RPGs, Movies, Comics, y'know: nerd stuff!
December 5, 2024
Right now I have a couple of playtests happening as I work on a robust role-playing game system—a game that is complex, with many pre-defined components that is more about player choice than player creativity when it comes to character Read more…
December 3, 2024
I’ve already mentioned that one of the first albums I ever bought was Queen’s “Greatest Hits.” Part of that was because of Queen singles my sister had—”Somebody to Love” and “We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions”—but much more important Read more…
November 28, 2024
I’m a Tolkien fan. I used to be a Tolkien fanatic, but now I think I’m settled down into a fan. There’s a difference. It wouldn’t exactly be wrong to write that I wasn’t excited about Rings of Power, the Read more…
November 26, 2024
This isn’t the first Police single I remember, but it’s the first one I bought. I later ended up getting all the Police’s albums—and if I remember rightly, my sister had a few also. It was a year or two Read more…
November 21, 2024
When writing a fantasy RPG setting, I think we all borrow to some degree. There is borrowing from other creative works, and then there is borrowing from history. When borrowing from history, we are also often borrowing from other cultures. Read more…
November 19, 2024
I’ve been on a kick with singles and songs from my earliest days, but taking a detour this week as Fazerdaze has a new album out and a new single—”So Easy.”
November 14, 2024
Mr. Inbetween is an Australian TV series following criminal Ray Shoesmith who both works security at a club for a low-level boss and doing freelance assassinations—while also delving into other crimes. It follows not only his criminal escapades but also Read more…
November 12, 2024
Apparently, this song was only a middling hit in Canada—Wikipedia says its peak position was 56—but somehow I found it. And in 1980, that means I heard it on AM radio. This is a song that introduced me to a Read more…
November 10, 2024
So, I’ve already pointed out my dislike for the “Points of Light” campaign concept. Protecting the status quo might be somebody else’s idea of a good time, but I’d prefer to organize that underclass of goblins and help them start Read more…
November 6, 2024
I am way, way late on this. I play a lot of computer games but I never buy them when they come out. I pick them up two or three years later when they are 75% off. Rarely am I Read more…