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About fakedtales

I'm a writer, a podcaster, a reviewer of games. Here's where I share my own fiction and my encounters with other people's media.

Operation Lightning 2015

Posted on January 21, 2014 by fakedtales

That right there is a blank corkboard. Take it in. Breathe, relax. This is going to grow, it’s going to become something far bigger, far better. For many years now I have had a concept called Lightning. It started life … Continue reading →

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Comic Reviews for 15 January 2014

Posted on January 21, 2014 by fakedtales

Comic Reviews for 15 January 2014 Not to announce out loud that I don’t know what I’m doing, but I now know how to link to my comic reviews on Google Plus, so now I can do that rather than … Continue reading →

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Twenty Percent More Awesome?

Posted on December 31, 2013 by fakedtales

At the end of 2012 I set myself a goal instead of a resolution; Make my life 20% more awesome. Sure, it’s not technically quantifiable that way, but that was the idea. A fixed resolution is stupid and bound to … Continue reading →

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Videogames of the Year

Posted on December 29, 2013 by fakedtales

This has been an interesting year for me as a gamer. I’ve gone from heavy use of my Xbox 360 to pretty much solely a Nintendo & PC gamer. The 3DS is definitely my machine of the year, although thanks … Continue reading →

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Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Review

Posted on December 17, 2013 by fakedtales

My latest review is up at D+Pad, one of the few games to get me away from Pokémon X and even further away from my crippling Animal Crossing experience. Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is a great journey back to … Continue reading →

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Dungeon World: Session One

Posted on December 17, 2013 by fakedtales

I’ve been roleplaying for twenty years as of this month. I’ve loved it and some amazing stories have broken out of my brain and those of all of the many, many players who have joined me over the years. I … Continue reading →

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Comic Reviews 16 October 2013

Posted on October 22, 2013 by fakedtales

BRIEF COMIC REVIEWS A + X #13 The first of a six-part A+X story starts in this issue. The skrulls, the universe’s punching bag since Secret Invasion, have a secret group of superpowered zealot skrulls who are posing a potential … Continue reading →

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Rogue Legacy Review

Posted on October 16, 2013 by fakedtales

Rogue Legacy is a fascinating game of a generational struggle against a castle filled with monsters using a Metroidvania system and randomly-generated quirks for each of your children, and I’ve reviewed it here, at D+Pad Magazine. Follow the link and … Continue reading →

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Comic Reviews 9 October 2013

Posted on October 16, 2013 by fakedtales

BRIEF COMIC REVIEWS Each week I write comic reviews on the Google Plus Comic Book Community. This post contains last week’s reviews. ASTONISHING X-MEN #68 Warbird has been a really strange focal character. Not really a mutant, so much as … Continue reading →

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Comic Reviews 2 October 2013

Posted on October 10, 2013 by fakedtales

A+X #12 Beast, as I’ll get onto in the next review, is the master of dubious moral decisions. Wonder Man is a pacifist in the most judgemental and annoying way at the moment. Still, A+X puts them both together and … Continue reading →

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