Monthly Archives: October 2025

Digable Planet

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Nathan

The Dig – Released in 1995, this is similar to other LucasArts games in how it’s played, with a point-and-click interface and an inventory that you have to use in various places, but it has a more serious tone. Based on … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Language, lucasarts, Monsters, Technology, Video Games | Tagged aliens, asteroids, commander boston low, cora miles, crystals, dr. ludger brink, ken borden, maggie robbins, puzzles, robert patrick, spacetime six, steven spielberg, the dig, zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders | Leave a comment

We All Deserve Better Than a Love Song

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Nathan

Neko Case, Neon Grey Midnight Green – Since I’m seeing her live tomorrow, I figured I might as well write something about her new album. I think this one grabbed me more than her last one did. I find it very … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Music, Names, Neko Case, Pixies, Relationships | Tagged dallas good, dexter romweber, fastbacks, kim deal, kim shattuck, kim warnick, neon grey midnight green, piano, sadies, spiders | 1 Comment

A Time to Crydee

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Nathan

A Fighting Man of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs – The fighting man of this story is Tan Hadron, a soldier from Hastor in the Kingdom of Helium. I wonder if the town was named after Hastur, a character used … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, barsoom, Book Reviews, Catherynne M. Valente, Catholicism, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Crusades, edgar rice burroughs, Gnosticism, Greek Mythology, History, Holy Roman Empire, Judaism, Magic, Maps, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Places, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Science, Sierra, Video Games | Tagged a fighting man of mars, ambrose bierce, apes, baudolino, blemmyae, charlemagne, cranes, crydee, cynocephali, dwarves, elves, emperor frederick barbarossa, foucault's pendulum, gagliaugo aulari, gondwane, h.p. lovecraft, hastur, holy grail, hypatia, kosmas, krondor, lin carter, magician apprentice, mars, monopods, niketas choneates, ollub vetch, palensus choy, prester john, pumperdink, pygmies, raymond e. feist, relics, riftwar saga, robert chambers, rocs, sambation river, satyrs, sciapods, spiders, tan hadron, ten lost tribes, the habitation of the blessed, the immortal of world's end, the king in yellow, three wise men, trolls, umberto eco, unicorns, william weaver | 1 Comment

Just Jesting

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Nathan

The Legend of Kyranida, Book Three – Malcolm’s Revenge – The final game in this series has you play as the jester Malcolm, the villain of the first game, who’s been turned back from stone by a lightning strike. It gives … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Food, Games, Humor, Magic, Music, Video Games | Tagged cats, dogs, eels, fables and fiends, fish, fish cream sandwiches, kyrandia, limbo, malcolm the jester, malcom's revenge, the legend of kyrandia, the legend of kyrandia book three, tic-tac-toe, underworld | Leave a comment

Nomecoming

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Nathan

In this post, I’m going to be reviewing a few fan-written Oz books that I’d read at least once before, but not in a while. Button-Bright of Oz, by Harry Mongold – I borrowed this book some years ago, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Atticus Gannaway, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mathematics, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a wonderful journey in oz, acinad, acinad goes to the emerald city of oz, betsy bobbin, button-bright, button-bright of oz, christina plunkett, danica libutti, dorothy gale, elves, emerald city, giants, glinda, harry mongold, improbable forest, ix, jack pumpkinhead, jason cook, jeremy steadman, john dough and the cherub, k. kline, kaliko in oz, kinglet of phreex, krook, lucky bucky in oz, magic belt, magic umbrella, matt mcdermott, mombi, nomes, oziana, ozma, pigs, professor wogglebug, queen zixi of ix, roberto sanchez, ryan wooten, satire, sawhorse, scarecrow, sheep, the emerald ring of oz, the giant horse of oz, the improbable forest, the lost princess of oz, the magic diamond of oz, the marvelous monkeys of oz, the sawhorse of oz, time travel, time travelling in oz, tin woodman, trickolas om, ugu the shoemaker, walapus, walpirtis, witches | Leave a comment

The Prophetic Profession

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Nathan

I was thinking recently about prophecy, and how the idea I usually have when I see the word is of someone predicting the future, and often in a way that’s guaranteed to come true. Nobody necessarily knows how or when … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Christianity, Dreams, Etymology, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Islam, Judaism, Magic, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged bible, daniel, deuteronomy, ezekiel, fate, haggai, hezekiah, hosea, isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, jonah, king ahab, malachi, messiah, miracles, muhammad, nabu, parables, prophecy, prophets, talmud, tanakh, zechariah | Leave a comment

Fight to the Finnish

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Nathan

Picture by Akseli Gallen-Kallela I just recently finished reading the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland, as composed by Elias Lonnrot and translated by William Forsell Kirby. I’d read and commented on some parts of the poem before, like Vainamoinen, … Continue reading →

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A Sworded Love Affair

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Nathan

Vellum: The Book of All Hours, by Hal Duncan – This is a complicated book by design, but still interesting to read, even if it’s not always clear what’s going on. It jumps around a lot between characters, times, places, … Continue reading →

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Tamara’s Not Here, Man

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Nathan

The Strangers – Chapter 2 – I saw this with Beth and Stephanie when we were in Los Angeles, and I don’t think any of us liked it very much. Also, the previous day, we saw an advertisement for it … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Christianity, Religion, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged horror, pigs, the strangers, the strangers chapter 1, the strangers chapter 2 | Leave a comment

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Digable Planet

We All Deserve Better Than a Love Song

A Time to Crydee

Just Jesting

Nomecoming

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