The Silver Key

"Wonder had gone away, and he had forgotten that all life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other." --H.P. Lovecraft, The Silver Key

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Taking the Lamentations of the Flame Princess challenge

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Over at Lamentations of the Flame Princess , James Edward Raggi IV has asked the blogosphere to take up the gauntlet and list the media infl...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

My top 10 favorite heavy metal vocalists of all-time

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Heavy metal as I see it: An irregular series about the highest form of music known to man. I love heavy metal for many reasons, not the lea...
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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Iron Maiden: Old guard still the vanguard of heavy metal

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A review of Iron Maiden at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA, Friday, June 20. This was the second time I've seen the gods of metal on...
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: A review

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At what point do pulp heroes become superheroes? Your answer is the fourth entry in the Indiana Jones franchise, Indiana Jones and the Kingd...
Saturday, June 14, 2008

Welcome to the Hall of Fire: My theoretical RPG/book store

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I think it's every gamer's fantasy to own his or her own game store. For me, it's one of those idle "wouldn't that be c...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The magic of Moldvay

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My gateway drug into the seductive hobby known as role-playing was the 1981 Basic D&D box set, as edited by the late, great, Tom Moldva...
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Saturday, June 7, 2008

Age of Conan: Big money for game companies, but (likely) not book publishers

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So have you have you heard of Age of Conan (AoC)? This new computer game is quickly shaping up to be the next World of Warcraft (WoW), a m...
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Brian Murphy
Marketing professional by day; skald in the Hall of Fire by night; and member of the S.H.I.E.L.D.W.A.L.L. Author of Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery (2020, Pulp Hero Press). Essayist and reviewer for numerous web and print-based fantasy and sword-and-sorcery publications, including The Cimmerian, Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, Mythprint, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, The Dark Man, DMR Blog, Skelos, and SFFaudio.com. Two-time Robert E. Howard Foundation award winner: The Atlantean (Outstanding Achievement/Book for Flame and Crimson) and The Venarium (emerging scholar in REH studies).
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