Hansa Teutonica came into my awareness during a board game discussion with a few friends in the last 6 months. I went searching for a copy only to come up short. Interesting that in that time the company behind it Pegasus Spiele would decide to re-release it in a “Big Box form. I’ll say this…
Blu-ray Review Homegrown Horrors Vol. 1
There is nothing that feels quite like a backyard, or “Homegrown Horror” film as the latest box set from Vinegar Syndrome calls them. I am not just saying this, as a fan of horror films, but I genuinely feel that horror (with science fiction as a close second) has the most genuinely passionate fan base…
Tabletop Review – Block Ness – Blue Orange Games
Block Ness by Blue Orange Games – Ryan Miller Years ago I was introduced to a game called Blockus by my nephews on my wife’s side of the family. It was a fun little game in which players place Tetris-like pieces on a square board to control an area. There was a lot to like…
Tabletop Review – Photosynthesis – Under the Moonlight
Blue Orange Games was kind enough to send me the expansion to Photosynthesis for review and, while not impossible, I’d feel the need to talk a little bit about the initial set it adds to. To begin, if you know me, you’ll know I love games with weird a seemingly boring themes. At it’s core…
Tabletop Review – Starlink – Blue Orange Games
Starlink by Blue Orange Games I recently was able to host a game night with my regular crew featuring a game that wasn’t specifically in my wheel house. It had no dice, weird mechanics, miniatures, or anything that resembles what we normally play. The game was Starlink by Blue Orange Games(whose only other game I’d…
Tabletop Review – Tapestry (Stonemaier Games)
Once again diving into a Stonemaier Games property, my gaming group readied ourselves for a great experience. Having just played the straightforward Between Two Castles and constantly gushing over the greatness of Wingspan, my playgroup excitedly attempted to dive in with our next Stonemaier adventure. This time we wouldn’t be feeding birds or building rooms…
Blu-ray Review – The Black Cat (Severin)
Dario Argento’s film Inferno came out in 1980, and was essentially panned by critics, rejected by the American studio who helped finance it, and watched fans ignore it as it was not the “Suspiria 2” they were looking for. Over the years the film has grown in esteem (Inferno is my favorite of Argento’s fare…
Blu-ray Review – Lady Death – Sentai Filmworks
When I was a teenager I would buy every issue of Fangoria I could get my hands on. In almost every issue throughout the 90’s there were ads for Chaos! Comics and their characters like Purgatori, Chastity, Evil Ernie, and of course, Lady Death! Being a horror-fanboy-metalhead, I ended up eating Chaos’ unique brand of…
Blu-ray Review – A Certain Scientific Accelerator (Funimation)
When A Certain Scientific Accelerator hit my mailbox, I was unaware of this entry in the Index saga. So needless to say I had to squeeze in the time to watch it being a fan of the entries in the series I have seen so far. This series follows the antagonist of the prior entries…
Blu-ray Review – Africa Salaryman (Funimation)
I don’t really believe this, but at times I feel that maybe we all are living in a simulation. Coincidences being so on the nose on the regular that it feels like it’s been written to be that way. A few weeks ago the Blu-ray of Africa Salaryman ended up on my doorstep, at the…