Pete Larrivee is a self-proclaimed narcissist with delusions of adequacy and a silly haircut. His insight into the world of craft beer could move molehills, and his quoteable nature ensures his legacy will last a lunchtime. Look for him under a table at any beer festival. Prost!
Of the questionable good things to come out of the pandemic was the meteoric rise of D&D as a way to connect with your friends and still have fun. Zoom calls and Discord allowed people to run and play in games from the comfort of their own homes, and gave rise to many digital tools […]
We live in very uncertain times, where a person who was always right there, laughing and cheering on your next dice roll is suddenly, painfully absent. Having characters die in a D&D game happens, sometimes pretty often if you’re playing with a really brutal DM, or just have really bad dice rolls, but losing a […]
A good man no matter what dark times he was facing, Peter Parravano passed away in late November. Every person walking this world encounters hardship and how we face that hardship defines us. When Peter had hardship he never let it harden him or take away any part of himself that fueled his light. He […]
At the risk of never getting a cushy writing gig for Hasbro, what the actual sh**, Hasbro?! For those who didn’t hear, Hasbro laid off somewhere around a thousand people, almost all, if not all, of their Wizard’s of the Coast division (WOTC). This is darkly hilarious, since earlier this year Hasbro’s corporate hegemony tried […]
The six-person crew stood around the parchment-littered table, poring over the maps and notes from their recon. Their target: A warehouse that stood among a cluster of other brick buildings and businesses by the docks, curtained by the smell of fresh fish and salt-soaked wood. The City Watch had the place on lockdown. They’d just […]
So does anyone remember that internet story where Disney tried to trademark the word “princess?” I’ll bet the remaining members of royalty in Europe had some interesting things to say on that notion, and I’d give actual money to hear what those things were. But this is just an example of how sometimes it’s not […]
This will be a mostly spoiler-free review. I say mostly because you might connect some dots. Don’t worry about it, some twists you’ll see coming a mile away anyway. We’ll get to that. The Dungeons and Dragons franchise hasn’t always had the greatest success in adaptation for television or film. Anyone who remembers the bad […]
The textbook answer is that it’s a tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG for short), where you and a group of friends design characters to partake in an epic story as adventuring heroes. Or, depending on your group, utterly bonkers magic misanthropes that stumble blindly from one misadventure to the next and usually spend a few nights […]
Like the turning of the leaves, RI Comic Con is an anticipated part of fall in the Ocean State. Each year, this three-day, ever-growing celebration of pop culture and nerditude sprawls through the Omni Hotel, the Rhode Island Convention Center and the Dunkin Donuts Center. Brought to our humble little state by Altered Reality Entertainment, […]
Even if you’re not a fan of horror, you’ve heard of Stephen King. It’s hard not to, as he has written more books than most any other three authors put together, and currently sits atop his own publishing house, scribbling away on napkins that somehow morph into bestsellers every few months. But this is about […]