Category Archives: Sexuality

Curves and Angles

Leather Goddesses of Phobos – Released in 1986, this is an Infocom text adventure with some raunchy elements. They aren’t the main focus of the game, but that kind of thing is usually going to stand out. It’s mostly a campy … Continue reading

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Cubes Are for Squares

Spellbreaker – The last game in the Enchanted trilogy has a pretty good story, but there isn’t as much of a sense of exploration as in the previous two. The playable character, now head of the Circle of Enchanters, begins … Continue reading

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Snow Time Like the Past

Beth suggested writing about the history of snowmen, and a little bit of searching on the Internet brought up a few mentions of a book that sounded interesting, The Illustrated History of the Snowman, by Bob Eckstein. I’ve since bought and … Continue reading

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Identifying Impurities

I was thinking recently about how bizarre the view on sex is in some religious communities. When I saw John Waters, he made a joke about how asexuals are just Catholics. It was funny, but from what I’ve gathered, asexuals … Continue reading

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I Don’t Want to Read Your Series of Conspiracy Theories

The Waste Lands, by Stephen King – While Roland, Eddie, and Susanna are traveling through a ruined country that once had an advanced technological civilization, and having a run-in with a robotic bear, Jake Chambers, whom Roland had let die … Continue reading

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You’ve Been Dadded

SPOILERS for everything here! Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker – This is also sometimes called Night Warning, and I don’t know how either title really fits. I guess the killer does use a knife and cook, but that’s a bit of … Continue reading

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Let’s Pull Away Over Nature’s Forces

Robyn Hitchcock, Groovy Decay – This was Robyn’s second solo album, from 1982. And it was not particularly successful, so it was kind of difficult to find. While I prefer to purchase things in physical form when possible, I bought both this and the demo … Continue reading

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All He Does Is Drink Your Blood, ‘Cause He Don’t Like Ginger Ale

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair – This is a weird and often sad movie about a teenage girl who plays an online game that has something to do with the World’s Fair, but we never learn how the game … Continue reading

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All Zamonian Stories End Tragically

Have I been reading too much recently? I checked three books out from the library last week, and have already finished all of them. Then again, none of them were that long. I have a bad habit of often looking … Continue reading

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Big Bugs and Birds

Calculated Risks, by Seanan McGuire – This one is a direct follow-up to Imaginary Numbers, with Sarah Zellaby and her allies transported into another dimension, and their memories of her having been erased. She has to do the calculations to … Continue reading

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