Desaster – The Oath of an Iron Ritual (Released 2016) It's always heartwarming when you first hear of a band that's been toiling in obscurity for several decades. Desaster's sound fits right in with that of most modern black metal bands, and according to Metal Archives, they've been together since 1988! Sort of, I guess … Continue reading Obscure Metal Roundup III
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Great British Baking Show Power Rankings – Bread Week
What the heck was that? Last week, I said that I expected a “bloodbath”, and I would have bet real money that we would have seen this season's promised double elimination this week. That didn't happen – never lay down your hard-earned scratch on prop bets, kids – and while there was plenty of turmoil, … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings – Bread Week
Is Baldur’s Gate II Bullshit?
I finished Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition about six weeks ago, give or take. This was cause for great celebration for a couple of reasons. First, the latter portions of the Siege of Dragonspear expansion were an absolute motherfucker, being comprised mainly of fights with ultra-powerful wizards, actual devils, and the like. The last boss fight … Continue reading Is Baldur’s Gate II Bullshit?
Obscure Metal Roundup II
Booze Control – Forgotten Lands (Released 2019) I don't really know why this is the case, or what is signifies about me as a person, but for some reason I've become more receptive to contemporary metal as I've gotten older. When I was a kid, I thought it was all indistinguishable death growls and never-ending … Continue reading Obscure Metal Roundup II
Great British Baking Show Power Rankings – Biscuits Week
The second week of the season is in the books, and we're getting a clearer picture of which bakers have the skills to make a deep run, and which bakers are likely to end up going home sooner rather than later. I expected to see a lot of variation in this week's results because, let's … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings – Biscuits Week
Tips for Creating Homebrewed Character Options
Dungeons & Dragons is like any other hobby, in that it can be entirely too damn expensive. Breaking in to the game isn't the cheapest endeavor in the first place – if you're only going to be a player you have it pretty easy, as you only need to get a hold of the Player's … Continue reading Tips for Creating Homebrewed Character Options
Obscure Metal Roundup I
Welcome to the first installment of Obscure Metal Roundup! This semi-recurring feature is meant to be exactly what it sounds like. Each article will feature mini reviews of three metal albums that I have discovered recently from bands that seem like they were made up by a bot designed to invent metal bands, based on … Continue reading Obscure Metal Roundup I
Great British Baking Show Power Rankings – Cake Week
Welcome to the first ever installment of the Great British Baking Show Power Rankings! I know what you're thinking: “Rob, why are you examining the gentlest, calmest, and most altogether pleasant cooking competition show through the ham fisted lens of the Power Ranking format, traditional purview of hot take artisans and the functionally insane?” I'm … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings – Cake Week
Grab Bag 10,000
-I've moved onto Nightmare mode in Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, and while it looked for a hot second as though I would be forced to eat each and every word about how the game was too easy for my liking, I managed to hit a groove with it. Nightmare mode is harder, naturally – … Continue reading Grab Bag 10,000
Some Quick Thoughts on Andrew Luck
As those of you who follow the NFL are surely aware of by now, Colts quarterback Andrew Luck up and announced his retirement last night. Guys retire from the NFL all the time, of course, but quarterbacks of Luck's stature only do so if they're old and washed up. Luck was neither. He was injured, … Continue reading Some Quick Thoughts on Andrew Luck
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