Recent content by JBryden88

I'm a huge fan of taking known fantasy races that sometimes are given undeserved treatment and making them the stars. (It's one of the reasons I'm a fan of the Warcraft franchise - they took orcs and made them the stars arguably.) In my case I've settled on Giants. Either portrayed as too big...

Love it. Also hi guys. Been awhile since I've been here :D

I'm asking on behalf of a dear friend of mine who is building her world. She's setting it on a "super earth" - it's about 5 times the size of our world. How big would a continent need to be (compared to say, the size of our world's continents) in order to have the two ends of the continent...

I loved Tim Severin's novels. That said, I'd love to see some historical fiction for the Vikings pre-conversion times. Where they aren't the villains.

As it turns out we took it to Staples and it got done and emailed and all! Thanks for the tips anyway!

I wasn't quite sure where to put this but I'll ask it anyway! Whilst on vacation I've been spending the week with a writer friend of mine. I helped her with her map - we got big poster board sheets and she sketched it out. Now, we are looking to figure out .... is there a way to get it...

I think in fantasy there's room for all kinds of women, just as there are for men. Heroic, feminine, masculine, gay, straight, cowardly, good, evil, etc. I've got alot of projects all in various stages, and one thing I do is I base it off of the culture I'm writing about. The culture that is...

So, for the past few years, and this being the final year, there's this show called Spartacus. Not fantasy but it DOES go larger then life, ala 300. Anyone else watch it? I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor from tonight. Anyone who knows the history will know what I speak of as the...

As much as I love vikings and nordic themes... TESO will be one of a few games that has Orcs as more then just monsters. I'm gonna be an Orc :P

Let me be clear. There was never any rape scene. There isn't any rape scene. The reason there was controversy is because a CD rep said something along those lines - which the main project guy clarified and said there isn't. The scene in question is the first time you kill one of the cultists...

I definitely thing the Bechdel test is kind of useless. As for the question of how they should be portrayed? Like any other person. Characters are characters are characters are characters. The character is either well developed or she isn't. I have a bigger problem with fiction that tries to...

Honestly, it places you in the position of kill or be killed. I can believe that if you crash land on an island, and find yourself being hunted by bad guys, you could probably adapt to defending yourself. When you've got say, five guys using bows an arrows and letting them loose on you, what do...

Yes. And there is no controversy with this game. Someone on an old thread mentioned something about Lara Croft getting violated - that isn't the case. People are trying to kill you - but as with any adventure/action game, you get to fight back.

I feel the need to chime in here too late - they do not rape her. They kill her if you fail. You know... like any game in which you kill enemies or die.

Worldbuilding is near and dear to me. It helps me maintain consistancy. First I'd say identify the culture you're writing. Are you in one settlement, one kingdom? Are you going across the world? Say you're hanging out in one kingdom. What's the kingdoms name? Do you have an idea as to the...