Kingdom Torn Asunder is a complete album. Each song, the music, the cover art, lyrics all complement each other and make it worth listening to from start to finish.
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Book Recommendation: Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury was the sort of writer and storyteller I appreciate the most. Many great storytellers are not particularly great writers. Many great writers are not particularly great storytellers. Writing is the skill of communication through the written word. One can be good at writing and lousy at storytelling. Most of what gets printed in …
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Film Recommendation: The Dreams In Gary’s Basement
The Dreams In Gary's Basement is a documentary about the life and creations of Gary Gygax. Though the creation of Dungeons & Dragons and the importance of the game in the broader culture is a major part of the narrative, the film is about Gary himself. Who is it for? Obviously, the film is for …
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Book Recommendation: Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings
Tom Shippey's Laughing Shall I Die is an examination of the viking attitudes about death and how they lived knowing that they would almost certainly come to a violent end. It's a book worth reading if you are interested in the vikings or how the stories about vikings influenced the sword-and-sorcery genre. Tom Shippey has …
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Book Recommendation: Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto
Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto provides some valuable insights and principles that agree with many ideas I've written about on this blog while challenging me to be more rigorous in their application. Who is it for? One of the reasons I've hesitated about recommending this book is that I'm not entirely sure who it's for. …
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Music Recommendation: Sun King by Moon Coven
The Swedish band Moon Coven released a superb new album last week. The album has a depth that rewards a close listen. On top, it is a solid psychedelic metal album. After giving it my full attention with headphones on and eyes closed, I appreciated the album's subtler elements. In particular, the drum fills make …
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Why Dark Sun Is The Best Setting Ever Made For D&D.
Dark Sun is my favorite published campaign setting. It is the bar by which I measure all other campaign worlds.
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