The Action Figure Nativity Scene Contest

Look!  Up in the sky!  Is that a bird?  Is it a plane?  No, it’s … well … it’s just the sky, but the sky’s the limit when we’re looking into the peoples, places, and…

(source) The Silmarillion intimidates me. It’s one of those Moby Dick-esque books that I’m sure I’ll love, but I still gotta make myself sit down with it, you know? Still, the same text that intimidates…

I’ve decided to forgo reading sci-fi for a stretch to try and broaden my horizons a bit. I’m moving into…fantasy! Not exactly an enormous genre leap, but now that I’ve finished A Song of Ice…

What do we mean when we talk about a game’s story? Most of us would categorize “gameplay” as the specific actions the player commits during the game. While things get hazy when dealing with predetermined…