Holden Miller's discussions

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There was a time when I was pretty fiercely into the idea of a Bas-Lag MMO. Getting to be a garuda and flying from Cymek to New Crobuzon. Learning watercraefting. Fast travel via Weaver. Instances with slake moths... Okay, I'm still into the idea. Read more

I sort of see where you're coming from (I play Terran too), but I still think the game is great. We can obviously get in a huge discussion about how it's so so different than Brood War, but I like the faster play style and - save for these past months of I/BL - I think the game has only gotten better since its… Read more

I thought 2012 was great! Here were my favorites (in no particular order): Read more

Honestly I had much bigger problems with the story than any maybe/maybe not racism. I just found it to be pretty half-baked all around. Let me qualify that I really liked this game, played through it voraciously, and am still enjoying travelling around Rook Island hunting and swimming and gliding. But the story of… Read more

So I purchased, downloaded, and read Brendan Keogh's book Killing Is Harmless: A Critical Reading of Spec Ops: The Line before posting this blip. It wasn't meant to demean his work at all. I was happy to see someone attempt something like this. But I do have some thoughts about it as a reader. Read more