jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20252 min readThe Price of ChaosWithin Warhammer 40,000, nothing embodies the nature of the corrupted human society and fractious personal bonds like the Chaos Space...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20256 min readSins of the Seventeenth, vs White Scar SpiritualityRarely pitted against each other, but of interesting contradiction are the XVII Legion Word Bearers and V Legion White Scars of the...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20254 min readThe Emperor of Mankind, and the Weapon of GlamourTo be with humanity is The Emperor of Mankind’s greatest gift, psychically seeing the immortal archetypes of human. An absence of this...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20255 min readCharacter Analysis: Vilgefortz of Roggeveen[This Character Analysis discusses Vilgetortz in relation to the entire series of Witcher novels. If you would like to be surprised when...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20253 min readBiome Analysis: The Unknown World [KOTOR]The blue of the skies, the beautiful wash of the beach, but ruins of both culture and people hint at something far darker. The last...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20253 min readPlanetary Analysis: Dantooine [KOTOR II] A beige and cream world, darkened by thick forest routes and disrepair. Temples which already seemed old, and lonely domiciles. As a...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20253 min readPlanetary Analysis: Telos Telos, the ice planet housing the self-styled “Last of the Jedi” is a cold world. The introductory sequence begins with a crash landing,...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20252 min readBiome Analysis: The RavagerThe Ravager may be a warship and not a planet like other missions, but it serves as one for all intents and purposes. The action climax...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20252 min readPlanetary Analysis: Citadel Station [KOTOR II]Fresh from the tutorial of Peragus, The Exile find themselves within a vast span of machinery intended to be ever so slightly unnerving....
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20254 min readEvil Artistry and Environmental StorytellingOther games often lean on, even rely upon environmental storytelling. Like many older RPG’s, KOTOR II heavily paints its characterisation...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20255 min readCharacter Analysis: James Sunderland and Silent Hill 2“I know. But…I don’t really care if it’s dangerous or not.” As pointed out by TheGamingBritShow: “How is a guy who follows the...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20256 min readCharacter Analysis: The Brothers ElricLove is an easy thing to say, but duty, devotion and efficiency are simple concepts yet challenging to maintain. Two brothers,...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20254 min readCharacter Analysis: NihiliusAn energy being explicitly embodying hunger as a craving more than justifies the character’s monstrous nature, void in a literal sense,...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20257 min readCharacter Analysis: ScorpiusThere are many visually haunting characters in science fiction settings. Many very well written hunters, detectives and interrogators who...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20256 min readCharacter Analysis: SionSadism is ultimately weak. Like abuse it is as frighteningly terrifying to the tormented as it is disgusting and the means to break such...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20256 min readKOTOR II Character Analysis: HK-50(s’)In KOTOR II fashion the threat and the twisted interpretation of an old element is an evolution: ‘Statement’ is replaced with ‘Derisive...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20259 min readCharacter Analysis: Robert Baratheon IMuch has been written about Robert Baratheon, but I would like to approach it from a different angle and tackle a particular point: the...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20254 min readCharacter Analysis: Stannis BaratheonThe only virtue Stannis Baratheon holds like a faith or support system is law and justice, and these systems he believes and the world...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20255 min readCharacter Analysis: AtrisThe Echani are not only good guards and allies for a fugitive, historian or leader, but perfect for the Sith. Aside from not detecting...