Words, formerly normal, that now unnerve me thanks to Cathedral of the Drowned: meat, scoop, jelly. Words that were already uncomfortable that got worse: glutinous, birthed, slurry. Words that I use to describe Cathedral of the Drowned as a result: brilliant, disturbing, devouring. Yes, devouring. I had the sense, while reading, that rather than devouring …
2022 is going to have some incredible books, and I’m especially looking forward to certain series continuing on or wrapping up entirely. There are too many to cover in a single article, so this is only the first 1/3rd of the year. And, as always, the best way to support authors is to preorder their …
Runic Games, makers of Torchlight and Torchlight II have branched out with an adventure/puzzle game called Hob (PS4, PC). I had the chance to sit down and play at PAX East, and promptly spent the rest of the show telling people they needed to go see it. There is no text or voice over in Hob, …
I had a chance to get my hands on Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles at PAX East this year. It’s an open-world game set to come out on PlayStation 4 and PC later in 2017. I was immediately struck by how beautiful the environment was, and more specifically, the light. If you take a look at …
Atlus fans rejoice! After a release fraught with delays spanning over a year, Persona 5 is set to be available this April 4th. Atlus has just released some new video trailers to introduce confidants that will aid your team in righting the wrongs inflicted by the corrupt world they live in. Persona 5 follows a group …
At GenCon 2016 Nika Howard, Brad Brockway, and I were fortunate enough to be invited to a press event for Mythic Battles: Pantheon, where we got a sneak peak at this intriguing upcoming miniature based tactics game. Mythic Battles: Pantheon is an miniature based game made by Mythic Games and Monolith Board Games, who you …
Marie Brennan is a true chameleon. I would never have guessed that this tough, relentless story was written by the same woman who gave us the intensely High Victorian Natural History of Dragons (plus sequels), but here it is, fast and furious. An unidentified protagonist—let’s not be too creative and call her Nameless Warrior—is brought …
DC Rebirth is a new DC Comics wide event that has been touted as both the death knell and the saving grace for DC Comics. After the incredibly divisive New 52 event spinning out of Flashpoint, many readers, reviewers, and fans in general wondered how long it would be before there was yet another reboot. …
Hope’s brother is a meth addict. He once had a promising future as a hockey player, but now he’s a meth addict, and she’s leaving for boarding school to get away from him, even though all she really wants is to help him. All Eric, her brother, really wants is to stay high. That’s the …
Role playing and tabletop games are wonderful in that they require very few supplies, save your imagination, character sheet, and a set of dice. However, in the ever evolving world of gaming, no longer do Crown Royal bags cut if for packing your crit machines around. In the past few years there has been a growing …