What If… (Videogames, Star Wars, and the Power of Fanon)

I remember being read a story when I was a kid. Nothing about the plot or the characters — what I remember is the ending, and it’s stuck with me for something like two decades. The story ended… by not ending. Not just by leaving questions unanswered or threads untied, but literally telling the reader, “Now you come up with your own ending!” You might laugh if I say that to me it was a moment of profound frustration, disappointment — even betrayal. But it was. I can still remember how disturbing it was to me and how lost I

A Very Fallouty Easter

Hey folks! How was your Easter? I hope you all took the opportunity to let out your artsy and crafty sides. Even us “adults” get to exercise our creative side between finding creative places to hide the plastic, candy-filled eggs and coloring the white, egg-filled eggs. Easter + nieces and nephews — I don’t need any more excuse to get my art on. Of course, my art, even when flipped to the on position, is sadly lacking. This year, I arrived a bit late to the party and missed the egg hunt (ARGH), but at least I got the chance

The Witcher 3! Exclamation Point!

Game Informer has informed us (Ha ha! Do you see what I did there? Surely I am the first to think of that clever wordplay.) that The Witcher 3 is like… a real thing. I guess we already knew that, but now we’ve got screenshots to prove it, plus some (likely overblown) claims about what the game is actually going to play like. Now, CDProjekt Red often likes to claim they’re innovating. Usually, they’re not. Just making really stellar, finely crafted RPGs, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. If they hold to the mission statement of bringing their unique