Werewolf game hosted by Spiny Creature Lycanthropy (n): from the Ancient Greek lucanthropia, itself a compound of lukos (wolf) and anthropos (man). The year is mumble-mumble-handwave BC. The citizens of Athens – or at least the hoplites and peasants – are relieved to once again … Continue reading Werewolf XXXVI Signups: Assassins in Athens
This is one of those classic episodes I have never actually seen, though I heard so much about it, and when I got to that famous moment I felt my soul leave my body. Holy shit, you guys. And this episode … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Two, Episode Nineteen, “Lisa’s Substitute”
Secret Hitler game hosted by Onan the Barbarian Day 1 and Rules Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 The Flaxon/Happiest administration passed a Liberal Policy. (Pretend this has 4 tiles, my computer is still broken.) … Continue reading Secret Hitler – Day 8 – Sex, Liberal Policies, and Videotape
Being Brazilian musical royalty seems pretty cool. Besides the benefits of being rich, you get to grow up with incredible musicians hanging out with your fam all the time, jet-set around the world, and live off the goodwill of millions. … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Bebel Gilberto -Electro Bossa Nova Is Actually Pretty Great
Secret Hitler game hosted by Onan the Barbarian Day 1 and Rules Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 The Creeper/Candide administration passed a Fascist Policy. Creeper chose to investigate MacCrocodile. The mantle of Presidential Nominee moves to Flaxon, … Continue reading Secret Hitler – Day 7 – Avocado, Avocado Uber Alles
Secret Hitler game hosted by Onan the Barbarian Day 1 and Rules Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 The Jake/Indy ticket has FAILED. The Election Tracker increases by 1, inching North Haverbrook towards chaos. (The Election Tracker will reset when a government … Continue reading Secret Hitler – Day 6 – Upward, Not Forward
Secret Hitler game hosted by Onan the Barbarian Day 1 and Rules Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 The Mac/Sub administration has implemented a Fascist Policy, and President MacCrocodile chose to investigate forget_it_jake. The mantle of Presidential Nominee moves to forget_it_jake, who will … Continue reading Secret Hitler – Day 5 – North Haverbrook Flirts with Fascism
The weird thing about not only revisiting The Simpsons from the start, but having to think about each episode in detail, is discovering how much I actually like Marge and her stories. Marge, at least to me, feels like a forgotten Simpson, … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Two, Episode Eighteen, “Brush With Greatness”
Secret Hitler game hosted by Onan the Barbarian Day 1 and Rules Day 2 Day 3 The Hols/Happiest administration has implemented a Liberal Policy. The mantle of Presidential Nominee moves to MacCrocodile, who will now nominate someone except Hols or Happiest to be their … Continue reading Secret Hitler – Day 4 – Ushering in a New Age of Liberal Darkness
Secret Hitler game hosted by Onan the Barbarian Day 1 and Rules Day 2 The Banner/Flaxon administration has implemented a Liberal Policy. The mantle of Presidential Nominee moves to HolsGG HolsGG will now nominate someone except Baner or Flaxon to be their Chancellor. Player List … Continue reading Secret Hitler – Day 3 – The Politics of Failure Have Succeeded
Secret Hitler game hosted by Onan the Barbarian Day 1 and Rules The TCRM/Creeper administration has implemented a Liberal Policy. The mantle of Presidential Nominee moves to BannerThief Banner will now nominate someone except TCRM or Creeper* to be their Chancellor. *Once the … Continue reading Secret Hitler – Day 2 – North Haverbrook Twirls Towards Freedom
The guiding voice and often the only voice (writer, composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist) behind the low-fi rock of the Mountain Goats, John Darnielle today is an acclaimed author whose early autobiographic rock songs turned into bizarre lovecraftian poetry and … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: The Mountain Goats
Nowhere does The Simpson’s cynicism look more bleak and unhappy than in the prospect of aging. Grampa Simpson has been presented as a bitter, miserable old man who is treated as a nuisance whenever he’s obligated into family affairs and forgotten … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Two, Episode Seventeen, “Old Money”
Secret Hitler game hosted by Onan the Barbarian Overview At the beginning of the game, each player is secretly assigned to one of three roles: Liberal, Fascist, or Hitler. Hitler plays for the fascist team, and the fascists know who Hitler is, but … Continue reading Secret Hitler – Day 1
“If I am to be judged by those who come after me, let me be judged for the truth.” — Raistlin Majere More determined than ever to find the damned Mac Guffin and be done with it, the last of the … Continue reading Werewolf XXXV: D&D, Day 7: Wolves of the Dwarven Depths
“Nothing ever happens by chance. Everything happens for a reason. Your brain may not know the reason. Your brain may never figure it out. But your heart knows. Your heart always knows.” – War Wizard Horkin The remaining adventurers – so … Continue reading Werewolf XXXV: D&D, Day 6: Test of the Wolves
If you expect the unexpected, is it really all that unexpected? — Tasslehoff Burrfoot Finally arriving at the labyrinth, the adventurers examined the entrance, comprised of ancient, rough-hewn stone steps leading down into darkness. Noticing some Elvish words carved above the … Continue reading Werewolf XXXV: D&D, Day 5: War of the Wolves
“So evil turns upon itself.” – Elistan, Cleric of Paladine Still reeling from the shock of slaughtering not just an innocent man, but also the one person gifted with the Healer’s touch, it took a minute for the companions to process … Continue reading Werewolf XXXV: D&D, Day 4: Time of the Wolves
There was a brief period during the latter half of my teen years where I watched MTV. During those years, one of my favorite MTV shows was Twelve Angry Viewers, where twelve…people…would discuss a set of music videos and declare which … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Portishead
”I’m going to talk to you like an older sister.” — Goldmoon of the Que Shu Shaken by the loss of Indy (and the existence of murderous unicorns), the company hurried through Darken Wood and reached Haven just as the sun … Continue reading Werewolf XXXV: D&D, Day 3: Wolves of Spring Dawning
Let’s get this over with: And now that I’ve posted that, let’s have some fun: Because steampunk is at its best when it embraces the ridiculousness of its own concept. Steampunk is most sublime/ a lot of punks won’t like … Continue reading Scene Spotlight: Steampunk Music Scene
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