2015 will bring in a lot of anticipated next-gen titles to gamers like “Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End” (tentative July 2015), “Batman: Arkham Knight” (June 2nd, 2015), and “The Order: 1886” (February 20th, 2015). But like Confucius says “Before one can can truly enjoy game; game inside oneself must be […]
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DND Review – Hard Times in Dragon City (With Bonus Kickstarter)
Those discerning readers who also listen to the TCN podcast might recall our discussion around crowd sourcing sites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and others. These sites always have some new and exciting game, book, or movie to invest in and it’s tough to know what deserves my backing and what […]
The Darkside of Yelp
Davide Cerretin owns an Italian Bistro named Botto Bistro in San Francisco, as with most people in his position he lives off advertising. Getting people in the door is how he keeps his head above water. So when the online review site Yelp contacted him, at one point fifteen to […]
Lovecraft’s Racism and the World Fantasy Awards
If you’re a book nerd like I pretend to be, you may have heard the recent ruckus going on about H.P. Lovecraft and the World Fantasy Awards. If you haven’t, the sound bite goes that the WFA is under pressure to change their award, a characterized bust of Lovecraft (Article […]
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When you ask someone who calls him or herself a Geek or a Nerd, most often they identify with being an outcast. It is often a badge of pride in our subculture that we are accepting of our fellow outcasts and don’t judge. It’s time that we talked about something we […]
[Dime Novel Defender] Ex-Heroes
I’m pretty sure you already know who I am. As for everyone else… I don’t think there are enough people left to make a secret identity worth the effort. -St. George, Ex-Heroes Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines has been on my reading list for […]
[Dime Novel Defender] The Monster in the Mist (A Chronological Man Adventure)
. . . . The Monster in the Mist (A Chronological Man Adventure) by Andrew Mayne *Beware, here there be spoilers…* I’ll admit, I didn’t quite know what I was getting into when I picked up Andrew Mayne’s, The Monster in the Mist (A Chronological Man Adventure). Going off […]
Introducing the “Dime Novel Defender” review series
I don’t think I’m surprising anyone when I say we’re living in the Age of the Nerd. Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror are now so common, you can’t channel surf without seeing an award-winning actor portraying a vampire, robot, or wizard. Summer blockbusters are all comics now, and video games […]
Destiny gets rated by the ESRB; But Is The “Teen” Rating Too Low?
As this may come as a surprise to many, the “Teen” rating that Destiny has received from ESRB isn’t that far of a reach in todays culture. We see blood, sex, violence, alcohol/tobacco usage, and much more on every other channel on the network today. Even though a game like […]
[Rewind Review] The Slackers – Self Medication
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