How to Popcorn

How to Popcorn

Regular readers will be aware that I worked for a local movie theater chain in my dissolute youth. During my time there, I learned how to make professional-grade popcorn whose addictiveness one friend equated to crack. At least I think that's what he said. His mouth was full of popcorn…
March 2, 202113 Comments
Combat Frame XSeed: SS

Combat Frame XSeed: SS

The absolutely apocalyptic second book in the hit XSeed: S series is now live on Indiegogo!Space is a graveyardThey came to destroy us ...... Now they're humanity's only hopeThe Guardian Angels race home to confront a traitor. Instead, disaster forces them into a savage battle with an invincible enemy bent…
March 1, 20215 Comments
Deus Vult

Deus Vult

Art by Jesse White & Matt CrottsThe latest indie comics event from writer Jon Del Arroz is here! This time, the sensationalist scribe has teamed with artist Jesse White and colorist Matt Crotts to bring you a medieval fantasy tale like no other!DEUS VULT! A crusade into another realm......leads to the…
February 26, 202113 Comments
Chinese Rooms

Chinese Rooms

Timely blast from the past: A Twitter user dispels the illusions of machine learning and artificial intelligence.   Here's the news report on the mystery. It turns out a YouTuber illegally uploaded clips from a fifteen-year-old Japanese TV show that featured "Over Your Shoulder" by Dinosaur Jr. Japanese viewers started…
February 25, 202127 Comments
The Long Lent

The Long Lent

It's hard to believe that Lent is here, mostly because the past year felt like one long Lent. During this time of preparation for Easter, Christians are encouraged to renew and deepen our vigilance in prayer, fasting, and penance. Before His glorious Resurrection, Our Lord first had to pass through…
February 24, 20213 Comments
Combat Frame Data: Dowager Khan

Combat Frame Data: Dowager Khan

Dowager Khan Technical Data Code name: Dowager Khan Nickname: Gorilla-lizard, Ape-hanger, Quasimodo Classification: Ynzu Controller combat frame Manufacturer: Ynzu Operator: Ynzu Controller, codename: Bluebeard First deployment: CY 96 Crew: 1 pilot in full-immersion cockpit in torso Height: 18 meters Weight: 97 metric tons Armor type: "1D" carbyne laminar armor enhanced with fractal diamond isomers Powerplant: 2x nuclear…
February 23, 20212 Comments
Find Your Sword

Find Your Sword

A famous game mechanic in certain adventure games of the eight and sixteen-bit eras involved starting the main character off sans the main tool he needed to win. The Legend of Zelda set this trend by throwing the main protagonist Link into the wilds of Hyrule completely unarmed. The story goes…
February 22, 2021
A 1980s Loser

A 1980s Loser

... lived like a king by today's standards. Readers over a certain age will remember the house above as the one used for exterior shots of the house from the Fox sitcom Married... with Children. The series chronicled the life and times of Al Bundy, a shoe salesman going through…
February 19, 202121 Comments
So Long Uncle Rush

So Long Uncle Rush

Legendary talk radio host Rush Limbaugh succumbed to lung cancer yesterday. It's been dawning on more and more Americans that we find ourselves at the end of an era, and the death of Uncle Rush is a major sign of that historical transition.A lot of folks in dissident circles dismiss…
February 18, 202111 Comments
XSeed: SS Trailer

XSeed: SS Trailer

Readers have been clamoring for the next installment in the Combat Frame XSeed saga. Now, book 2 in the second explosive XSeed series comes a significant step closer to realization.It's my pleasure to present the brand-new book trailer for Combat Frame XSeed: SS. Watch the teaser now!Big thanks to VideoAnon…
February 17, 20218 Comments