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Godzilla: King of the Monsters Friday May 31, 2019
I’m not sure what I was expecting from Godzilla: King of the Monsters, but it neither surprised me nor disappointed me, and I enjoyed it quite a bit, so I guess what I was expecting was a Godzilla movie with lots of monsters in it. The show stealers for me were… Read more
And That Makes Twenty Wednesday June 10, 2020
With this most recent update, Schlock Mercenary has run for twenty years. Daily, with no missed updates, no re-runs, and no guest strips… From June 12th of 2000 to June 11th of 2020, that’s twenty full years. (The twentieth anniversary will be on June 12th, because math.) The strip has… Read more
Death by Cliché 2: The Wrath of Con Friday May 4, 2018
My writing group has been critiquing, and to some degree workshopping, the Death by Cliché series with their author, Bob Defendi. I’ve enjoyed the process immensely, even just reading the first full drafts. The central premise of the series is that our protagonist, a game designer named Damico, is trapped inside a… Read more
A Quick Megamind Review Tuesday November 9, 2010
I saw Megamind Tuesday morning with my fellow Writing Excuses co-host Dan Wells and his talented-and-currently-dayjobless brother Robison. The verdict? Megamind is my new #7 for the year. I laughed a lot. I was surprised. They didn't put all the best bits in the trailers (the most recent set of… Read more
Off to the printer Sunday January 3, 2021
Big Dumb Objects has been sent to the printer. And it’s about time. Big Dumb time, even. The cover inset art was done a year ago, and the principal art and story was done five years ago. It was the bonus story which hung us up, and a lot of… Read more
300 II: Abs on the Rise Friday March 7, 2014
Today I saw a not-very-good movie. Yes, I'd like the two hours back. If the film has any redeeming value whatsoever it's that it's inspired a bit of interest in the actual history -- history that does not involve oiled men sword-dancing when they're supposed to be fighting. In the… Read more
Kickstarter Alert! Book 18! Wednesday September 20, 2023
We’ve launched the Kickstarter for Mandatory Failure: Schlock Mercenary Book 18, and it has already funded. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/howardtayler/mandatory-failure-schlock-mercenary-book-18 Not only have we funded, but we’ve reached some stretch goals, too! Click here to visit the Kickstarter and see the latest news. The project will run until October 20th of 2023. Back… Read more
Stripped: review coming on April 1st Friday March 14, 2014
It's getting to be that time of year when I clear my calendar each Friday so I can see a movie and write about it. Today, however, nothing is playing that I find interesting. Of course, last night I watched my Kickstarter Exclusive HD Reward Copy of Stripped, the documentary… Read more
Coming to Gen Con Indy Saturday July 30, 2011
I'll be at Gen Con Indy next week, and I'm going to have some fun stuff with me. I'll also have some brand new stuff. All of these things will appear in the store eventually, but they're debuting in Indianapolis: Dice! I only have 100 of these Tagon-logo six-sided dice… Read more
Hardcore Henry —a Guest Review from Bob Defendi Sunday April 17, 2016
Howard here… I couldn’t bring myself to see Hardcore Henry. I was too busy, and too stressed out, and this did not look like something that would make me in the least bit less anxious. Fortunately for all of you, my friend Bob saw it. He started to tell me… Read more
Ready Player One Thursday March 29, 2018
Ready Player One was a visual extravaganza with a story that gave it convenient excuses to feature pop-culture icons from the past thirty years. I enjoyed it a lot, but the most innovative part about the film was that zipper thing on an expandable suitcase which allowed the producers to say… Read more
Achievement Unlocked: Married with Married Children Friday January 17, 2020
The wedding was beautiful. The reception was lovely. The day was exhausting, but only because it’s hard work packing that much joy, delight, and awesome into one contiguous sequence of waking hours. There’s a thread of photos on my Twitter feed, and if you follow Sandra_Tayler on Instagram there are… Read more
Twenty Years of Archives, Ad-Free! Monday April 6, 2020
Would you like to be reading Schlock Mercenary ad-free? How about being able to read it a week at a time, and in a higher resolution? Join the Schlock Mercenary Patreon, and for just $2.50 per month, the entirety of the Schlock Mercenary archives will be available to you for… Read more
A Casual, Hacked Review of XCOM 2 Monday March 14, 2016
I have loved XCOM 2, but not unconditionally. There are some things you should know when you consider my review: I’m a “hardcore casual” gamer. I will spend dozens of hours exploring all the corners of a game, but only if it doesn’t abuse me with unrelenting punishment and frustration for… Read more
Typecast RPG: The New Season Begins Tonight! Tuesday January 7, 2020
A new season of Typecast RPG begins tonight¹. The party must leave the snowy wastelands (which we all hated) and pay a visit to the Verdenfleet (which hates all of us.) There will be big changes for some of the characters, including a bit of apotheosis-justified retconning. Dungeon Master Dan… Read more
And Now, A Bonus Story Teaser Thursday March 17, 2011
I've been getting colored bonus-story pages back from Travis, and couldn't resist sharing at least one of them with you. Behold, the Shardfleet! I took the liberty of blanking out the dialog. I wouldn't want to spoil anything. Read more
Book Review: Jack Knife, by Virginia Baker Thursday February 22, 2007
I saw a familiar face at LTUE, but was having a hard time placing it. You know how that is, when you bump into somebody from (for instance) the comic-book store while you're seeing an off-Broadway show? Virginia Baker worked with me at Novell, and I recall a couple of… Read more
Captain Marvel Friday March 8, 2019
Cutting straight to the chase here, I love this movie. Captain Marvel clears my Threshold of Awesome with room to spare. I’ve wanted more genre-movie Brie Larsen since seeing her in Kong: Skull Island, and Captain Marvel is better than any such thing I could have imagined. She was perfect as Carol Danvers, and… Read more
Book Review: Matt Furey's Combat Conditioning Sunday July 9, 2006
As promised, here's a review of Matt Furey's Combat Conditioning: Functional Excercises for Fitness and Combat Sports. Let's start with the title: Furey is using a very wide, Darwinist definition of "fitness" in that subtitle. This is not a book that will make you fit for body-building competitions, nor for… Read more
Howard's 2019 Movie Rankings
This is a ranked list of the movies I've seen in 2019. I've ranked them according to how much fun I had in the theater, which is a fantastically subjective exercise that is not uncommonly at odds with how well a movie does what it's trying to do. I've been… Read more