Moe Lane's Blog, page 550
June 21, 2022
The LEGO STAR WARS SUMMER VACATION Disney+ trailer.
Why is it that this promises to be better than whatever the next ‘real’ Star Wars movie is?
Mind you, I want another SOLO movie, so my taste is automatically suspect.
#commissionearned
Conan Exiles: Sorcery is coming.
As per the Conan Exiles Livestream.
Conan Exiles Update 3.0 Livestream! https://t.co/AQxiarLNUc
— CONAN EXILES (@ConanExiles) June 21, 2022
This is been in the works for a while. It’s not gonna be for a while, which is good, because this is gonna destroy everybody’s mods.
Also: CREATIVE MODE. Soon I will be able to build the New Khitai of my dreams…
20% off in the @HPLHS Solstice Sale.
I should note for the record: I don’t see anything from this. I just like the stuff the HPL Historical Society puts out. I am, in fact, waiting with baited breath for the next Dark Adventure Radio Theater, the TITLE of which they could at least freaking ANNOUNCE… sorry. Anyway: 20 percent off purchases, for the next two days. Good deal, that.
It’s the Summer Solstice!
Longest day of the year.
June 20, 2022
‘Dare to Be Stupid.’
The original won’t embed, so watch this. Poor dude went in cold.
This feels… significant.
Like the books are off having adventures, now. Also, I’m not getting paid for them when they’re sold used, which would theoretically be a crying shame. Then again, I mostly want people to read my books. At this stage of the game, the sales are there to get me enough money to publish more books…
Wow, my books are starting to show up in the used book section of Amazon. They've *entered the ecosystem*.
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) June 21, 2022
#commissionearned
Video of the Day, His Logic Is Inescapable edition.
Is this old? I could have sworn I’ve seen this before. But danged if the dude doesn’t have a point.
06/20/22 Snippet, GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND.
This is part of the Kickstarter rewards: somebody paid good money to have a character introduced, and I wanted to get her fixed a little in my head.
Patreon!I would have shouted for Gina, except that I knew she’d already be there when I slammed Oft’s gurney through the doors. No need to yell for someone when they’re going to be right there, you know what I mean?
Gina grabbed the other side of the gurney and started pulling it towards a vibro-medtech station, already set up and ready to go. I let her — it was her sickbay — but asked, “Somebody call ahead?”
“What? No.” Gina shook her head. “I always keep one powered up. Just in case.” She looked down at Oft. “This one of the Council guys?”
“Yeah, but he’s a good guy.” Not that Gina would care. Hippocratic Oath, and all that. “Got banged up pretty good from a not-cow accident.”
That earned me a suspicious look, and not the one I was expecting. “Uh-huh, Pam. What about his aura?”
“What about it?”
By now we were at the station; Gina was already prepping Oft, her long, brown fingers carefully placing various crystals at spots on his chest, neck, and arms. “I know how physical trauma radiates, Pam. See how the wrist sensors are pulsing? That suggests she touched something evil.”
I peered. “No, Gina,” I said after a minute. “I can’t see anything.” Then I looked at her face, entirely free of converted Amalgamation medtech. “And without the goggles, neither can you.”
I AM LOCKING ORDERS FOR TINSEL RAIN.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED YOUR SURVEY, PLEASE DO SO. IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS I WILL LOCK ORDERS, AND START GENERATING POSTAGE. PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR SURVEY AND MAKE ANY FINAL PURCHASES BEFORE THEN. THE STORE IS HERE IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO YOUR ORDER, OR PRE-ORDER SOMETHING.
Sorry for yelling, except that I’m not. Not that I’m mad, either; it’s just that this is not my first Backerkit fulfilment. You have to be loud about these things.
The “:raised eyebrow: Comedy… drama?” NEXT EXIT trailer.
I suppose ‘buddy-suicide flick’ might not play well in the world of buzz.
Anyway, it’s entirely possible that NEXT EXIT is funny. And even has an anti-suicide message (I don’t speculate that the death-aspected corp has a secret evil intent, so much as I simply assume it). But I will note this: I don’t actually think that people would be more eager to kill themselves if they knew there was an afterlife. They’d likely be more eager to take risks, which is not the same thing.
After all, the next question is: What’s the optimal way to get the best afterlife? And even the religions that consider martyrdom a viable life goal still discourage suicide. Which makes sense, when you think about it.
Also: I suppose the movie’s color palette is inevitable, but geez is it glum. I only mention this because, you know, ‘comedy drama.’ Bright greens and vibrant blues would have been funnier.
