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A Rant about Comics Part 2 – Grump Week
Read more: A Rant about Comics Part 2 – Grump WeekHey, so this post is a bit of a bummer. Maybe read Part 1 first, where I talk about a bunch of cool comics you should read? For the better part of a decade, I’ve been trying to figure out why I quietly loathe most American comics. I’ve gone through a variety of theories, ranging…
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Odd Tabletop Games New England
Read more: Odd Tabletop Games New EnglandThat’s right! I did in fact get out of my apartment on a long weekend for once!
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Super Raft Boat Together
Read more: Super Raft Boat TogetherI had hopes for Super Raft Boat Together. Not high hopes; if the game wasn’t good, my year wasn’t going to be ruined. And likewise, Super Raft Boat Together didn’t pop my hopes like a balloon. It just sort of deflated them, like a bouncy house at the end of a birthday party. It was…
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Dorfromantik: The Board Game
Read more: Dorfromantik: The Board GameDorfromantik: The Board Game, as you might be able to tell from the title, is an adaptation of the video game Dorfromantik: Doesn’t Actually Have a Subtitle Because It Was Made First. Admittedly, capitalizing every letter in the latter half of that last sentence was a stupid bit, but it’s about the quality that this…
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Idleon – The Idle MMO
Read more: Idleon – The Idle MMOThis writeup is technically about Idleon. But it’s also about Universal Paperclips, Spaceplan, and Cookie Clicker. These are all incremental or clicker games. It’s a somewhat nebulous genre primarily defined by clicking, and ‘number go up,’ but much like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said, “I’ll know it when I see it.” Admittedly he…