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This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) – Book Review
Read more: This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) – Book ReviewI guess I’m doing book reviews for a bit. Look, at least some of these books will be about games, so at least that helps. Not this one though! This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong is a (generally) non-fiction book by Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones, who are better known for their Map Men…
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A Rant About Comics (Part 1) – Grump Week
Read more: A Rant About Comics (Part 1) – Grump WeekGrump Week is almost over, but since I’m getting all this frustration and annoyance out of my system, I figured I might as well take one last rant (okay, one of two) that’s kinda been bubbling in my system over the last few days, and smack it out onto paper. Ultimately, it’s about how I…
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Relic Arena – Grump Week
Read more: Relic Arena – Grump WeekThe Autochess/Autobattler genre is kind of weird. It just showed up one day as a Dota 2 mod, got immediately yoinked by Riot for Team Fight Tactics, and then… well, then we didn’t get any more huge swings at the genre, at least on PC. And no, I don’t count Underlords. That’s not to say…
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Slay the Spire 2 – Grump Week
Read more: Slay the Spire 2 – Grump WeekSlay the Spire was the original digital deckbuilder as far as I’m concerned. At least, it was the first one everyone played. Since then, we’ve had countless riffs on the theme. Dicey Dungeons, Monster Train, X-Angels(maybe don’t click this one), Monster Train 2, and many more. I don’t think we get any of these without…
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Grump Week 2026
Read more: Grump Week 2026It’s been a long time since I’ve done a themed week on the blog, hasn’t it? I think the last one was Lorcana, and before that it was Disgaea. Both were motivated by different things. In the case of Disgaea, it was blatant pandering to NIS America in the hope they would give a prerelease…
