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Tag Archives: fantasy

Movie Mastery – Bright (2017)

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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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Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 29 – The House With a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

October 29, 2021by systemmastery 1 Comment

This movie is an adaptation of the book with the same name extremely long name. I had never heard of the book when this came out a few years ago […]

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System Mastery 210 – Amber Diceless

October 5, 2021by systemmastery 6 Comments

Oh geez, this one is gonna get us some letters.  Lemme just warn you in advance if you’re as hot on this property as everyone on the internet seems to […]

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System Mastery 189 – New Gods of Mankind

December 15, 2020by systemmastery 2 Comments

Now here’s some good old fashioned back to basics shit.  Got to be, right?  Name like that?  Shirtless axe dude on the cover?  Well, color us surprised because this thing […]

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Movie Mastery – Eragon (2006)

December 10, 2020by systemmastery 1 Comment

    When all the young adult novels were fighting to see who would come out on top, Eragon set itself apart by being written by a teen itself. A […]

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Horrortoberfest ’20 Day 8 – Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)

October 8, 2020by systemmastery Leave a comment

  I wasn’t really sure what to expect going into today’s movie. Hell, even after seeing it, it remains hard for me to really put my thoughts into a coherent […]

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SenZar – System Mastery 177

June 30, 2020by systemmastery 2 Comments

With 26 races, nearly 40 classes, giant complex martial arts systems and a battle world that has run amok for aeons aesthetic, where could SenZar possibly go wrong?  It’s an […]

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Movie Mastery – Winter’s Tale (2014)

January 10, 2020by systemmastery 1 Comment

What if stars are miracles left by people when they die and we wish on the love of those who have gone before with heaven’s wishing love miracle? What if […]

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Quest of the Ancients – System Mastery 161

November 19, 2019by systemmastery 2 Comments

Have you missed the good old fashioned heartbreaker game paradigm?  Well fret no longer friend, because this one has it all!  Elves! Dwarves!  Saracens for some reason!  This reprint of […]

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Of Gods and Men – System Mastery 146

April 23, 2019by systemmastery 3 Comments

Hey who wants an old-fashioned case of the Heartbreakers?  Because that’s what we’ve got right here.  And it’s a doozy!  In that it’s one of those small-batch ones that you […]

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In Theaters Now – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

November 30, 2018by systemmastery 4 Comments

Return once more to the Wizarding World where we follow out hero Newt Scamander as he barely manages to be part of the plot that is happening around him. Everyone […]

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Movie Mastery – In The Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2006)

August 24, 2017by systemmastery 4 Comments

At some point in time Uwe Boll watched The Lord of the Rings and thought to himself, “Hey, I could do that.” Using the barest connection to a video game […]

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Legendary Lives – System Mastery 98

July 3, 2017by systemmastery 6 Comments

The countdown to episode 100 begins!  This week, Legendary Lives.  Just another heartbreaker you’ve never heard of?  Maybe.  Does it commit several of the weird sins of old game design?  […]

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In Theaters Now – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

December 1, 2016by systemmastery 4 Comments

Now our review of the latest installment in the Harry Potter world which also ends up being Jef ranting about how much he hates magic in Harry Potter. It’s a […]

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Movie Mastery – Dragonfyre (2013)

September 7, 2016by systemmastery 4 Comments

When orcs begin to invade our world, it’s up to the Poor Man’s Mark Wahlberg to stop them. He will be helped by a Porn Star in Spock Ears, a […]

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Everway – System Mastery 72

June 20, 2016by systemmastery 6 Comments

What’s in this box?  Who drew a big circle on the cover?  What’s up with the grey swirly mist situation in the background?  In Everway, players make characters by telling […]

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Not Exactly 7th Sea – System Mastery 66

March 31, 2016by systemmastery 18 Comments

April Fools!  This is really more about an hour of digressions.  People keep asking what the point is, so here’s the point of that.  Actually have you ever seen the […]

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Stormbringer – System Mastery 38

March 2, 2015by systemmastery 5 Comments

Episode 38 – Stormbringer ELRIC!  Thy book is a thousand times more execrable than thou!  Though I have to admit I had this iconic piece of nerd power fantasy confused […]

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Fantasy Imperium – System Mastery 34

January 5, 2015by systemmastery 11 Comments

SystemMastery 34 – Fantasy Imperium This game was surprisingly difficult to find art for.  The cover is easy enough, since it’s got a famous story behind it, but apparently no […]

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Horrortoberfest Fairy Tale Week – Final Thoughts

October 7, 2013by jonmastery Leave a comment

Netflix is currently not working for me right now, so I figured I’d give some last thoughts on the intersection of the horror genre and fairy tales.  While several of […]

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