When you make a new dragon based friend it is so important to know their likes and dislikes. What makes them prickly? What makes them sad? If you do not arm yourself with this basic information then you will most likely get eaten up. Or burned. Or both. Well, your brave adventurers are smart and …

The Library at Mount Char is one of my favorite books of 2015, and I sat down with author Scott Hawkins to discuss languages, dogs, and homicidal librarians. Christina Ladd: What had you picking languages as the focus of your book? Scott Hawkins: Part of it was my academic background in computer science, so I …

New episodes of the Darkblades drop about every two weeks and feature a canonical story taking place in Drunkeros. Each week will feature Michael “Thrifty Nerd” DiMauro (@thriftynerd) as DM, at least one player from of the Drunks and Dragons podcast with an assortment of special guests. This week we are joined by Nika Howard (@nika_howard), Cody (@codedude3), Matthew Morris …

Wow, where were you guys a couple weeks ago? I mean we were right here, waiting, despite having exceptionally busy lives. But no one showed up! What’s wrong, you couldn’t text? Anyway, I suppose we can move past this ugliness with episode 5, where we’ll just take some time to heal together. Unless your name …

Laserlife is the new series from the people that gave us the wonderful Bit Trip series and it is set to put you in a whole new kind of trance. Combine trippy visuals, unique rhythm gameplay, and a crazy story and you have a recipe for an enticing game. Laserlife gives you control of two …

I got to get some personal time with the new X-Box One Elite controller and I have to say, I was impressed. If you haven’t heard about this new controller, let me break it down for you. This is a new official controller from Microsoft, that is designed for the hardcore gamers market. Everything has …

Telltale was in full force at Pax Prime this year, demoing the biggest franchise spin off yet, Minecraft Story Mode. Telltale is well known for its adventure game series, and its attempting to do the same with Minecraft, a relatively story free game. This may be Telltales most creative ambition yet. Minecraft is a blank canvas …

We continue (and finish) our trek through A Nest of Vipers. Yes, we are the proud owners of a fully caught up saved game and an empty box of tissues. Why did TellTale make us cry? Why must they dangle small morsels of hope in front of our greedy rat eyes? Regardless of the sorrow that now …

Jennifer and I heard many great things about A Nest of Vipers so we loaded up our save with much fear and dread. You see, folks who like things in the Game of Thrones sphere sometimes like for the following reasons: there was lots of blood, someone who I love died, they really tricked me or …

Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, a fan-run podcast about Showtime’s Penny Dreadful. This is the thrilling conclusion to our messy, bloody, sexy game of “Fiasco” by Bully Pulpit Games.  Find out what happens to our reanimated creature, our sensual lovers, and our hilarious manservants. Your hosts are Ashleigh Shadowbrook (@ShadowbrookAsh), Nika Howard (@nika_howard), Brad Brockway …