Sometimes you think that the situation you're setting up is painfully obvious and impossible to screw up. I could present my players with an open window to enter through, and they'd end up blowing up the building instead...
The Master of Disaster: 06 | 10/21/19
Earlier this month when one of our players was out, I decided to try out a different role playing game with my group; A game I think they ultimately enjoyed more...
Early Impressions: Pine
After only a few hours with Pine, I came to appreciate its ambitious mechanics and intriguing story, but ultimately found it lifeless and repetitive...
The Master of Disaster: 05 | 09/13/19
Since the inception of this feature, I've mainly used it as an outlet to talk about the various mishaps and shenanigans that cropped up during my role-playing adventures. This time however, I'd like to talk about my struggles in finding a way to balance a good game, with an engaging story...
Building a New Splinter Cell
if Hitman and Metal Gear could reboot themselves so successfully, Splinter Cell should be able to as well. While it's easy to say that Splinter Cell should just do the same thing those games did, it can't. There are fundamental differences in the way those games play that just don't translate perfectly. But if we were to cherry pick elements from either of those games to slot into a new Splinter Cell, I bet you'd come back with something pretty good...
The Master Of Disaster: 04 |08/02/19
I don't have a great deal of experience with Dungeons & Dragons outside of playing a few one-shots, playing in a short campaign in The Lost Mine of Phandelver, and of course DM-ing the campaign my friends and I are currently going through. But I'd like to focus in on that short campaign in The … Continue reading The Master Of Disaster: 04 |08/02/19
Early Impressions: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is an imperfect game that doesn't fully deliver on the power fantasy of playing as your favorite superheroes, but it sure is fun.
The Master of Disaster: 03 | 07/05/19
Every month I step in here to tell you a little anecdote about my D&D adventures and the various mishaps that inevitably took place. This time I'd like to tell you about when I destroyed the world...
Review: My Friend Pedro
If you've ever wondered what it would be like if Spider-Man shot bullets instead of webs, then look no further than My Friend Pedro, a game about man, his guns, and his floating banana friend...
The Master of Disaster: 02 | 06/07/19
Puzzles are hard. Or at least they can be. This is story of one particular puzzle that I made for my players that absolutely flummoxed them for way longer than it should have...