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I recently finished the first book in Richard Osman's next series of charming mysteries, We Solve Murders. Almost, but not quite, as charming as The Thursday Murder Club. I'm still trying to summon the mental focus required to reread Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. It's been on my list for a while.

One of the greatest kids shows of all time.

That’s the one!

Why would I do that? It defeats the purpose of reading. Or engaging with any art, for that matter.

Matalas sounds like just the right kind of talented hack to make a fantasy drama based on a collectible card card work. Note: this is actually meant as a compliment. Full disclosure: I only know his work on season 3 of Picard.

DM: They opened the Midnight Gate. Play: We found holy sword dungeon.

Happy families are gathering on Broad Street and up on Cottman. So far no cars on fire. God’s in his Heaven and all’s right with the world. Go Birds!

I inherited a game run on Roll20 and found no reason to change.

Reading a room.

If you make people playing spell casters calculate something hard every time they cast a spell, they should occasionally be rewarded with a made-up token worth an astronomical amount of real money for some inexplicable reason.

Think of levels 1-2 as the tutorial. That said, I've slowed down progression at every PC level in my 5e campaign.

Hey what have you got against Philadelphia?! (oh god I’ve been here too long)

But the 1980s Spielberg came through loud and clear in Skeleton Crew, which is what they were shooting for. It’s the promised Spielberg Star Wars movie we never got.

I’d probably swap Lost Highway and Inland Empire but otherwise this works for me. Wait, where’s The Elephant Man?

The 5e game I DM: Feast on the dinosaur god!

Current annual subs: Prime Video (as part of Amazon Prime) Paramount+ (they made me a deal I couldn't refuse - a year of commercial-free Star Trek for $60) Max (got a decent deal through Amex) Currently on rotation: Hulu + Disney+ (for Shōgun, Interior Chinatown, and Skeleton Crew) ESPN+ (will...

Do I expect the A-Team to run though a hail of bullets and come out unscathed? Yes. Do I expect Fafrhd and the Grey Mouser to kick in a door without a plan and win a fight while outnumbered 20 to 1? Yes. Do I expect Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice to survive either of the above scenarios? No.

Agreed. I think it's one of the finest hours of television drama. Do you mean the new movie (again, haven't watched it yet) or Section 31 in general? I like the idea of Section 31. Even utopias can use a morally suspect intelligence outfit. For example, Iain Banks's Culture, which is the...

I want to know how they bridge the gap between their xenomorph Gorn and TOS’s lovable Disco Sleestak Gorn who Kirk extends mercy towards. It’ll be a neat trick. I think they can pull it off. But I admit after Captain Batel was revealed to be infected, I’d be fine with the Metrons giving the...

I loved it when it was Ben Sisko erasing his personal log. I haven’t seen the new movie yet. But let me say I think the cynicism of new Trek has been vastly overstated and the idealism of old Trek has been somewhat overstated. My introduction to Trek was TOS. A show about a crew of killers...