The term "sword and sorcery" was coined in 1961 by the British author Michael Moorcock, who published a letter in the fanzine Amra, demanding a name for the sort of fantasy-adventure story … (View Post)

Err yes, you always start with a story outline, even if you know you want to include certain elements. Unless you are making a Hollywood action movie I guess. But the outcome is guarantied crap if yo… (View Post)

And fighting endless waves of "thematcally appropiate" monsters isn't a story, it's Space Invaders. (View Post)

But dialogue options do not equal "story". IWD2 has a lot more meaningless different lines of dialogue to click through before you go and kill the next lot of boring humanoids, yes. But it … (View Post)

The problem with "the Twins" as antagonists is they don't appear until the end. I don't know if they are interesting or not, because I got bored long before I encountered them. A good antag… (View Post)