Combat Frame Data: AZC-107R Avispón Asesino

AZC-107R Avispón Asesino      Technical Data Model number: AZC-107R Code name: Refined Dolph Dragonfly Nickname: Avispón Asesino Classification: custom near space/full atmo superiority combat frame Manufacturer: UCAF modification of a Zeklov-Astraea design Operator: UCAF First deployment: CY 97 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 19.2 meters Weight: Dry weight 47 metric tons,…
May 20, 2021

Cursed Consoles

Despite their bleeding edge trappings, video games have come into their own as a mature technology. The video game industry is now older than most of the people reading this post. Like theater and movies, video gaming has amassed its own body of insider lore. This secret history runs the…
May 20, 2021

Ringmasters

With the Trump phenomenon gone the way of the Reagan Revolution and the Death Cult's shock troops strangling alternatives in the crib, we've gained enough distance to place the past five years in context. One of the most tragic yet edifying spectacles of the last two presidential elections was the gang…
May 20, 2021
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Illusionist v Wizard, Part 2

"It is more than entertainment," the stage magician Vinovich declares in Lord of Illusions. "We are bringing miracles back into their miserable little lives." Fellow illusionist Robert Angier, villain-protagonist of the aforementioned film's spiritual successor, echoes that declaration in his parting words to archrival Albert Borden. "You never understood why…
May 20, 2021
Illusionist v Wizard, Part 1

Illusionist v Wizard, Part 1

The illusionist who simulates preternatural feats through sleight of hand and the wizard who actually wields powers not intended for man - both loom large in the human imagination. Since one is a deliberate counterfeit of the other, those occasions when illusionists and wizards share the spotlight in one story…
April 19, 20214 Comments
The Other Amazon

The Other Amazon

Original Diablo developer Mark Kern calls out Blizzard's woke revisionism in Diablo II: Resurrected.     Mark is better qualified to take Blizzard to task than most, being a pre-Ground Zero game dev from the days when developers made games for players, not for themselves. Author Adam Lane Smith sums…
April 16, 20215 Comments
Combat Frame Exceeds 10K

Combat Frame Exceeds 10K

It is both gratifying and humbling to announce that the Indiegogo campaign for Combat Frame XSeed: SS has crossed the $10,000 mark. This record-shattering crowdfunder already took the top spot as our highest and fastest-funding campaign in its initial 30-day run. But we went into overtime because I had a…
April 16, 20219 Comments
The Disney Hole

The Disney Hole

Spend any amount of time studying history, and you'll soon find it rarely follows a straight path. The past takes all kinds of twists, turns, and switchbacks from one event to the next. This phenomenon makes no exception for movie history. It's unimaginable now that Disney has become the world's dominant…
April 14, 202113 Comments
The Washington Generals

The Washington Generals

Frequent readers of this blog know I've dedicated a number of posts to exposing the faults inherent in Liberalism. I don't mean "liberal" as in the rhetorical shorthand invoked by the Washington Generals to mock the Harlem Globetrotters. It refers to the broad category of Liberal political philosophy of which Conservatism…
April 13, 20216 Comments
eBook Zombie Memes Won’t Die

eBook Zombie Memes Won’t Die

If recent events have taught us anything, it's that we can't trust experts or establishment media. Independent journalists and internal whistleblowers caught Google manipulating search results around the 2016 election. More than one online consumer revolt disclosed that journalists maintain secret email lists to collude on disinfo ops. All of…
April 12, 202110 Comments