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    1. Must be another rural/urban split…out here there are pretty strongly held opinions that it rhymes with “sow”

      Will this country never heal?Report

    2. This is interesting: http://www.nerdovore.com/2015/09/the-proper-pronunciation-of-drow.html

      “Years ago I read a Dragon magazine article about Old English mythological monsters. One of them was the “dtrow”, a dark elf creature that lives in caves and under bridges and attacks travellers and other surface dwellers, usually at night because it avoids sunlight. The “dtrow” is the basis for the Dungeons and Dragons dark elf race known as drow – but it is also the same root word for troll.”

      So, yes, the correct way appears to be “rhymes with bow,” as you say.

      BUT! This thread ( https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/3963/how-do-you-pronounce-drow ) claims that it was pronounced “rhymes with cow” in Baldur’s Gate II. And later down the thread, another comment claims that Gary Himself pronounced it “rhymes with grow.” None of these are cited, of course.

      And then there’s this Talk page from the Wikipedia entry for Drow ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ADrow#Pronunciation ) that references an official statement related to 2e D&D which says that “rhymes with cow” is correct.

      tl;dr Imma keep calling them “Drow as in cow”Report

  1. I’ve been playing the recent Mortal Kombat. It’s just as ridiculous as it’s ever been. The story mode was actually good. It has an excellent tutorial mode and plenty to do, if you’re a casual player like me. It’s a good diversion–the kind of game you can play for a half hour or hour and then walk away. The open world types of games I usually play require several hours of play at a time to feel you’re accomplishing anything. So this is a good one to have.Report

  2. I just hit 100% on God of War. Which was well worth the time (it’s really not that much, probably 40 or 50 hours to do all of it?).

    Moving onto Battletech next.Report

    1. I’ve got that! It’s sitting on the futon next to the PS4. I wanted to beat Spider-Man now that I’ve got all of the DLCs… I’m delighted to know that it’s good, though.Report

      1. It’s fantastic. I played on Easy (switched from ‘normal’ about a third of the way in) , since I found the story so engaging that I started to resent the lengthier and more difficult combat keeping me from it). Main story-line, even if you basically do all the sidequests and exploration and such, is maybe 20 to 30 hours.

        Another 10 to 15 if you want to do the optional bosses and optional realms (which can be done after the main storyline is complete). The optional bosses are…difficult. Even on easy and overgeared, it’s a matter of timing and really paying attention.

        But it’s the first game in ages that I wanted to do 100%. All of it. All the achievements, all the sidequests, everything.

        Frankly a very, very, very satisfying game on all levels.Report

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