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I've been watching the Hammer and Bolter animated series on Warhammer+, and I'm reviewing each episode as I watch it. There may be very minor spoilers, but ideally no more than you'd get from the episode description.

Double or nothing

As I write this review, I've recently read the Dragonlanc...

I've been painting lots of Pathfinder and Cursed City miniatures lately, using my Citadel Contrast and Vallejo Xpress Color paints. Because I've been using them a lot, I thought it might be useful to provide a review of each Xpress Color paint based on how I've been using it, and what I thin...

I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review contains spoilers.

Deep in the Ozarks lives a girl called Clemency McGill, and she's psychic. OR she's a THRUSH agent trying to trick UNCLE into delivering top agents into the hands of evil.

That's the...

I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review contains spoilers.

There's a [fictional] micro-nation in Europe that exists exclusively as a safe haven for international criminals. Got a price on your head? Go to Ingolstein, where everyone is welcome a...

The Horus Heresy book series is set in the 30th millennium, just 10 short millennia prior to Warhammer 40,000. It's the story of how the Emperor of Man found his lost sons, the Primarchs, from all across the galaxy, and ultimately how one of them turned against him, causing civil war within the...

I'm watching the Interrogator animated series on Warhammer+, and this is my review. There are spoilers in this post, so don't read on if you haven't seen the show and have a good memory.

Easily the best episode yet. In fact, probably calling it the best episode yet is underselling it, because...

I'm watching the Interrogator animated series on Warhammer+, and this is my review. There are spoilers in this post, so don't read on if you haven't seen the show and have a good memory.

No way to sugarcoat it, this is a filler episode. The previous episode changed everything, and this is the...

It's obligatory. If you're in the IT business or hobby, and if you get into Warhammer 40,000, then your favourite faction has to be Adeptus Mechanicus. Well, it's not actually obligatory at all. You can do whatever you want. It's your life. But it feels obligatory. The Cult of the Omnissiah is the...

I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review contains spoilers.

Evil THRUSH is after Dr. Remington, a leading geologist. What does THRUSH want with a geologist?? Nobody knows, but UNCLE figures that if THRUSH wants to kidnap him, it's probably impor...

I'm reading the Stardrifter series by David Collins-Rivera, and reviewing each book as I finish it. The short story Lacey and Time is a story about two people on a spaceship. This review contains spoilers.

I'm an absolute sucker for character studies. I think when they're done well, they're th...

I decided that during 2024, I'd create one game every month. This month, I've created AI v AI, a game of automated warfare.

In the far future, militaries have discovered that AI can kill better than humans can. But war without death is awfully boring, so militaries chain humans to the front of e...

I'm reading the Stardrifter series by David Collins-Rivera, and reviewing each book as I finish it. The short story The Proposal is a story about a special-ops mission performed for a mysterious client. That's the same elevator pitch I used for the previous story but, believe me, the two are not...

I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review contains spoilers.

In this episode, we get a break from THRUSH, with the main villain being a British mob keen to monopolize the global supply of diamonds. To ensure their success, they team up with Delga...

I'm reading the Stardrifter series by David Collins-Rivera, and reviewing each book as I finish it. The short story Hunter's Moon is a story about a special-ops mission performed for a mysterious client. This review contains spoilers.

Here's a question. How do you make paperwork exciting? One...

I've been watching the Hammer and Bolter animated series on Warhammer+, and I'm reviewing each episode as I watch it. There may be very minor spoilers, but ideally no more than you'd get from the episode description.

Plague Song

It's an episode about the Death Guard sorcerer Ephisis and his...

I'm a fan of the Fallout New Vegas and Fallout New Vegas, as well as the Wasteland series. When I found out there was a Fallout board game called, appropriately, Fallout the Board Game, I bought the last copy available in New Zealand (or at least at Mighty Ape, but I couldn't find it anywhere...