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I didn’t get into Star Wars until high school which I graduated in 2006. So the original trilogy was well established for decades before I got around to it. Watching the original trilogy and even most of the prequels, I never got that feeling of dread watching the empire to that point. Sure they didn’t horrible things but it just didn’t portray it on screen enough for me to believe it besides a few scenes here and there. Then Andor happened and when I tell you the last portions of Season 2, among other arcs of the show, I was enthralled, appalled, and just captivated as to how it made me view the Empire. It’s like it finally clicked for me and gave me a new sense when watching the previous films. Before Andor, the empire felt like Bond villains or something to that extent. After Andor I felt like I was watching the Holocaust all over again and man it changed my entire view of the series. What a show man.

For Adventure top 10, my guess is Vantage taking over number 1. 😜 I am torn on legacy list. I think the last few years saw a lot of new / good adventure games released - I think it is important to remember the classics (Talisman has been on the list for almost half a century now!) but it also make sense to say Fallen Lands 2e kinda took on the mantra for example. I do think DD is really the only Channel that still talks and compares Talisman to modern Adventure games in a passionate way so it is a unique perspective that no other channels can provide - many channels seems to just push for new games and believe Gloomheaven is the first dungeon crawl ever made - while I am not sure if I would even call it a Dungeon Crawl 😉

Regarding Horror. People seems to love participating in horror as a social activity rather than actually reading / experiencing horror themselves. The boom of horror video game streaming (Pewdiepie etc) showed people wants to see others experience horror than actually feeling horror - which does match what you look for in horror fictions (the protagonist experiencing horror). Maybe cover some of the horror style indie dungeons crawl games in the digital dive? Many of them would benefit from a Dungeon Dive lense (inspiration from Movies or Fictions). I love a few Kingsfields like such as The labyrinth of the Demon King or even the classic Resident Evil style games? Signalis / Torment Souls etc. For horror digital board game - World of Horror is a really good digital board game and deserving a Dungeon Dive take. Most video game reviewers seem to completely missed the board game influence of the video game.

I realize the statement was made early in the video, but what's this about the patrons of the Dive not liking horror? I LOVE horror. I grew up loving horror, reading horror, watching horror. I dressed as Dracula at the French Club party in high school with a full six-foot circular Bela Lugosi cape like the one in the movie.

I share your perplexity about how horror-stuff performs on the channel. (hit "send" early). Interested to hear about Fallout Wasteland Wanderer. I have also been revisiting Star Wars. Broadly in agreement with your ranking except that I am very much in the minority in not understanding the acclaim that Andor has received. I was nodding to myself when you said "Was that episode 3, or 6" -- the show took so much time (not to mention money) to tell its story, and after multiple episodes I felt like not a whole lot had actually happened. It was neat to see that a Star Wars "show" could be so decadent, but I would've preferred to see that care put into Obi-Wan, for example. Not expecting anybody to agree with me :)

For what it's worth, I'm a big horror fan and I appreciated your horror fiction recommendations video!

Great update and solid Star Wars ranking. Good point about the Jedi lightsaber battle scene in Attack of the Clones. Each time I watch that my brain says “who cares” which is essentially the opposite of what 11-year-old me would predict. Regarding the Top 10s and a “hall of fame”, it’s of course up to you but I don’t mind that approach when other channels have done it. I’m always looking for something new or learning how opinions can wax and wane as time passes. Opening a slot for that is usually a good thing, in my opinion. Thanks for all you do! 👍🏻

Wyrd has been fun, I have managed two of the three adventures. I would like to hear more about Alone Against the Zone, and the Rune realms. Regarding your Top 10, I think you can keep old favourites there. No need to boost them just because. I in fact tend to find 10-20s just as useful as 10-1s when watching Top 50s, because Top 10s can be dominated by darlings/sacred cows - and that's ok!