Graphic Reviews: Monstress

Monstress While I’ve never done much writing myself, the techniques that go into the craft have always fascinated me. In the realm of speculative fiction, two things can make or break a story: worldbuilding and pacing. While there are plenty of other important elements, these are the two that I […]

Steven Wilson (2016 Concert)

Steven Wilson With Bruce Soord On 12 November 2016, I saw Steven Wilson perform with Bruce Soord (of The Pineapple Thief).  This was my fourth time seeing Steven Wilson, the most recent being last year, and the third time seeing him as a solo act.  This was also the first […]

The Living Card Guy: The Apex of Competition

The Apex of Competition Welcome back everyone. I would like to start off by saying once again that the FFG World Championships is awesome and everyone should do it once in their life if they love living card games! This article is going to review my experience playing Apex in […]

Boxed Culture: When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide Arkham Horror The Card Game was released last week. This new Lovecraftian LCG from Fantasy Flight Games sets out to combine the best parts of an RPG and LCG into one glorious package. It is set in FFG’s Arkham Files universe and it is really exciting! The […]

Graphic Reviews: Five Ghosts

Five Ghosts The horror genre is always a tricky thing for me. While I do admittedly love over the top violence and silliness like in the brilliant TV show, Ash vs the Evil Dead, it seems like much of the genre relies on torture porn to convey its thrills and chills. […]

A Bard’s Eye View: Watsky (x Infinity) Tour

Watsky’s x Infinity Tour On 8 November 2016, I went to see Watsky perform for the third time in three years.  Last year, I presented coverage of his performance and I decided that this year I would do the same.  This show was particularly important as he was in support […]

Digital Beard Stroking: Divisiveness

As we’ve just finished up a political season, it seems like a good time to look at another topic that’s at least tangentially related to that “delightful” time.  In particular, the underlying divisiveness of the conversation and how our perspective and bias led to a complete lack of understanding between […]

SitSoC Episode 48: Flash, AAaaaah! Gordon

Flash Gordon Hydration Activity Rules: Take a sip every time: Flash knows how to use advanced technology instantly. Dale does something inexplicably stupid. Zarkov has a theory and is totally right. Ming states something using the Royal We or kills someone. Aura kisses someone. Barin does something douche-y. Vultan hits […]

Graphic Reviews: Death

Death: The Deluxe Edition No matter who you are or how tough you may consider yourself, everyone fears something. For some people, it’s spiders. For others, it’s heights. The list of the things humanity fears is mindbogglingly long. Perhaps one of the oldest and most pervasive (unsurprisingly) is thanatophobia, or […]