So, what eats a Mongoose?
May. 23rd, 2006 12:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebitterguyIt's no secret that I've been fairly disappointed with Mongoose's B5 products.
Okay, let me rephrase that. Mongoose has made B5 products, and I've been fairly disappointed with most of their products I've read, including those B5 books.
God, to think I own that much Judge Dredd material. If anyone asks, it's for a Hero game. Or Savage Worlds. Or Top Secret SI. And I must constantly fight my desire to buy Paranoia books, but that's mostly because I still have oodles of '80s era stuff I'll never use.
Now, I don't have the same level of distrust of the company that many people have (I guess I'm just a good person), but I still think any organization capable of producing the Earthforce sourcebook deserves to have their buildings burned and their lands sown with salt.
So, this discussion on the B5 newsgroup contains only minimal amounts of Schadenfreude for me. YMMV.
In it, Matt Sprange attempts to defend his recent statements on a B5 podcast which apparently implied that Joe Straczynski was involved with the upcoming Mongoose B5 novels (which I will admit have filled me with dread initially, a feeling not eased any by the announcement of famous actress Claudia Christian writing one of them) even though it's been established fairly well that he wouldn't, although I have no idea if $500 per book is a good rate for that kind of thing or not.
The result of Mr. Sprange's post is a rather firm factfinding attempt from the assembly.
Okay, let me rephrase that. Mongoose has made B5 products, and I've been fairly disappointed with most of their products I've read, including those B5 books.
God, to think I own that much Judge Dredd material. If anyone asks, it's for a Hero game. Or Savage Worlds. Or Top Secret SI. And I must constantly fight my desire to buy Paranoia books, but that's mostly because I still have oodles of '80s era stuff I'll never use.
Now, I don't have the same level of distrust of the company that many people have (I guess I'm just a good person), but I still think any organization capable of producing the Earthforce sourcebook deserves to have their buildings burned and their lands sown with salt.
So, this discussion on the B5 newsgroup contains only minimal amounts of Schadenfreude for me. YMMV.
In it, Matt Sprange attempts to defend his recent statements on a B5 podcast which apparently implied that Joe Straczynski was involved with the upcoming Mongoose B5 novels (which I will admit have filled me with dread initially, a feeling not eased any by the announcement of famous actress Claudia Christian writing one of them) even though it's been established fairly well that he wouldn't, although I have no idea if $500 per book is a good rate for that kind of thing or not.
The result of Mr. Sprange's post is a rather firm factfinding attempt from the assembly.
