Brian plays indie roguelike Gloom, a shadowy Lovecraftian take on the genre with a hint of the Souls-like. Brian’s short story The Hanging Tree is no longer free, but you can grab it cheap here:
This week Brian and Aaron review cyberpunk RPG, The Sprawl. Hear tales of Neo-London, its corporations and the actual review itself. Enjoy, slick eaters.
We play Alex Kidd: In The Enchanted Castle, a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis classic first released in Japan in 1989.
Beware: SPOILERS ABOUND! This week we try something a little different and discuss a couple of films – Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Ghost in the Shell (2017). We talk cyberpunk, hard versus soft science fiction, transcendentalism, whitewashing, and…
This week, we cautiously open the latest edition of Paranoia. Do we risk being branded as traitors and disapprove or be good little troubleshooters and praise the game and everything it stands for? Warning: Although efforts have been taken to…
This week Brian and Aaron explore the recent updated Curse of the Crimson Throne, a Pathfinder Adventure Path. Will it feel like a true hero’s adventure or truly a curse? Special thanks to Telaron of Open Game Art for “Prologue”.…
Today we examine the results of the Tales From The Loop Kickstarter, a tabletop RPG in the vein of Stranger Things, Stephen King, and the Goonies. Does it look like an 80’s classic or straight to VHS flop? Get the…
Join Brian and Aaron as they unbox Kickstarter success, Oligarchy. A collectable card game set in a dystopian future. Will it impress them enough to subscribe to their new overlords ideology or cause them to begin a futile rebellion?
We unbox the most successful board game Kickstarter of all time, Dark Souls: The Board Game. Is it as praiseworthy in its presentation as the Sun, or is it more a case of wishing we’d died? Brian’s interview with the…
So, what is Terminal Directive, and how does it work? This week we discuss, spoiler free, the new FFG legacy card game, Terminal Directive. Our Netrunner noob, Aaron, poses the rest of the group questions about how the game functions…