Requiem for Infowars

Requiem for Infowars

The hit against independent broadcaster Alex Jones' Infowars operation orchestrated by Google, Apple, Facebook, Stitcher, and Spotify is rattling quite a few cages on the dissident Right. The whole episode is giving me a mild case of the Mandela Effect, since I thought Jones had been banned since last year.…
August 7, 201822 Comments
Combat Frame Data: CCF-09V

Combat Frame Data: CCF-09V

CCF-09V Veillantif Technical Data Model number: CCF-09V Code name: N/A Nickname: Veillantif Classification: custom close combat high mobility combat frame Manufacturer: Zeklov Corporation Operator: Nouvelle France First deployment: CY -2 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: Head height 18 meters, height with wings: 19 meters Weight: 60 metric tons Armor type: palladium glass microalloy/carbon ceramic composite Powerplant: cold fusion reactor,…
August 6, 20187 Comments
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

Star Knight on the Killstream

OG #GamerGater Ethan Ralph was gracious enough to have Star Knight author Bradford Walker on his Killstream show last night. Bradford explained his lofty and worthy goals for his upcoming space opera-mecha series, and he even gave a shout out to yours truly. Bradford's segment begins at 02:34:05 and runs…
August 3, 20185 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

Building Institutions

The following is my response to a reader who raised a number of thought-provoking questions prompted by yesterday's post. I thought it merited a post of its own. Building institutions is what the Right does. The Left is incapable of building anything. That's why they only ever parasitize existing institutions.…
August 1, 201817 Comments
We Are the Industry

We Are the Industry

The gatekeepers of legacy print and comic book publishing have a habit of referring to themselves as "the Industry". Claiming that exclusive label may have been justified when the only alternatives were underground comics Xeroxed at the library or vanity presses. That claim started to sound disingenuous with the explosion…
July 31, 20185 Comments
Generational Astrology

Generational Astrology

If you frequent social media and dissident blogs, it's hard to escape the phenomenon of people getting woke to generational differences. Much is made of Strauss-Howe generational theory. Some claim they can predict where the country's heading based on the age of the people in charge cross-referenced with the general…
July 27, 201847 Comments
Star Knight Saga

Star Knight Saga

Visionary, scholar, and Man of the West Bradford Walker announces his campaign for The Star Knight Saga, Book One: Reavers of the Void! No one's ever attempted a Space Opera like this. Real Robots, Super Robots, Knights with Laser Swords, Space Battleships fighting fleet actions by the thousands, heroes you…
July 26, 20189 Comments
SFF Death Report Greatly Exaggerated

SFF Death Report Greatly Exaggerated

Longtime readers may remember when I posted this graph: That image made the rounds and caused a bit of a stir in certain indie quarters a couple years back. Most of us sensed that the market for science fiction books had drastically shrunk since the good old days. A lot…
July 25, 201816 Comments