Recent content by Renco van der Tang

Neil Gaiman Announced earlier that he will be returning to the world of Sandman for a prequel of sorts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GndnR7oSYYk& There isn't a lot more to be said, I'm incredibly excited to see this happen, even though I have yet to read all of the original sandman comics.

"Make this girl my girlfriend" alone makes me think you have an attitude problem, and calling her a whore for sleeping around kind of just confirms that.

When Lovecraft wrote his stories, mankind knew considerably less about the universe than we do today, and the idea that the universe just does not care, that there is no benevolent god that watches over us, was still kind of new and terrifying. Yeah, his writing isn't scary by modern standards...

I think magic is most interesting when it's subtle but powerful, like the magic in Song of Ice and Fire. Though the overt kind of magic found in, say, the Forgotten Realms setting is also interesting because it's something people can depend on, so it makes lots of new occupations and such...

I think the fundamental flaw in his thinking is that he seems to believe that every second hand sale is lost income for the publisher and developer. When someone buys a second hand car, it's not (just) because they want to save money, but more often than not it is because they simply can't...

As much as I love fantasy, I have to agree with the notion that it's derivative. I, personally, aspire to be a fantasy writer, but I do really think there's so much that could be done with the genre that's being ignored in favour of more elves and dwarves stomping through dragon dens. There are...

Is it manipulative because it tries to tug one's heart-strings? Maybe, but by that token the day-to-day life of the family and friends of these people is also manipulative, some things really just are heart-breaking, and if presenting it as such to people who live priviledged lives of health is...

I donated 10 dollars American, it's not much, but it's all I can afford right now, I'll consider throwing down more when my paycheck comes 'round.