Long-form analysis on tabletop RPGs, video games, sports, politics, and culture
The 12 Hardest NBA Championship Runs Recently I saw a post on X talking about the NBA, titled ‘WHO HAD THE TOUGHEST CHAMPIONSHIP RUN EVER?’ The guy had a top 10 list and it got me thinking, which teams did have the toughest runs ever? Since I love doing analysis and research I decided to … Read more
The Best D&D 2e Adventures from Dungeon Magazine, Part 3 Part 1, Issues 18-38 Part 2, Issues 39-59 Now that we’re looking at the third and final batch of top AD&D 2nd edition Dungeon adventures, the trend I noticed is a higher proportion of high-level content … Read more
The 25-Foot Arc: A Geometric Solution to NBA Monotony The NBA 5-out Offense Problem The NBA’s current 5-out equilibrium maximizes offensive efficiency but has gutted tactical variance. League-average pace has hit a 30-year high at roughly 102 possessions per 48 minutes, but about 85% of possessions still resolve in the halfcourt through nearly identical geometric … Read more
The Five GMing Philosophies Every Game Master Should Understand Most tabletop RPG rulebooks focus on teaching you the mechanics: they explain how combat works, how armor class is calculated, how to resolve a skill check and how many feet a spell reaches. Very few of them show you how to actually run a game. This … Read more
The Best Licensed PS2 Games What is a licensed video game? Something that’s licensed means it uses an intellectual property (IP) owned by someone else. For example Middle-Earth Enterprises owns the exclusive rights to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. If anyone wants to make a movie, write a book or make a game, … Read more