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The Writing Lodge: How A Great Spider-Man Story (Almost) Solved The Worst

The Writing Lodge: How A Great Spider-Man Story (Almost) Solved The Worst

Don’t deal with the devil unless you’re prepared to dance with demons.

thegamp4 October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 Analysis, Books, Comics, The Writing Lodge No Comments Read more

Elysium Protocol cover art / OUT NOW!

Elysium Protocol cover art / OUT NOW!

The wait is over, but the battle has only begun.

thegamp4 December 12, 2021December 22, 2021 Books, My Books No Comments Read more

Lores Of Yria: Haunter Of Dreams review: Passages Through Realms Of Unreality

Lores Of Yria: Haunter Of Dreams review: Passages Through Realms Of Unreality

Don’t stop dreaming, and fight through your nightmares.

thegamp4 June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Books, Comics, Reviews No Comments Read more

Dark Souls/Bloodborne Graphic Novels Review: The Fire Fades, The Nightmare Writhes

Dark Souls/Bloodborne Graphic Novels Review: The Fire Fades, The Nightmare Writhes

From the libraries of Yharnam and Lordran, more journeys await.

thegamp4 February 15, 2020June 8, 2020 Books, Comics, Reviews 1 Comment Read more

Chronicles Of Yria, volume I: Myre: review – Taking In The Journey

Chronicles Of Yria, volume I: Myre: review – Taking In The Journey

Visual storytelling and a true labour of love make this the best graphic novel I’ve read in a long time.

thegamp4 February 5, 2020June 12, 2024 Books, Comics, Reviews No Comments Read more

Major Architects Of The Illusion update!

Hello to all readers, fellow writers and sci-fi junkies alike! As it’s been a while since I’ve made any concrete, detailed updates regarding the Architects of the Illusion series, I decided I would start making more regular updates, now that

thegamp4 October 25, 2016 Books, My Books No Comments Read more

The Writing Lodge: Slushpile Millionaire

My point today is going to sound minor at first, even nitpicky, but the more I go on, the more it’s going to sound emblematic of an institutional problem with how certain facets of the traditional publishing industry view themselves

thegamp4 August 29, 2016August 18, 2021 Books, The Writing Lodge No Comments Read more

1984 review: We Are The Dead

You’re watching a film or playing a game, or reading a book, and the villain’s motives are laid out. Perhaps they’re the kind of villain who lusts after power and little else, who want to reign at the top of

thegamp4 December 3, 2015 Books, Reviews No Comments Read more

11/22/63: Review

(Belatedly cross-posted from Goodreads to give the site some content while I handle the renovations!) November 22nd, 1963. You know how it unfolds: shots ring out in Dallas, and within seconds, President John F. Kennedy is dead. What if you

thegamp4 February 21, 2015 Books, Reviews No Comments Read more

Mandatory Evolution: Progression of the Player’s Guide

So there I stood in Chapters, facing the bookshelf as one would stare down a rival gunslinger at the crack of dawn. Tried, I did, to conjure a justification for potentially spending over thirty dollars on a player’s guide for

camaclean December 11, 2014December 23, 2015 Analysis, Books, Gaming No Comments Read more
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