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The New Norm Is a Scam at Best

Public reaction to animated web series The New Norm has ranged from cringing to sad head shaking since the show's first promos dropped. It turns out we weren't cynical enough. Not only is it worse than we thought, The New Norm is a scam at best. And in all likelihood,…
August 1, 20247 Comments
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Failed Generations Are Abused Generations

Adjacent to discussions of Cultural Ground Zero theory is speculation as to what went wrong. Generation X was passed over for any position of authority. Gen Y creatives can only churn out shallow pastiches of superior 80s and 90s entertainment. It's an open secret in the video game industry that…
July 31, 202417 Comments
The Last Ones

Like Their Souls Have Been Excised

Yesterday's post on a Zoomer using only 1980s technology for a week elicited lively commentary on changing tech and its effects. Without further preamble, here's what you are saying about the tech of yesteryear ... Commenter Bayou Bomber writes: I heard a saying once from a motivational speaker don’t take…
July 30, 202413 Comments

Zoomer Uses 1980s Technology for a Week

Stop the press. The haywire internet algorithms' varioius malfuncitons aligned in such a way as to make a useful suggestion. This digital miracle occurred over the weekend, when YouTube recommended a video wherein a Zoomer uses 1980s technology for a week. For over fifteen minutes, I watched enrapt as YouTuber…
July 29, 202416 Comments
Gold Exigency

Wild Stars: The Gold Exigency – Now on Kickstarter!

Announcing the latest exciting crowdfunder from Cirsova: Michael Tierney's Wild Stars: The Gold Exigency With the price of gold crashing, the Artomiques find a new backing for earth's currency: gems harvested from an endangered alien race! Welcome to the 40th Anniversary of the world of Wild Stars! Thousands of years…
July 26, 2024
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How to Edit Your First Draft

From time to time, I cross-post an item from the exclusive archives to give regular readers a sample of my insider content. If you find value in today's post, you can access weekly subscriber posts through my Patreon or SubscribeStar. You've completed the first full draft of your book. Congratulations! You've achieved what…
July 25, 2024
Cathedral - Cult + Culture

You Can’t Spell ‘Culture’ Without ‘Cult’

Chesterton famously said that an idea that's attacked from both sides for opposing reasons is probably true. Even the most historically illiterate of our guys have to acknowlege that the ruling cult's rise to dominance tracked with Christendom's abandonment of Christ. After all, you can't spell "culture" without "cult". Another…
July 24, 202426 Comments
Geek Gab

Geek Gab Reunion Episode!

It seems as though everywhere you look in contemporary fiction, whether in fantasy, science fiction, or even litfic, you see the same crisis of villainy. We all know the shopworn tropes by now: Evil is a subjective point of view. Why, turn the story around to tell it from the…
July 23, 20243 Comments
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Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race

Joe Biden's incresaingly obvious declining faculties, along with growing calls for him to step down, didn't keep the flagging candidate's decision to drop out of the presidential race from springing its share of surprises. For instance, many outlets, including this blog, expected him to have exited much sooner. President Biden…
July 22, 202430 Comments
Phantom Mission

Author JD Cowan Announces Phantom Mission

Friend of the blog, author JD Cown announces his latest project, as well as his foray into neopatronage. Here's a taste of the excitement he has in store: Phantom Mission stars a team of four Mavericks, participants in the Outlaw Games, who are tasked with going to Peace Island to…
July 19, 2024