‘The Legend of Vox Machina’ Lives Up to the Hype, According to This Dungeon Master: TV Review
27.01.2022 - 22:53
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Spencer Crittenden Variety asked bonafide Dungeons & Dragons expert Spencer Crittenden — of “Harmontown” and “HarmonQuest” fame — to watch Amazon Prime Video’s new series “The Legends of Vox Machina” and give his take on the show. Crittenden knows a thing or two about turning his experience as a Dungeon Master into a bit of a career, and that’s exactly what the Critical Role team has done on their popular D&D stream — which has now led to “Vox Machina.” Here’s Crittenden’s review.It’s hard to explain to the outside observer what Amazon Prime Video’s new animated series “The Legend of Vox Machina” means for the D&D fans of the world.
Dungeons and Dragons, the once-reviled and still deeply misunderstood fantasy game, is enjoying unprecedented popularity in our current age of never-ending content and streaming. Thousands of creators have all garnered millions of views on Dungeons and Dragons content, as viewers across the world tuned in to watch.
Players would gather to pretend to be fantastical fantasy heroes, battling monsters and evil in made-up worlds under the watchful eye of the Dungeon Master. And at the forefront of this massive upswell of attention and energy is Critical Role, the global phenomenon D&D stream led by DM Matt Mercer and his group of voice actors — who gather regularly to record their games as they play Dungeons and Dragons better than anyone thought possible.
Critical Role is so ever-present in the fandom that it’s even spawned a social anxiety known as “Mercer Syndrome,” wherein sufferers can’t help but compare their efforts to those seen on Critical Role. This level of fervor can carry similarly intense expectations, and as such, the anticipation of Amazon’s new series “The Legend of Vox Machina”
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