Untimely Revue: "Crawl Out Through the Fallout (4)"

The following is an updated version of a collaborative review I did with some other former members of the GameInformer blogging community as a sort of anniversary blog. I have updated it with my thoughts on the late game, which remain pretty much the same as my thoughts about the early game, but still. Questions are not mine. Answers are. 

Cool Stuff Sunday: "Beowulf Does the Uptown Funk"

Ohhaithere! I just woke up from a pleasant and incredibly cozy sleep. Now I've opened my windows, donned a jacket, and am sitting in a cool breeze. Why? Because I like the fresh (freezing) air. Also I am an idiot. Anyway. Let's talk about cool stuff from the internet. 

These Star Wars: The Force Awakens character posters. 

Do you want to print your own D&D 5e spellbook? This site is for you. 

100 movies dancing to "Uptown Funk." 

I disagree 99% with this article about the PMRC and "extreme" music but it's still interesting. 

The Daily Bestiary has invented adventures based around EVERY monster in the D&D 3.5/Pathfinder Monster Manuals. 

This Pip-Boy 3000 is hype as hype can be. The 10th can't come too soon!

Beowulf is available to read online! (The medieval manuscript, that is!)

Noel Gallagher is a very angry person. And also very funny. 

You're doing familiars in games wrong, sez this article. 

The making of Fallout 4 is pretty dang cool. 

There's a new Mass Effect: Andromeda teaser as of N7 Day yesterday. Goosebumps.

On a 16-speed turntable, the Chipmunks actually sound pretty cool. 

Cool Stuff Sunday: "Spooky Scary Steve Lichman..."

Some really scary stuff this week. I mean, it is Halloween weekend. So that's to be expected. But this first one? Oh lordy. Scared the pantsu right off of me.

Jar-Jar Binks is a Sith Lord.

The full Fallout 4 skill tree.

A history of rock and roll in 100 riffs.

The Ryckoning.

Slipknot's not-really-that-new but new-to-me music video for "The Devil In I."

The West Marches is a really cool RPG setting/world/idea.

A brief history of haunted houses in literature.

Steve Lichman looks hilarious.

Micro-reviews of some lesser-known RPGs.

Cool Stuff Sunday: "Movie Posters, Fat Hamlets, and... A Weird Dark Souls Video?"

It's Sunday! Do you know what that means? Do you REALLY? I mean, besides that I'm unwashed, unshaven, and unslept, and that I'm shouting words at you via internet text medium thing. No, I don't mean that I'm going to have delicious bacon and maybe eggs if I'm not too lazy. No, I don't mean that tomorrow's Monday. I mean that it's time for COOL STUFF SUNDAY! WOO!

First up, apparently Hamlet might have been fat? I don't know that I believe this, since "fat" could also mean "out of shape" but not "corpulent to the point of morbid obesity." But that's up to you to decide.

Slipcovers for every animated Disney movie. They're pretty cool.

A bunch of hi-res movie posters without the text. Also pretty cool.

A glimpse behind the curtain of movie-making.

This YouTube video about Ornstein and Smough from Dark Souls... I don't even.

German messers aren't technically swords, but they're totally swords.

This blog here analyzes depictions of dinosaurs for lord knows what reason, and it's pretty cool.

Oh, hey. This dude does Lego stop motion of stuff like Fallout, and it's cool.

Cool Stuff Sunday: "Lovecraft and Language Theory"

I finally got my computer back, after almost two weeks of nail-biting. Now I can play Fallout: New Vegas again! And write, I guess. While my Precious was away, I still managed to collect some interesting stuff from around the interwebz. Let's check it out, shall we?

She Walks In Shadows, an anthology of Lovecraftian short stories centered on female characters, will be releasing soon. It sounds like a really interesting concept--a story from the perspective of Mother Hydra? Yes please!--and the cover art is awesome.

Cool Stuff Sunday: "DDOS and Fallout"

There's a lot of cool stuff on the internet. I find it, because I spend way too much of my free time online. Time was, I had whole folders of bookmarks labeled "Interesting Things." (Not to be confused with the folder labeled "Interesting Thongs"). So I've decided to share my treasures, a roundup of everything that's caught my eye that week. Some of it will be familiar to you, some of it may be new. Let's explore, friends. Click the enlinkened words to go to the original article or site.