THE PINT INVADES – CONNECTICON / CT F.I.G.
Con’s have certainly grown in the past decade. I remember a time when a “big show” was in a large hotel’s conference room (sometimes they actually rolled the room dividers back and used TWO conference rooms!!!!), and there were maybe a couple hundred sweaty nerds digging through longboxes looking for that one or Read More
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If you’ve read any of my previous articles, you know that I have a certain fondness for what I like to call “backpack games”. What pray tell makes a good backpack game? Well for starters, it has to have a couple of things going for it: A) Portability and Durability – How easy is Read More
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“Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!” ~ Kang, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror II, “The Monkey’s Paw”, episode 42 Thirty years is longevity in the entertainment industry. Thirty years of a single constant, with little visible change in the outward appearance. That’s an impressive feat, one that is easier when the Read More
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Hey kids! John back at it again, giving you the lowdown on what I have been reading, watching and playing lately. Darth Vader #19- As in the Marvel comic series, currently written by Charles Soule. This is a top of the pile read for me every week that it comes out. Following Vader in Read More
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“Surviving in New York Requires like 2 jobs and a little fraud on the side (sic)” ~ from the ‘I’m Still So NYC’ Facebook group, via John Ostrander. As an armchair historian and a comic book fan, I’ve always been fascinated by the intricacies of the earliest days of the comic book form, as well Read More
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Coinciding with the podcast episode ‘It’s Big Enough’, number 53 for those counting, I’m releasing this detailed overview of my trip to the set of the original Starship Enterprise in Ticonderoga, New York. If you just had to know all the minutiae of my day, here it is. Enjoy. Some weeks ago I happened Read More
No Comments on Warp Factor Eight, LieutenantA Ganache On The Street Report: Don’t Go In The Water
Our good friends at Connecticut Cult Classics threw a curveball this year, by announcing a July event in between their normal bimonthly scheduled shows in June and August. This in itself is cool enough, getting to spend an extra Saturday night hanging out and watching a fun double feature, but when Larry Dwyer, Emperor Read More
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I love cooperative games. While fun can most certainly be found in the crucible of competition, my heart will always belong to the cooperative end of the spectrum. Recently, I had an opportunity to play a game right up my alley. A game developed by a gentleman as passionate about cooperative games as I Read More
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Let’s dive right in again! Friday The 13th– So on an actual Friday the 13th last week, I happened to be in a Best Buy. Browsing through the Blu Rays as I do, I saw the package collecting the first 8 adventures of hockey masked maniac Jason Voorhees on sale for $22. I am not a Read More
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When co director of 1997’s “Symphony of the Night” and its GBA sequels Koji Igarashi took to Kickstarter to fund his latest project “Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night”, legions of fans eagerly jumped on board. Blowing it’s initial funding goal of $500,000 out of the water, the campaign ended with over $5.5 million dollars Read More
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