Unreview Rules: I must pay for it. I must like it. I try my best to use E-Prime The only thing that eclipses my hatred of war is my admiration for soldiers. — J. Berek My favorite war movies are are about soldiers, not battles. I lived for five years in Georgia.…
In 1980, I was twelve years old, reading the books my father brought home and stuck on a small shelf in our living room. There were never more than five or six, but all of them were big. My dad likes to read, but he reads very slowly, and he likes to enjoy books, he…
Unreview Rules: I have to like it, I have to pay for it, I do my best to use E-Prime. Jennifer and I were married once. We live different lives now, but we keep up with each other, send book and movie recommendations, chat about this and that. She loves a good ghost story,…
I think it’s safe to say that one of the reasons I love Tarrentino movies is because he always seems to be ahead of me. Catching me off guard. Start with Reservoir Dogs. A bunch of clearly criminal elements sitting around in a diner talking about Madonna. I did not see that coming. Then, the…
Someone asked me about my Unreview rules recently: I have to pay for it, I have to like it, I do my best to use E-Prime. Well, here’s why. Imagine someone who reviews movies after only seeing the trailer. Or reviews books after reading the back cover. Or reviews games after only reading the…
Unreview Rules: I have to like it, I have to pay for it, I try my best to use E-Prime (avoid using any iteration of the verb “to be”) whenever I talk about the thing. The thing I liked most about Captain Marvel and the thing I liked least are both liked to such a…
Normally, my rules for an unreview include an attempt to use E-Prime. In other words, I try my best to avoid using any iteration of the verb “to be.” Let me start this unreview by breaking that rule. This shit is mean. I mean bleak. I mean if the Red Wedding got you to throw…
Every GM should watch professional wrestling. Let me amend that. Every GM should watch good professional wrestling. And yes, before you ask, let me say that there is such a thing. For most people, their experience with the genre is limited to 80’s style WWF kick-punch-repeat. Well, my fellow gamers, that’s like someone saying, “I…
I just finished watching the first four episodes of Luke Cage and after the first, I came to a realization. I could not write this show. The other two Marvel shows, I could have taken a swing at. I could write about Daredevil, I could have written about Jessica Jones. Whether or not the shows…
A desperate plea to all screenwriters. Please stop trying to destroy the Earth. Or, if you’re gonna do it, have some guts and actually do it. I have a notion for a Star Trek campaign for my friends. They’re Federation cops on the fringe of Federation space handling smugglers, renegade Klingon captains and other miscreants. Their ship…