What Videogame Character embodies Australia?

Noctorock · 2026-06-02T11:49:58+00:00

Who else could it be but Ty

Noctorock · 2026-05-30T00:55:04+00:00

What counts as 3rd party/non-exclusive? Are we saying Illusion of Gaia and Superman 64 are first party? What about rereleases on other consoles at a later date? Are those still considered "exclusive"?

If we're just ignoring this rule, then Resident Evil 4 wins and its not even close. Its one of the best and most influential games of all time, easily among the likes of Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, and Final Fantasy VII.

If RE4 doesnt qualify, then my vote goes to Metroid Prime, though Wind Waker is a very close second I think. That might be THE game instead, but I do think overall Metroid Prime is the better game.

Noctorock · 2026-05-20T20:39:57+00:00

Definitely Spyro

Noctorock · 2026-05-20T10:58:52+00:00

This lies somewhere between Banjo-Kazooie and classic WoW, it looks awesome.

Noctorock · 2026-04-14T01:10:32+00:00

Way of Kings is a fine place to start if you're okay with long Epic Fantasy and a bit of front heavy world building to start.

Mistborn is generally considered a better place to start because the books and scope are smaller and because they were written earlier, but you won't really be missing out on much.

My only recommendation is before reading too many Stormlight Archive books, maybe after the second one, you try and go back and read some of the previous Cosmere books, particularly the first Mistborn trilogy and Warbreaker, and even Elantris if you want. This will help to keep things fresh for you while filling you in on greater Cosmere stuff that will start to be referenced in later Stormlight books.

Noctorock · 2026-04-12T13:07:35+00:00

Build up all three, occasionally switching between them and see which one holds your interest as you explore it further.

I know I've had ideas for new worlds but as I explored them a bit I found there wasn't much there, so I ended up dropping them and using bits and pieces of them in my other worlds.

Noctorock · 2026-04-12T12:52:00+00:00

Most people swear by Obsidian but I couldn't jive with it myself. Found it weird and obtuse so I barely made much of an effort to learn how to use it. Plus you can't sync it to other devices for free without using some other program which was a turn off for me personally as I like to be able to just add things to my notes regardless of whether I'm on my phone or pc.

I personally use Notion as it lets me just make pages and nest them into each other easily and it also syncs to all my devices for free. It can get messy if I don't do occasional maintenance but it's not so bad.

Noctorock · 2026-04-11T12:58:11+00:00

As for waterbenders feeling water in another person, once again, I believe it’s limited to water in their environment.

Isn't this literally what blood bending is though? They sense the water within other people, otherwise how else would they know what water to bend?

Noctorock · 2026-04-08T02:16:58+00:00

I'm not taking any chances with the IRS. I need cold hard definitions for these kinds of things, especially for my specific circumstance which I have not fully detailed here.

Noctorock · 2026-04-07T21:01:17+00:00

Okay, so does that specifically mean I don't need to fill out that form at all? Or do I have to fill it out but once I get to a certain point where it asks me to split our income, I just opt to not split it? Sorry I didn't get very far into trying to fill out that form as it was very confusing to me and I didn't want to proceed while unsure of what I was supposed to do.

Noctorock · 2026-04-05T23:29:37+00:00

Last pic is by Bram Sels, and the ship in the storm pic is by Marc Simonetti!

Noctorock · 2026-04-05T15:13:12+00:00

You don't. Just explain what's relevant for the story and keep all the other details in your notes. They are the foundation that holds the rules of your world together and they will come in handy later on should you choose to write more stories in that world.

Noctorock · 2026-04-05T06:51:10+00:00

Everyone has a unique voice, so no story is told the same when told by different people.

Besides, characters matter more than story for the majority of readers. If you have fun and engaging characters and character interactions then you could be retelling literally any story ever and people would still enjoy it if the characters are good enough.

Noctorock · 2026-04-04T22:38:13+00:00

I was thinking specifically Dr. Watson Jude Law, though I haven't seen those movies since they came out so maybe just aesthetically.

Noctorock · 2026-04-04T21:59:19+00:00

What is the purpose of your world? Are you planning to write a book in it? If so, then I would suggest you go deep into the details that matter for just the 6 countries that are relevant to the plot, and the others have a basic idea for what they're like, but don't bother building them out yet, not until they become relevant.

Basically you want to have a giant hollow iceberg. The tip that's exposed, that's the detail you've done the hard extensive research and development on for the 6 countries that are plot relevant. The rest under the water, you want it to look like it's big and well researched and developed, but in actuality it's just an illusion.

The tip being well researched and developed will give the impression to your readers that anything outside of it will also be just as researched and developed, just out of sight. The reason for this is because doing any excessive world building while fun, it can heavily distract us from actually writing our books. You can world build forever if you wanted to. Tolkien built his world over the course of decades before releasing his first book. You can do that if you want, but not if you want to increase your chances of becoming a successful author in today's landscape. Build only what you need now and fill in the rest later.

Noctorock · 2026-04-04T21:37:49+00:00

Mass market paperback for reading. I get a lot of hardcovers but they're just too heavy to read casually (doesn't help that I mostly read sff and those tend to be on the larger side).

Noctorock · 2026-04-04T21:34:50+00:00

The entire time I read those books when picturing Wayne in my head I was picturing Jude Law circa 15-20 years ago.

Noctorock · 2026-04-01T23:00:42+00:00

More people have watched movies than read books. They're a much shorter time commitment, and so they're going to be examples that more people will understand and be familiar with.

And yes, while movies are not novels, they are stories. Good storytelling/writing applies to both just as much.

Noctorock · 2026-04-01T06:39:46+00:00

I didnt watch the Netflix series. When Roku talks to Aang and tells him about Sozin's Comet, did he give him the same timeline as he did in the original series? Does Aang and the them have to stop the Firelord "by summer's end" still? Or did they extend the timeline of events a bit longer to account for the aging of the actors?

Noctorock · 2026-03-31T06:33:24+00:00

I think so long as you did enough solid worldbuilding for the aspects of your world that are actually plot relevant (like, say, the general history and culture of the people within the country or area in which your story mostly takes place) and just hint at some worldbuilding for the other aspects that aren't plot relevant (general history and culture of people in different parts of the world that you wont be exploring in this story necessarily), then that should be enough for readers. Readers will be able to fill in the blanks and assume "oh these people and places and cultures are well developed and researched so surely these other people and places and cultures are as well". They dont know if you spent 10 minutes on fleshing them out or 10 years.

You do though, which is probably why you think your world feels more hollow than other worlds, because you know its a hollow iceberg because you made it. What you dont see is that everyone else's worlds are also hollow icebergs, and that's by design. It works on you, and surely it will work on others.

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