Movie Mastery – Bright (2017)
Netflix’s first attempt at making a blockbuster film is mostly fantasy racism and copaganda set in a world where they didn’t spend more than minute thinking about world building and […]
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Expounded Universe 222 – Mindharp of Sharu Wrapup
The poll isn’t over yet, but it’s looking very likely that we’ll just stay right here in the Centrality with young Lando and his cool droid companion for at least […]
Expounded Universe 221 – Curse Your Sudden Yet Irrelevant Betrayal
Time to bring it home! We finally discover not only the titular Mindharp of Sharu, but also what it does! And we confront this book’s big villain… well sort of. […]
System Mastery 232 – Leaked 6th Edition Playtest
Hell yeah, we got some leaked documents up in here! Shame we gotta do it to them. But such is the rule of law here on the wild internet frontier. […]
Movie Mastery – Monkeybone (2001)
The movie that fools you twice. Once by making you assume there is going to be way too much Chris Kattan when he’s hardly in it and then fooling you […]
Expounded Universe 220 – Vuffi in Wonderlando
Is this episode big? Little? Both! We’re not sure exactly who’s doing the size changing around here, but everyone is brand new sizes (except Mohs, who instead has liberate’d tutemi […]
Expounded Universe 219 – The Taking Tree
We’re stepping up the pace to three chapters. Today we check in with Lando (tied to a tree, dying) and Vuffi Raa (full of arrows, dying), and then amazingly more […]
System Mastery 231 – Kevin & Kell RPG
A rare occasion where the “How the hell did this even happen” question seems fairly obvious (some company wanted a furry game in their line and this was close enough) […]
Movie Mastery – Cabin Boy (1994)
This movie has famously been mocked for being awful ever since it first came out and was nominated for two different bad movie awards. But, does it deserve the hate […]
Expounded Universe 218 – Who Gave That Toka A Crossbow
First, a brief discussion that has a surprising lack of detail available without going to a website: Does the Falcon have a bedroom? Feels like it should, right? But here’s […]
Expounded Universe 217 – Mohs’ Tavern
A man with a gun bursts through the door! And then things get slapstick, confusing, slapstick again, a little weird, maudlin for a second, really really confusing, and finally Jon […]
System Mastery 230 – White Box
Let’s GOSR! This here is one a them retro-type clones where the goal was extremely straightforward: The author liked Sword & Sorcery White Box and wanted another edition, so here […]
Movie Mastery – McCinsey’s Island (1998)
What starts out seeming like a standard Hulk Hogan action movie, quickly devolves into a strange, dreamlike comedy with cartoonish characters and a nonsensical plot.
Expounded Universe 216 – Toka And Fugue
Well heck, the last episode was certainly a bottle episode, never leaving Duttes Mer’s office, but this one is almost a bottle episode too, insofar as it’s set exclusively in […]
Expounded Universe 215 – Rokur Gepta? I Hardly Know ‘Er Gepta!
Bottle episode time! These two entire chapters never leave the office of one of our two villains. This time around, we’re going to meet Duttes Mer, the regional governer of […]
System Mastery 229 – Underworld
Ever had dreams about the world deep below the world you know? A world where magic and madness swirl, where animals may just speak aloud, a world where the ancient […]
Movie Mastery – Snakes on a Plane (2006)
We aren’t reviewing Morbius (yet) but how about another movie that decided to try to lean into the memes and then didn’t make any money because it turns out memes […]
Expounded Universe 214 – This Mynock Empty, Yeek
Oh my goodness it is a new book, and instead of dealing with Corran Horn for even one more goddamn second, we can finally hang with the cool man with […]
System Mastery 228 – Star Wars: Age of Rebellion
Well, FFG was sort of driven off this project (it’s a really sad story) so the most recent line of Star Wars games is now in our wheelhouse, I guess. […]
Movie Mastery – Initial D (2005)
When you adapt a manga or anime into live action, only good things can happen. And what could be more exciting than watching someone drive the exact same route 7 […]
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