General: When Jesus was born, there were wise kings, gifts, angelic visits, and immaculate conceptions. When the X-Office at Marvel kicked off its brand new crossover Messiah CompleX, they hired old artist Marc Silvestri , released tons of interviews with major comic book industry entities, discussed tidbits about the X-Men status quo after the […]

Amongst my traditional play group, Min-Maxing was an art. Ever seen a Vow of Poverty Cleric/Monk/Divine Fist? How about a Werebaboon Fighter/Warshaper/Exotic Weapon Master/Kensai Spiked Chain user? It’s good you have not. Some us were actually role-players too (but not all) and some chose not to Min-Max either because of a […]

For everyone traumatized by the recent ending of another era-defining work, The Sopranos, the anti-Sopranos ending of Harry Potter will be sure to satisfy you. It ends, and it ends definitively, and in my mind satisfactorily (though I was satisfied with The Sopranos as well).
In the minds of fans, this book’s primary function is to […]

I loved Transformers. There, I said it, and a spoiler-free review follows…
Plot: A reasonably plausible series of events (considering the arrival of Extra-Terrestrial Non-Biological Beings) occur. Sure, there are some robots (I’m looking at you Frenzy) and some characters (Hackers?) and some events (nerd recluse with grandma, didn’t that ALSO happen in Live Free or […]

(spoilers ahead for Marvel’s Civil War series, specifically #4)

I bought Twilight Imperium based on my love of big epic games, such as Game of Thrones (also from Fantasy Flight) and a desire to buy a game as a form of escapism from my mind-numbing, short-lived experience in sales hell. I’ve since played it twice, and enjoyed both experiences, but there is something […]