A Familiar Story

Once upon a time, there was a fellow who was tired of working for a living, so he decided to take up a life of adventure. He picked up some rudimentary training, and was now a first level adventurer in a large world, free to explore it and wrest its riches from the vile [...]

Victory of the Roboincarnate

Nature was twisted, dragged upright into humanoid-shaped monsters, out for blood.
This was the Devouring Earth, commonly found throughout parts of Paragon City and the Rogue Isles: walking figures of stone, spindly tree men, large fungal marauders, and (worst of all) the mutated human beings, unrecognizably Cthulian, known as the Devoured. Their mission, brought [...]

Frugal Indulgance – Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic

It’s about the point where I find myself gnashing my teeth about City of Heroes characters that I need to realize that I’m once again getting bored of the game. I keep coming back to it later, but I need to take some time off from it once in awhile. As they say, [...]

We Can Rebuild

It was an unusual operating room, but then, these were not the usual surgeons. They stood around the metal operating table containing the “patient” in the way they had been trained back when they were considered legitimate doctors. However, this operating room was strange in that it contained all the butchery tools and [...]

Message Transmitted

It was a world-class political pep rally. The auditorium was filled with millions of people, and cameras were arrayed in regular positions to capture the action up on the stage. The candidates sat in two elite groups on the stage, people worth millions of dollars, the object of attention of the nation and [...]

Digitally Courting Boredom

There’s not been too many updates lately. I’m afraid that being simultaneously subscribed to City of Heroes and EverQuest 2 has resulted in a deadlock where I realize that I’m done with either. I could say I’m simply bored with them, but when you’re a dedicated computer gamer, you begin to realize the [...]

The Heroic Conspiracy of Paragon City

The Hellion, a gang member empowered with magical tattoos that imbued him with infernal demon fire, had been apparently attempting to wrest a purse from the somewhat feeble-looking grandmother all day. They stood in broad daylight on city streets as they engaged in their impromptu tug-o-war over this piece of aged leather with some [...]

The Rat Trap

Despite herself, the serving maid at the Servant’s Lure tavern was flustered, and stood fanning her beet-red face in pleased surprise. True, she had heard that Swashbucklers were debonair scoundrels who had a knack to dazzle unsuspecting ladies with a sly grin and unexpected comment. However, in her fantasies, she had always pictured [...]

Trotmobile Blues

When I woke up on the beach a few days ago, even though I’m in my late teens, it was as though I had just been born. I guess Amnesia has that effect on people. I had somehow washed up on the beach after the shipwreck. What was the first thing I [...]

The Education of the Beast

The kobold, a primordial dog-like humanoid beast of fur and anger, sat patiently at its desk listening to the droning of the lecturer. The walls of the expansive lecture hall were lined with books. The desks on the raised floor in front of the lecturer’s podium were completely filled with fellow magic users [...]