Castaway!
The whole “desert island” game where you pick the three books or three albums or three movies that you wouldn’t mind having to watch over and over and over again is always a fun one, if only because of the… Continue Reading
Month: March 2011
Metaphors!
The following post contains not just major spoilers for, but a review of, Rango (now in theaters). It also has middlin’ spoilers for a handful of Bugs Bunny cartoons, The Man Who Knew Too Little, and major spoilers for Galaxy… Continue Reading
Omphaloskepsis!
Still trying to find my voice, still trying to hammer things out. One thing I’ve noticed and want to apologize for is the possibility that my stuff may be read as talking down to folks who are well-versed in the… Continue Reading
Sunday!
So… what are you reading? I picked up Lovers and Madmen and really enjoyed it. It’s a retelling of the Joker origin story. If you’re a fan of The Killing Joke (and there are a lot of reasons to be), you should know… Continue Reading
Saturday!
So… what are you playing? I beat Dragon Age and am now playing Dragon Age Awakenings. I’m probably going to try to plow through the Darkspawn Chronicles, Liliana’s Story, and the Morrigan follow-up before next Tuesday (when Dragon Age II… Continue Reading
Fight!
The Batman vs. Darth Vader. The way that I envision this is to have Darth Vader pretty much beat the crap out ofThe Batman for the first fight. Bat smoke bombs tossed aside, one of those black containers lifted and… Continue Reading
Backstory!
While there are dozens (well, handfuls) of really good webcomics out there, when it comes to tabletop gaming, there are two essential ones. The Order of the Stick is a comic devoted to the quintessential story-based D&D epic campaign (and,… Continue Reading
Plans!
Life is what happens when you’re planning on doing laundry, gaming, celebrating various family birthdays, and finishing the major essay discussing console RPGs. This probably won’t be a weekly question but I am always pleased to hear what the various… Continue Reading
Lithomancy!
Every other week or so, my group of friends meets to tell stories and throw some stones. There are a lot of different variants for these games. On one end of the spectrum you’ve got the basic combat sims… Continue Reading
Wednesday!
So… what are you listening to? I find myself listening to God is an Astronaut’s album “The End of the Beginning“. If I were to try to describe it, I’d compare to the Cure’s period where they’d play for three… Continue Reading