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Song of the Week: So Easy

The cover for the Fazerdaze album "Soft Power" which is kind of an out-of-focus blob of bluish & purplish & white colour on a dark background

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.”


Mr. In Between Days

Wallpaper of Mr. Inbetween with the main character awash in purple tones smiling maliciously and holding an autoloader pistol pointing just below frame.

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…


Song of the Week: Another Nail in My Heart

The cover for the Squeeze single "Anonther Nail In My Heart" which shows the band looking like it's breaking through the cover.

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…


RPG Thoughts: Lighting the Darkness

Person in the foreground overlooking a ruined metropolise wreathed in threatening and dark clouds

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…


Fallout 76 Falling Down

Cover of the Fallout 76 computer game, which shows the helmet of a set of power armour

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…


Song of the Week: I Got You

The singles cover for the Split Enz single "I Got You"

Top 40 in Southwestern Ontario—basically, the area reached by Toronto AM radio—was really. . . eclectic. There was no other way I would have been exposed to Split Enz and “I Got You” any other way. The singles chart I Read more…


RPG Thoughts: Touch of (Kinda) Evil

Robin Hood reaching over a sleeping person to steal an item from their belt pouch while a merry man looks on in astonishment.

Campaigns in which the PCs are supposed to be ‘evil’ certainly can be bad, but not necessarily so. ‘Evil’’ might mean fighting the status quo instead of committing horrible acts on innocents. In a Facebook thread (I have broken down Read more…


One-Pager: House of the Eternal Road

A one-page adventure based on the movie Road House—which was reviewed at Sword’s Edge—is now available at SEP. An older post explains the idea behind the one-pager. You can find more one-pagers at Sword’s Edge Publishing.


Doug Liman’s Road House Remake

The movie poster for "Road House" which shows a battered and disinterested Jake Gyllenhaal sitting with his shirt hanging open at a bar.

I had Amazon Prime for a bit, when I got the free offer after making a purchase. While I had it, I decided to check out Road House, the remake of the Patrick Swayze actioner with Jake Gyllenhaal. I honestly Read more…


Song of the Week: Cars

Cover of the single "Cars" by Gary Numan which shows Gary Numan in a suit mimicking driving a car.

I had a paper route while I was in elementary school, so I had money. And while my mother ensured I saved, there was a lot that I spent. I spent on comic books, on going to the movies, and Read more…