Killer Nope. A long-form rant with a purpose (Yes, it’s about Halo 5).

Mephisto Mori/ August 19, 2015/ Geek Culture, Video Games/ 0 comments

October is fast approaching. That means a number of things. Better weather, beautiful leaves, and my favorite holiday. My autumnal bias and love of carved gourds aside, it also means that video game release season will soon be at full power. To say it another way a saturation of AAA titles (and even some indie sleepers) will be offered up to

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Video Games in Reality: A Jurassic Park Drinking Game

Mephisto Mori/ June 7, 2015/ Geek Culture, Movies/ 0 comments

I did a small amount of work coming up with this and rather than leave it in obscurity, I decided to share it with the Internet. A few already exist, but here’s the one I came up with while watching my son watch Jurassic Park for the first time. Enjoy. General Rules: Take a drink whenever a person or creature

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Gamer Dad Confession: Dungeons, Dragons, & Dad…ing

Mephisto Mori/ June 3, 2015/ Geek Culture, Video Games/ 0 comments

An article on the Official Wizards’ D&D site focused on introducing kids to D&D had me asking myself a single question: What if video games are preventing people from getting into tabletop RPGs? I’m already scheming ways to get my son to play D&D. It’s an elaborate plan that has his mother terrified. Before I even run that first adventure, I’m going to get him reading fantasy. I’ve already completed

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42 Lounge: You Should Go There.

Mephisto Mori/ May 14, 2015/ Geek Culture/ 3 comments

So I’m delaying the impromptu “part two” of my Avengers: Age of Ultron review – the more technical review – this evening to write another post. Only a small portion of people (that also know me on Facebook) knew about it, so I don’t consider it a loss. The reason? Basically I got drunk and ended up spending the last

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