Rifts World Book 3: England – System Mastery 183
Ooh look, a supplement! People love it when we do the supplements, right? We sort of needed a break for a bit while Jef navigates some medical shenanigans, so we […]
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Movie Mastery – The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
The sequel to the movie that came out almost 20 years before this because “Hollywood has run out of ideas” is nothing new. Whacky hijinks abound in this comedy with […]
Expounded Universe 144 – Miss Daala if You’re Natasi
Fully half the book before we met Daala, but boy oh boy does she ever make an impression (on herself). We’ll have a lot to say about her and her […]
Itras By – System Mastery 182
[/audio] Check out this wild game! No, literally, go check it out! This is a wild read of improv-driven story focused diceless gaming set in a surrealism-infused Norwegian dream city […]
Movie Mastery – The Punisher (1989)
At the same time that Batman was set to make his dark entrance onto the big screen; Marvel was looking to put up their own brooding man with no super […]
Expounded Universe 143 – Look Maw, No Hans
Okay first of all this is chapters 15-17. Jef is easily confused. Han, Chewie and Kyp mount a daring escape while Leia keeps track of Luke’s new Jedi candidates, and […]
Expounded Universe 142 – Bespin Rawwks
The time has come to meet Jedi candidate number two! Streen is a classic “psychic trying to find quiet in a world full of noisy thinkers” archetype, and to get […]
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying 1st Edition – System Mastery 181
Small but vicious dog, right? You remember that? It’s that joke that’s in here? Anyhow hi there, how ya doin’? Wanna talk about a 1989 game that seems like it […]
Movie Mastery – Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1998)
Before Samuel L. Jackson came along and made the character into the badass we know today; David Hasselhoff made the character into a weird Boomer Dad fantasy featuring some truly […]
Expounded Universe 141 – Blob and Weave
Lando is off on a quest to investigate a gambler. He will have to go to a gambling place where there is gambling. Hey, what do we know about this […]
System Mastery Special – Things We Hate About D&D – Part 2
Hey whoops this was only ever free on our Patreon. Should be here too. Now it is. Hooray! The balance is complete and finally I can diminish, and go into […]
Robotech – System Mastery 180
Yeah, we needed a break again. Jesus, Wraeththu. So for now, let’s dive into dependable old Palladium. Two scoops of whoops in every book! Robotech is one of the early […]
Movie Mastery – Hulk (2003)
Before Ruffalo. Before Norton. After Ferrigno. There was Bana. In the role he was hired to play: A very boring scientist that turns into Shrek and fights his dad who […]
Expounded Universe 140 – Kyp Off the Old Block
Who wants to meet Kyp Durron? No one? Too bad! Also Luke faces Gantoris’ lethal “tests” while Lando shows up, hat in hand, hoping for a handout of something to […]
Expounded Universe 139 – You Can Gantoris, Or You Can Gantorthat
Aw shoot last week we thought we got all the boring intro chapters, but here we are dealing with Leia’s story startup for the episode! Should have guessed! Anyway, Han […]
Wraeththu: From Enchantment to Fulfillment – System Mastery 179
Okay, guess break time’s over! This book is enormous, weird, and in a lot of ways, misguided. The world has collapsed, humanity has fallen, and the Wraeththu have risen in […]
Movie Mastery – eXistenZ (1999)
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Total Recall and The Matrix got all Cronenberged up? Here it is but it’s kind of strange you were wondering […]
Expounded Universe 138 – Going Down to Kessel, Going to Have Myself a Mine
You knew we’d cover one of this guy’s books eventually, and here we are! This trilogy features the introductions of known series players like Nataasi Daala and Kyp “White Space […]
The Land of Ogg – System Mastery 178
We needed a break to finish our second book, and when you live in a gig economy that just means doing a smaller job that week! The Land of Ogg […]
Movie Mastery – America 3000 (1986)
Neggy more must you wait for us to scan this hot plastic movie. It’s a new tomorrow and we are here to guide all you plugots and frals to a […]
