Game News Torment Kickstarter Update #8: George Ziets Video, Pat Rothfuss Stretch Goal, and much more

It's seriously comfortable. I'm not sure what else to say about it. Chris gave it to me? I've had it for several years? It wears well?

Personally, I'd be more concerned about the gang sign I'm flashing.

 

As long as you don't start rapping in the KS videos, you can make gang signs as much as you want

 

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And please, stop smiling. You're Colin Mc Comb. You're not supposed to do that.

 

Gang sign huh.

The west side Mercykillers?

 

I love how Pat took as much time explaining why that wouldn't delay his third book as InXile did for why they had another KS before WL2 is finished. It was indeed my second thought after "wow awesome"

 

I started up the NWN2 OC a few months ago with the intention of finally finishing it (I ragequit in late Act II when I originally played it in 2006, I think) and going on to MotB - but I didn't manage to get past Act I before I had to quit for fear of dying of boredom. Maybe I'll go straight for MotB on my next attempt, but the UI and camera will still be horrible and there'll still be tons of bugs, so I don't know...

 

A copypasta from my Kickstarter comment:
What a coincidence, I'm finishing the Wise Man's Fear right now.
Cannot say that I absolutely love it, but it is very solid stuff (at least as I see from reading his second book - first was "banal shit boring" indeed, but hey, it was his FIRST book), and his skills would be put to good use.
However, have you tried contacting Brandon Sanderson?

His is also an avid gamer, VERY prolific, VERY good, and his attention to detail, good characterization and love for complex and weird plots and characters is PERFECT. He also has his own version of 'Multiverse', even. He also happen to know Pat, so you can contact him with his help.

He is coincidentally very famous due to him picking up and finishing Jordan's Wheel of Time, too. Perhaps there is still time to snag him.
If you do, I HEREBY SWEAR that, I'll take credit if I must, but will increase my pledge to 500$. I love Torment, and I love his work THIS much.

I suspect that a LOT of people will hear of this project and back it up profusely if you'll manage to sway him.
You might as well set him as 10 mil stretch goal. I bet you'll reach it.

 

All the troubles are worth it. Do it. The incline commands it.

(besides, it isnt that troublesome at all)

 

Sanderson is great, but adding many more big name writers might turn it into a "too many cooks spoil the broth" type scenario. Then again, the world seems like its designed so that there are a bunch of separate worlds that aren't related to each other. I'd love to see what Sanderson could come up with using the Torment/Numanera setting.

 

My point exactly. Plus, publicity bonus would be HUGE. Much moreso then Rothfuss, I wager... perhaps once he'll be finished with his Chronicles, he'll be an equal to Sanderson, but so far - no.
But, truth be told, his first novel (Elantris) was a bit of 'banalshitboring' too, though it did show promise. Even his first Mistborn book was rather uninspiring. Only after reading the second one I saw how truly intricate his plot is. And the third truly made the series much greater then mere sum of three books.
And he was just getting better and better. So is Rothfuss.

 

Yeah, I didn't like Elantris at all up until the last 10% where things got interesting, but the setting was pretty unique. I absolutely loved the Mistborn trilogy (and the Alloy of Law spinoff), though. I haven't read any of his other novels yet but they're supposed to be just as good.

I'm almost done with The Name of the Wind by Rothfuss and it didn't really grab me, but I can tell he has potential.

 

When one sees those numbers, RPG genre seems to be ... mainstream!?

 

Name of the Wind barely shows the potential, if I was not told that the second book picks up on quality and pace, I'd drop it. But second book DOES have it all (though quite unevenly), and indeed it shows hints of future twists and subversions. It is much darker too, sometimes downright gruesome.

 

Wow inXile seems pretty intent on pissing away all the goodwill they built up by hiring Mur Lafferty.



That's my Lesi, always threatening violence upon authors she hates. :3

Her mind probably looks like this right now:

 

Very interesting. :yawn:

 

What did he do so bad? Women having sex with men again?

 

Patrick Rothfuss is the best fantasy author alive. Period.

 

Worse. One man having sex with lots of women. And they love it.

 

I now have greater reason to avoid Chaos Chronicles.

 

Someone needs to punch Zeits in the throat until he agrees to get a haircut.

 

Women enjoying sex? That's fantasy for you.