Tag: Blog
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The Oregon Trail Card Game

A review of the card game sold at Target stores and our (my wife’s and my amended rules). So after nearly a month of checking, rechecking, and again rechecking, my wife and I were able to get a copy of The Oregon Trail Card Game from Pressman. This game is an exclusive at Target and…
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Easily One of the Best Sci-Fi Stories Out Right Now
Yesterday I wrote a quick, little post on how I thought Orphan Black was an outstanding show that my wife and I were still fairly new to. Today I will talk about another story, in another medium, that I personally believe is one of the best science fiction stories out there right now. I am…
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The Artist vs The Industry
As self-publishing has taken off, I am often left to wonder how it had ever got to a point where entry into the field depended on everyone other than the artist. Of course this is due to my thinking in idealist terms. The artist controls his or her art in full. Said person brought the…
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Orphan Black
My wife and I are late-comers to this. Finally relenting to our friends telling us how good Orphan Black was, we recently began to watch it. Now midway through season 2, we are hooked. It’s good. Tatiana Maslany is amazing. TV is just too good right now.
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Concept vs Plot
For roughly an hour each night after our son goes to bed, my wife and I stay up to watch TV. We tend to have only one major criteria for what we watch: we both must enjoy it. Fortunately, due to TV being in a golden-age, it has been easy. Shows are not only entertaining,…