So, there’s a story behind this one. Among the games which our nuclear family unit played back during the rugrats’ formative years were such classics as Diablo II, Heroes of Might & Magic (II, III, IV) and the Age of Empires/Mythology games. With the advent of Windows 7, a lot of older games don’t manage… Continue reading Rekindling Old Games

Every chosen career comes with its downsides, I suppose.

Today’s comic may or may not have been inspired by my recent reading of a highly-recommended late-1980s science fiction tome. Ahem. Look: I understand the appeal both of creating and enjoying certain kinds of ambiguous non-endings in stories. I really do. They drive me absolutely batty, however. A fair-to-middling bit of storytelling redeems itself with… Continue reading Story Smelling