Drawing a Scene

I learned that King Arthur was one of the Nine Worthies, who were considered to be especially noble men.  They were Hector, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Joshua, David, Judas Maccabeus, Arthur, Charlemagne, and Godfrey of Bouillon.  I read it in Caxton's introduction to Le Morte D'Arthur.  This can be counted as a very good source on the subject because any changes from popular perception in his description of them would certainly have been called out, and, if TV hasn't lied to me, this would almost definitely have resulted in an angry mob with torches and pitchforks.

Imagining Your Game

• I am designing my game for people who like King Arthur, and Arthurian topics in general.
• My game teaches about the Arthurian myths in general.
• My game happens in Britain.
• The world will be like King's Quest I, only with a third of the necessary treasures.
• It will show the Arthurian world, according to the medieval chronicles.
• Supra.
• The world is filled with references to the myths.
• Directing the character, gaining points, etc. will be used from what I've already learned.
• A game is more fun than a quiz.

Choosing a Topic

I chose King Arthur because, let's face it, no matter what I say, some medieval chronicler will have said it's correct.  In fact, I think that Bystandrius the Teugant made a sci-fi version of it in the 1190s.

Sources:
Historia Regum Britanniae by Geoffrey of Monmouth
A Guidebook to Arthurian Britain by Geoffrey Ashe
Le Morte D'Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory

Playing to Learn

• I learned that most of the adventure games here don't seem to have much in relation with the genre, that strategy games are always fun, and that all chemical reactions inevitably result in fire.
• The comic book style of Treadsylvania stood out to me because I found it intriguing.

Games

I love playing games in my spare time, especially adventure games and mind games.  Adventure games are games like King's Quest, Adventure, Space Quest, and the Ben Jordan series.  Basically, you need to actually think about what to do next.  My favorite series are definitely King's Quest and Ben Jordan.

Now mind games are completely different.  In these, you do your best to completely screw with someone's head.  H. P. Lovecraft, of course, was the unchallenged master of these.  Although I can send someone to the insane asylum in just under an hour, if I try hard.  But then, of course, there's no challenge in it.

It Be Be Talkin' Like a Pirate Day! Arrr!

This be bein' the definitive piratin' song!  Arrr!

Flash Post

Using Flash was somewhat difficult, but as soon as I saw the difference between the video and the instructions and knew what to do, it was easy.

The Doctor: Prince of Clowns

An interesting fact is that at least two of the Doctor's incarnations have appeared as famous people in history - one contemporary with the "actor" portraying his second incarnation.
His second incarnation:

And Moe of Three Stooges fame:

Obviously, the Second Doctor got a haircut and decided to take a vacation and fulfill his lifelong dream of being a comedian.

And then there's the Ninth Doctor:

and Machiavelli:

The Ninth Doctor must have tried the same thing the Master did, but for some reason regained his Time Lordiness before the Time War ended.

Against Hitler Clones

My least favorite villain type is actually one of the most common: Hitler clones.  Genocidal madmen, who only want to purify their species/the universe by either removing one group or only preserving one.  The best example being Voldemort - evil to the core and born to kill, he hated muggleborns because his mother was a witch who died after raping his father.  And it's his father's fault that he ran away when he realized what she had done, of course.  A little depth does wonders with these people.  Take, for instance, Galbatorix, from the Inheritance Cycle.  He's certainly a Hitler clone - he eliminates all of the Dragon Riders, which necessitates the takeover of a large portion of the continent.  His future conquests revolve around maintaining his rule, rather than conquering for the sake of conquering.  As well, he has a good reason for hating the Dragon Riders - they sent him on the mission that killed his dragon, and with the mental disturbance that accompanied the event, it's not all that illogical to blame them.  Really, he's the best of the Hitler clones - he's got more personality than yet another Genocide Machine.  But aside from the rare few like him, and the rare few like the Daleks, who have an interesting appearance, good weapons, and a real threat beyond being evil, the Hitler clone is a sad, sad pack of villainy.  Abschied!

Villains Should Pay Child Support

In my personal opinion, all villains who are the hero's father, should pay child support.  Even if they don't know they have children, they should give back payment as soon as their children are known.  And don't tell me they can't pay.  Darth Vader is the Second-in-Command of the Galactic Empire.  It's an empire.  It stretches across the galaxy.  He's the second-in-command.  They have money.  Why didn't he give Luke 18 years worth of child support after he realized their relation?  Sure Luke was older, on his own, was fighting Vader, and had been hidden specifically from Vader for his entire life, but that's not a good reason!  And all he spent it on was two giant spaceships that were quickly destroyed - one never even finished being built - that practically bankrupted the Imperial Government.  Honestly, how was that more important than being a good father?

Single Story

1.  A Single Story is the one Thing you think of when you think of a Group.
2. A Single Story about my Community is that this Universe is really Interesting.  It is not.  It is really, really, Boring.  Missing from it are any real Epic Heroes or Villains.  People can learn about this Universe by being in this Universe.  And they will call it Boring, and leave.
3. A Single Story about the Universe 5 Prexitels from this one, is that it is really boring.  It is not.  It is overrun by literally thousands of Dark Lords, all of whom are easy to defeat.  I learned the Story by visiting the Universe 8 Flagubs from this one.  I could find out more about that Universe by visiting it.  And vanquishing the Dark Lord.  And, if I have time, replacing him.
4. A Game could help you learn about a Universe because, since there are an infinite amount of Universes, and they are all Different, all Fiction is Reality in another Universe, and Vice Versa.

My first post

I have no idea what to put as my first post, so I'm just going to rant about Voldemort for this whole post.

First off, why is he evil?  I must have missed the part where growing up in an orphanage will make you evil, but growing up surrounded by people who hate you and treat you like a slave will make you good.  Voldemort should have had a similar personality to Harry if his background had anything to do with it.  But if his background had nothing to do with his evil, then we are forced to assume that he was evil at eleven years old!  That's not going to happen.  Second, how is he a Slytherin?  All he does is kill people and torture others.  There is no cunning about that.  He should have been in Gryffindor - he's willing to continuously face the one person he believes can kill him and force his followers not to interfere.  The only reason he's in Slytherin is that his ancestor was Slytherin and he's evil.  I refuse to accept that the Hat places people in houses based on their ancestry, or it would be useless.  And Slytherin wasn't evil.  He was a product of the eleventh century wizarding culture.  His beliefs were those commonly accepted at the time.  Besides, why would an evil wizard build a school?  Especially if it doesn't teach the dark arts!  Why would two good witches and a good wizard help him?  Why would they let him help them?  And why would the Hat create an Evil House.  That makes no sense whatsoever.  In fact, I've seen Gryffindors just as bad as Voldemort - the Marauders bullied a kid and gave him psychological scars for life simply because they didn't like how he looked.  No wonder Snape joined the Death Eaters - that was the only chance for a halfblood Slytherin to survive in the Wizarding World!  The real tragedy is that someone as obviously senile as Dumbledore (he knows that it doesn't have to be Harry to kill Voldemort, so why does he only give Harry the information necessary - and he gives Harry information slowly over a year that could easily be given in a few hours!  Why not train Harry like he said he would?) was put in charge of a school.  Particularly when you consider that he does nothing about the fact that two of the houses are plotting to murder the entire other houses.  In conclusion, Voldemort is a terrible villain, Dumbledore was senile, and Hogwarts is the worst school to go to.  Ever.