Five Non-Disney Animated Movies Everyone Should Watch
We’re in the midst of an animation renaissance of sorts, with new and electrifying creative visions bursting into the mainstream. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the latest groundbreaking...
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Suit Up! 5 Incredible Suits of Armor in SFF
Suit up, everyone! Today, I’m listing five of my all-time favorite suits of armor in SFF. Both sci-fi and fantasy are teeming with amazing armor of all sorts, so I’m bound to leave some great examples...
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I’m Cuckoo for These Fabulous Fantasy Clocks
Time is quite literally of the essence today, folks! We’re diving into the wibbly-wobbly world of fantasy clocks, in which time can be molded, anthropomorphized, or simply measured with remarkable...
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Five Games for People Who Love Fantasy, Puzzles, and Escape Rooms
I’ve always felt like escape rooms occupy a similar mental space as fantasy books. There’s something thrilling about walking into a room full of puzzles and curious trinkets, then solving a series of...
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Five Fantasy Swordsmen I’d Never, Ever Want to Challenge
Reader, I am not what most would describe as “fit.” Dexterous, sure; I can play ping pong, darts, or Spikeball with the best of ‘em. I walk 10+ miles per week. I’m not particularly strong, but I’ll...
View ArticleIn Loving Memory of the Books I’ll Never Read Again
Which books will you never read again? Not because they’re bad or boring, but because you love them. You love what they mean to you, or what they meant to you when you turned that final page....
View Article5 Video Games That Teach Valuable Lessons About Failure
Video games are master classes in dealing with failure. The medium welcomes and rewards failure in ways other forms of media can’t. When the player is in control, success pushes the narrative forward...
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Behind the Mask: Five Mysterious SFF Fighters
Imagine for a moment the distinct narrative thrill of seeing a masked character appear for the first time. Who could it be? What are they hiding? Is it a character we already know and love, shirking...
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Five SFF Captains I Would Follow to Hell and Back
In any situation, there are leaders and there are followers. Normally, I’d classify myself firmly in the former category… but when I read or watch fantasy stories? Whole different ball game, folks....
View ArticleYangchen Could Be the Future of the Avatar: The Last Airbender Franchise
Many moons (or should I say Princess Yues) ago, I wrote a column on F.C. Yee’s excellent Kyoshi duology, and all the reasons I’ve been pining for an on-screen adaptation of those books. Today, I’m...
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Fantasy’s Icy Tundra Problem — And How To Thaw It Out
Reader, allow me to occupy the space of this post in order to rant about a certain pattern I’ve noticed in fantasy books. First, though, I suggest you don your puffiest winter coat, because we’re...
View ArticleHot Air Balloons: The Ultimate Fantasy Vehicle?
I took my first hot air balloon flight when I was but a young lad, somewhere in my early teens. Waking up at five in the morning proved the most difficult part—once I’d surmounted that hurdle, I was...
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5 SFF Sports I Would Try in a Heartbeat
My favorite fantasy worlds tend to be jam-packed with fascinating nuggets of worldbuilding, details that help to flesh out the setting and give us a better sense of the places and societies in which...
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5 Stories About Embracing Found Family
Some of our favorite SFF protagonists tend to form their own circles, building communities with those that love them for who they are. Around the holidays, these stories offer a gentle reminder that...
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Tess of the Road Is the Compassionate, Personal Fantasy Journey We Need on...
Nestled between thick tomes and lengthy fantasy epics sits one of my favorite 2023 reads: Rachel Hartman’s Tess of the Road. The novel was published in 2018 to some critical acclaim; frankly, I have no...
View ArticleFive Board Games for Fantasy Fans
Looking for a way to make devastating competitive moves against your friends while occupying an imaginative fantasy world? Look no further! I play board games any chance I get. My friends and I have an...
View ArticleYour Guide to Surviving a Fantasy Maze
Welcome, brave adventurers, to magic school/an elaborate prison/a lethal contest/any other perilous journey! Take a look at the towering walls, foreboding hedges, winding pathways, and dark corners...
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Five of the Best Reptilian Characters in SFF
Reptiles often appear in legend and story as horrifying monsters or portents of doom; perhaps it’s a holdover from the prehistoric days when fearsome dinosaurs roamed the earth. I’m just as inclined to...
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5 Games for People Who Love Fantasy, Puzzles, and Escape Rooms
I’ve always felt like escape rooms occupy a similar mental space as fantasy books. There’s something thrilling about walking into a room full of puzzles and curious trinkets, then solving a series of...
View ArticleOut With Book Clubs — In With Book Trades!
The solitary nature of the act of reading has never stopped our love of reading from proving inherently social. Readers connect with stories, and those stories in turn connect people in new ways....
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