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A Review of Eight Minute Empire by Reviews in R...

On the games review blog Reviews in R'lyeh, they briefly review the, ugh, Eurogame style wargame meant for short "eight-minute" games. Eight-Minute Empire could be described as wargame. It has...

A museum of carnival attractions where you are ...

Over on the lovely Atlas Obscura blog, they reveal this lovely museum attraction in Paris where you can ride antique carnival equipment. This is a lovely blog for the travel...

An Argument for Elementary over Sherlock on Locus

Not necessarily an argument I would make, but an argument none the less. There are severe problems with both shows, but on the whole I prefer Sherlock, although I only...

3 Most Popular Posts this Week: Vincent Price, ...

Happy Birthday to Vincent Price! - Anyone who knows me probably knows about my love for the Corman/Price Poe movies, and Vincent Price in general is usually reason enough for...

A Review of the First Elric of Melnibone Novel ...

If you haven't read the Elric novels, well geez go do it. I think maybe there is a few too many of them, but the first novel especially is an...

Ramsey Campbell on Absinthe

Absinthe has long been, I don't know, a bugbear or something, of mine. My interest with it started here, with this excellent New Yorker article (Good luck reading that article)....