No Quartering Given

No Quartering Given

Jeremy Hambly, the popular host of YouTube nerd culture channel The Quartering, was assaulted in the wee hours of Thursday morning at an Indianapolis bar while in town attending Gen Con. According to Hambly, a man in a sleeveless rainbow tee shirt approached him, asked his name, and proceeded to…
August 4, 201826 Comments
Sunsoft, Famicom, and the NES

Sunsoft, Famicom, and the NES

@Thundersteel81 passes along this AMA by a former VP of Product Development at legendary third party NES game developer Sunsoft. My name is David Siller and I was for four years VP of Product Development for Sun Denshi in the US also known as SUNSOFT.  I will try to answer…
August 2, 201810 Comments
Mech America Great Again

Mech America Great Again

The big news out of this year's E3 is that there hasn't been much news out of E3. Devolver Digital has managed to liven up the rather dismal proceedings with their announcement of a remastered version of Metal Wolf Chaos. Of not is that the announcement caused a stir not…
June 12, 20185 Comments

Fun for All Ages

When you run an open table, you never know who might show up to your game. Bonus: this anecdote provides more evidence that real-life skill in the art of war does in fact translate to in-game victory. Everything Star Wars should be doing, but isn't.
March 7, 20182 Comments
What’s New Is Old

What’s New Is Old

A curious phenomenon I started noticing about fifteen years ago hit me as a sort of jump-cutting in time. The effect wasn't internally consistent, though--like when I sit down to write at 7 PM, get into a groove, and suddenly it's midnight. The temporal anomaly I'm referring to is oddly…
February 9, 201826 Comments
Graveyard Duck

Graveyard Duck

I'd like to introduce you guys to Graveyard Duck, a new retro game podcast hosted by my good friend Wes and his buddy Scott. Every two weeks they play and review a different old school video game, and believe me when I say that these guys know their stuff! Join…
January 19, 2018
Cuphead

Cuphead

This week, my Geek Gab co-host Dorrinal gives his review of Cuphead, the slick shoot-em-up platformer that's giving games journalists fits. Bonus: in-depth reviews of the new Flatliners and Blade Runner 2049! Listen and learn! And so can you!
October 9, 2017
Appendix N vs The Great Books

Appendix N vs The Great Books

Just for fun, I've decided to post excerpts from the plot synopses of three books from the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest British Novels and three books from Appendix N. I made my selections at random by rolling d%. Now, if you'll indulge my decidedly un-scientific methods, let's begin…
July 20, 201715 Comments
Superversive RPG Roundtable

Superversive RPG Roundtable

Join the superversive crew, including Sci Phi Journal editor Jason Rennie, Appendix N author Jeffro Johnson, Geek Gab host Daddy Warpig, record-setting Hugo-nominated author John C. Wright, author and editor Jagi Wright, and more as they delve deep into the topic of role-playing games. Of special note is the Wrights' account…
April 26, 20172 Comments

Life, Death, and D&D

Join Daddy Warpig, Dorrinal, and I for the latest episode of Geek Gab! This time we discuss recent film releases Life and the live action Ghost in the Shell. We also overcome last week's technical difficulties to bring you special guest D&D maestro Rick Stump! Have a listen. Action packed, complex, and gargantuan.…
April 3, 2017