When I was young, between daily corrals of mammoths and making-fire-with-rocks lessons, my mother introduced me to The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. As amused as I was by the antics of the moose & squirrel, the segments that stuck with me the most would have to be Peabody’s Improbable History. I can’t recall exactly, but… Continue reading Film Review: Mr. Peabody & Sherman
An Open Letter to Online Gaming Fans
Dear Mr. or Ms. Online Gamer: I’m writing to express my disappointment in your behavior towards games journalists and reviewers. How you behave within your games is your business; if I object to how people are treated within a game, chances are I won’t play that game, unless I find it really compelling on its… Continue reading An Open Letter to Online Gaming Fans
Flash Fiction: Flight 666
According to Terribleminds and the Die of Fate, this story must contain “a talking cat” and “a plane or train ride”. “This is your captain speaking. We’ve reached our cruising altitude, and forecast for today calls for clear skies all afternoon. Feel free to unfasten your seat belts and move freely about the cabin, and… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Flight 666
500 Words On Productivity
To be honest, I kind of hate the word ‘productivity’. I hate the connotation that human beings need to produce to be valuable. Tireless housewives & househusbands produce nothing other than hot meals, clean laundry, and support for their hard-working spouses. Why should they be valued as lesser than someone who spends 18 hours of… Continue reading 500 Words On Productivity
Tabletalk: Minions in Twilight Imperium
Pictured: The Admiral (top), General (center left), Agent (center right), Scientist (bottom left), and Diplomat (bottom right). You may think, Your Excellency, that taking control of the galaxy is a lonely prospect. Looking at your home system and the expanse of space spreading out towards the throne world, huge fleets floating silently in the void,… Continue reading Tabletalk: Minions in Twilight Imperium
Create Fearlessly
I think it’s normal for creative types to experience a measure of jealousy in the entertainment they enjoy. “Why didn’t I think of that?” “How do they do that?” “What are they doing right that I’m doing wrong?” So go the thoughts one can have when consuming media in line with what one wants to… Continue reading Create Fearlessly
Breaking The Ice
You might think, from the title, that this is going to be another post about Netrunner. As much as I could ramble about cyberpunk card games until the post-apocalyptic cows come home, I want to talk more about the weather. No, not the weather in Night Vale, that’s yet another post. Lately the weather where… Continue reading Breaking The Ice
Writing Exercise: Describe One Thing Ten Ways
Pic Posted on Instagram For Chuck’s latest challenge, I thought I’d describe one of the constants in my life over the past decade or so. 1) He only ever wears one coat, the same creamsicle orange with slightly darker stripes. 2) He likes to wander around the apartment and shout pitiful meows at the walls… Continue reading Writing Exercise: Describe One Thing Ten Ways
500 Words On Netrunner
Art by Alexandra Douglass I find myself wondering: is this going to be a thing? I don’t mean Netrunner, that is most definitely a thing. It’s a thing I’ve fallen in love with all over again. I can’t remember why I stopped playing the new iteration of Richard Garfield’s cyberpunk asymmetrical card game of bluffs… Continue reading 500 Words On Netrunner
Tabletalk: Strategies in Twilight Imperium
The Strategy Cards, as compared to an ordinary Reference Paw. The galaxy is a dangerous place, Your Excellency, and it is always changing. With the Lazax Empire gone and so many leaders vying for power, the situation is as mutable as the stars themselves as they wheel in their courses. If you mean to prevail,… Continue reading Tabletalk: Strategies in Twilight Imperium
