Super Magic Realm, a fan-made expansion to the 1979 board game

June 16, 2021September 12, 2021 The Anomalous Host Board Games 1979, board game, fan, fan-made, fantasy, magic realm, mod, steam, tabletop simulator, tts

So good Samus would want to play it. This blog post's intended audience is for those who are veterans of the board game Magic Realm, and who have gotten some amount of enjoyment out of it, and are interested in getting something more from it. Everyone else won't really care. Yeah, I know, this is … Continue reading Super Magic Realm, a fan-made expansion to the 1979 board game

Alien (1979) analysis

March 14, 2021March 15, 2021 The Anomalous Host Film Reviews 1979, alien, film, horror, movie, review, ridley scott, sci-fi, sigourney weaver

Rated: 4 / 5 Wokeness: 1.5 / 5 This is a film I saw back in the day, well after I had seen and become a fan of its sequel Aliens (which is still my second favorite movie of all time). At the time I just thought this was a mediocre warmup to greatness, where … Continue reading Alien (1979) analysis

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) review

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 The Anomalous Host Film Reviews 1979, deforest kelley, Douglas Trumbull, film, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, review, robert wise, spock, star trek, william shatner

Rated: 4 / 5 "It knows only that it needs, Commander. But, like so many of us... it does not know what." [...] "Each of us... at some time in our lives, turns to someone - a father, a brother, a God... and asks..."Why am I here? What was I meant to be?"" So the … Continue reading Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) review