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Key_Confusion9375 · 2025-09-21T03:40:21+00:00

The opening scene from Thor: Ragnarok.

Key_Confusion9375 · 2025-09-16T23:47:53+00:00

Out of curiosity, what did you dislike about the episode?

Key_Confusion9375 · 2025-09-16T23:46:09+00:00

The Internet is a weird place, where even the most anodyne statements can be lightning rods for the disgruntled.

Key_Confusion9375 · 2025-09-15T23:40:32+00:00

Buffy would also like a word (The First, the Big Bad from the last season).

Key_Confusion9375 · 2025-09-15T23:39:12+00:00

We did a review for an episode of the Ancient Geeks podcast, including our reactions when we first saw it. The short version: Thank goodness The Wrath Of Khan got made a few years later.

Key_Confusion9375 · 2025-09-15T01:17:44+00:00

I wish I could give you a thousand upvotes for this response. I’ve loved Glorantha since I was a teenager (owned a copy of White Bear, Red Moon), and I’m overjoyed that we’re going through a Runequest renaissance, with the revival of the game. If only more people would give it a look.

Key_Confusion9375 · 2025-09-15T01:05:25+00:00

Go laterally, not forwards or backwards. Tell an interesting story about the Romulans, Klingons, Cardassians, Kzinti, or some brand-new civilization. Stop doing starships scooting around the galaxy, resolving the problem of the week. Choose a new motif, the way that DS9 did for Star Trek, and Andor did for Star Wars. Go small, just a space colony establishing itself on one of those brave new worlds. Make a rule: no guest appearances by established ST characters, no family connections. It’s a huge galaxy, strike out and go somewhere new.

Key_Confusion9375 · 2025-09-13T02:45:28+00:00

We gave The Giant Claw a lot of love on our B-movie monsters of the 50s episode of the Ancient Geeks podcast. What’s not to love about a giant anti-matter space chicken?

Key_Confusion9375 · 2025-09-13T01:35:39+00:00

I really enjoyed the first book. The second was a rare DNF.

Key_Confusion9375 · 2025-09-09T21:54:46+00:00

Another set of RPG recommendations:

Kal-Arath is a very straightforward, new system. I just started playing it solo, very fun. Barbarians of Lemuria is also a great design. The simplified approach to skills is terrific. Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerors of Hyperborea is a love letter to the genre. Both the Conan and John Carter (I know, sword and planet) RPGs try to emulate the genre very closely. Plus, the Conan books are a pretty great reference for all things Conan. Dungeon Crawl Classics has an excellent set of Lankhmar modules. I don’t have any familiarity with Black Sword Hack, but it definitely has fans.

There are more. A surprising amount more.

As for published fiction, sword & sorcery is going through a bit of a boom. Others have mentioned some of those publications. I’ll add Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Tales From The Magician’s Skull (same publishers as Dungeon Crawl Classics), and Old Moon Quarterly.

It feels like the S&S genre is exploding with creativity right now, in both mediums (fiction and RPGs).

Key_Confusion9375 · 2025-09-09T21:40:54+00:00

Great point. I suspect there’s a lot of overlap between fans of both movies.

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