For the modern enthusiast with old world style. First They Had Chessboards, Then Computers, Now This. Chess is among the oldest games on Earth, and...
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J.S. Morin
Onward – An Epic Road Trip to Self Discovery
I’m going to state right from the start, until the story itself told me otherwise, I had thought the main characters were trolls. That out of the...
Sleeping Gods Distant Skies
A game of decisions and destiny The original Sleeping Gods is a cooperative tabletop RPG with a storybook feel and an actual book of...
Nanoleaf
Lighting the way you want it I think most of us have had the experience of moving into your first apartment. Underfurnished. Underlit. Figuring out...
Andromeda Strain
The first real sci-fi virus movie Andromeda Strain is a 1971 classic and the forebear of all other sci-fi virus movies. And, as a pioneer, it...
Darkside Detective
A throwback to an earlier era The Darkside Detective is a point-and-click mystery game very much in the vein of the old Police Quest series...
Withings BeamO
It’s got a few key functions covered In the Star Trek universe, a tricorder is a handheld miracle capable of scanning and analyzing just...
Legend of Vox Machina – D&D Campaign > Stream > Anime?
Roundabout way of getting a D&D story on-screen... During the mysterious early 2020s, a YouTube channel known as Critical Role hit critical...
Dispatch
Dispatch burst onto the scene with a novel premise in an oversaturated superhero market. You play as Robert, a.k.a. Mecha Man, a superhero who...
Electric Cars – Do Androids Dream of Electric Vehicles?
The roads are quietly evolving Year by year, electric vehicle adoption inches higher. Gasoline isn’t going to be around forever, and even while it...
House of the Dragon – Before The Mad King, a Bunch of Miffed Targaryens
A Game of Thrones prequel that remembers the formula When Game of Thrones debuted in April 2011, viewers were blown away. It promised a grim fairy...
Flamecraft – Cute Little Dragons Invade Your Tabletop
These dragons aren’t just adorable, they’re industrious In Flamecraft, you oversee a village where dragonish artisans pry their trades. It’s a...
Future tech sample platter (CES 2026)
Some of the future is on sale, but it’s expensive Every year, the future gets a little bit closer. Some of it arrives. A few bits and pieces fade...
Year 13 of My 5-10 Year Overnight Success Plan
Guess what time of year it is? It’s time for your favorite(?) tormentor of the English language to harass the number system for a while. Yeah, we’re...
Modern Christmas Mythos
Elves as special forces and low-orbit space sleighs? The year is 1823. James Monroe is president of the United States (of which there are presently...
Free Birds
The SciFi Thanksgiving Holiday Special You’ve Been Missing Every December, and even a little bit before, the world is awash in Yuletide cheer. Every...
The Halloween Tree
Two sci-fi giants, one spooky Halloween classic Well, it's that time of year again. Candy. Costumes. Holiday specials airing nonstop for a month....
Shardlight
Come for the mystery, stay for the atmosphere of this point-and-click dystopian adventure with serious vibes. 2016’s Shardlight is a...
Princess Bride
Low-Magic Fantasy? Inconceivable! How a classic tale dodges fantasy’s biggest trap. Magic system. Magic system. Magic system. Start a conversation...
AI-Assisted Archaeology
How to build a better archaeologist. AI needed a hobby, and this could be it. Between roughly fifteen hundred and twenty-two hundred years ago, in...
Dwarf Fortress – now with UI!
The Dwarfiest Dwarves Who Ever Dwarfed, Now Accessible to Non-Zealots Dwarf Fortress is the quintessential fortress management game. A two-person...
Frieren
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, is a surprisingly succinct title that describes exactly what this anime is about. We meet the protagonist, Frieren,...
Delivery robots
Delivery food, minus some stranger’s car. Note: Don’t tip the robot. How would you feel if you order a burger and fries on Uber Eats and a little...
The War Within
One take that dwarves would rather leave, aka the less-than-proud origin of Dwarves Every well-developed fantasy setting has its share of lore....