Totally Generic No One Has Actually Read Lord of the Rings By Natasha Ochshorn • April 16th, 2025 It is really easy to lie about having read a book that many people are familiar with but many fewer accurately remember.
Totally Generic 11 Alternative Shows I Thought of While Watching Rings of Power By Natasha Ochshorn • December 6th, 2024 I spend a lot of my time watching the show imagining what I would do differently.
Feature Excerpt Hidetaka Miyazaki’s Middle Earth By Jamie Redgate • April 29th, 2021 How does one go about making a modern fantasy touchstone?
Lore’d of the Rings: The Horror of Knowledge By David Shimomura • November 27th, 2018 They say knowledge is power, but sometimes it is just isolating.
Middle Earth Role Playing By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 12th, 2018 Vintage RPG journeys to the Shire to check out Iron Crown Enterprise’s Middle Earth Roleplaying.
We Need a Real Nemesis System By David Shimomura • March 13th, 2017 “What if any game forced you to own up to the potentially thousands of people you may have wronged?”
Verse and Controller By J. Stephen Addcox • February 2nd, 2015 J. Stephen Addcox examines the importance of poetry in videogames like Gone Home, Ni No Kuni, Skyrim and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.
Dollar Store Conan By Michael Edwards • April 3rd, 2013 Michael Edwards braves the schlocky realms of c-grade knock-off fantasy films.
Unlucky Number Three By Brian Bannen • December 20th, 2012 Brian Bannen looks at the endings of trilogies and searches for the reason why sometimes two is better than three.
A Brief History of Role-Playing By Tim Mucci • July 28th, 2011 Behold the first installment of Tim Mucci’s Tabletop Wizard! Behold and tremble!
