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How to (Not) Handle an OP Character
So in researching my Isekai video, I started watching In Another World with My Smartphone… and well it’s kinda bad. No hard feelings if you like it, but personally I just can’t get into it, and I started to wonder why that was. Because it’s made… competently, there were some parts I enjoyed and its premise isn’t that dissimilar to Konosuba. Guy dies before his time, so he gets to live out his life in a fantasy world and is allowed to bring one thing with him. Yeah, the start line is almost identical, except Aqua’s gotten an upgrade and is actually useful. But from there, these two stories diverge drastically. Because in Isekai Smartphone, our protagonist didn’t just get to keep his cellular device, God also gives him a stupidly high affinity for magic, Matrix-level reflexes, and basically a photographic memory, making him right off the bat one of the strongest characters in the world he wakes up in. Very OP, if you will. And this is where the problems start. There are right ways and wrong ways to portray an overpowered character, and this show firmly falls into that latter camp.
By TazerLad8 years ago in Geeks
Why EA's Latest Corporate Ploy Should Be the First and Last Straw
Let me start by saying I have never really hopped on the Anti EA bandwagon, and often defended their use of DLC/Microtransactions from a fairly neutral standpoint.
By Callum Munro8 years ago in Gamers
Statues
You knocked on the cement I built to keep out pain. I pushed you away because I was already blanketed in sorrow. I wanted to die because I was more empty than I had ever been before. I was nothing more than a carved figure of rock and stone with all hollowness I felt filled with the darkest of concrete.
By Ivory Thornburg8 years ago in Poets
Small Beginnings
Once upon a time, Time was once upon a tree. The branches held it firmly; So it moved very slowly. Once upon a time, The clock joined its two hands;
By Ifeoluwa Adeyemi8 years ago in Poets
Netflix Original: Designated Survivor
Designated Survivor is based on a real life political concept. It’s basically when the current president nominates one of their staff to sit out of the State of the Union in the unlikely event the government is wiped out. Although a very far-fetched idea, this is a routine which is carried out by the current US administration.
By Arsenal Media8 years ago in Geeks
Top 10: Horror Films of All-Time
History has shown us some of it's best horror films. These are the Top 10. This list is strictly based of the impact the film had in the horror genre and the overall positive feedback it received.
By Angel Rivera8 years ago in Horror
Vinyl Subscriptions 101
Whether or not you collect vinyl records, you've definitely seen the ads. Vinyl subscription services have really kicked off in the last year or two, with unboxing videos becoming a phenomenon all their own — if you're one of the many people who sent me death threats for starting the VNYL unboxing trend, I'm sorry.
By Paige Williams8 years ago in Beat
Missing You
You were here with a smile on your face. Every day you would be waiting with open arms Taking care of us all from old to young.
By Tegan Konradsen8 years ago in Poets