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McMillan’s Codex #42: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
McMillan’s Codex #42 by C. T. McMillan Dawn of War: Dark Crusade Warhammer 40k is a tabletop game in which you build an army of miniature figures to do battle in a variety of scenarios. I never learned how to play, but the appeal for me is the ancillary materials. The art books, novels, and rulebooks… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #28: Looking for Richard [Richard III] (1996)
28. Looking for Richard [Richard III] (1996) Al Pacino is among the absolute best American film actors, and he would have a triumph as Shylock in Michael Radford’s 2004 film of The Merchant of Venice, a triumph he would extend to the stage in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Merchant in 2010, which would… Continue reading
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Episode #209: The Ink Show!
Episode 209 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I share a recording of the latest live performance of The Drunken Odyssey All Stars, in The Ink Show. This performance included your humble host, Teege Braune, Nicole Oquendo, Mistie… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #131: The Brotherhood of Satan
The Curator of Schlock #131 by Jeff Shuster The Brotherhood of Satan Not a brotherhood I’d like to belong to. Not one bit. It’s time for another Satan Awareness Month here at the Museum of Schlock, that time of year where I get serious and try to warn the public of the dangers of associating… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #21: You’re Getting Old
21st Century Brontë #21 by Brontë Bettencourt You’re Getting Old Life is Strange is a graphic adventure video game separated into five episodes, conveying a more point and “flick” mechanic in order to tell a story. The world is not open to explore, nor is there a big boss to slay at the end. There… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #41: Special Ops: The Line
McMillan’s Codex #41 By C.T. McMillan Spec Ops: The Line Have you ever watched or read something that changed you so profoundly you could not look at the world the same way? Apocalypse Now was a film that made me realize the psychological and spiritual damage of the Vietnam War and war in general. As someone… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #27: Throne of Blood [Macbeth] (1957)
#27. Throne of Blood [Macbeth] (1957) When your humble rogue reviewed Akira Kurosawa’s Ran, he asked if an adaptation of Shakespeare can be meaningfully Shakespearean if the language is changed from English to Japanese, without the sense of the screenplay even trying to translate the poetry and psychological trains of thought in the original texts… Continue reading
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Episode #208: Mark Leyner!
Episode 208 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Mark Leyner, plus Catherine Carson writes about how Kelly Groome’s I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES The music… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #130: The Pyjama Girl Case
The Curator of Schlock #130 by Jeffrey Shuster The Pyjama Girl Case (It’s spelled pajama, guys!) I heard a gentleman on a podcast once refer to the giallo genre as “pretty close to terrible.” That’s a little unfair. There’ve been some brilliant giallos like Dario Argento’s Deep Red or his animal trilogy or Tenebre, but then, alas, we… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #20: Campaigning a Novel
21st Century Brontë #20 by Brontë Bettencourt Campaigning a Novel Since the launch of my Dungeons and Dragons campaign in early October, my players have engaged the world in surprising ways. In the first few sessions, one of my players chose to travel to a city that I had only a vague outline for. I… Continue reading
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