Timewaster's Guide Archive

So right now on rottentomatoes.com Spirited away has 50 reviews and is at 100%. Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever has 58 reviews and is at 0%. Now which one is in wide release and is suppose to be the more entertaining movie?

Okay so it was only one hour, the source I checked had it misprinted or had something against John Doe. I'm trying to decide if I liked Firefly or not. There were a lot characters, even for a pilot, yet somehow I don't think characterization is the focus at the moment. It seems to be trying to establish setting and plot points at the moment. I think I'll give it a solid "apathetic" score.

I know it will come eventually, it just annoys me that Disney is handling the opening. They might as well do a large release this weekend when there is little to compete against rather than doing a few test runs in large cities. This is escpecially annoying since the demographics in New York and California are not necessarily the same as the rest of the country.

Kid, the question was a joke, perhaps too subtle, but an intended joke none the less.

Well, I have to agree with Kid a little. CoC is very fantastical. However, At the start of CoC it is usually very realistic and then it becomes fantastical as it progresses. About mid way it is as bizarre and fantastic as any D&D campaign. There is really just a sort of learning curve difference between the two systems.

For those members who live in Utah, or just want to find out more.
Here is a webpage about cool things in Utah:

http://proutah.com/news.php?cat=&page=1

And a webpage about why Utah sucks:

http://conutah.com/news.php

Both by the same guy. Some of the items are pretty stupid, but others are interesting.

Isn't it sort of concerning that Wizards has already stated that they won't release online any of the art for BofVD because they say the art is for mature audiences only. In other words, they are concerned that some of the artwork might violate pornography or other public decency laws.

I agree with Fell that the line between game evil and actuall evil can get crossed very easily. Part of the problem is that not everyone agrees on what is the wrong thing to do (like they can't ever agree what is the right thing to do). What may seem as evil to one person may not seem evil to another. For example: I was in a campaign where the DM wanted my character to perform a certain action to further the plot. In his mind he saw the action as self-sacrificing and heroic. In my mind I saw it as masochistic and abusive so I refused to do it and he punished me for it. I didn't agree with the DM (and still don't), but it blew over after a couple of sessions.

Now there are people who clearly take things too far. For example, the guys I knew in High School who were into Vampire had serious problems. One got arrested for substance abuse and carried a dead mouse as a key chain. Another was locked up for sexual assualt on his girl-friend. And another had made scars in his forearms in various symbol patterns (mostly satanic). I like to think that those people would have been messed up anyways, but they did use the Vampire game as an excuse for their actions. I think they were probably looking for any excuse to having to deal with reality, but they took things way too far. Because of those people, role-playing had a very negative reputation in my high school and in the community.