video games – The Dread Gazebo

Review: Mutant Year Zero

So far I've really been enjoying Mutant: Year Zero. So much, in fact that I'm now regretting not biting on the Bundle of Holding for the tabletop source material earlier…

Skulls December 19, 2018

Streaming Video Games

Streaming Culture: Blind Support & False Sincerity

It's All Fun & Games You know that I've spent some time dabbling as a streamer, and while that's tapered off to perhaps a once a week thing it doesn't…

Skulls August 15, 2017

DreadPixie's Musings Game Design Video Games

On Escapism and Fun

Way Back When Before I got into tabletop RPG’s my mainstay of “gaming memories” were older video games, Playstation and Sega games to be exact. A lot of those games were…

DreadPixie July 19, 2017

Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) Video Games

Divinity 2 is the D&D Game We Need

A Flicker of Hope You guys remember Sword Coast Legends, right? Yeah, unfortunately I still do too. There's a lot that Wizards of the Coast can learn from their last…

Skulls May 15, 2017

Board & Card Games Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) Podcast

New Podcast Is Live!

We're Up! Remember a while back when I put up that pilot episode of a new podcast? Well that new podcast now has a name, Pixels & Polyhedrals, and it's…

Skulls May 13, 2017

The Hobby Video Games

Tabletop Inspiration: Got Souls?

More Than Just "You Died" If you've never played Dark Souls, it's easy to take a passing glance at the game and write it off as just some 'hardcore' third…

Nosferatu February 22, 2017