People have been clamoring for a Harry Potter anime since approximately 10 minutes after the invention of animation. And here I am, knocking on your internet door to tell you the good news: all the magic of Hogwarts can be found in anime form with Little Witch Academia. Little Witch Academia started as a short in …

We finally made it to the last season one episode of Random Encounters: Sailor Moon!  We review the events of season one and talk a little bit about season two.  Ayaka, Tsukiko and Ken face the aftermath of the fight with Orochi, and have a righteous sleepover. Sailor Moon will return! Your GM is Steph …

Start your new year off right with a healthy dose of friendship and glitter with this brand new episode of the Sailor Moon RPG.  I promise that not every episode has potential teen suicide in it.  Ken’s boyfriend Hideo is threatening to jump off the roof of the school if Sailor Bear doesn’t come to …

Do you remember your first game of Magic? I’ll never forget mine. I learned about Magic in the August 1995 issue of Disney Adventures magazine—the literature of choice for the sophisticated ten-year-old, and also a giant advertisement I paid Disney to send to me. In between page-turning news of the upcoming Power Rangers movie, there was a short article on …

Welcome back to Magic Gatherings! It’s hard to believe it—the Magic Origins prerelease feels like it was just yesterday—but the seasons are turning, and that means it’s time to look ahead to Magic‘s new fall expansion, Battle for Zendikar. This past weekend at PAX Prime, a gaming convention of which you may have heard, Battle for Zendikar had its …

 Welcome back to Magic Gatherings!  This week we’re wrapping up our extended look at themes in Commander decks. In case you missed the previous installments, here are some links: Part 1: Series intro, Blink, Equipment, Tokens Part 2: Sacrifice, Artifacts, Tribal Part 3: Ramp, Fatties, Pillowfort, Lifegain Graveyard and Recursion One of the most robust …

I didn’t know all that much about Magic: The Gathering prior to meeting with Liz Lamb-Ferro, Brand Manager for MtG, other than the bits and pieces taught to me by some pals and a fella I sat next to on a cross country train trip. Yes, my grandma found an empty seat for the train fella, cutting …

Welcome back to Magic Gatherings!  We’re trying something a little different this week. As you may have heard (because I have been mentioning preview cards for the last two weeks), Dragons of Tarkir is on the way, and this weekend stores around the world will be hosting prerelease tournaments to give players a new chance …

Welcome back to Magic Gatherings!  This week we’ll continue our survey of Commander themes, and take another look at new cards for Dragons of Tarkir which have been spoiled in the last week. If you missed them, here are the other two theme articles: #1 (Intro, Blink, Equipment, Tokens), and #2 (Sacrifice, Artifacts, and Tribal).   Ramp/Big Mana …

Welcome back to Spells and Whistles!  Two weeks ago we used Karla Ortiz’s fine work on [mtg_card]Liliana, Heretical Healer[/mtg_card] and [mtg_card]Liliana, Defiant Necromancer[/mtg_card] as a jumping off point for talking about Liliana as a character and her presentation throughout the years. But time flies in the Multiverse!  This week, previews for the upcoming Dragons of …