Have you ever wanted to see a film where Santa gets stuck on the beach and thoroughly hates it? What about a Christmas movie that has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas? If you take all this, throw in a terrifying Easter bunny, a defunct amusement park, and a plethora of random animals, and you have Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny. In 1972, the movie was filmed at Pirate’s World, a Florida amusement park that was built to compete with Walt Disney World. The theme park ultimately could not compete with the mouse, and was shut down a year later. Personally, I believe it was this movie that did it in. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – How About Some Ice Cream?
Category Archives: Blogs
Irregular’s Intel – In Praise of Independents
In the late 80s there was this terrible TV show based on an awesome comic, Jon Sable, Freelance. The TV show was called Sable and it was largely forgettable, but it did three things for me:
- Introduced me to an awesome character that I still admire to this very day
- Introduced me to the awesome that is Mike Grell (I didn’t get introduced to Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters until a few years later)
- Introduced me to my first independent comic company “First Comics”
Continue reading Irregular’s Intel – In Praise of Independents
Meeple Moments – GM Responsibilities: Beyond the Table
Occasionally we feature a post from our friends at The Malted Meeple. This time around, it’s about Game Masters and the roles they play.
In previous articles, we discussed some of the roles filled by players in a role playing game. Some of these roles involved combat, some involved support. Some were specialized, while others were generalized. In roleplaying games players often get to choose which roles they want to fill; that is often a luxury not available to the Game Master. Of all the people sitting at the table, it is the Game Master who often has the most responsibilities. Some of these responsibilities have nothing to do with role-playing, but they are still important. Continue reading Meeple Moments – GM Responsibilities: Beyond the Table
Comics Cosmos – A Spanner in Time
Time travel is a popular basis for a plot these days. You don’t often see it in comics, though, so that makes Time Spanners a refreshing change. This is an indie comic out of northeast Ohio, by John Vourlis, Jaime Lombardo and Brendan Kelly, funded via IndieGoGo, that now has its first issue available. Continue reading Comics Cosmos – A Spanner in Time
Miss Dawn’s Musings – It’s a Thinker!
I like tv shows that make me think. Sure, something trivial and mindless is good at times, but I don’t find that very satisfying. From cartoons to crime dramas, they’re just hollow entertainment that doesn’t go beyond what you see on the screen. Continue reading Miss Dawn’s Musings – It’s a Thinker!