The LotR version of the There Was Only One Bed trope is There Was Only One Horse

For maximal effect, read this while listening to the Animated Series theme. It’s like the TOS theme played sideways.

TAS on YouTube

Tinykin is great at putting me into a flow state. It feels good to just explore and solve gentle puzzles without getting stuck or having to rely on intrusive UI.

The Naked Now was a bizarre choice for such an early episode. It’s the very first one after the premiere, and it’s based on the crew acting out of character – before the audience has had time to learn what their personalities are supposed to be.

The key reason why this failed is that it was prohibitively expensive to run. They had to maintain a cast of professional actors, and even minor hotel staff had to maintain story and character.

There’s a very small audience that’s willing to pay thousands of dollars for a Star Wars LARP, no matter how professionally it’s produced.

Yeah, the TV really breaks the immersion.

Commenting to creators with specific things that I like about their work

My first thought was “Wait, they made an M-Tron robot?” But no, this is Spyrius, which reuses the same color scheme with added blue elements.