Author: Jaybird

It’s the week from hell. I mean, not *PERSONALLY*. I’m having a great week. But I had to be part of The Test at the lab. Like, 24/7, for two weeks, split up into 12 hour shifts. Everybody is expected… Continue Reading →

Dude, I can’t find my copy of Game of You anywhere. I looked in the kitchen, I looked in the bedroom, I looked in the library, I looked in the bathroom, I looked in the basement. We went from volume… Continue Reading →

Without delving into religion, I think that I can honestly say that I am an adherent to a non-zero number of the American Gods. To pick one of the gods from oh-it’s-not-random-at-all, I have been given much. My wife, for… Continue Reading →

I was in the middle of reading about Laura getting a drink of water when mom called last night and I had to put American Gods down (there is an essay percolating there, I tell you what). Doing this, that,… Continue Reading →

In Ni No Kuni, I’ve finally gotten my Pokemon to their (ultimate) third form after languishing in the 2nd form for so long that I was beginning to suspect that it’d take a major game event (one I had not… Continue Reading →

Do you have your copy of The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You? Are you sitting comfortably? Right! We’re going to be reading the first two issues (#32 and #33): Slaughter on Fifth Avenue and Lullabies of Broadway. If… Continue Reading →

(Guest post by Maribou) Jaybird’s week involved two thirteen-hour days, the second of which just finished about an hour ago.  Hence, it falls to me to say, “Holy cow! Is tomorrow Friday already? Indeed it is,” and then talk about… Continue Reading →

Okey-doke. The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You contains some of the most vivid nightmares that I’ve ever read. It’s weird. If you read about a nightmare in text, it’s at arm’s length. If you watch a nightmare in… Continue Reading →

I know that I handed the music posts over to Glyph but… well, this is a tradition. We play Ave Maria. And, yeah, one of those “I remember that!” songs. You know. Maintenance of fictions is important. So… what are… Continue Reading →