Please note: All characters, locations and events are copyright George RR Martin and the events that take place during this tale can and will deviate from series canon. The Story So Far: It is Year 296 since Aegon’s Landing. Two minor Houses have come into contention: House Luxon, sworn to the Starks of Winterfell, and… Continue reading Honor & Blood, I: Victor
Movie Review: Captain America: The First Avenger
I miss pulp adventure stories. I miss uncontrived, straight-forward yarns with two-fisted, dashing heroes working against megalomaniacs to rescue leggy dames. Yes, these stories were simple and could be campy or hammy or just plain boring at times, but their simplicity was a strength, their tales unfettered by an artifice of philosophy or an undercurrent… Continue reading Movie Review: Captain America: The First Avenger
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Bugs
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/bugs.mp3] We all need reminders from time to time. Soldiers visit war memorials to remember why we fight. You can turn on the television or look up a few political websites to remember why you vote the way you do. And when you’re involved with entertainment, especially if you review movies for one reason or… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Bugs
Meet the Amaranthine
Are we more than what we seem? We all walk around in similar skins, physical forms that are at once miracles of evolution and unremarkable slabs of gradually decaying meat. For ages man has posited that their existences reach beyond the ticking clock under which we all live. Man has sought gods, crafted timeless works,… Continue reading Meet the Amaranthine
Guest Post: Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil
Me: Crap. I’m swamped again. Monica Flink: Can I help? Me: Hecks yeah. Can you write something? MF: What about? I know stuff about a lot of things. Me: Hmm… how about a cartoon? MF: I know just the one. Since the beginning of recorded time, humanity has been enthralled with the idea of predicting… Continue reading Guest Post: Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil
Cadmon's Journal: Fourth Entry
All characters, locations and events are copyright George RR Martin and the events that take place during this game can and will deviate from series canon. Third Entry My time in the House of Black and White that sits in Braavos taught me several things. I learned patience, for those days after I awakened in… Continue reading Cadmon's Journal: Fourth Entry
Flash Fiction: The Whimper
For Chuck Wendig’s Flash Fiction Challenge: An Uncharted Apocalypse: He fumbled with the little packet of cheese and crackers in the empty store. The whole place smelled like rotten meat. The few items that hadn’t been cleared out in the final surge of panic had gone bad months ago. Now the only food worth taking… Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Whimper
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Lucky Number Slevin
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/slevin.mp3] The law of averages isn’t something you can avoid as you produce or study a given set of data. This applies just as much to entertainment as it does to less interesting data. Be it a fiction franchise, the songs in a band’s repertoire or a series of movies reviewed by a guy with… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Lucky Number Slevin
Troublemakers
He’s smiling because he just killed someone you love. Writers are essential to modern entertainment. Without them there are no movies, no TV shows, no plays and no novels. Just about anybody can tell you who their favorite writer is and why. Look up those writers and they can tell you what inspires them, how… Continue reading Troublemakers
The Art of Thor: Close Air Support
He who is skilled in attack flashes forth from the topmost heights of heaven. StarCraft 2 encourages aggressive play. It’s why we see so many infantry rushes. But your foot soldiers are not the only weapons at your disposal if you want to bring the battle to a swift end. Not every player will agree,… Continue reading The Art of Thor: Close Air Support
