battlewraith

In terms of games that I think have great stories and could potentially be great movies: Bioshock Half-Life 2 maybe Hades as a full length animated feature.

Maybe you're a firm believer in Bigfoot as well but that also isn't an actual argument for or against this proposal. The game is a comic book reality that mixes technology and magic. I see no reason why magic themed characters should have to pay some sort "power tax" because their aesthetics were overlooked at the START vendor (which also offers magical items like blackwand).

It's a basic of tenet of product design in 2025. "There is a wealth of information out there." So if you buy a microwave and can't find any start button--google that shit. Log on to the company website and ask the community. We have never been this connected in the history of the species, so there's no excuse for things being straightforward.

He showed you. What does that screed about streakbreaker have to do with anything?

Maybe the GMs can prominently sticky something like this: "Lord give me the strength to ignore the threads I do not like The courage to post in the ones I do And the wisdom to know that people are different"

Which reminds me of the Dr. Strange we could've had:

I remember it being on tv. I think it was typical of 70s tv productions--like 90% exposition and 10% payoff/action (if that).

How do you know this? I’m not saying it’s not true, but the content that I typically do it seems like it’s the norm to have a fully IOed build that is in some way optimized for steamrolling +4x8. I consider the “high end” people to be optimized for hard mode content or set up to carry a team of lowbies through +4x8 missions.

But you didn’t have to nerf my brute Make out like regen never happened and it was nothin’ And I don’t even need a buff But you treat me like a warshade and it feels so rough No you didn’t have to stoop so low Have my friends farm emp merits and then nerf conversion Guess that I don’t need that though Now you’re just an MMO I used to know Now you’re just an MMO I used to know Now you’re just an MMO I used to know

It's just not your thing. And you're helping us understand why it's just not your thing.

I didn't say it wasn't armor. I said it wasn't power armor. Nobody is going to mistake Black Panther or Killmonger for Iron Man. And if you put Tony Stark into one of those suits, the results would be laughable in comparison. Because someone thought it would be an entertaining story to tell. And superhero comics aren't exactly centered around practicality. You still get lame characters like Hawkeye on Avengers rosters.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/

I didn't miss it. It's not power armor. T'Challa was already superpowered without the suit and I think he was the only one wearing that type of outfit. Being able to to project force fields from robes supports my point--maybe going all in on an Iron Man style power suit is not the way to go. Maybe that's not as desirable an option in light of other tech that becomes apparent.

Even something like videogame development. I was at a university once where a group of students were developing a game (not even, more of a mod for something) and a lawyer appeared at a meeting and informed them that the university would own the rights to this work.

Are you actually going to watch this? You kicked this thread off saying no thanks. You're pointing to a narrative expectation that you have--that based on what has happened before you would expect Riri to have funding and she doesn't. I get that but it doesn't bother me. There could be reasons why investors are not as hot to back something like that--the government already has a version, the technology is seen as too expensive, there are more attractive options available, etc. I only saw the first Black Panther movie, but I don't remember seeing a bunch of people running around in power armor despite their superior tech. Moreover I think it's pretty clear from the trailer that they want to tell a story about this character doing things on her own. Dramatically it makes sense to distance her from the other films. I'm also not real worried about the continuity between the films and the Disney miniseries, any more than I expect comics to change tone, logic etc. every time a new writer comes on board.