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Wednesday’s Webcomic: Strong Female Protagonist

I’ve been wanting to share Strong Female Protagonist for awhile now, but I wanted to wait until the current story arc was resolved since it was such a nail-biter. Strong Female Protagonist can be an incredibly emotionally intense story; best be prepared to sometimes have a powerful cry at your monitor. The comic tells the…

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Tabletop Tuesday: I’m seein’ red!

I’m not even going to mess around with any sort of introduction this week, folks.  We have new Star Wars: X-Wing the Miniatures Game news that must be shouted from the rooftops! Since the TIE Interceptor models were announced, I haven’t known a single Imperial player who has not at least mentioned hand-painting bloodstripes on…

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Bachman’s Best – X-Factor #262

The best thing I read last week left me happy and also heartbroken. With a 6 issue story arc properly titled The End of X-Factor, Mr. Peter David brings his decade long run to a close, and I still have to say it’s too soon.  Luckily for us Peter David did have an end in…

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Confessions of a YouTube Addict: How I Met Your Mother Preview

So I’m a big fan of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.  The show has cast members that have great chemistry together and the showrunners have done a fantastic job of telling a long interwoven story with lots of recurring  jokes.  Slap bet anyone? This is the final season of How I Met Your…

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Wednesday’s Webcomic: Guilded Age

Guilded Age is a long-running, intricate, and hilarious high fantasy webcomic that surprises you with its depth and cleverness at nearly every turn, and one enormous plot twist you will not,  and I repeat not see coming. Billed as “the Saga of the Working Class Adventurer,” Guilded Age tells the story of a small group of ne’er-do-wells…

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iThing of the Week: Apple’s September 10th Event

Hello Apple fans and those curious about the technology juggernaut. No matter how you feel about Apple, the company ushered in our current smartphone era when they announced the iPhone in 2007. Now, six years later, Apple has unveiled new iPhones that they claim will be the most advanced phones ever (until their new ones,…

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Tabletop Tuesday: Holy Red Shirts and Russians, Batman!

Greetings once again, dice slingers, card wizards and tabletop enthusiasts!  This week’s Tabletop Tuesday takes us from the 40’s to the 60’s and then all the way to the 22nd century. To begin, we start with an old favorite of mine – Batman.  No, not Christian Bale.  Obviously not Clooney or Kilmer, either.  Not even…

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Bachman’s Best – East of West

The best thing I read last week was the new issue of East of West by the superb team of Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin, and Rus Wooton.  I just finished reading issue #5 and I’m not ashamed to say that after issue #4 I really still had almost no idea of what the…

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Confessions of a YouTube Addict: Kevin Spacey – Why The Netflix Model Can Save TV

As I’m sure many of you can guess my addiction to my Google Chromecast has also extended to Netflix.  I watch a lot of streaming content and that’s why this video caught my attention. On August 22 at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, Kevin Spacey delivered an emphatic speech about the Netflix model, specifically…

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Tabletop Tuesday: There ain’t no party like an Adeptus Astartes party

It’s been a while folks, but Tabletop Tuesday is back (albeit, a little late in the day)!  Now I know I’ve been out of the saddle for a spell, so I think the best way to celebrate would be to jump right in and sift through some of the great tabletop news that’s come out…

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