Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Orcs are evil

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Orcs are a fantasy monster.  While Tolkien may have standardized them as the basic low-level mook hounding the protagonists, the idea of the...
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Monday, April 20, 2020

How I came to DCC and the Old School of Gaming

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Smaug, from the only feature-length adaptation of the Hobbit My dad is a Tolkien nerd who grew up in the 70s.  Therefore my dad played D...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The Letter for the King: just adapt the book, not your fanfiction

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I recently watched The Letter for the King on Netflix, and thought I'd offer a small thought on the series. I should preface all of th...
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Monday, May 27, 2019

The Wheel of Time and the Well-Tempered Plot Device

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Sometime back in 2011, I was handed a complete (used!) set of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series from a friend who saw me reading A S...
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Sunday, May 19, 2019

JK Rowling and Sanderson's 3rd Law

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The Harry Potter books succeeded wildly, beyond anyone's imagination.  JK Rowling is the top-selling author of all time.  Not just in f...
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Sunday, November 18, 2018

Sagan's Anti-Dragon

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In my garage I have an imaginary dragon.  It's not real.  Its just imaginary.  It's a dragon made entirely of the good thoughts and ...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

The Shaggydog Theory: Why George R. R. Martin Doesn't Want to Finish his Song of Ice and Fire Series

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Seven years ago, the last update to the legendary A Song of Ice and Fire series came available, the fifth book A Dance with Dragons .  This...
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