tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post1037587432981801096..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: Dungeon GamesTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-32839740073778481012012-03-26T22:32:24.947-04:002012-03-26T22:32:24.947-04:00I've just read the books last week and then sa...I've just read the books last week and then saw the movie. The books are definitely "young adult" level reading but I don't mean that as a knock against them. I am happy to see interesting and well thought out stories geared toward younger audiences become popular, rather than the Twilight slop of recent years. Also I think the main storyline is particularly relevant these days. "Panem et circenses" is specifically mentioned in the last book as well.Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342275462566805167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-47529378068049524582012-03-26T21:08:49.189-04:002012-03-26T21:08:49.189-04:00@Booberry - I should have had you pegged as an X-S...@Booberry - I should have had you pegged as an X-Statix fan. Always a man of discriminating tastes. :)Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-68447699724742860182012-03-26T19:11:47.051-04:002012-03-26T19:11:47.051-04:00Didn't Tunnels & Trolls do "Deathtrap...Didn't Tunnels & Trolls do "Deathtrap Dungeon" - and I think the "Melee" micro-game was also similar concept(?)phfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05500880186402356662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-28749925431331430202012-03-26T18:42:49.220-04:002012-03-26T18:42:49.220-04:00Speaking of bread and circuses, did you notice the...Speaking of bread and circuses, did you notice the name of the nation in Hunger Games? It's Panem. As in <i>panem et circenses.</i><br /><br />I liked the movie a lot too, and I had also managed to avoid the books 'til now. My kids are big fans, though.Desdichadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774274812688958457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-14893024687415813312012-03-26T17:01:34.800-04:002012-03-26T17:01:34.800-04:00I think you're right, this idea could be adapt...I think you're right, this idea could be adapted quite well to a fantasy/dungeon setting. <br /><br />I read the book but haven't seen the movie yet, though I plan to. Since I'm not terribly familiar with dystopian lit as a genre, I didn't feel the rip-off vibe like some others do (the joy of limited experience!). However judging the books solely on their own internal merits, I enjoyed the first one, tolerated the second one, and felt a bit bored by the third one.Chris C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655640273250716377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-6124458738069587612012-03-26T16:02:43.756-04:002012-03-26T16:02:43.756-04:00I haven't seen the movie but I'm about 3/4...I haven't seen the movie but I'm about 3/4 of the way through the book. I picked it up the other day just because I was bored and needed something to read. I find it to be a total hackish and cliche ridden bit of mediocre fiction which is totally ripped off from Battle Royale and other dystopian works. There is no way that I'm going to bother with the sequels.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397554099246666778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-91777996137537875082012-03-26T13:57:30.613-04:002012-03-26T13:57:30.613-04:00I'm not super familiar with X-crawl (besides w...I'm not super familiar with X-crawl (besides what I'm able to parse form the covers). I've read the Hunger Games though. It seems to me that the most fun part of something like that <i>would</i> be the reality show parts, i.e. dealing with agents and endorsements and paparazzi and facing bad PR from People for the Ethical Treatment of Monsters.<br /><br />Sort of like the early issues of X-statix, but D&D-er. In fact, turning the heightened insanity of 21st century celebrity worship onto a prototypical party of D&D adventurers strikes me as a hell of a lot of fun.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862556389958594140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-70832341578937841142012-03-26T13:19:37.813-04:002012-03-26T13:19:37.813-04:00@Jim - Indeed. They maybe be sacrifices--but sacr...@Jim - Indeed. They maybe be sacrifices--but sacrifices for the sake of knowledge.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-8574001933566495412012-03-26T11:24:51.556-04:002012-03-26T11:24:51.556-04:00Using mazes to tap into that 'Mythic Underworl...Using mazes to tap into that 'Mythic Underworld.' The contestants might not just be sacrifices, if in fact they are selected so as to be best able to physically survive the effects of exposure to the things they might exposed to down in those depths, like lingering traces of ancient magics...garrisonjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544523186717576771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-8516478906434502412012-03-26T10:06:46.015-04:002012-03-26T10:06:46.015-04:00Good recommendation, going to pictures tomorrow ni...Good recommendation, going to pictures tomorrow night and might change my choice to this, I haven't read the books either!The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.com