This coming Sunday is the start of the Days of Remembrance, so it’s fitting that I just read the excellent X-Men: Magneto Testament. I came to this book by another route–that of researching writer and filmmaker Greg Pak’s oeuvre, the…
SnoutCast #10: Two or More Players
New weekly format! We’re alternating between puzzle hunt and general gaming topics. This week, we discuss the merits of certain tabletop games, especially in two-player versus more-than-two-player configurations. [ Download mp3 – 26 MB ] 00:00 – a snappy teaser02:00…
Friday Flash Fiction: “You Are What You Eat”
Alternate title: “The Omnivore’s Lemma.” Thank you! I’ll be here all week! Read “You Are What You Eat” at 512 Words or Fewer
I have an iPad!
Impossible, you say? Too early? Not shipping yet? Pish-posh. Here is the proof.
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Movie Review: Year One
A colloidal suspension of one-note jokes in a mythogenic solution, but not a complete waste of time. Starts out pretending to be Prehistoric Animal House and ends up wanting to be Life of Brian Lite, but never really earns either…
SnoutCast #9: Questions and Answers
In which Curtis gives highly opinionated and possibly ill-informed answers to questions from one of our listeners, and DeeAnn presents well-reasoned and insightful responses to those same questions. It all sort of balances out in the end. Maybe. [ Download…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Java Code”
This week’s story probably would have benefited from another draft or two. If nothing else, I would have changed four to thirty-two (years, that is), and spent fewer words describing the technology and more on Harry’s state of mind. Well,…
Book Report: I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President
Like Jon Stewart (the Daily Show host whose blurb appears on the cover–not the Green Lantern), I loved this book. It’s got a very PS238 feel, albeit on a smaller scale. Author Josh Lieb does a nice job of balancing…