Extending Efficacy We, as physical beings, can interact with the world around us. The extent to which we can do so, our efficacy, is a product of our bodies, our tools, our circumstances and our cleverness in applying those things. One of the great, unending struggles in humanity is extending […]
Drawn Out Theme I just got my Kickstarter pledge from Mr. B Games for the game called Posthuman. This is a fantastic game about surviving a post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland in a journey to find the last bastion of humanity called The Fortress. The game takes a bit of time to play […]
One of my favorite DC publications is its Elseworlds line. Elseworlds are one-shot stories that essentially create an alternate universe whose connection to DC canon is often just that they feature iconic heroes like Batman and Superman. Many are self-contained universes of their own. Some of the best stories in the DC universe […]
Like a Butterly? Uh, sure As music evolves and things change, so too can change the name of a band. I’m not talking about Prince, Snoop Dog/Lion/That Guy that Likes Gin and Juice (laid back), or Sean Combs StayPuft Daddy, I’m talking about when bands go through lineup changes or […]
This article is not meant to poke lightly at the term PTSD. As we adventure through the story of my situation keep in mind that as topical and light as it seems in my head, it was a very stressful nerve-racking time. I will just get started with my story. […]
Black Orchid One of the most essential elements of graphic novels is the collaboration between writing and art, whether one person fills those roles or several. You can have great writing or great artwork and still have it result in an entertaining story. But stories that are woven so that […]
Come Back! Bands that are Gone, but not Forgotten Interestingly enough, the two bands that inspired me to make this post are (accordingly to Professor Wikipedia) still making active. Winterlong, who I thought was long done, released an album in 2015 and Falconer, who played their last performance at […]
Digital Beard Stroking Communication Conundrum Communication is always a fascinating topic. We often consider communication to be transferring or conveying a concept. But if we look a little deeper at the underlying constructs that we employ to do this, it isn’t so simple. The often exceedingly difficult challenge of bringing […]
Videos to Play By This week I want to take a look at my favorite YouTube videos that are about board games. I am just going to dive right in, so here we go. The first videos I like to follow are from The Dice Tower. They have so many videos they put […]
Boxers and Saints Comic books have faced a long struggle to acceptance. From the early hysteria that comic books would cause any reader to suddenly become a nefarious criminal a la Reefer Madness to the incredible rising popularity of the superhero movies, it’s a medium that has moved from reviled […]
