Nuketown’s tweets for the week of February 6, 2022. PODCAST | Lair of Secrets – S2E7 – Godsend Agenda David Moore and I talk with Jerry Grayson about his Kickstarter for the new edition of his Godsend Agenda RPG MOVIES[…]
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Author: Ken Newquist
One Year Later: Evaluating ZineQuest 3
I’ve participated – as a consumer and fan – in ZineQuest for two years running. This year, there is no ZineQuest, but there is Zine Month, a creator-centric, platform-independent website for promoting zines. As I think about backing a few[…]
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NuketownSF: Gambit’s Regrets, Football Planet, Mars Ketchup, Astronaut Reviews Movies, Spiral Locks
Nuketown’s tweets for the weeks of … hell, it’s been months since I did one of these posts. Let’s just say it’s been a while. MOVIES | CNN – Channing Tatum says he’s ‘traumatized’ and can’t watch Marvel superhero movies PODCAST | Lair[…]
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Off the Bookshelf: Summer’s End 2021
For the first time in years, I completed my summer reading list during the summer. The final tally was 15 books (11 novels, 3 non-fiction books, 1 short story collection), 2 novellas, and 8 graphic novels. So what were the standouts on this[…]
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Radio Active #97: Cooking Dada
On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, the trail to Philmont finally ends, I revisit my summer reading list, catch up on the first season of the Lair of Secrets podcast, reflect on the fact that one of my kids[…]
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Geek Tree 2021: To Boldy Go…
In 2020, I finally exceeded the carrying capacity of the Geek Tree. This has happened before, and will likely happen again (there are no beginnings or endings to the Geek Tree… ) but this time I couldn’t simply upgrade. The[…]
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NuketownSF: Extragalactic planet, Starliner, Wheel of Time, Pac-Man, Fantasy AGE, COVID Hoax Updates
Nuketown’s tweets for the weeks of October 11 through Oct. 25, 2021. SPACE | CNN – NASA discovers first possible planet outside our galaxy. MOVIES | CNN – Warner Bros. sets ‘Dune’ sequel for 2023 after strong box office opening. The spice[…]
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RPG-a-Day 2021: Trust
I have to admit, when the various consent and safety tools started coming out for role-playing games, I was a little skeptical. After all, my group’s been together for 25 years; the issues these tools are meant to address rarely[…]
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RPG-A-Day 2021: Medium
Cthulhu called, and I answered. Chaosium’s signature game was one of my first non-Dungeons & Dragons games. My friend Adam introduced it to me in college when he invited me to a one-shot scenario involving a haunted house investigation. ted house.[…]
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NuketownSF: Iron Rain, Black Holes, Stellar Fossils, Scarlet Witch, Running Slower, Killing Cursive
Nuketown’s tweets for the week of October 3, 2021. COMIC BOOKS | Screen Rant – “Why Scarlet Witch Isn’t a Mutant Anymore (and Won’t Be Again)” – I had no idea that Scarlet Witch had been retconned into a human with[…]
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