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Subj: Re: Light mental scarring is what both hallowe'en and the Parodyverse are all about.
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 at 12:27:08 am EDT (Viewed 467 times)
Reply Subj: Light mental scarring is what both hallowe'en and the Parodyverse are all about.
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 at 06:01:26 pm EDT (Viewed 2 times)



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    Truth is stranger than fiction. Eerily.


Thankfully, my career and hobbies both combine to keep me well insulated from reality.


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    Game developers are a spiteful bunch.

    And may have too much time on their hands.


If only that were true. Since it's not an abundance of time, it's clearly due to a lack of sense of priorities.



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    I applaud their determination to make the day a little bit crappier for the corporation that ate their lives.


It's an odd relationship between gamers and game designers. You give them something to entertain them, and they instantly set out to try and break it as thoroughly as they can.



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    Fun fact: back around 2003 I wrote a PVB series featuring the Jaggernath boys coming to Paradopolis and getting involved in the criminal underworld. I got as far as issue three or four then never went back to it.

    I never posted it because it was unfinished. Also several of the themes I'd intended for that series got recycled into Boss Deadeyes, the Caphans, and Liu Xi and the Doomherald, and Tom Black. Continuity moved on and the moment for this series was lost.


Interesting indeed. It might be fun to see as a glimpse of the PV that almost was, but I certainly understand how those kinds of things get cannibalized for other stories.



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    Maybe he'd been licking other ponies?


I think only strippers have that much body glitter on, and I'm pretty sure there's some kind of "no licking" policy at those places.





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    I'm confused though... if unicorns have to be virgins themselves, then where do new unicorns come from? Or does this explain why they aren't around any longer?

    I actually had that bit of dialogue discussion in there but cut it because it delayed the pacing just too much.


Oh, sure... the story flows better, but you've left your impressionable audience to find out where unicorns come from via gossip on the street. That's not doing them any service.



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    Honestly, the fact that Rabito was allowed to use that attack should have been enough alone for Vinnie to rule against the game world.

    Having seen some of the fan modifications for Oblivion I'd say this was pretty mild.


I could never get into Oblivion, and now I'm suddenly thankful.



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    I've always liked Hallowe'en - but once a year is enough.

    Alex and I celebrated Hallowe'en this year by watching Lesbian Vampire Hunters. It's a fairly good comedy that wouldn't be out of place in the PVB. Watch it if you get a chance.


Interesting title, surely. So are they lesbians hunting vampires, or hunting lesbian vampires? I'm actually fine with either one, unless the vampires are being hunted specifically for being lesbians. Then it's a hate crime.

I suppose either way it's a hate crime against vampires too, but after the Twilight series you can hardly expect otherwise.



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    Nice to flex the PVB writing muscles occasionally.


I think mine might have been amputated. I'm pretty sure there's only a phantom pain when I try to flex them. However, I've found I can rattle off a little scene now and then, so that's a start on regenerating them.