When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain By Amanda Hudgins • December 7th, 2020 A sequel to Nghi Vo’s also fantastic Empress of Salt and Fortune, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain is a story about oral history and mythmaking.
2800 words on Ready Player Two By Amanda Hudgins • November 30th, 2020 The weirdest thing about Ready Player Two is that it decides to confront the criticisms of Ready Player One head on in the least effective way you could imagine.
Nearing the End of the World: Warning from Space (1956) By Orrin Grey • November 19th, 2020 Warning from Space spends 90% of its running time watching people waiting for things.
Bad Bosses and Evil Ed By Michael Baginski • November 18th, 2020 Evil Ed, for all its ridiculousness and over exaggerated actors, hides a message about labor exploitation in the film industry and how one’s mental health can be seriously affected on the job.
Try Reading... Coven Edition By Harry Rabinowitz • November 13th, 2020 Witchy comic recommendations for our resident hexers.
Another Look Sing It Out By Yussef Cole • October 30th, 2020 Lovers Rock, one of the films in Steve McQueen’s brilliant new “Small Axe” anthology about the UK’s West Indian community from the 1960s through the 1980s, is full of a palpable and irresistible energy.
The Fail Cycle Write Your Own Pendragon Review By Declan Taggart • October 26th, 2020 Pick your path to the fall of Camelot.
I Played It, Like, Twice… Shadows on the Cave Wall: Finding Clues in Scooby-Doo: Betrayal at Mystery Mansion By Orrin Grey • October 9th, 2020 Scooby-Doo and Betrayal at House on the Hill are a match made in some kind of spooky heaven.
Zot‘s Utopian Dream By Grace Benfell • September 14th, 2020 “This world is worth fighting for. It is not dead yet.”
I Played It, Like, Twice… Lost in the Dark: Finding My Way to Descent During the Plague Times By Orrin Grey • September 3rd, 2020 “In a fit of COVID-induced mania and an effort to scratch that at-home D&D itch, I picked up not just Descent but several of the expansions.”
