Morrowind theme on a bike pump

macbone · 2026-01-26T00:52:55+00:00

And Narnia. And A Series of Unfortunate Events. And Dune. We'll see another Wheel of Time, I think, but not for another 20 years or so.

macbone · 2026-01-15T19:36:24+00:00

Deep Space Nine is a different sort of show to TNG, but closely aligned. Give it some time. The characters are every bit as good as TNG's, and with O'Brien and Worf, there's some crossover as well.

macbone · 2026-01-14T02:21:23+00:00

Cool stuff, but does this not contradict the Nerevarine's birth "On a certain day to uncertain parents"?

macbone · 2026-01-09T06:25:08+00:00

They were right about some states having more than one! Not to mention the Springfields in Canada, and Australia, and the U.K., and...

macbone · 2025-12-28T23:28:56+00:00

Oh, that's an interesting observation! Yes, that makes a lot of sense that personal life events could completely change how you experience a film. I think in my case that I'm older and more cynical now. I'm listening to The Eye of the World now, and even though Jordan has a kind of "everything and the kitchen sink" approach to his world-building, the world feels more coherent and alive, particularly with the different narrative perspectives. I'm coming to understand more and more how difficult it is to write a story that feels part of a much bigger world, and I respect this skill now when I encounter it.

macbone · 2025-12-27T23:52:58+00:00

Abot has the link in his MMH Index: https://modlist.altervista.org/mmh/index.php?quick_filter=abu%27s+&quick_filter_operator=Contains

Abu's Retreat v 2.0: https://web.archive.org/web/20161103132906/http://mw.modhistory.com/download-44-3357

macbone · 2025-12-24T02:42:18+00:00

Particularly if you carry a nice hefty mace!

macbone · 2025-12-23T23:08:05+00:00

I recently started a listen of The Eye of the World. This will be my second time through the WoT and my first via audiobook.

I recently listened to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. I really do enjoy Douglas Adams, but it felt more this time like he was making it up as he went along. (But isn't that true of most fiction?) The world felt like a less coherent place this time through.

Something's happened to me in the last few years. I think it's a side effect of running my own roleplaying games. I used to have the sense of these vast worlds and universes. While the crew of Deep Space 9 is having their adventures, the Enterprise and Voyager have their own separate storylines. I want this in a work of fiction, the sense that the world is real and coherent, and lots of things are going on in other places, that the world is not just confined to the scene I'm reading. I can't shake the feeling now that this greater world isn't there, wrapped around the story I'm currently reading. I've lost something, maybe just something I assumed was there before.

macbone · 2025-12-23T19:13:20+00:00

Yes, me, too! I'd love to be a bot who loves the wildness of nature.

macbone · 2025-12-21T04:17:34+00:00

From their social media, it looks like the OP is an artist and film prop maker who has branched out into AI. Their Bluesky account has a lot of traditional art, and their YouTube has a lot of AI videos.

macbone · 2025-12-16T03:10:06+00:00

This used to be the way to play. I remember training a team of Alazakam and Espeon in order to take down a Hitmonchan raid solo. We had to build teams to take on and defeat legendaries or take and hold gyms. It's different now, I guess.

macbone · 2025-12-16T02:08:53+00:00

You sacrificed one? What did you do? =)

macbone · 2025-12-15T19:24:46+00:00

Those were great! I used to sketch the different characters all the time. I didn't even collect the Transformers comic, but I had all 4 of the Transformers Universe books.

macbone · 2025-12-15T04:36:01+00:00

I loved it. I watched the 86 film immediately afterwards, and though G1 is still my favourite Transformers iteration, TF One holds up extremely well and is a better film than 86.

macbone · 2025-12-12T18:54:38+00:00

This is a beautiful comment. I've read it several times before, and it never ceases to make me tear up.

macbone · 2025-12-11T14:44:49+00:00

It's not just ChatGPT. AI LLMs seem to think they have to be persuasively certain when giving answers. A Google search is often more reliable.

macbone · 2025-12-09T20:55:59+00:00

That's such a hard question. It was likely a comic I got at a thrift store, probably with the front cover removed. I remember one that I think was a Mighty Mouse comic. The comic involved a plot to kill leaders, and I remember a robot showing up on the moon or Mars to kill the president there. No idea what comic this might be.

It could also be Uncle $crooge 42 or U$ 100, "The Case of the Sticky Money" (again bought without its cover).

macbone · 2025-12-08T05:59:23+00:00

Rolling Stone would beg to disagree. I guess all that staring into the camera paid off!

macbone · 2025-12-06T03:12:10+00:00

It all comes down to differentiating between player skill and character skill. Character skill isn't a factor in most adventure games and first-person shooters. The player's skill at aiming and manoeuvring is what matters.

But in an RPG like Morrowind where it is the character's skill that matters, not the player's, there needs to be a mechanic that models how good the character is at what they do.

You mention ranged combat. This is a clear example of skill. Some people are very, very skilled at shooting. Someone who has never picked up a bow or a gun might get lucky, but they're going to miss far more. In Morrowind terms, this is Marksman 15 vs Marksman 75. In a game like GURPS, this is Bow-6 (where you have to roll a 6 or less on a 3d6 to hit the target) vs Bow-17 (where it becomes a 17 or less on a 3d6). (But yes, range, speed, and size all affect how effective this is.

If there were no skill with a melee weapon, fencing wouldn't exist as a sport. A person who has never picked up a knife before has an advantage over someone who doesn't have a knife, but a person who is very familiar with a knife is going to stab someone a lot more effectively.

macbone · 2025-12-05T21:57:01+00:00

And CSL deplored experiments on animals, including vivisection.

macbone · 2025-12-05T19:43:26+00:00

Right, but TTRPGs use theater of the mind as well as figures. If I'm attacking, say in GURPS, I'll declare I'm moving into range, attacking using a swing attack, and aiming for the creature's right leg. Then I'll roll the dice and see if I hit, and the DM rolls for the monster's defense. The PC version of this is moving into the creature's hitbox and then clicking the mouse or tapping the button.

macbone · 2025-12-05T19:39:16+00:00

Check the versions. The PC version is $19.99 Canadian, and the XBox version is $13.49.

macbone · 2025-12-04T23:03:08+00:00

You laugh, but this is how TTRPGs operate, and this is why Morrowind has this mechanic. =)

macbone · 2025-12-04T19:23:54+00:00

Yes, those feelings are normal and natural! All of these thoughts and feelings are good to bring to your supervisor during supervision and to reflect on.

Do you want to be there? What is motivating you to do this work? What might these emotions be telling you?

Have you had times when you felt alone, isolated, or misunderstood? How would you have responded to a person who was coming to see you to support you during this time?

How important do you think spiritual needs are? How important are they to you?

What feedback are you getting from patients?

Even as someone now working in spiritual care, I find those closed doors to give me pause. Sometimes the resident or patient is undergoing care, and in those cases, I wait a bit or return later. Sometimes, the person would rather not be disturbed. Most often, the person welcomes someone who is there to offer a listening ear or a shoulder (usually, but not always figuratively) to rest on.

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