Author Archives: fakedtales

Casual Trek Episode Six: Odo Exploded!

Posted on November 30, 2022 by fakedtales

I wasn’t a fan of the Mirror Universe, although I think it was mainly a case of encountering too many DS9 episodes and the lengthy second arc of Discovery season one. Watching three episodes about the Mirror Universe from different … Continue reading →

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Casual Trek Episode Five: A Lovely Walk

Posted on October 16, 2022 by fakedtales

This episode was a bit of a different one and way more personal than the usual episodes. Having watched the wrong episode and having some personal life things in the way, we wanted to make an episode, but had to … Continue reading →

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Casual Trek Episode Four: Daddy Beard of Sadness

Posted on October 15, 2022 by fakedtales

I’ve been loving Strange New Worlds and pacing out the watching of it. As of writing I’ve still got one episode to go, and I know that it’ll be a shame once it’s over. I knew the first episodes of … Continue reading →

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Casual Trek Episode Three: Oh Dear, It’s Blackface!

Posted on October 14, 2022 by fakedtales

We finally hit regular episodes instead of pilots and you can tell by the length of our recaps and my many pages of notes for each episode being reduced to a couple of pages. As well as our big sheet … Continue reading →

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Casual Trek Episode Six: Odo Exploded!

Posted on October 14, 2022 by fakedtales

I wasn’t a fan of the Mirror Universe, although I think it was mainly a case of encountering too many DS9 episodes and the lengthy second arc of Discovery season one. Watching three episodes about the Mirror Universe from different … Continue reading →

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Casual Trek Episode Bonus Episode

Posted on October 13, 2022 by fakedtales

Technically this is the first episode of Casual Trek Miles and I recorded. We wanted to make sure that the tech worked, we could manage scheduling and our interactions were good. The plan was to talk about our experience of … Continue reading →

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Casual Trek Episode One and Two: The Pilots

Posted on October 11, 2022 by fakedtales

I announced my Star Trek podcast, Casual Trek, but I realise I’ve been remiss in not mentioning the episodes here as they come out. This is supposed to be the repository of what I’ve done creatively, after all. Miles and … Continue reading →

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Casual Trek

Posted on August 7, 2022 by fakedtales

I’ve been in a Star Trek mood for a little while and it’s not gone away. I’m a fan, but not a massive fan. During lockdown I started a rewatch of Deep Space NIne and after running Modiphius’ Dishonored RPG … Continue reading →

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Amphigorey (Graphic Novel Quest)

Posted on March 8, 2022 by fakedtales

By Edward Gorey We got a couple of the small Edward Gorey books in at Dave’s Comics when I was working there. I immediately enjoyed the Gashleycrumb Tinies and when Amphigorey came in, I picked it up right away. The … Continue reading →

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Alias Ultimate Collection Vol 1 (Graphic Novel Quest)

Posted on March 5, 2022 by fakedtales

Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Michael Gaydos, Colours by Matt Hollingsworth and Letters by Richard Starkings Marvel Comics went hard when they decided to launch their ‘Max’ line of Comics Codeless ‘mature readers’ comics. They also tapped Brian … Continue reading →

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