Rated: 2.5 / 5 Wokeness: 2 / 5 This comic gets plenty of things right, primarily with regard to how to put the reader in the middle of things, not really holding their hand with a slow sturdy introduction into the world, its occupants, factions, and characters. You are plopped right into the immediate aftermath … Continue reading Bone (1991-2004) comic review
fantasy
Super Magic Realm, a fan-made expansion to the 1979 board game
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
The NeverEnding Story (1984) movie review
Rated: 2.5 / 5 Confession: I have not read the book. And I know a lot of people are going to say, "The book is way better! The movie only has half of the whole (never ending) story!" Fans of the book have a disliking for it, and the author of the book hates the … Continue reading The NeverEnding Story (1984) movie review
Kull the Conqueror (1997) review
Rated: 4 / 5 "Your bride is over 3000 years old." "She said she was 19!" This movie was made for me. I knew I would be in for a good time when the film opened with a fight sequence with Kevin Sorbo and his long chest-length "metal band" hair with heavy metal music being … Continue reading Kull the Conqueror (1997) review
Censorship!? Sensitivity!? A rant against both in Gloom of Kilforth
Update This has been revisited and addressed in the following article: Revisiting the Sensitive Censorship Issue in Board Gaming. I have a bit of apologizing to do. Introduction So, background. Gloom of Kilforth is a fantasy sword & sorcery setting board game designed by Tristan Hall, a project that was successfully funded on September 27, … Continue reading Censorship!? Sensitivity!? A rant against both in Gloom of Kilforth
