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  • Corporate Horror Movies

    Corporate Horror Movies

    The scariest monsters in our world are corporations. So I've picked out a series of horror movies about evil corporations, and rebellion or survival against them. No TV shows. No sequels (even if those explain more, like Cube). All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a … Continue reading "Corporate Horror Movies"Read More »
  • Monsters! Monsters!

    Monsters! Monsters!

    Let me explain. No, there is too much, let me sum up. Back in 1975, Tunnels & Trolls was the second RPG ever written. Space Gamer #2 has this: T&T has a bunch of virtues, it's VERY simple, only uses 6-sided craps dice, it's very cheap, and it's less contradictory than D&D. By not trying … Continue reading "Monsters! Monsters!"Read More »
  • Saturday Morning Cartoons

    Saturday Morning Cartoons

    Grab a bowl full of sugary cereal, and sit down to veg your brain out to heroic cartoons of the '60s to early '90s! Atom Ant (1965) Herculoids (1967) Mighty Mightor (1967) Shazzan (1967) Young Samson & Goliath (1967) Sealab 2020 (1972) Great Grape Ape Show (1975) Thundarr the Barbarian (1980) Space Stars (1981) Dungeons … Continue reading "Saturday Morning Cartoons"Read More »
  • Book Report: Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons, Part II

    Book Report: Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons, Part II

    Part I Part II: 1973 Draft of Dungeons & Dragons In which letters show Dave Arneson running Blackmoor for the Lake Geneva mob, and they set up their campign, with more areas taken from the Great Kingdom map. Interestingly the Grand Duchy of Urnst, south of Nyr Div lake, is full of dinosaurs and prehistoric … Continue reading "Book Report: Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons, Part II"Read More »
  • Book Report: Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons

    Book Report: Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons

    This is an expensive, enormous, gigantic, medieval scribe sized tome, absurdly heavy and dense, thick, glossy paper, color print. Almost 5cm thick, does about d6+2 damage in mêlée, with 4 colored ribbon placeholders. Each section has a colored bottom border. Blank spaces are often filled with hex or grid patterns, bits of text, pictures of … Continue reading "Book Report: Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons"Read More »
  • What I'm Watching: Godzilla Minus One

    What I'm Watching: Godzilla Minus One

    Finally out on Netflix (along with most Godzilla films). G-1 follows the style of GMK and Shin Godzilla by only admitting to the events of Gojira (1954), in this case by being set in 1945-1947. Failed kamikaze pilot Shikishima watches an island base (a hut and a few engineers) be destroyed by T-Rex-like baby Godzilla. … Continue reading "What I'm Watching: Godzilla Minus One"Read More »
  • Manga Recommendations

    Manga Recommendations

    Serious: Akira: Biker punks vs psychics in post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo. Fantastic cyberpunk art. Black Magic, Dominion, Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell, Orion: Shirow Masamune's meditations on AI control of unworthy Humanity. BLAME!: City grows out of control, a killer boy with a gravity gun blows up everything, searching for someone who can use a computer. Hotel … Continue reading "Manga Recommendations"Read More »
  • Retrowave Saturday Music

    Retrowave Saturday Music

    Something trancey to let me coast thru the weekend. NETRUN vol 1 NETRUN vol 2 NETRUN vol 3 DJ Mute City Halcyon Highways 12Read More »
  • J-Rock Saturday Music

    J-Rock Saturday Music

    Midnight Flower video, by Fence of Defense Sara, City Hunter 2 OST, by Fence of Defense Digitaglammy Show, by Fence of Defense featuring Daisuke Asakura Primitive New Essence, by Fence of Defense Unseen World, by BAND-MAID Unleash, by BAND-MAIDRead More »
  • Leap Thursday Music

    Leap Thursday Music

    NEW MINISTRY! So here's a bunch of other angry/sexy noises to go with it! I'm headbanging "Just Stop Oil"! HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES, by Ministry LET GO, by KMFDM DEATH CULT 8323 EP, by The Cult Dreamtime 2024 remaster, by The Cult Got Cock?, by Revolting Cocks Sinister Whisperz IV: The Bedroom Tapes, by My Life With the … Continue reading "Leap Thursday Music"Read More »

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