Victoria is a fun character to write, and kind of a nice character to design too.
Chris Anderson, Security Chief at the Carmichael Group. Wes, tech genius for Emerald Squadron.
The Dream World's last two characters (Lydia and Muriel) can be viewed here. Click here to see the party's healers, Nybal and Silas. You can click here to see the first three characters' skills (Arthur, Perry and Sherwood).
You can also find all the images here. You can note that some people's class names have changed as development went on! The Dream World characters can be found on this blog here. The Real World characters can be found on this blog here.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Monday, August 10, 2015
This Book of Essays Was A Bad Purchase
I regret buying this set of essays by Herbert Kohl called "Should We Burn Babar." Kohl has, in his introduction, reached the following conclusions:
1. Taking a bunch of books and burying them in a dump because he thought they were offensive was a reasonable, laudable act.
2. That, unless under the wise and careful care of an elder, wise progressive like himself, certain books (like Babar!) just should not be available in libraries because they are Dangerous.
That's possibly the most paternalistic thing I've read, and Kohl is an alleged progressive!
The worst part is that he probably doesn't even REALIZE how patronizing it is. Near the end of his introduction, he goes on about how noble and right it was to bury books about Columbus. Yet, despite deciding "Some books are so offensive to me, I should bury them," he feels, despite a South African teacher discussing how offensive Babar is to him and his students, Kohl's belief in his ability to "properly" teach the book trumps the teacher's dislike of the book.
And I'm only on the introduction! I don't know how I'll make it through this sneering mess of a book. I was ready for an imperialist reading of children's stories, and how the Rich Lady is really a colonial take over of indigenous elephants. I was PREPARED FOR THAT SILLINESS. I was mentally prepared for something like "Power Dynamics and Gender Politics in the Boxcar Children," which is not a real essay, but I bet some one could get a PhD writing it. I was not ready for "Some books are dangerous without Smart People to Talk to You About What They Really Mean."
I plan to see the rest of the book through, but it did not have an auspicious start.
1. Taking a bunch of books and burying them in a dump because he thought they were offensive was a reasonable, laudable act.
2. That, unless under the wise and careful care of an elder, wise progressive like himself, certain books (like Babar!) just should not be available in libraries because they are Dangerous.
That's possibly the most paternalistic thing I've read, and Kohl is an alleged progressive!
The worst part is that he probably doesn't even REALIZE how patronizing it is. Near the end of his introduction, he goes on about how noble and right it was to bury books about Columbus. Yet, despite deciding "Some books are so offensive to me, I should bury them," he feels, despite a South African teacher discussing how offensive Babar is to him and his students, Kohl's belief in his ability to "properly" teach the book trumps the teacher's dislike of the book.
And I'm only on the introduction! I don't know how I'll make it through this sneering mess of a book. I was ready for an imperialist reading of children's stories, and how the Rich Lady is really a colonial take over of indigenous elephants. I was PREPARED FOR THAT SILLINESS. I was mentally prepared for something like "Power Dynamics and Gender Politics in the Boxcar Children," which is not a real essay, but I bet some one could get a PhD writing it. I was not ready for "Some books are dangerous without Smart People to Talk to You About What They Really Mean."
I plan to see the rest of the book through, but it did not have an auspicious start.
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Meet Wes, Tech Genius
Wes is one of the first people to join up with Chris.
Chris Anderson, Security Chief at the Carmichael Group.
The Dream World's last two characters (Lydia and Muriel) can be viewed here. Click here to see the party's healers, Nybal and Silas. You can click here to see the first three characters' skills (Arthur, Perry and Sherwood).
You can also find all the images here. You can note that some people's class names have changed as development went on! The Dream World characters can be found on this blog here. The Real World characters can be found on this blog here.
Chris Anderson, Security Chief at the Carmichael Group.
The Dream World's last two characters (Lydia and Muriel) can be viewed here. Click here to see the party's healers, Nybal and Silas. You can click here to see the first three characters' skills (Arthur, Perry and Sherwood).
You can also find all the images here. You can note that some people's class names have changed as development went on! The Dream World characters can be found on this blog here. The Real World characters can be found on this blog here.
Meet Chris, Security Chief and Martial Artist
Here's the first character you'll meet in the real world, Chris Anderson, Security Chief at the Carmichael Group.
The Dream World's last two characters (Lydia and Muriel) can be viewed here.
Click here to see the party's healers, Nybal and Silas.
You can click here to see the first three characters' skills (Arthur, Perry and Sherwood).
You can also find all the images here. You can note that some people's class names have changed as development went on!
The Dream World characters can be found on this blog here.
The Real World characters can be found on this blog here.
The Dream World's last two characters (Lydia and Muriel) can be viewed here.
Click here to see the party's healers, Nybal and Silas.
You can click here to see the first three characters' skills (Arthur, Perry and Sherwood).
You can also find all the images here. You can note that some people's class names have changed as development went on!
The Dream World characters can be found on this blog here.
The Real World characters can be found on this blog here.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Dream World: Final Two Characters
The last two characters we're going to look at are our second tank and a unique damage dealer.
Click here to see the party's healers, Nybal and Silas.
You can click here to see the first three characters' skills (Arthur, Perry and Sherwood).
You can also find all the images here. You can note that some people's class names have changed as development went on!
The Dream World characters can be found on this blog here.
The Real World characters can be found on this blog here.
Click here to see the party's healers, Nybal and Silas.
You can click here to see the first three characters' skills (Arthur, Perry and Sherwood).
You can also find all the images here. You can note that some people's class names have changed as development went on!
The Dream World characters can be found on this blog here.
The Real World characters can be found on this blog here.
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Dream World Healer Skills
After making our primary tank's skillset and the two main damage dealers, I thought the next set of skills we should put together are our healers. The two healers for the Dream World team are Nybal, who also brings solid single target damage and durability, and Silas, who helps empower his allies attacks while also healing more as allies get weaker. Click through below to read more!
You can click here to see the first three characters' skills (Arthur, Perry and Sherwood).
You can also find all the images here.
The Dream World characters can be found on this blog here.
The Real World characters can be found on this blog here.
You can click here to see the first three characters' skills (Arthur, Perry and Sherwood).
You can also find all the images here.
The Dream World characters can be found on this blog here.
The Real World characters can be found on this blog here.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
World of Warcraft's Trade Chat Has a Problem
This public-facing part of the WoW community is ugly and not something I want people to associate with me when they think "WoW Gamer." When I tell people I'm a level 100 Protection Warrior, who dabbles in Monk Mistweaving, I don't want them to think, "Is he one of the people joking about anally raping children? Because that's what they do in WoW."
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