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Cleita

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33. Yep, he doesn't flinch from the horrors his characters visit on each other. I'm up to

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 11:03 PM

Dec 2012

"Feast for Crows". It's what I've been losing myself in cause real life is pissing me off. At least with fantasy, you know there really aren't any dragons although he almost makes you believe his fantasy creatures are real.

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Darken Rahl and his Trip to the Underworld (or, eat it, antigamers) [View all] Occulus Dec 2012 OP

. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #1

Darken Rahl is familiar to me, not the game. Cleita Dec 2012 #2

Exactly. The fact is, those who are pissing and moaning about video games Occulus Dec 2012 #3

actually, I think its part of the puzzle here. To just roguevalley Dec 2012 #32

Wizard's First Rule, brought to you Ayn Rand disciple Terry Goodkind. Liberal Veteran Dec 2012 #4

They got really, really preachy after Temple of the Winds Occulus Dec 2012 #6

Marking to read later...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #5

I'll never poke fun at my wife .... Bok_Tukalo Dec 2012 #7

... Matariki Dec 2012 #38

Or what about the inhabitants of Sodom? Nevernose Dec 2012 #8

I was going to pick something from the Bible, but this was a whole lot more mild Occulus Dec 2012 #9

LOL -- am I getting this right? Videos games aren't bad because some SciFi/Fantasy book is worse? downandoutnow Dec 2012 #10

Violence is a part of the human experience. An awful part, but a part none the less. white_wolf Dec 2012 #13

"To tell a good story you sometimes have to talk about the darker side of humanity." -- may be so! - downandoutnow Dec 2012 #18

replications of up-close-and-personal gory, brutal murder white_wolf Dec 2012 #21

Then again, there's FarCry 3, which I'm playing through now Occulus Dec 2012 #23

There are lots and lots of "first person shooters" out there that really aren't. Occulus Dec 2012 #31

Yep, he doesn't flinch from the horrors his characters visit on each other. I'm up to Cleita Dec 2012 #33

My point was to illustrate that many books are far, FAR more violent than any game Occulus Dec 2012 #16

I'm afraid you're wasting your time. This poster has to be a troll. white_wolf Dec 2012 #17

Frankly, I'm wondering if Mr. Benchley is making a repeat visit Occulus Dec 2012 #26

"SCI-FI/Fantasy is telling. It is properly termed "adult fantasy", and your improper classification" downandoutnow Dec 2012 #30

Google? Wikipedia? "Some professor"? Wikipedia? Occulus Dec 2012 #34

So NOW you say that it's "honestly debatable" terminology of classification, downandoutnow Dec 2012 #37

No, Occulus Dec 2012 #40

Gotta disagree. TDale313 Dec 2012 #39

Ha...I was wondering where you were going to go with this after reading the title. Evoman Dec 2012 #11

What Kahlan did to Demmin Nass was horrific Occulus Dec 2012 #20

I skipped to the bottom for fear of spoilers, but your post is brilliant. white_wolf Dec 2012 #12

forgive me for saying this, but your synopsis would make a decent video game story 0rganism Dec 2012 #14

The Witcher is amazing and one of the few games to deserve the M rating. white_wolf Dec 2012 #15

agreed - one of the few games that can hold its own as interactive literature 0rganism Dec 2012 #22

Interestingly, there's an entire series of games in which not a shot is fired Occulus Dec 2012 #25

You can play (and win) Fallout without killing anything too 0rganism Dec 2012 #27

Yes, you can. It's not exactly EASY in a post-apocalypic nuclear wasteland, but you CAN. Occulus Dec 2012 #29

It was tried as the television show "Legend of the Seeker", produced by Disney/ABC Occulus Dec 2012 #19

There's no way Disney/ABC could produce that kind of story convincingly 0rganism Dec 2012 #24

Fallout is great; I just started replaying New Vegas with the beauty mods Occulus Dec 2012 #28

That's it! TDale313 Dec 2012 #35

It felt garbled because Occulus Dec 2012 #36