Canon!
World-building is a difficult exercise, and in the genres of science fiction and fantasy you see everyone tackle it to a degree, and most fail to a degree. It is incredibly difficult to invent a world from scratch, with all… Continue Reading
recommendations
Atomic!
Here’s a third post on “Pat’s ideas of ‘movies of note’ by year”. The first post covered 1971 to 2008, the second post covered the 1961 to 1970, and now we’re in the 50s. Well, 1951 to 1960. I’ll leave… Continue Reading
Flower-Power!
I’m working on a post about action movies, and it’s not jelling. Sometimes this happens, whaddya gonna do. Needing something to clear out the writer’s block, I recalled at one point being asked about recommendations for old movies. Well, of… Continue Reading
Avalon!
Nowadays, for the tabletop gamer the new games seem to come from everywhere. Small independent game-makers, German designers, etc. Good board games sprout from everywhere. In the 70s and 80s, the Real Gamer™ was waiting for the next Avalon Hill… Continue Reading
Germany!
I think that this is the first blind recommendation I’ve done here. That’s right, this week we’re going to recommend the Latest in the Harry Dresden series: Now, I know, Dance with Dragons came out a mere two weeks ago.… Continue Reading
Fuzz!
I think my favorite genre of music currently is the hazy fuzzy stuff from the mid to late 90’s. The guitars, the voices that came as if from behind a curtain, the singing that carried feeling more than meaning… ah, that… Continue Reading
Compare!
When I was a teenager and then a kid in my early twenties, the whole “romantic love” thing meant a very particular thing to me. I spent time reading Marlowe, among others, and thinking that Ralegh, for example, was a… Continue Reading
Management!
Back in the late 90’s, Peter Molyneux still knew how to make games. Two of the best ones were Dungeon Keeper and Dungeon Keeper II. The basic idea behind the games was that you were an evil overlord in charge… Continue Reading