Not pictured: polite conversation. I probably play more games than I should. It’s my dominant hobby, and I’ve had more than my fair share of good and bad experiences with it. There are times when I recall days when I was much worse than I am now, unable to think things through properly and, worse,… Continue reading One Gamer's Etiquette
Flash Fiction: Enter the Bishop
Over on Terribleminds I’m playing The Numbers Game. He’d fought his way through her fortress, her brainwashed goons slapped aside as gently as possible. They were innocent, blameless. The silent plague they’d caught had done this. He entered the throne room at last, finding her on the wide dias, sampling ripe grapes. “You did this.”… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Enter the Bishop
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! The Expendables
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/expendables.mp3] With the unfortunate shutdown of Non-Social Media, I’m under no further obligation to do video versions of this feature. This may be a blessing in disguise, as I’m unsure how much free time I’ll have on my hands in the future, not to mention the fact that I’m not feeling very well. On a… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! The Expendables
Breaking Gameplay Down
Dire situations can lead to self-discovery. And sometimes soiled drawers. Very few of us are born experts. The process of going from novice to expert can be long and arduous. At times, it can be difficult to determine where to begin. In video games, once you get past the basic questions of which button does… Continue reading Breaking Gameplay Down
Breaking That Damn Block
I know for a fact that writer’s block doesn’t exist. It’s a phantasmal construct, a conjuration of minds desperate to make words appear on pages but struggling with an inability to do so. Every writer, from the best-selling novelist to the mommy blogger to the spinner of rhetoric deals with it now and again. The… Continue reading Breaking That Damn Block
Book Review: Revenge of the Penmonkey
You know those books about writing out there? Novels and Groupies for Dummies? The Idiot’s Guide To Being The Next Stephen King? How I Did It by Stephenie Meyer? That’s amateur hour. Kiddie stuff. On the battlefield of serious writing, where the freelancers struggle every day to make something happen, to feed themselves through words,… Continue reading Book Review: Revenge of the Penmonkey
Flash Fiction: The Torch
Terribleminds made me do it. The news was the same as they walked into the restaurant as it had been all day: rumors of some sort of natural disaster followed by talking heads alternately saying everything was under control and everybody was doomed. Linus shook his head as he removed his wife’s fur coat. “I… Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Torch
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Original Text: [spoiler] Joseph Campbell is famous for basically saying that all storytellers are essentially telling the same story. Be it a myth based on the perceptions of the ancient Norse of their weather patterns or the all-caps melodrama and bright, splashy colors of a comic book by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, our stories… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Dragons, Sphinxes and Wizards, Oh My!
I’ve been getting my Magic fix lately with both trips home to see the family and weekly jaunts up to Cyborg One in Doylestown on Thursday nights. The Commander games are free, but gas is not and so I must pass this week. However, it hasn’t stopped me from trading online and assembling a few… Continue reading Dragons, Sphinxes and Wizards, Oh My!
Honor & Blood, VII: Cadmon
Please note: 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. The Story So Far:Having delivered the last of the swords charged to him and Victor Luxon, Cadmon Hightower remained in Sunspear when Victor and Maester Chrysander sailed… Continue reading Honor & Blood, VII: Cadmon
