The Experience of Playing a Game So, a long time ago I talked to Mike Fitzgerald about games. This weekend I played a game that made me think of that conversation again. This weekend I was taught Twilight Struggle and, boy-wowie, was it something. Twilight Struggle is a pretty […]
Persepolis While there’s plenty of graphic novels that I haven’t read, I like to think that over the course of my weekly ramblings about them, I’ve come to read a fairly decent range of stories. There have been stories that I’ve fallen in love with, stories that I despised with […]
Artist Profile Eyedea & Abilities Country of origin: United States Genres: Hip hop, Rap Rock Years active: 1999-2010 Current members: None Number of albums: 3 Number of concerts attended: 2 Notable cameos on artist’s records: Blueprint, Carnage There are many things that Eyedea & Abilities was known for. DJ Abilities […]
One of the important aspects of writing these sorts of articles is to keep reading new materials and resist the temptation to rest on one’s laurels and (probably poorly remembered) old readings. To that end (and my own personal obsession with motivation), I picked up “Drive, the surprising truth about […]
Tomboy A Graphic Memoir As anyone who knows me can attest, I am not the most feminine of women. I struggle to care about a lot of traditionally girly things and have always had more male friends than female. When you’re more into videogames and sports, that’s just kind of […]
A Look at Transcendence The new album from The Devin Townsend Project Devin Townsend, who just destroyed Prog Power in Atlanta, has released his seventh album as The Devin Townsend Project and his one billionth overall. I wasn’t sure what to expect as his music tends to be all […]
What is a Confirmed Rumor Anyway? There has been a rumor floating around the board gaming world. This rumor has huge implications for people even if hey don’t know it yet. It affects grail game seekers, artisan hobby gamers, living card gamers, and especially amerithrash gamers. This rumor has the potential […]
The Divine As a reader of graphic novels, I have to admit that I usually stay away from the experimental ones. I tend to find them confusing and more irritating than not because of that. In an attempt to broaden my horizons a wee bit, this week I’m taking a look […]
Artist Profile #5 Solitude Aeturnus Country of origin: United States Genres: Epic doom metal, Doom metal, Heavy metal Years active: 1987-current Current members: John Perez (guitars), Robert Lowe (lead vocals),Steven Moseley (guitars), James Martin (bass), Steve Nichols (drums and percussion) Number of albums: 6 Number of concerts attended: 0 Notable […]
Money and Power and Money and Power and Money… In case it’s not abundantly clear, I like to write about efficacy a lot (that and motivation. We’re allowed to have obsessions, aren’t we?). I’ve considered several aspects of effecting some sort of change in the world around us (be it […]
