We stumble across a side vault and check it out. Read more
Graphic Novel Review: Rise of the Dungeon Master
Earlier I reviewed Empire of the Imagination, one of the more recent biographies of Gary Gygax. Well, David Kushner, the author of Masters of Doom, has co-written a graphic novel Biography of Gygax. I gave it a read, and thought I’d give my thoughts. Read more
DVD Review: Power of the Daleks
Power of the Daleks is one of the Doctor Who stories that has been lost. The BBC had destroyed all copies of the episode due to royalty issues and in order to re-use the video tapes, and none of the copies that were shipped overseas were found. Thus, the story only lived on through bootleg recordings made by fans off of over-the-air broadcasts, which in turn were made available to the BBC, who had re-released the story with cleaned-up versions of the audio recordings paired with tele-snaps and continuity photos of the show, with bridging narration by Tom Baker.
This past year, the BBC released an animated reconstruction of the story, giving viewers their first opportunity to see this in motion, and I’ve seen it. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 73 – Treating Cryo Sickness
We investigate the behavior of some of the raiders on Elaadin, and test out a potential cure. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 72 – Arrival On Elaadin
We arrive on Elaadin, and this place is kinda crappy. Read more
Book Review – The Hobbit
A while back I reviewed the Silmarillion – this time I’m reviewing and discussing Tolkein’s first novel: The Hobbit. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 71 – Cora’s Loyalty Mission
We take on our second loyalty mission, as we rescue the Asari Arc. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 70 – Downtime
Before moving on to our next Loyalty mission, we chat with some party members. Read more
Thoughts on Fantasy AGE
I recently took a look at the Dragon Age RPG from Green Ronin, along with the more generic Fantasy AGE RPG, and I want to give a few thoughts on those. Read more
Adventure Review: B2 – The Keep on the Borderlands
Keep on the Borderlands is a lot of people’s first experience with a pre-written D&D adventure. While it isn’t the first published D&D adventure, or even the first 1st Level D&D Adventure, it’s one of the first ones with a drawn out map and wilderness environment combined, and many people’s first D&D adventure – including mine. Since the first time I’ve played the adventure, I’ve played many more RPGs in a multitude of systems, and had an opportunity to GM a couple times. So, I’m revisiting the adventure. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 69 – H-047C “Vault” II
We finish up the “Vault” and get the Remnant Tiller online. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 68 – H-047C “Vault” I
We do our first attempt at the H-047C Vault, before we get our butts kicked. Read more
Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 69
This time we’re covering issue #52 of Nintendo Power for September of 1993! Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 67 – Chatting with Vetra
After the loyalty mission, we do some business aboard ship and chat with Vetra. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 66 – Vetra’s Loyalty Mission
We’ve arrived at the place where the hostages are being kept, but there’s something more to this than we suspected going in. Read more
Video Game Review: Final Fantasy III (DS)
Final Fantasy III had never gotten an official US release prior to the release of the DS remake of the game. The Famicom version had received an unofficial fan-translation, but there was no way to play it legally, until the DS release of the game. Even the somewhat controversial sophomore outing of the series had gotten by that point two updated remakes, for the Playstation as part of the Final Fantasy Origins collection, and for the GBA as part of Dawn of Souls. Read more
Anime Review: Dallos
Dallos is an anime that reminds me a lot of what got me into anime in the first place. I came into anime as a fan of science fiction and fantasy, and I came in through OVAs and films like Akira, Demon City Shinjuku, Ghost in the Shell, and Record of Lodoss War. So, when I found out that Dallos, an anime considered to be the first OVA (or one of the first alongside the Cream Lemon series), and which was directed by Mamoru Oshii (who also directed Ghost in the Shell and Angel’s Egg – which I’ve previously reviewed), had been licensed by Discotek Media, and later made available for streaming on Crunchyroll, I put it on my to-watch list. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 65 – Exploring H-047C
We head to H-047C for Vetra’s loyalty mission, and explore some of the planet on the way to the site. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 64 – The Course to Kadara
We make our way to Kadara, exploring a few systems on the way there. Read more
Vlog: E3 2017 Sold & Unsold
This time I’m doing a one-month belated-due-to-technical difficulties Vlog ( Vlog because I don’t want to get clobbered under ContentID) of my thoughts on the 5 things I was sold and unsold on from this last E3. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 63 – The Lower Decks
After leaving Aya, we talk to a bunch of the crew members. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 62 – Exploring Aya
After having rescued the Moshae, we are finally able to return to Aya and explore the city on our own. Read more
Documentary Review: Sgt. Pepper’s Musical Revolution
It’s been a while since I did a review of a music documentary – the last one that comes immediately to mind is a documentary review on the career of Pink Floyd. Well, this year is the year that the Beatles concept album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band has it’s 50th anniversary, and the BBC did a documentary on the album, which also broadcast on PBS, which is where I saw it. Read more
Book Review: Log Horizon Book 2 – The Knights of Camelot
When I reviewed the first Log Horizon book, I mentioned that were a few plot concepts that were set up in the next book in the series – a general malaise filling Akiba, along with the state of food in the world – and in turn a new discovery by Nyanta related to that. With the second installment of the series, the book dives further into that, and shifts genres somewhat. Read more