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May 5, 2021
Tweet of the Day, That Is, Indeed, Not How It Works edition.
Not that I do that particular hobby. But I’ve done other hobbies. And it’s NEVER how it works.
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— Gabe (@cwgabriel) May 5, 2021
05/05/21 Snippet, Rescue From Chateau d’Aléatoire.
I dunno why I originally told this, instead of showing it. Maybe I was in a hurry?
Patreon!His thoughts were interrupted by a smirking “Sir Gerard!” Gerard looked up, to see… Lord Phillipe, he thought with an extremely well-hidden contempt. I’m surprised he’s voluntarily entered a building that’s had commoners in it.
Aloud, Gerard said, “Good evening, my lord! Would you care to sit with me?” He would not normally have offered, but the thought of the little toady having his clothes scraped clean afterward amused. “I can recommend the local white; the innkeeper opened a new tun just this morning.”
It was amusing, how Lord Phillipe had to fight to keep all the sneers off his face. It was clearly something he was not used to. “I beg your pardon, Sir Gerard,” he said, “but I am on the Duke’s business, and only wished to offer you a good evening in passing.”
From a regular musketeer that would be a commonplace hail-and-farewell; from a man who kept a pomade at hand, lest he encounter the smell of a soldier, it was alarmingly novel. As was the ‘Sir Gerard.’ Since when does he think I am worth wasting courtesy on?
May 4, 2021
They are remaking… The Toxic Avenger.
I’m not even mad.
Coming off from the critical success of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Deadline brings rising actress Taylour Paige has been tapped to star as the female lead opposite Peter Dinklage in Legendary’s upcoming Toxic Avenger reboot. This new casting addition comes after nearly a month since Jacob Tremblay (Room, Good Boys) was confirmed as the first actor to join Dinklage in the project.
…I guess I just want to know why. What more needs to be said in that franchise? I’m legit curious about that, honestly – and no hate towards the original, either. But what’s the victory condition here?
05/04/21 Snippet, Rescue From Chateau d’Aléatoire.
What do I know about 16-18th Century AD France (which this is sort of based on)? Nothing! Do I care? No! Although I will need to change the names of the regions.
Patreon!Like any sensible soldier, when Gerard had a problem he went to a tavern. Maybe the solution would be at the bottom of a wine bottle. Or perhaps the problem itself would get drowned in one, instead, thus stop pestering a honest soldier. And if all else failed, there was always the chance for a brawl. That rarely solved problems, but it usually made Gerard feel better about them.
The Culotte Jetée had managed to avoid much Gaillic attention during the brief fighting, and the innkeeper had the sickly smile of a man ready to toady to keep it that way. Gerard tried not to hold it against the man. Too much. Not every ‘fellow-soldier’ was so tolerant, but since this was where the officers drank, things stayed quiet, and no more than the usual cups got broken every night. Gerard still ordered a fresh, sealed bottle of wine, and never mind the expense. Gaillish wines already tasted enough like piss that he was not sure he could tell if the innkeeper was fortifying them on the sly.
Alas, no solutions to Gerard’s problems had deigned to show up at the Culotte Jetée by the end of the first bottle. No obliging bravos, either. But then, the local western Gaillish wouldn’t dare throw a punch at an eastern Gaillic soldier, would they? Not when their former lord was locked up in his own dungeons at the Chateau d’Aléatoire, waiting to be given the sword in the morning.
Cover update for MORGAN BAROD.
I’m very pleased, so far.
In other news: I still have to actually chew through the beta reader feedback, because reasons. I’m going to start doing that in the next day or two. Then it’s off to the editor, and the mechanism starts up. What fun!
Moe Lane
The STAR WARS: BUCKETHEADS Fan Trailer.
It’s getting easier and easier for non-professional studios to get to ‘Ehh. I can’t really tell the difference’ TV/movie production values. BUCKETHEADS is operating at, what, 1998, 2002 AD-style special effects? That’s easily enough, for what they need to produce. The next step for them is to get enough money to be able to hire professional actors, and then hey, presto! They’ve got a film company. With probably considerably less overhead.
Mind you, at that point they’re gonna need to get their own IPs.
Via @geeksaresexy.
May the Fourth be with you.
As is traditional to note on this day. Of course, ‘tradition’ is a slippery concept, here. Anyway, we’ve moved away from rumors that a remake of KOTOR might be in the works to rumors that the upcoming KOTOR will be an action RPG instead of a turn-based one. Which would definitely argue against them just re-porting the game to modern consoles*.
So, hey! Actual Star Wars news that you might care about! Awesome!
Moe Lane
*I also wonder how much cut content they’d officially put into a re-port ofd KOTOR II. After all, there was a team of people already doing it for them.
May 3, 2021
CDPR executives get big bonuses… because CYBERPUNK 2077 made a lot of money.
I figure MMORPG.com sorta gets it, but Bloomberg sure doesn’t: the latter is just a little bit exercised about the fact that CD Projekt Red is handing out fairly hefty manager bonuses, based on the profits accrued from CYBERPUNK 2077. Then again, Bloomberg actually called that game “the video game industry’s biggest flop of 2020,” apparently because the website’s from an alternate dimension where the game didn’t move 13.7 million units in December and the company paid out a dividend. They also profit-shared with the rest of the company, too.
I was gonna be all, Look, we get it — but then I remembered that I hate it when people tell me what I’m really thinking. Suffice it to say I’m not surprised that a company having its best sales year ever spread it around, and I’m not particularly upset that management got a nice hunk of that. Just as long as they get cracking on the new DLC.
