Boxed Culture: Loving the Local

Frequently the discussion comes up in board gaming whether to buy from your friendly local game store (FLGS) or an online retailer. While online retailers tend to offer lower prices and a very good stock of games, FLGS’s are a place we gather with frto play and enjoy the games […]

Graphic Reviews: Mass Effect

For as much as I love to talk about video games, I haven’t been playing them all that long. I wasn’t one of those kids that grew up with a Dreamcast or a Playstation. My parents were convinced that video games rotted your brain and so it took years of […]

A Bard’s Eye View: Satisfying 15-year-old Me

Satisfying 15-year-old Me Seeing Sevendust perform live for the very first time I’m often known for being critical of music that is consistently on the radio.  I’m not a big fan of choruses and the music I listen to tends to be a little more aggressive than the average person […]

Roll the List #37: Ryan’s Take 2

Top 5 Cult RPG Video Games Anyone who knows me knows that when it comes to RPGs, I am a traditionalist.  I prefer my games to be in the JRPG style with the turn-based format.  While I do enjoy action-RPGs, I haven’t really gotten to experience the newer western-style RPGs […]

Roll the List #37: Kyle’s Take 1

Top 5 Cult RPG Video Games Today on Roll the List we are all looking at our top 5 favorite cult video game RPGs. I love these cult lists because they always push me to not just think of what is popular but what makes me just giddy when I […]

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Roll the List #37: Garion’s Take 2

Top 5 Cult RPG Video Games My definition of “cult” in reference to media means that while a game or movie did not experience huge commercial success, it achieved a dedicated fan base.  Some of these games may even be critically acclaimed, but for some reason never resonated with the general public. […]

Boxed Culture: Too Many Boxes!! 1

This week on boxed culture I wanted to talk about organization of your collection. I have ran out of room for my games and they are piling all over the floor. Not something am proud of, but it happens. Before I reached this step I used to love to keep my games organized […]

En-gage: Needwant

As humans, we all have needs. I’m sure you’re all familiar with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The hierarchy begins with physiological needs and moves up to the need of self-actualization. What is need? Need (v.): require (something) because it is essential or very important; synonym–want. Need (n.): circumstances in which […]

Graphic Reviews: Rat Queens

I lay claim to the geek label on a fairly regular basis so it’s probably not much of a surprise that some of my fondest memories of being a teenager are of the tabletop role playing games we used to play. I remember having marathon sessions of Dungeons and Dragons where […]

A Bard’s Eye View: I…Don’t (?) Have You Covered?

I…Don’t (?) Have You Covered? Songs that aren’t covers So last week we looked at some cover songs.  This week we’re doing the opposite.  Granted, every week is a week without covers, but this week I’m looking at songs that have the same title but simply aren’t covers.  You’ll catch […]