SPOILER WARNING: These diaries will contain spoilers for Dragon Age Inquisition (DAI), as well as its predecessors, Dragon Age: Origins (DAO) and Dragon Age II (DA2), and may also contain spoilers from the tie-in materials. If you’re new to this whole Dragon Age business and want to know what the hell I’m going on about,…
The Thursday Book Beat: Amazon’s Head Honcho Says Books Are Too Expensive
Amazon’s Head Honcho Says Books Are Too Expensive In this write up by Business Insider, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is essentially saying that books aren’t necessarily expensive in regards to an individual being unable to afford a $30 or even $20 due to their socioeconomic position. Why would he say that when we have libraries that help…
Making the Season Bright: Twelve Holiday YA Stories
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories Edited by Stephanie Perkins St. Martin’s Griffin October 2014 Though I don’t believe in listening to Christmas music before U.S. Thanksgiving, I was hard pressed to resist picking up My True Love Gave to Me (hereafter abbreviated as MTLGTM) when it was released in October. Stephanie…
Bruise: Sarah Horrocks at Sacred Prism
Sarah Horrocks talks comics with high standards, entry level requirements, and no quarter given. Reviewing her work feels like an exam. I’m raising my hand in McGonagall’s class. Bruise, her 2014 risograph from Sacred Prism, is the first time I’ve read Horrocks’ comic output. I’ve looked at her art before, I’ve read her crit, and…
The Twin Peaks Log: S.1 E.6
Welcome to our biweekly roundtable of Twin Peaks where we are working our way through every. Single. Episode. Some of us are regulars and some of us newbies, but none of our experiences are the same. So get yourself a damn fine cup of coffee, watch along with us, and feel free to chime in…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Bruce Lee: Enter the Game Alert, alert! I need this game! Somehow I missed it during my Thanksgiving weekend food coma, but 2 million downloads can’t be wrong. Downloading it right… NOW. Arcade-style Bruce Lee action is available on iOS and Android devices. Thank goodness! Joe Kowalski’s Impossible Games He was asked to participate in…
A Trip Down Fear Street: Wrong Number 2 #27
Deena and Jade are back in my review of The Wrong Number 2: Mr. Faberson is out of jail, and Chuck keeps acting like a dumbass. What will happen this time?!
Phone Game Review: Threes
Threes Price: $1.99 Google Play; $2.99 Apple Store Developer: Asher Volmer and Greg Wohlwend Platform: Android; iOS I’m obsessed with Threes, and I’m sharing my obsession with you. Threes is a number matching game for smartphones. The game is similar to 2048, but better. Unlike 2048’s late 60s era harvest gold minimalism, Threes is stinking cute,…
#WWACWarriors: Starting New Year’s Early
From time to time, we have shared our adventures in exercise, working out, and just getting our bodies up and moving under the category: WWAC Warrior. Ardo has written about her adventures in boxing and Muay Thai, Wendy B has written about her experience using the Zombies Run app, and we have even interviewed game developer Brianna…
Inquisition Diaries #3: We’re Off to See the Chantry
SPOILER WARNING: These diaries will contain spoilers for Dragon Age Inquisition (DAI), as well as its predecessors, Dragon Age: Origins (DAO) and Dragon Age II (DA2), and may also contain spoilers from the tie-in materials. If you’re new to this whole Dragon Age business and want to know what the hell I’m going on about,…
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: Oodles of Interviews
Big news in the indie comics-sphere was scant this week, probably thanks to the holiday, but there were lots of interesting, meaty interviews posted, on comics you don’t hear about every day.
The Grinch Who Stole Our Van
This month we’ll be sharing stories about various holidays that we do-or-do-not participate in, do-or-do-not enjoy, and do-or-do-not recommend for others. Happy Decemberween Last year thieves ruined every single future Christmas of my life. Partially. They destroyed 10% of the enjoyment of Christmases yet to come the night they stole our van.