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We need more ninja movies. More ninja tv shows. More ninja video games. In the mid 70s to late 80s, there was a blip in our collective consciousness. It…
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As I write this, it is Sunday. I apologize for those of you counting on this being a regular, weekly thing. I’m doing my best here, as I’m sure you are…
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Hello, friends! Forgive the long silence from my camp. I’ve had my head tucked low, burying myself in work for the past few months. The head-tucked-low…
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Or, as the poet and herbalist B-Real once said, “Don’t you know I’m loco?” I’ve long held that everyone is damaged to some degree. It’s inconceivable to…
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It’s out! It’s done. My new baby has been released into the wild to wreak havoc or make people laugh or whatever. I’m really proud of it and I can’t…
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Let’s start with the ‘big’ stuff. As threatened, we’re drawing closer to releasing our TTRPG shenanigans out into the world. However, it’s occurred to…
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Monsters are the patron saints of imperfection. - Guillermo Del Toro My possessions circle around me like some sort of pop cultural accretion disc. In…
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The last time I trick-or-treated, I was probably dressed as Freddy Krueger. I was Freddy for at least 3 years in a row, which is odd. No one seemed to…
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“Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.) …
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NECROMANCERS ON DRUGS
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I could give you lots of reasons, I guess. Too much TV. Loosely supervised childhood. A lack of viable options. Familial curse haunting my bloodline for…
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Mako’s legendary preamble to Conan the Barbarian echoed in my head while I watched the Northman. It is possibly Eggers’ most direct narrative, which is…
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