Thanks for helping the misinformed,

Joshua

ANDREW <Shroudie> Joshua, while I search for Castomel's pants, I find your question quite admirable. <Rob> probably a bit of both I think * Castomel notes: pants have not been misplaced <Shroudie> hey screw you, I'm the one with the nekkid fantasies :D anyways <Rob> the game industry is nothing but project after project after project typically, so having your own company where you canaccept contracts are ou see fit would be a plus <Castomel> if only he hadn't named it something so crappy <Rob> SMILE OR DIE <Shroudie> Saka-coochiecoochie and Uematsu left quite a while ago, friend. It seems their relationship with the big S-E wasn't going aswell. <Rob> actually that's kinda catchy <Castomel> hehe can't imagine what the logo would look like though <Rob> That's a No Feeling, S-E! <Castomel> a big smile with a gun beside it? :D err <Rob> all I can see is the Joker's smile <Castomel> :D ¬ <Rob> hehehe or some dude's face with a shotgun to his chin and eyes like "omgomgomg" and a fake smile

I usually don't write (though I read most columns), but I felt compelled to do so at this point. Now why is this so? I'll tell you, fella: Robert Jordan was brought up, and so was Terry Goodkind. In the same breath by one unlucky yahoo, no less.

For the record, I have read every Robert Jordan and Terry Goodkind book concerning either man's fantasy world. Which is to say, I've read everything in print about the Wheel of Time and The Sword of Truth, including the novels themselves. Why is this significant? Well, as an avid reader, I would logically be able to give yonder fools the benefit of my long experience.

An RPG Fan pointed out that he believed RJ's first few books were the worst ones. 11 books into the series, I laugh at the notion. The first 6 books are the best, with the climax of the entire series to date coming in around book 9. Book 10 and 11 have none of what made the predecessors so great. So poo. Poo on that guy. In other news, yes! RJ has managed to build a detailed world, although he's shamelessly scamped on a lot of established mythology and even other fantasy series to do so. His books are overly long, and he dwells far too long in each one on the details of characters' clothing, bustline, and other idiosyncratic details that the reader has grown tired of by about 5 pages in. However, you can't help but love the world and the intricate political machinations that move it. I'm a fan, in other words, if a critical one.

Now as for TG, well, that guy is a hack. RJ started his series long before Goodkind did. And if one is to read either book series, preferably Jordan's first, they would see that Goodking has ripped Jordan off time and again, and blatantly at that. It's disgusting. Although well-crafted, Goodkind's books read like a love-letter to himself as the Richard character is very obviously a pantomime of himself. I grudgingly enjoy the books, however, as TG is a superior writer of dialogue, action, and wastes far less time on meaningless details that RJ can't seem to get away from.

As for either series being made into games, I laugh at the idea. Although, The Wheel of Time has supposedly been optioned for film. Which seems ridiculous. I see a miniseries on the Space channel, myself. Like Earthsea.

Anyway, that's what I have to say about that. Terry Brooks sucks, Tolkien rules, and Dragonlance isn't half as bad as the Forgotten Realms. Just so we're clear, yeah?

Intrinsic.

ANDREW <Shroudie> Seriously, an string of evil? That's more likely to appear on a soap opera. "Must cut rope and make the whole instance last for 200 weeks before switching to another storyline" <Shroudie> pfft <Castomel> oh, it was a string of evil <Rob> Actually if FR was executed properly, the setting would rule <Castomel> which is why whenever someone says "THE FIRST SIX BOOKS WERE THE BEST" I say "very no" <Shroudie> strings...blahblahblah...devil <Castomel> EVIL! stabbing! <Shroudie> OMG Satan's on a string! <Castomel> not just any string, mind you a black string! in fact, let me go find the book <Shroudie> a black string of death! <Castomel> cuz what fun is mockery without copyright infringement? <Shroudie> you didn't burn it already?... agreed... so Rob... <Shroudie> looking at tuinte? <Rob> awesome, a green cough medicine that tastes like green <Rob> I refuse to reply to that question. <Shroudie> green, the most delicious of flavours <Shroudie> why not? <Rob> besides it's well documented <Shroudie> tuinte is a rather attractive fellow... oh? where is this documented? <Rob> oh god i know, er... in my journal, far far back <Shroudie> I must search <Rob> back in the days of my meeting tui and cast at union station <Shroudie> wasn't that this summer? or something? <Rob> same entry when i ranted about cast and his oral fixation with huge sausages <Rob> no, like 2 years almost <Shroudie> ahh, <Shroudie> 2 years... crazy <Rob> old journal <Castomel> ugh <Rob> back when he had the shaggy hair <Shroudie> back on Scar, huh? <Castomel> reading this makes my brain hurt