Game of Thrones Season 7: The Queen’s Justice
And now the rains weep over his hall, without a soul to hear. “Rains of Castamere” is best known as the Lannister anthem, but it’s Continue Reading
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Game of Thrones Season 7: Stormborn
It’s been said by many characters, in many words, all the way back to Robert Baratheon in the second episode of Game of Thrones. “There’s a Continue Reading
Game of Thrones Season 7: Dragonstone
Fitting a show with the finish line in sight, the season premiere of Game of Thrones was pervaded with melancholy. From siblings remembering their dead Continue Reading
Timer: Countdown to Love
It’s always tough for actors when a beloved series ends its run. What do they do afterward? What’s the next project? Should they jump to Continue Reading
The Last Unicorn: Early Eighties Animated Magic
There’s something about the animation style of The Last Unicorn that is all-or-nothing for most people. The detailed backgrounds and ethereal depictions of humans will either impress Continue Reading
Early Impressions of Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
If you listened to this week’s podcast (and you should), then you’re aware that I’m not a veteran player of the Witcher games. I had heard Continue Reading
Viable Paradise
This October, I was fortunate enough to attend Viable Paradise XVIII, an annual workshop meeting in Martha’s Vineyard for the XVIII-th time. We twenty-four happy Continue Reading
Game of Thrones – The Children
This season began with Tywin Lannister, at the height of his powers, melting down the family sword of his enemy. It was easy to imagine, Continue Reading
Game of Thrones – The Mountain and the Viper
The task of adapting A Song of Ice and Fire to the small screen brought cast and crew any number of challenges, most of which Continue Reading
Game of Thrones – The Laws of Gods and Men
Game of Thrones, like the books that inspired it, is a series about power and all its trappings. From the get-go, as Eddard Stark spiralled Continue Reading
Game of Thrones – First of His Name
I don’t speak German, so maybe someone who does can enlighten me – is there an enormous compound word for that feeling when a deeply Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: Breaker of Chains
There was about an hour of Game of Thrones on Sunday night, and much of it probably deserves discussion. Tywin Lannister’s history lesson, the sudden Continue Reading
Episode 34 – An Icy Game of Fiery Throne Songs
This week Megan, Nick, and Reuben get together to discuss the upcoming season of Game of Thrones over on HBO. In the process, they can’t Continue Reading
SpellForce 2: Demons of the Past
I’m just going to start by saying that until I got a hold of SpellForce 2: Demons of the Past, I had never even heard Continue Reading
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Book Review Roundup
Daylight Savings has ended, which means that Seattle can stop pretending to give us clement weather and get on with the natural cold grey dark. Continue Reading
Holy Crap It’s Republic of Thieves!
“FANTASY EVENT OF THE YEAR” is ad-copy noise, so blaring and ubiquitous as to be totally meaningless. Whose year are we even talking about? But Continue Reading
Review: The Shadowed Sun, by NK Jemisin
I reviewed The Killing Moon back in June, and enjoyed it a great deal, both for its disparity from a lot of my fantasy reading Continue Reading
Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic
If you find yourself in Seattle for this weekend, do yourself a favor and stop by the Experience Music Project, and check out the exhibit Continue Reading
Rogue Legacy: Randomizing Castlevania
Described as an action platformer with roguelike sensibilities, it was no surprise that Rogue Legacy by indie developer Cellar Door Games popped up on my Continue Reading
Hexxit: Fantasy Adventures in Minecraft
The modding scene for Minecraft is thriving, giving creative folks an outlet for their own creations and maximizing the appeal and freshness of the world’s Continue Reading
Legend RPG: Who is it for?
Legend, a new d20 table-top RPG by Rule of Cool, sets out to create a more modular 3rd Edition D&D experience with smoother multiclassing, increased Continue Reading
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