Flametoad

Back at the beginning of September, I got an e-mail with a special invitation from Matt at horror website Flames Rising. He wanted to post one new monster description for each day of the month of October. He was contacting his network of game designers, writers, and horror aficionados to contribute to the project and wanted to [...]

Kate Beckinsale = still hot The werewolf designs were pretty cool, I thought. For a vampire, Selene/Beckinsale sure does breathe a lot. In fact, she didn’t come across very vampiric at all in this movie. Flametoad Score (out of 10): Kung-fu: 7; Gun-fu: 7; Vampire-fu: 6; Werewolf-fu: 8; Naked flesh-fu: 7; Explosion-fu: 8 Composite “guy [...]

Sunday afternoon I was fortunate enough to catch Cloverfield. Any spoilers in this review are clearly warned in advance. Cloverfield gets the Flametoad torch of approval. I’d give it an 8 out of 10. I know there are people who didn’t care for the handheld-camera style, and othres who felt cheated by not seeing more [...]

Tip ‘o the hat to flamesrising for finding Evolution of Horror, a video inspired by the book 13 Bullets.  

So today is Father’s Day. I’m very fortunate to have such a wonderful family. I have an amazing wife, and two children who are blessings. For this holiday, they got me a game I’ve been wanting for a number of months now. At around $40, it’s a pricey luxury to buy for myself, and up [...]