This installment of Obscure Metal Roundup is nothing if not a traditional metal showcase. There's no principled reason for this; I have not up and decided to ignore the constellations of subgenres metal has to offer in a fit of regressive distaste for anything other than clean vocals and tonal solos. It's just that I'm … Continue reading Obscure Metal Roundup 13
Shadowrun Returns – An Examination
I can't speak to anyone else's life experiences, but if you're like me, your 2013 fucking sucked. I spent just about the entire year drunk, broke, bitter, and mortally constipated. I'm not positive I had a single uniformly positive experience at any point during the entire calendar year, which is really saying something when you … Continue reading Shadowrun Returns – An Examination
Rob’s Penne with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe
It's been a long time since I've shared a recipe in this space, and that's mostly because when I've chosen to do so, I've fucked them up. I've forgotten steps, I've forgotten ingredients, and I've given recipes that are just bad ideas. I consider every recipe I've posted here an embarrassment as a result. Today … Continue reading Rob’s Penne with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe
Is Divinity: Original Sin II Bullshit?
After years of half-formed plans and vague resolutions, I finally built myself a PC sufficient to fulfill my gaming desires. For years and years, I was scared of building. I'm neither an electrician nor an electrical engineer, and I would not describe myself as particularly handy. Sarah and I make a pretty effective Ikea furniture … Continue reading Is Divinity: Original Sin II Bullshit?
Tom Brady Super Bowl Wins, Ranked From Least to Most Dispiriting
The Super Bowl has come and gone, and while I can't speak for anyone, I'm nonetheless sure we can all agree that it sucked. If you're like me, you gained almost no pleasure from watching the game itself, and if Sunday could be said to have been a good day, it was because the food … Continue reading Tom Brady Super Bowl Wins, Ranked From Least to Most Dispiriting
19 Hits the Dragon, Episode 12: Is The Matrix Cyberpunk?; or, An Introduction to Cyberpunk Red, Part 1
It's a very special episode of 19 Hits the Dragon! For the very first time in the show's extensive and prestigious history, Mike and Rob are venturing all the way out of the high fantasy adventure gaming space and dive headlong into the world of Cyberpunk Red! It is a distant, bleak, dystopian future, where … Continue reading 19 Hits the Dragon, Episode 12: Is The Matrix Cyberpunk?; or, An Introduction to Cyberpunk Red, Part 1
Obscure Metal Roundup 12
Hellripper – The Affair of the Poisons (Released 2020) Yeah, I know, I know. I haven't brought a fresh OMR to the masses for over a month now, leaving you all to scrounge around and re-listen to Satanic Royalty for the 10,000th time. It was too long to be gone, but I had a lot … Continue reading Obscure Metal Roundup 12
Super Bowl LV Extravaganza
So, I guess the Super Bowl is this weekend? That's neat, I suppose, although I'd be lying if I said I'm all that excited for it. As the hype engine for the big game revs up to the point that it threatens to send this metaphor careening off into a ditch, my own lack of … Continue reading Super Bowl LV Extravaganza
19 Hits the Dragon, Episode 10: AD&D 2nd Edition Part 1; or, Bioessentialism Gives You a Headache
You come into consciousness, floating in nilspace. You are unsure if you have corporeal form, or any sort of physical extension, for that matter. As far as you know, you are only the sum of your thoughts and mental processes. Before you are able to fully acclimate to this nothing, a voice calls out to … Continue reading 19 Hits the Dragon, Episode 10: AD&D 2nd Edition Part 1; or, Bioessentialism Gives You a Headache
NFL Conference Championship Picks
Was anyone else underwhelmed by the Divisional Round, or was it just me? The Divisional Round is, historically, the round of greatest insanity. In olden times, it has been known as the the Round of The Immaculate Reception and The Sea of Hands and Red Right 88 and The Epic In Miami and...(*shudders in Vikings*)...The … Continue reading NFL Conference Championship Picks
Rob Writes About Whatever 