Few things are more iconic to Americana than that of the Wild West. Daring bank robberies and epic shootouts. Clashes with Native Americans. Hopeful-yet-harrowing tales of westward bound settlers. The world-changing power of the locomotive and strong, silent cowboys on...
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There is a common and unfortunate assumption by many in the gaming community that there is a direct correlation between a game’s complexity and length of time to play it with originality and uniqueness. To many, the belief is that...
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Board games can do a number of impressive things when you get right down to it. They can make you think in complex or creative ways. They allow you to socialize and converse with either the best of friends or...
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If you’ve ever sat watching a movie or reading a book and anticipated where the story was going to go next, congrats! – you’ve likely learned to spot a trope. Tropes are a common tool in storytelling to convey specific themes...
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There’s an intrinsic lure to popularity, be it in this world or one completely made up. Popularity brings with it many pitfalls, true, but for many, the perks an elevated status brings are well worth the tradeoff. Money. Fame. Power....
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Games exist for a broad swath of reasons. Games can bring people together and provide puzzles to solve. They can offer an outlet to socialize or to expand the horizons of our imaginations. And for many, games help us escape...
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Space is a large and spellbinding place, full of more mysteries than we can ever hope to comprehend in a dozen lifetimes. It’s expansive, complicated, diverse, and truly awesome to behold in the purest definition of the word. It’s amazing...
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The world we know isn’t perfect, especially of late. With turmoil, tragedy, and general suffering by many groups, these are trying times. But even in such moments, hope springs eternal. We know that there is a dawn beyond the darkness and that things...
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Here’s the thing about mad scientists: they’re not to be trusted. It seems so obvious in hindsight, but time and time again people are drawn in by suave, charismatic, and seemingly well-to-do individuals only to find out wayyyyy too late that dear Dr. Moreau may...
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While the realm of speculative fiction has been around since at least the time of the ancient Greeks, it really wasn’t until Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the advent of electricity that what we know as science fiction appeared on the scene....
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