Movie Mastery – Space Truckers (1996)
Follow the thrilling escapades of John Canyon as he coerces a girl to marry him for a ride and then be chilled by the worst thing that poor Charles Dance […]
Tag Archives: sci-fi
Movie Mastery – They Live (1988)
A terrifying, inhuman elite controls society and keeps people under control through television, advertising, and the help of their recruits that work to maintain the suppression of any rebellious actions. […]
Movie Mastery – Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
Not to be confused with Star Wars: The Cone Wars the TV show. Or Star Wars: Clone Wars the TV show. Or Star Wars: The Clone Wars the video game. […]
Movie Mastery – Ready Player One (2018)
If you love pop-culture references to things from the 80’s and early 90’s and also nothing else, then this is the adaptation you’ve been waiting for.
Horrortoberfest ’20 Day 19 – Starfish (2018)
This week goes a bit more lo-fi on the Tech Week theme with a movie that centers around mix tapes and music. I love a good “end of the […]
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 […]
Star Thugs – System Mastery 162
Time for some sci-fi! This game takes all the futuristic space convention you love and just DUMPS on it, haha yeah rad, fuck Star Trek! Anyhow come along won’t you? […]
Horrortoberfest 2019 – Day 18 – Horror Hotel (2015)
If you’re reading this and you haven’t listened to the episode of Movie Mastery where we watched Return to Horror Hotel then a lot of this might not make sense. […]
Space Master – System Mastery 157
Well, we had to take a look at a Role Master game eventually, and this one chose us. This 1985 RPG is deeply, deeply mathy, and features a fantastic story […]
Movie Mastery – Mom and Dad Save the World
Imagine if someone with no sense of humor decided they wanted to make a movie like Spaceballs. Now imagine they decided to make it a Jeffrey Jones vehicle. Now imagine […]
Tenchi Muyo! RPG and Resource Book – System Mastery 141
It’s a Tri-Stat game! We’ve done a few of these already so you already know the basics. Weird combat system where the attacker and the defender have very little to […]
Movie Mastery – Jupiter Ascending (2015)
With a movie that was universally panned when it came out; will this turn out to be a sleeper of a hit? Or were the critics right and the whole […]
Leystorm: The Dominion – System Mastery 140
In a grim future where everyone is lopsided and has dreads, can a few awful chumps win a mighty rebellion against Darth Emperor of Mankind? This mid-90s science fantasy game […]
Maelstrom Storytelling – System Mastery 139
1997, a dark year indeed. Bad Batman movies and stuff. Seriously, it was not a good scene, unless you were crazy for middling swing music. But hey, this book came […]
Systems Failure – System Mastery 138
We’re back from our very needed rest and relaxation, and working harder than ever to fill your ears with reviews of roleplaying games. This time we’re talking the Y2K bug […]
The World of Species – System Mastery 136
The World of Species! Finally an RPG with a glossy photo of a young Alfred Molina in it! This Masterbook licensed setting is rife with information about the sex-sci-fi thriller […]
Renegade Legion: Legionnaire – System Mastery 134
It’s Romans. In. Spaaaaaaace on today’s episode of System Mastery. Thrill at the game designed to be compatible with a bunch of other games! Marvel at page after page of […]
Horrortoberfest ’18 Day 2 – Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Today’s movie ended up having a connection to yesterday’s. There was actually a poster for this movie hanging in the background of Chopping Mall. Who knows, maybe I’ll just do […]
In Theaters Now – The Predator
Once again, an alien species of hunters comes to Earth but this time it’s not trophies that they’re after. Can our ragtag crew of soldiers with PTSD, a biologist, and […]
Marauder 2107 – System Mastery 130
A game that dares to ask the question “What if Bubblegum Crisis?” Seriously, that’s the question. The answer, surprisingly, is “No one gets the mech suits, everyone is a dirty […]
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