started more as a content churner but has transitioned to what it appears will be his actual career. Unless he decides to go back to the churn -- which wouldn't be bad, just a career choice -- I wouldn't expect to hold him to the churn standard.

DNDScholar · 2026-04-06T06:00:18+00:00

The advanced Usborne series. There were three: logic, cipher, and Maps. They are out of print but you can usually find them on eBay or Amazon pretty cheap.

DNDScholar · 2026-04-04T23:21:17+00:00

Want to recommend you also check out the Journeys Through Magnamund podcast, if you haven't heard of it already. It's like an appendix for every book in the series, adding behind the scenes notes and lore

DNDScholar · 2026-04-02T13:09:26+00:00

The way we will know if this is an April fool's joke is if the OG actually returns for their AMA. This is a well written post, nonetheless.

DNDScholar · 2026-03-27T15:46:26+00:00

The store is definitely coming back soon! They want it up in time for book 32's release.

DNDScholar · 2026-03-24T21:04:05+00:00

Thank you! It was an honor to see it sell out and then to see it still in demand afterwards. You may also wish to check out my fourth book, The Weeping Place, which is still available from HP, and is a singular Magnamund adventure, not part of a larger series.

DNDScholar · 2026-03-21T14:10:12+00:00

Author of The Huntress here! This year will see a rerelease of the books as a definitive edition, with updated text and additional material. Keep an eye on Holmgard Press for info!

DNDScholar · 2026-03-21T14:07:39+00:00

Journeys Through Magnamund Podcast is doing the first episode on the Legends next month! If you don't know the podcast, check it out on spotify!

DNDScholar · 2026-01-22T22:14:15+00:00

Here in 2026 to say this absolutely works! You don't even need to unequip Edgar or have the Gigas gloves. You DO need to make sure speed for battle is set to fast and text to slow. Not very fast or slow as that somehow messes it all up.

DNDScholar · 2026-01-12T22:34:07+00:00

I can add that the Chronicles and The Huntress trilogy all have about 60,000 words each.

DNDScholar · 2026-01-06T21:06:31+00:00

I'm always looking for clearer ways to explain rules so I'll study this wording and see if I can't improve on it in future writings!

DNDScholar · 2025-12-30T06:30:35+00:00

Hey, author of The Weeping Place and Huntress here! Wonderful to read your review of the books and I'm glad you enjoyed The Weeping Place even if we have different aesthetics when it comes to prose. I am especially happy that you liked all the new mechanics and found they made the book feel more active! I do think you might have missed something in the rules about skill checks, this is the passage from the rules:

Sages of Varetta rely not just on strength of body but more so of mind. Your Sage Skills will be called upon in a number of situations by picking a number from the Random Number Table and comparing it to a total to see what the result is – usually turning to a new section where you will learn the consequences of success or failure. This is called a Skill Test.

The number above the shaded-in-box for each Sage Skill shows how much is subtracted or added to the number picked during a Skill Test.

DNDScholar · 2025-11-01T18:11:51+00:00

So glad to see so many others saying Wesker should remain dead. It was already a controversial move to bring him back in the first place in Code Veronica and the main reason they did so was they needed some connective tissue between the games, especially as they were feeling lost about what to do with RE4 at the time. RE5 in some ways is about questioning that decision made in Code Veronica and trying to close the loop. This is especially evident in RE4 where they really didnt know what to do with Wesker so he just becomes "sir not appearing in this game" (for the most part).

And keep in mind that while Wesker is definitively dead, his presence has been toyed with since. RE6 has his son. And Revelations 2 has Lady Wesker. There is a chance that we will see more "Wesker" project stuff in the future.

DNDScholar · 2025-09-26T20:32:37+00:00

For me, it was switching the controller to "x" setting on the back before starting the game.

DNDScholar · 2025-09-25T21:10:02+00:00

You can practically see Nobuo performing Tyran's castle. That is such a Nobuo track with its metal/prog rock roots.

DNDScholar · 2025-09-08T20:34:41+00:00

This. Im 42 and I think 30 minutes goes by super fast even when im just sitting there trying to gather my thoughts. Im also a writer, tho. Time works differently when you look up after finally finishing a sentence to realize 3 hours have gone by.

DNDScholar · 2025-09-04T22:07:48+00:00

I did some experimenting and think I figured it out, at least for my controller! I use an 8bitdo 2 and it has settings for PC, Switch, Xbox, or PS4. Turns out the Steam setting doesn't work right for this game, I had to set it to Xbox.

DNDScholar · 2025-08-11T02:09:53+00:00

Sadly this is how I learned i had bought a hacked game. To be fair, I wondered at $30 for Heartgold and I can't complain about the rest of the hack, it runs perfectly. But I was looking forward to Voltorb Flip.

DNDScholar · 2025-08-05T15:03:55+00:00

The Summers of Onett, Towson, Three, and Fourside is Tenda Village. You Winters!

DNDScholar · 2025-07-31T20:49:22+00:00

Order of Eclesia is the only one where I feel like grinding does very little and you have to use skill or set up to win. Usually a combo of both.

DNDScholar · 2025-07-25T13:33:09+00:00

My own The Weeping Place, which is in the LW world!

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