This is my gaming circle minus my ACKS players. I am such an asshole. Since they're in the big city now, the players really wanted to know if there were any magic weapons for sale. ACKS ain't 3e or 4e though. There is exactly one magic weapon for sale. I rolled randomly to see what it was and... ...it's a cursed -2 sword. So I told the players there's a weapons dealer/fence who's looking to get rid of a magic sword he's gotten ahold of...cheap. Only 6,000gp when usually a +1 item would be 10,000gp. So far they are not suspicious. They're going to be so pissed at me. I can barely contain my excitement.
OMG I WANT THAT! What is that? How do I get moer?
ReplyDeleteI keep seeing people posting the new Robocop trailer. I try to keep an open mind. I say I don't mind remakes if they can pull it off.
ReplyDeleteThey can't pull it off. Robocop is perfect.
I...I think I need my awesome card revoked (assuming I had one before). :( I have never actually seen this movie.
ReplyDeleteTonya Wershow it's like watching the news. Corporations run the government and crime at the same time, public servants are vilified, TV is crass and asinine, wars rage in third world countries, and Detroit is bankrupt.
ReplyDeleteThere's a reason that statue of Robocop was a great idea. He's a truly modern superhero.
Paul Verhoeven definitely warped my brain with this film. Campy and gory? Yeah but it made an impression. Total Recall was another great one. It was the little details Verhoeven sprinkled in like the "I'll buy that for a dollar" guy in Robocop, Micheal Ironside going "GAH!" in the subway in Total Recall (Michael Ironside's Reaction to Splinter Cell Blacklist) and the weird "Would You Like To Know More" webnet vignettes in Starship Troopers.
ReplyDeleteI'm not even kidding when I say that Paul Verhoeven is one of the greatest directors of all time. Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers are three of the best science fiction films of all time. I mean, watch Robocop right now. It's like they had a crystal ball. And watch Starship Troopers and think about any warmongering politician you've ever seen. Or think about fracking and then think about the mutants created by cheap domes in Total Recall.
ReplyDeleteThe film magic he did you don't see these days really. He had a nice balance of story and action.
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