Recent content by OwenEdwards

Bizarre thing to have a serious debate about.

Well if the problem is as simple as THAT, then an even simpler answer awaits. No lit crit, no comprehension of plot themes, etc. Just this: back in the day, they didn't have C-Secs, basically. Caesar's kid got out that way, and it was considered that the child had not been born properly; it...

I think you may have entirely missed the point about "not of woman born". The play is, in part, about superstition, about finding any excuse to get power, about self-fulfilling prophecies - Duncan only died because Macbeth and wife went loopy after hearing the "prophecy". Thus, Macduff is...

You're entitled to your opinion - YMMV etc - but that, here, has turned into rash generalisations. Sorry, I WILL tell you, without rose-tinted glasses as I didn't play it at the same, that HL1 is absolutely fantastic. Portal is amazing. HL2 is brilliant. You don't have to like them but...

The most interesting thing is the psychology of those participating - it's really fascinating to see a love among the ruins, But the plot needs to be clearer, and maybe some more indepth interviews/segments of RP.

I think the Axe series is fascinating, and I'm glad that "Belladonna" enjoys games. But why, John Funk, the assumption/conclusion that 1) porn is now entirely acceptable and anyone who harbours any doubt (and I still harbour a few) simply, by definition, leaves with Michael Atkinson and Fred...

Quite apart from the fact that many religious people do hold high office, some well and some badly, this is a ludicrously shortsighted claim insomuch as non-religious systems of belief are very often just as detructive to freedom and "liberty of expression" as any twisting of a religious belief...

Insert about a dozen adventure games here, including Broken Sword 1 and 2, the Myst series, Feeble Files, and above all The Longest Journey. RTSs/etc next: Warcraft 3 (+ FT, RIP Arthas), Starcraft (+ BW) RPGs: Morrowind (ah shit, now I have to kill a God), with hon mensh to some of...

Seconded, though I did play WoW, I never much liked it. But it's good to see my main man's final scene.

Fallout 3 for the fact that every "proper" side-quest, plus most of the DLC, plus so much of the random non-listed "miniquests" were awesome and added to the atmosphere of the world. Also, King's Bounty: The Legend. Word.

Thanks for the reply. I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree strongly on two points: 1) Of course LotR is a complex, non-allegorical story. Of course it takes imagery and ideas from Germanic mythos. That doesn't at all undermine my point about it: it is a Christian story. Its morality is...

To reiterate: no, America is not a Christian country. It may be an imperialist state that has misappropriated a brand name and gutted it of its inherent meaning, filling it instead with greed, arrogance and self-righteousness (the antitheses of charity, humility and righteousness by the grace of...

It depends if those critiquing Bob were doing so because of the general thesis that "pro-God movie = good", or because they took offence to the fact Bob's original review attacked BoE, on the whole, because of its religious nature. If the latter, then their freak-out is understandable - they...

I have an interest in the matter, as a trying-to-be-devout Christian looking forward to a career in church ministry and theological lecturing. I think Bob's 100% right that films use popular tropes (topos, as it were) to hook audiences. The new Transformers series has used childhood...

Tourneytard is frankly as offensive as tourneyfag or whatever - but then, tards don't have as good PR as fags, so it's alright to beat on them I guess? I think we should call them tourneykikes.