10 Years Later: A ‘Community’ Retrospective
"I can't count the reasons I should stay, One by one they all just fade away" -"At Least It Was Here," The 88 Community has been off the air for four years. The show first [...]
10 Years Later: A ‘Glee’ Retrospective
The road to success is not a straight path. This is arguably the message of Glee--a show that, at the time broke boundaries and challenged cultural norms. It starts out like many underdog shows. The [...]
Crit or Miss: The Squared Circle RPG
Time to step back into the squared circle and review another professional wrestling TTRPG!
‘Instant Hotel’ Teams As ‘Vampire: The Masquerade’ Clans
The question on everyone's mind while watching Netflix and Seven Network's Australian reality series Instant Hotel is, of course, what clan from Vampire: The Masquerade are each of the teams? Fear not, fellow Australian Reality [...]
Crit or Miss: Mage the Ascension
So you want to be a Mage? Turns out Mage is less Harry Potter and more Choose Your Own Way to Screw the World
The Drawbacks Of Positive Fandoms
I have started and stopped writing and deleted this post many times over the past two years. Hopefully I'll make it to the end this time. I started again this time because I've seen increasing [...]
‘Cats’ Will Be The Height Of Cinema
Spoilers for Cats: The Musical Cancel all other movies. The Cats trailer is out. This trailer is absurd. The cats have unsettling human noses and how cat-like they are is incredibly inconsistent. But still, the [...]
Crit or Miss: Lighthouse Roleplaying System
This one was rough... and also strangely not the first time we have talked about Lighthouses on Project Derailed.
Crit or Miss: Hunter the Vigil
While it may be hard to be objective, sometimes you still got to take a crack at it.
Let’s pet Ghost, a very good boy
THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR GAME OF THRONES S8E4 On the latest episode of Game of Thrones, Jon did the unthinkable - he left his loyal companion Ghost behind, sending him with Tormund to go [...]
From ‘Game Of Thrones’ To ‘Arrested Development’: “Acceptable” Incest In Media
Warning: discussion of abuse and sexual assault. Spoilers for Game of Thrones, Arrested Development, and The Royal Tenenbaums. Incest is, rightfully, often seen as abusive or repulsive, but the topic is explored in media anyway. [...]
Albus Dumbledore is as Straight as an Arrow and it is ALL Because of JK Rowling: Discourse on Death of the Author and Hollywood Liberalism
I think it is safely time to definitively state that Albus Dumbledore, the kind and arrogant professor from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, was hooking up with lady witches so frequently that it would [...]
Is ‘The Village’ A LARP Movie?
Read about other LARP movies here. LARP movies are an underrepresented genre in fan movies. However, enough exist that a few rules can be followed in terms of structure. The two most popular movies, Knights [...]
What ‘Varsity Blues’ Says About Regina George
Spoilers for Varsity Blues and Mean Girls. Mean Girls is a teen classic that most will recognize. The 2004 movie has kept in the public consciousness through its iconic one liners, merchandise, and even a [...]
Crit or Miss: Moxie
Things are about to get Looney real fast!
Crit or Miss: Shadowrun
In this episode of Crit or Miss, Tanner reviews Shadowrun fifth edition.
Crit or Miss: Rob Liefeld’s BloodP.O.U.C.H.
The extreme cold of Illinois has done horrible things to Tanner... Especially when he has to read a bad RPG.
LARPing As Represented In ‘Knights Of Badassdom’ And ‘Role Models’
LARP, live-action roleplaying, is Dungeons and Dragon's less popular sister. At least in the sense of pop culture. While many television shows devote an entire episode to the characters learning about Dungeons and Dragons or [...]
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