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Shifty Reads

Reading and riffing on bad books.

  • Gladiatrix of the Galaxy, by Tristan Vick: A bizarre self-published sci-fi sex comedy with very little real sex or comedy. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, (possibly more to come?)
  • Ready Player Two, by Ernest Cline: The much-anticipated sequel (in the same way one anticipates a natural disaster) to sci-fi / nostalgia porn novel Ready Player One. Parts 1, 2, (more to come)

 

RPG Writing

Writing about tabletop.

Critiques

One-off pieces about individual games, with a focus on the indie scene.

  • Lancer, by Miguel Lopez and Tom Parkinson Morgan: A highly tactical, systemically confused sci-fi game about mech pilots in a post-scarcity future.
  • Flying Circus, by Erika Chappell: A PbtA game which is simultaneously trying not to be PbtA, about fighter pilots in a fantastical, Ghibli-ish 1930s pastiche.

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