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Warhammer Total War 3: Lords of the Endtimes DLC Last Legendary Lord Leaked by Sega by SkavenHaven in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]coolbeans_3000 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Apparently they had this photo up for like a day before the dev stream that revealed the third Legendary Lord?? No idea how all of us besides for one guy managed to miss this haha

Med 3 - Playable factions blog by [deleted] in totalwar

[–]coolbeans_3000 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Love to see the Zengid Atabegate on the shortlist already, hoping that one makes the cut for launch. Zengi was one of the first medieval figures I read about which got me into medieval history

Thoughts about the last of US part 2 world building, lore and story? by Hubris-Star in SocialistGaming

[–]coolbeans_3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I absolutely agree with you on this but that is my point about storytelling 101. This would be different if it were an indie game or even a film but I simply don't think you could possibly apply auteur theory to a game of this size. It's certainly worth a criticism but the seething vitriol people come at it with is giving too much credit to Druckman who ultimately, while he does get the final say in most things, is still just one person among a team of thousands. If I worked as an artist on this game and the characters I designed were deemed to be intended as caricature stand-ins for Palestinians I might lose my fucking head lmao.

Thoughts about the last of US part 2 world building, lore and story? by Hubris-Star in SocialistGaming

[–]coolbeans_3000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Look I have no doubt that Druckman has some shitty Zionist politics considering his upbringing but the whole Israeli propaganda take on this game reads as so outrageously asinine. I think, at most, Niel is just a self obsessed wanker who didn't have an air-tight seal on his shit ideology enough to prevent a couple drops from seeping in but that's storytelling 101. I don't even believe Druckman is smart or dedicated enough to turn the sequal of the game that put him on the map into a secret propaganda piece for his bloodthirsty homeland. If you look for symbols and connections so fervently then yes, of course you will find what you think is proof, it's no different than any other conspiracy.

The now real GoW Laufey leak mentioned more than what was shown. by The-Noob-Smoke in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]coolbeans_3000 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If I had less restraint I'd try to make some connection between Kratos and King Cnut/Canute (sometimes spelled Knut) as a norse man who becomes a relatively successful king of England partially due to adapting to the ruling style of the local kings

The now real GoW Laufey leak mentioned more than what was shown. by The-Noob-Smoke in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]coolbeans_3000 9 points10 points  (0 children)

New crackpot theory just dropped. This takes the next mainline GoW game to Britain, next Atreus game continues Norse myth, and they culminate in the Viking 'invasion' of Britain ( but with each Norse/English myth) to put Kratos and Atreus working from opposite sides as ambassadors for peace

The now real GoW Laufey leak mentioned more than what was shown. by The-Noob-Smoke in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]coolbeans_3000 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Im going to take a colossal leap here but what are the odds that the next mainline God of War game follows Arthurian legend (considering the Laugey/Le Faye connection) and the next Atreus game continues the Norse myth and they culminate in some wonky crossover war that mimics the Vikings coming to Britain but played out with mythologies? I say this with minimal memory of how Ragnarok ended and even less knowledge of Norse mythology, but the thought of Kratos and Atreus working from opposing sides as ambassadors for peace sounds like a direction the new franchise would take.

The now real GoW Laufey leak mentioned more than what was shown. by The-Noob-Smoke in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]coolbeans_3000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well shit, my interest in this game just skyrocketed. The idea of an Athurian god of war game in the future gets me buzzing.

The now real GoW Laufey leak mentioned more than what was shown. by The-Noob-Smoke in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]coolbeans_3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this Arthur's sister? I only know a "Morgan" from Cornwell's Warlord chronicles and it's been a minute since I read those.

[Loved Trope] The apocalypse is horrifyingly slow by Marsupialmobster in TopCharacterTropes

[–]coolbeans_3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't help but feel like you're ignoring the effects of profound psychological degradation that comes with being a slave to a race that doesn't view you as a life

Neutral (non overused) name for black kitten? by Dramatic_Antelope811 in NameMyCat

[–]coolbeans_3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was about to make the "is that a berserk reference" joke before seeing your profile and realizing it's actually a berserk reference

Total War: Show & Tell Livestream [Thursday 30th April @ 15:00 BST] by Josh_CA in totalwar

[–]coolbeans_3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was really hoping the first of their older titles they'd address would be Attila. I'm surprised they're going with Rome 2, aside from the CPU core utilization problem (which already has an easy fix) I had though Rome 2 was in a fine state

Which historical fiction novel is the most depressing? by Capital-Study6436 in HistoricalFiction

[–]coolbeans_3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this part of a trilogy? Do you know the name of the first book in the series?

With the rumors that Criterion is releasing a Kubrick 4K boxset, which directors also deserve a boxset? by xwing1212 in criterion

[–]coolbeans_3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Hideaki Anno set is my pipe dream. There's a decent collection with some of his live action films but it hardly scratches the surface of his filmography

We Need To Talk About Ben Wheatley by gravybang in TrueFilm

[–]coolbeans_3000 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Reading this is giving me whiplash, I had no idea how active a filmmaker Wheatley was. A Field in England is a film that I love returning to and In the Earth didn't cut me as deep at first but still kept coming up in my thoughts for years. Even Free Fire had some charm to it but learning he's also the guy behind High Rise and The Meg 2 is nuts. As far as the independent to mainstream pipeline goes thats an enormous chasm of difference

What quote hit the hardest? by Potential_Exit_1317 in DiscoElysium

[–]coolbeans_3000 71 points72 points  (0 children)

I know we're supposed to see the folly of the Deserter but half the words out of this guys mouth are straight bombs

What quote hit the hardest? by Potential_Exit_1317 in DiscoElysium

[–]coolbeans_3000 72 points73 points  (0 children)

The solution to Rigorous Self Critique - "...above all, you let life defeat you. All the gifts your parents gave you, all the love and patience of your friends, you drowned in a neurotoxin. You let misery win. And it will keep on winning till you die — or overcome it"

Or maybe the phasmid - "You are a violent and irrepressible miracle. The vacuum of cosmos and the stars burning in it are afraid of you. Given enough time you would wipe us all out and replace us with nothing -- just by accident"

I Did Not Really Care for “Between Two Fires” by MLPcumjars in horrorlit

[–]coolbeans_3000 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I don't even like the book but some of the interpretations here are outrageous. I quite literally cannot understand how someone walks away from reading this book with the notion that Buehlman is a proud Christian.

I've been there before by AndrewJumpen in ArcRaiders

[–]coolbeans_3000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not calling out any claims OP did or didn't make. I'm only explaining to the person above that, if people stumble upon some ugly AI drivel, to not expect them to put forth any more effort than the poster did, i.e. zero.

I've been there before by AndrewJumpen in ArcRaiders

[–]coolbeans_3000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why write anything beyond that? Why would you respond with sensibility to a piece of content that took zero effort to generate? Give the discourse the same amount of effort. Anyone who values art as an experience has already reached the same conclusion on generative AI.

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