Stories about everyday experiences between ordinary people.
V is one of the hosts of This Week in Fandom History, a podcast about notable events across fan culture, from the very recent to the pioneering moments of fandom. We sat down to play Un-Navigateable by K Ramstack, a solo tabletop RPG about the experience of cataloging an old blog off before taking ti down from the internet. It’s a great opportunity to examine our own history of fandom, and the particular ways we came of age on the Internet.
Avery is the designer of some of the most influential games in TTRPGs, including Monsterhearts, The Quiet Year, Dream Askew, Ribbon Drive, and more. We sat down for a beautiful and intimate story of queer romance told in the margins in Together We Write Private Cathedrals by Weaver Walker.
Marty is one of the hosts of Breaking Mayberry, an anti-nostalgia podcast focused on watching old TV (starting with, as the title suggests, The Andy Griffith Show) and assessing what holds up and what caused permanent damage to the psyche of an entire generation.
We wanted to talk TV, and storytelling, and the weird politics of creating collaborative art, and so we sat down with Lights Out, a game about the last day on set of a long running TV show.
The dreaded scourge of every pizza shop owner: The Yelp Reviewer.
The fated enemy of every social media journalist: The Scummy Restauranteur.
Only one will live through the end of their story.
In 1992, NCAA teams from Troy State University and DeVry University of Atlanta played the highest scoring game in recorded basketball history.
Until now.
Marthaniel “Thiccboi” Thicke and “Hustle” Chuck Ramford love each other. They also love baseball. And they also love booze and coke. Unfortunately for them, there’s only space in their lives for one of these loves, maybe two at most. They’ll need to make a choice.
(cw: Frank depictions of alcohol and drug abuse; scenes of dysfunctional relationships)
Tomorrow, this theme park gets torn down for another set of waterfront condos, identical to all the other sets of waterfront condos. Tonight, though, it’s the sight of our childhoods, and our memories, and our last stand. Continue reading →