Quakerin

Incredible

Oh my

Expert in music has some fierce competition, but I feel quite confident saying that you are an expert in providing substantive reactions and commentary for it.

Sounds pretty professional to me 😔

People rarely talk about the Orthodox at all honestly, but yeah Catholicism probably has the most haters.

It’s easy to lump them together from the outside, but most sects do fundamentally disagree with each other.

That’s not an uncommon sentiment at all, considering both Protestantism and Orthodoxy reject Catholicism. Orthodoxy split over a variety of disagreements and considers itself the original correct Christians, and Protestantism was explicitly created as a rejection of Catholicism by ex Catholics.

I’ve never actually played Balatro but if it’s as good as I’ve heard then I kind of hope it wins! Would be really refreshing for something like that to actually get the credit it’s due.

I’ve been away from the community for too long to have an informed opinion, but this is very sad to see. I think most people burn out on moderating, and often it’s the ones who value the power it gives them that remain.

This upends their entire culture and religion !! And none of them end up being loyal to the gods they worshipped for generations, instead the gods have to recruit Venatori and Qunari

To give an example, it’s just really weird when the *actual elvish gods have returned* to destroy the world and we never once see a Dalish elf examine this beyond “oh damn, the gods are gonna destroy the world that’s crazy”.

It’s by far the best game BioWare has made since Inquisition and a lot of the time it hits, but some of the choices they made really upset me as a fan. Half the time it’s great, and half the time it treats the setting as backdrop ignoring established dynamics like elf racism and blight infection.

Dragon Age The Veilguard is a truly bizarre experience for me. Instead of either enjoying or not enjoying it I swing back and forth wildly j̵u̵s̵t̵ ̵l̵i̵k̵e̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵w̵r̵i̵t̵i̵n̵g̵ ̵q̵u̵a̵l̵i̵t̵y̵.

Yeah I have major problems with the game, but considering the development history it’s kind of a best case scenario anyway

Based

The real metaphor is the friends we made along the way

Was playing Final Fantasy 16 but I switched over to Dragon Age so I can make up my own mind about it before my brain is poisoned by the discourse.

The bumper car is made out of joy, the walls of serotonin

It’s great as a video game, and probably pretty enjoyable for newcomers. For those invested in the setting however, it uses that more as backdrop for generic fantasy rather then the series previous focus on an X-Men sort of marginalization metaphor.

I could go on, but hopefully this gives you an idea!

Another appeal is the world building. The history of this world’s dominant religion weaves my favorite fantasy take on Christianity, and does an excellent job of presenting myths and facts to you in such a way that you’re constantly interpreting and reinterpreting the lore to separate them.

A few things. Like Mass Effect, it’s known for some great characters (and the ability to date them). Some of my favorite rpg characters ever are from Dragon Age!

The series also has an X-Men sort of metaphor going on for marginalized people, and that resonates for a lot of fans.

I’m mostly happy with Bluesky, but I have two major problems

1. No iPad app
2. Not enough cute animal videos

please correct these grievous errors