Preview: “World Wide Wrestling”
When I was a kid, I was an enormous fan of the World Wrestling Federation. In particular, my hero was Hulk Hogan. I believed firmly in each of the following: Prayers Vitamins 24-inch pythons...
View ArticlePreview: “Chasm” Video Game
I distinctly remember leaving my apartment one day and running into my neighbor. He looked at my shirt and said, “Wow, you like Castlevania?” Fast-forward a few years, and a few minutes on my computer,...
View ArticleReview: “Dungeon Master’s Guide” for “Dungeons & Dragons” 5th Edition
Back when D&D 3e came out in 2000, the Player’s Handbook came out before the Monster Manual and Dungeon Master’s Guide (which is why, thanks to the OGL, there was a 3rd party monster book available...
View ArticleSurviving
Let’s go for a ride! Always wear your helmet. I’ve been playing Fallout 4‘s beta Survival difficulty mode. It’s good. The mode certainly meshes with my normal play style, but Survival also improves the...
View ArticleReview: “Captain America: Civil War”
This review contains spoilers for Captain America: Civil War. I thoroughly enjoyed Captain America: Civil War, but watching it with my wife, I was struck by a few major compromises the film made. The...
View ArticleReview: “Storm King’s Thunder”– A Giant-Sized Toolbox
Okay, so I’ve got this great new D&D adventure for you. Giants! Dragons! Rollicking cross-continent adventuring! Sure it has some problems, like it starts with fighting goblins in a cave- no wait...
View ArticleD&D Beyond: From Trial to Adoption
As I’m writing these lines, I’ve committed wholly to the D&D Beyond experience. For those who don’t know what this is, D&D Beyond is a set of online tools that allow you, among other things,...
View ArticleChatty on Games #1: Dorf Romantik
Dorf Romantik screenshot from Steam Heya all, y’all. It’s been ages. Many things have happened in my life in the last few months: The Sentinel Comics RPG came out, my contributions to Pathfinder 2e’s,...
View ArticleHope in the Dark Heart of Evil is Not a Plan
Introduction Full disclosure: I am not a journaling game fan. Except. I blame this story on Dave Chalker, who came home from a game convention and mentioned a journaling game called Hope is Not a Plan...
View ArticleReview: The Magus
Hey, how have you been? Yes, I still haunt this space, especially when my brain desires to share something that tickled its fancy in a way that Twitter isn’t suited to convey. A short while ago, I was...
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