Mafia II: Definitive Edition review
Mafia II is one of my picks for all-time best story of any video game ever. The other picks are well-known ones like Red Dead Redemption, Deus Ex, and Grand Theft Auto IV. Mafia II never achieved...
View ArticleWatchmen HBO vs. Watchmen the comic regarding race
Warning - This post will contain spoilers for the Watchmen HBO series. I'm presently tinkering with a blog post about the WATCHMEN series vs. the original. Unfortunately, my inner academic is...
View ArticleThe Skald's Black Verse by Jordan Loyal Short review
THE SKALD'S BLACK VERSE by Jordan Loyal Short is a science-fiction fantasy novel that takes place on an isolated world at the heart of a vast interstellar empire. The planet was conquered long ago...
View ArticleStar Quest: All That Remains by Patricia Macomber review
STAR QUEST: ALL THAT REMAINS is the second book in the STAR QUEST series by Patricia Lee Macomber. The Star Quest series is a idealized Star Trek-esque space opera about the first human...
View ArticleStar Wars: Shadow Fall by Alexander Freed review
SHADOW FALL by Alexander Freed is the sequel to ALPHABET SQUADRON. Alexander Freed has a history of writing Star Wars novels in the new canon that take a remarkably unglamorous look at the...
View ArticleDick Tracy (1990) review
Dick Tracy is one of those movies that I end up returning to every few years. It's a film that has never received a vast following and rarely tops anyone's favorites but I think of it as a film...
View ArticleStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER is a movie that I don't want to hate on but I struggle to say something positive about. I had extremely strong feelings about THE LAST OF THE JEDI but it actually...
View ArticleStar Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
STAR WAS: JEDI: FALLEN ORDER is a game that I have been hesitant to play because of how burned I felt on BATTLEFRONT II. I enjoyed the single player campaign of that guy but felt cheated for the...
View ArticleStar Wars: Battlefront: Twilight Company by Alexander Freed review
BATTLE FRONT: TWILIGHT COMPANY by Alexander Freed is a Star Wars novel following the adventures of a team of Rebel Mobile Infantry soldiers from after the Battle of Yavin to after the Battle of...
View ArticleStar Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack review
Babylon Five was our last best hope fo...oh wait, wrong franchise. It's actually an Abraham Lincoln quote but that's what the title of this book reminded me of. I should note that I am an enormous...
View ArticlePsycho Killers in Love is out on Kindle
Hey folks,I'm pleased to say that PSYCHO KILLERS IN LOVE is available in both Kindle and paperback form. It is a prequel to the United States of Monsters series that is set against the backdrop of the...
View ArticleStar Trek: The Way to the Stars by Una McCormack review
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY: THE WAY TO THE STARS is a Young Adult novel based in the Star Trek universe. I have been enjoying the Star Trek: Discovery spin-off novels starting with Michael Burnham and...
View ArticleShadows of New York review
SHADOWS OF NEW YORK is the sequel to COTERIES OF NEW YORK that came out last year. It is a visual novel set in the World of Darkness by White Wolf Publishing. A visual novel is effectively a...
View ArticleWORLDBUILDING #3: THE UNITED STATES OF MONSTERS
Hey folks,This is a long-time coming bit of world-building because my United States of Monsters series is multiple series and is an entire planet's worth of history. For those unfamiliar with the...
View ArticleVampire: The Masquerade: Night Road review
Warning - This review contains minor spoilers for the first half of Night Road. Vampire: The Masquerade: Night Road by Choice of Game is a text-based choose your own adventure game. It's not even a...
View ArticleVampire: The Masquerade NPC Update: Sullivan Dane
I'm a huge fan of Vampire: The Masquerade as fans of this blog may have noticed. Sometimes, you can't get an idea out of your head. In this case, I wanted to update one of my all-time favorite...
View ArticleTen Real-Life Inspired Chronicles for Kindred in 2020
V5 Chronicle Tips1. Ten Tips to Running the Anarchs in V52. Ten Tips to Running the Second Inquisition in V53. Ten Tips to Running the Sabbat in V54. Ten Chronicles for Sabbat PCs in V55. Ten Tips to...
View ArticleMafia: Definitive Edition review
Mafia: City of Lost Heaven was one of the stand-out Grand Theft Auto clones when seemingly every game in the business was trying to imitate the success of GTA III. The idea behind this game was...
View ArticleWerewolf: The Apocalypse: Heart of the Forest review
WEREWOLF: THE APOCALYPSE: HEART OF THE FOREST is the latest visual novel from the Paradox Interactive produced World of Darkness. It is based on the old White Wolf World of Darkness where vampires,...
View ArticleBook Announcements for October 2020
Hey folks, I'm very pleased to say that we've got a lot of news for fans of my writing. I want to thank all my wonderful fans for their support in making this a productive year for me despite the fact,...
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