Hey guys, how are you all doing? by
the Irish Samurai
on 2018-10-19 23:21:00 UTC
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Hello again / Hello (delete as appropriate depending on if you recognise my username or not).
For those of you that don’t know me, or just don’t remember, I’m not really actively involved in any fandoms, but I like to read/watch fantasy and sci-fi, and I watch a lot of anime. The show I’m most excited about at the moment is the new series of Sword Art Online, which I’ve been looking forward to since it was announced.
I’ve been absent for a long time now, but finally wandered back. I had hoped that when I came back I’d be able to post an Interlude or something, but I haven’t actually finished any writing for a while now, so there’s that plan fallen at the first hurdle. So instead I thought I’d share some things that have caught my eye since I was last around here.
First, the obligatory Tolkien-themed link. Yes, I know, it’s random youtube link - but I promise it isn’t a rickroll. Because this one is the rickroll.
(Does it still count as a rickroll if you tell people that’s what you’re linking to? I’m not sure).
Because I don’t have any of my own writing to share, I’ll share some I found: Pay Me, Bug! is a sci-fi heist story, following the (mis)adventures of a smuggling crew, who have a (slightly undeserved) reputation for carrying out an ‘impossible’ job. Life gets a little interesting for them when someone comes along with an offer they can’t refuse, and asks for a repeat performance.
I found the characters interesting, with good humour, and the explanations of the sci-fi tech were detailed enough to give a good idea of how it worked, without bogging it down in technobabble.
And finally, for anyone that has a few hundred free hours and an interest in Dungeons & Dragons, I can thoroughly recommend Critical Role. It’s a D&D game that gets livestreamed every week, with the episodes posted to youtube too. The players and the DM are all professional voice actors, and they really get in to their characters. It’s very entertaining, and it’s given me a bunch of ideas for my own campaigns.
It’s been running for a few years, so there’s a huge archive of it which can be found on https://geekandsundry.com/critical-role-episode-1/"> Geek & Sundry.
-Irish