The Game Chief’s Handbrain
Two years ago I had this idea for what I really wanted in an RPG screen. We spent a chunk of R&D budget determining whether it was a thing that we could actually make, and it turns out we can. So...
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Alien: Covenant
In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Alien: Covenant is not the feel-good hit movie of the summer. It’s powerful, and beautiful, and horrifying, and bleak, and thoughtful, and none of those...
View ArticleOnly Three Days Left!
This Kickstarter of ours is a quick one¹. It closes on Friday, so if you want the Game Chief’s Deluxe RPG “Handbrain” Screen, you should pledge today. Or tomorrow. But don’t wait until Thursday,...
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The Rusty Wrought-Iron Game Screen Mod
In this post I’ll explain in detail how you too can turn your fancy Deluxe Game Chief’s “Handbrain” Screen from slick, dry-erase-compatible ABS plastic to a battered, rusty piece of equipment that has...
View ArticleLast Chance!
Today is the last day you can back this project. Our Game Chief Screen Kickstarter has funded, and manufacturing will begin sometime early next week. We will make more than we need to fulfill orders,...
View ArticleThe Kickstarter is Closed
The Game Chief’s Handbrain Kickstarter is closed now. Thank you for backing it! If you missed it, and are now kicking yourself (likely in lieu of kicking us for not getting the word to you sooner)...
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Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman was pretty much a perfect movie. I loved it, Sandra loved it, and we’re both extremely happy that it is a thing that exists in this timeline. Does it redeem the clumsy, colorless DC movie...
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Schlock Mercenary Turns Seventeen
On Monday, June 12th of the year 2000 the very first Schlock Mercenary strip appeared on the web. Yesterday, Monday, June 12th of the year 2017 marked the seventeenth anniversary of that start...
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The Mummy
The trailers for The Mummy suggested that it was going to be a supernatural horror film retreading ground that Universal Studios has already covered several times. There was no hint that the movie...
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Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight was a waste of some pretty cool robot fight choreography, and an absolute squandering of Anthony Hopkins and Isabela Moner. This doesn’t surprise me, given the track...
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Planet Mercenary is Shipping!
If you backed the Planet Mercenary role playing game on Kickstarter, your rewards (books, cards, dice, tokens, etc) are on their way. Many of you have already gotten packages, but many more of you are...
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
I am quite glad to have a Spider-Man movie that doesn’t tell us the Uncle Ben story. Spider-Man: Homecoming clears my Threshold of Awesome, and comes in at #5 for me for the year. This film does what...
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War for the Planet of the Apes
On Saturday I watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes back-to-back. I enjoyed both of those movies quite a bit more now than I did when I first saw them, and the...
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is easily the least enjoyable film I’ve seen this year. It started off pretty well, and then our main characters took the screen and the movie began to...
View ArticleFour Weeks of Travel…
On Wednesday, July 26th, I fly out of Salt Lake City for a series of events. On Monday, August 21st, I fly back into Salt Lake City and then hook a ride back to my house. My house, my bed, my 4-monitor...
View ArticleHeidelberg from the Hotel
Look, I could totally go outside, but right now I’m enjoying the view of my notebook’s screen while I listen to something that is neither engine noise nor other human beings. I’m in Heidelberg,...
View ArticleFrom WorldCon to GenCon
I’m in Helsinki at WorldCon 75, and today is my last day here. The final leg of my 27-day tour begins on Sunday morning when I fly to Indianapolis in preparation for GenCon Indy. This trip has been...
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The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower took a little while deciding what kind of movie it wanted to be, but I enjoyed it. It’s not my favorite Idris Elba movie, and it’s not my favorite Stephen King movie, and it doesn’t...
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Me & Planet Mercenary at GenCon Indy
I’m at GenCon Indy this week! You can find me at Booth #1549 with Sandra Tayler, Jim Zub, and Tracy Hickman. Planet Mercenary at GenCon! We’ve got stacks of Planet Mercenary materials*, including the...
View ArticleBack at My Desk, 28 Days Later
I spent 27 days on the road, and didn’t even power my PC up until the day after I got back. This means that 1) it’s 28 days later, and 2) I’m glad it’s not the movie kind of 28 days later. I have a...
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