I am frustrated with the current state of the Best Animated Feature and Animated Series Academy Awards and Emmy Award (respectively) categories, and talk about what’s wrong with them and how they need to change.
Category Archives: videos
As the video title says, I went and bought a car after my old car was totaled at the start of October (more or less) – and I give my thoughts on the process, along with discussing a few things that I think generally removed some of the friction.
I returned to Portland Retro Gaming Expo this year, and gave my thoughts on the con this year.
Book (Video) Review: Children of Time
I’m continuing to get caught up with the Sword & Laser podcast books, with Children of Time.
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Book (Video) Review: Legends & Lattes
I give my thoughts on a nice cozy little fantasy novel feels like it’s being held back from being as cozy as it wants to be.
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Book (Video) Review: The Murderbot Diaries (up to May 2023)
The new Murderbot novel is coming out later this year, so it’s time to get caught up here so I’m ready to talk about it once it comes out.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightquest – The Crusade Part 5
We have the return of Victor Fries, and Renee Montoya getting up close and personal with AzBat.
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Vlog: Getting Up To Date On the OGL
Things changed a lot since I put my editorial on why the OGL matters – just two days after that video went live in fact. It’s time to go over what had changed, and what my thoughts on the changes are.
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Editorial: Why the OGL Matters
In the wake of Wizards of the Coast announcing that they are revoking OGL V1.0a, there have been a bunch of hot takes that the OGL does not matter and it and other licenses never mattered – so I get into a few of the legal cases that made the OGL important, and which makes current open gaming licenses important.
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Vlog: 2023 Plans
So, well, I fell a little behind due to getting a cold over Winter break – so instead of my planned proper video, here’s some of my plans for the year.
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Kumoricon 2022 Con Report
Kumoricon 2022 has come and gone, and I’ve done a panel for the first time! So, it’s time for a con report!
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Autism Talk: Job Hunting With Autism
Following up on my video from December of 2021 on going through The Pandemic with Autism, this time I’m talking a bit about my job search, and what it’s like to look for a job (and find a new job) with Autism.
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Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 123
Things are finally picking up, with 4 games this issue!
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightquest – The Search Pt. 1
We start off Knightquest with Bruce Wayne, Bronze Tiger, Green Arrow, and Gypsy trying to rescue Dr. Kinsolving and Jack Drake in Santa Prisca.
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Book (Video) Review: The CRPG Book
I’m taking a look at my first book from Bitmap Books, as I look at their rundown of various CRPGs.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Bloodlines Part 2
It’s time to finish off Bloodlines, before we return to Knightquest.
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I didn’t have time to put together a proper scripted video for this past week, so here’s some thoughts I’ve been meaning to record for *months* about my experiences with Autism, particularly in the context of the 24-month long hell year.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall, Act 10
Jean-Paul prepares to take on Bane.
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Consider Phlebas: Book Video Review
Today I’m reviewing the actual first installment in The Culture Series, by chronological order of publication, which I read in this past year for the Sword & Laser Book Club.
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Matter: Book Video Review
Today I’m reviewing the first installment in The Culture Series that I’ve read – not the first one in the series (that’s next week), but my introduction to the series.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall, Act 9
This time, we get Jean Paul Valley’s first outing as Batman, taking on Scarecrow.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall, Act 6
This time we have the immediate aftermath of Bane’s victory over Batman.
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Vlog: Mt Saint Helens Eruption 40th Anniversary
40 years ago this year, Mt. Saint Helens erupted, and I give my thoughts on the eruption from my perspective – as growing up with the aftermath.
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5 Retro Game Series That Should Be Remastered
We’ve gotten a lot of great retro video game anthologies over the past few years – here are a few titles or collections I’d like to see get released going forward – mainly weighted toward RPGs.
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