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Slimeline

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Nathan

I’m going to look at one of my niche interests, that of timelines for fictional universes, in this case the Dragon Quest series. While there are exceptions, I get the impression that game developers don’t generally think too much about … Continue reading →

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Road Runner, Road Runner, Runs Down the Road All Day

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Nathan

The Barbarian of World’s End, by Lin Carter – For some reason, this was the only book in this series I couldn’t find on Kindle, so I bought a used physical copy. As the title suggests, it focuses on Ganelon … Continue reading →

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The Eldritch Hero

Posted on May 14, 2026 by Nathan

Cthulhu Saves the World – I enjoyed Cosmic Star Heroine from Zeboyd Games, so I checked out this earlier game. It’s a throwback to the sixteen-bit era with much of the same style and sense of humor, but it’s shorter … Continue reading →

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The Academic Abyss

Posted on April 16, 2026 by Nathan

Katabasis, by R.F. Kuang – The title is an ancient Greek term for a journey to the underworld, and that is what happens in this book. It’s set in a world where magic is a respected academic discipline, and the … Continue reading →

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Baffled by Baphomet

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Nathan

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – Another point-and-click adventure game, this one was developed by Revolution Games and originally released in 1996, although I played the recent Reforged version. It deals with an international conspiracy based on a mysterious … 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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Highways and Dieways

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Nathan

The Wood at Midwinter, by Susanna Clarke – This is a short, emotional story set in the same fictional version of nineteenth-century England as Jonathan Strange, although it mostly stands alone. Merowdis Scott, a girl who feels out of place … Continue reading →

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There’s Always a Place for the Angry Young Man

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Nathan

SPOILER WARNING! Switchblade Sisters – Beth remembered watching this 1975 exploitation film about a teenage girl gang when she was a kid, and she talks about it sometimes, so I figured I should watch it as well. It’s amusing, although … Continue reading →

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How We Pierced the Forest

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Nathan

Perceforest: The Prehistory of King Arthur’s Britain translated by Nigel Bryant – I had heard about this epic work a few years ago, but couldn’t find it until recently, at a link on the Arthurian Preservation Project at Tumblr. It … Continue reading →

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Sumer Is Icumen In

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Nathan

The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson – As with some other Anderson books that I’ve read, this mixes different mythologies in a single story, and in a way that doesn’t seem forced. It’s mostly based on Norse myth, using a … Continue reading →

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