The Mario Party series has developed kind of a bad reputation through the years. It's been known as the 'friendship ruiner' due to it's high stakes competition that tends to rely more on chance and far less on skill, causing arguments and pointing fingers among friends. "You stole my star!" "Why did you target ME …
October is NaNoWriMo Prep Month!
Hahaha maybe not officially, but October is NaNoWriMo Prep Month for me this year! For those who aren't familiar, "NaNoWriMo" is short for National Novel Writing Month, which is celebrated during the month of November. Many writers aspire to complete this challenge... but few actually finish it. In several past years I've wanted to do …
Book Report: The Bloodlands Collection
This month, instead of reading one book, I checked out an Amazon Original Series - "The Bloodlands Collection." It is composed of six separate short stories, optimized for the Amazon Kindle with both high quality graphics and an audiobook version. It was free with my Amazon Prime account! Book Titles: The Pirate, Little Slaughterhouse on …
Pokémon Feud at NYCC!
Big News!! I am excited to announce that I will be co-hosting a panel at New York Comic Con this year! On Sunday 10/7 we will be running a game show called "Pokémon Feud: Team Pikachu vs Team Eevee" which is a Pokémon-centric version of the StreetPass Game Show that we've been running at PAX East, …
Danaeryzard & Alaria: The Sentencing
It's Dungeons and Dragons time! Here's the latest installment of the epic journey of our heroines, Danaeryzard and Alaria! (If you're new here, check out the entire saga in order by reading the chapters organized on the D&D tab of this site!) ………….. In the middle of the night, Alaria paced back and forth alone …
The Planet of the Fitness
Even nerds should work out. I don't care what shape you're in, staying active is important. I have a chronic spinal injury and for years I was full of excuses and didn't join a gym. But this year I finally was peer pressured into joining Planet Fitness by my awesome colleagues who encouraged me to …
Danaeryzard & Alaria: The South Hall Heist
It's Dungeons and Dragons time! Here's the latest installment of the epic journey of our heroines, Danaeryzard and Alaria! (If you're new here, check out the entire saga in order by reading the chapters organized on the D&D tab of this site!) ………….. It was 10AM at the South Hall, and it seemed even more …
OMG THE NINTENDO DIRECT OMG
Moments like last night are when I wish I had a Twitch channel so I could have shared my glee with random weebs. Yesterday there was a new Nintendo Direct and it was FILLED with exciting news!! Most importantly... NEW ANIMAL CROSSING FOR SWITCH IS COMING NEXT YEAR! But I'll get back to that in …
Blades in the Dark: Le Fantôme de Mme. Bloodsoe
Do you remember my recent blog about Blades in the Dark? My friends and I played our one-off session, and it's finally time to see what happened when my character, Lapis de la Nuit, joined up with Gwack Zextra and Alecia Petronova! (Please note that this blog entry is rated R and not intended for children!!! …
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Book Report: The Sixth Extinction
Book Title: The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Author: Elizabeth Kolbert About the Author: This book won her a Pulitzer Prize so I figured that was a good sign! She is a native New Yorker, has written FOR the New Yorker, and is surely a professional science nerd. Main Characters: This non-fiction book covers Elizabeth's journey of …
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