Don’t Allow Fear to Influence Your Story Don’t Allow Fear to Influence Your Story By Megan Cutler | December 11, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment I’ve noticed a disturbing trend among video game plots lately. Writers start down a path, digging their fingers into the dirt and grime of untouched territory, only to pull back at the last moment. What starts as a journey toward an unconventional ending always ends the same; safely, with the outcome everyone expects. It’s frustrating. … Read More Read More
Five Rules Movie Adaptations of Books Need to Follow Five Rules Movie Adaptations of Books Need to Follow By Megan Cutler | November 6, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Every time they announce a new book to movie translation, we melt out of the wood work. The people who are cautiously optimistic in the rising sea of excitement. The people who have been burned before. The people who understand how difficult it is to take the deep nuance and vivid flavor of a the … Read More Read More
For a Small Fee; A Tale of Greed For a Small Fee; A Tale of Greed By Megan Cutler | June 2, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Way in the long ago, when D&D 4th edition came out, my husband and I decided to test it out with a short one-shot. We recruited my brother-in-law and a friend of his and set up a small group. I decided to try something outside my norm and created a Paladin. According to the rule … Read More Read More
Six Silly Dragon Stories (from My Real Life) Six Silly Dragon Stories (from My Real Life) By Megan Cutler | May 22, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment I used to collect dragons. I started in high school when my grandmother purchases me a hand-blown glass dragon as a birthday gift. For awhile, everywhere I went, I came home with a new dragon. Unfortunately, any type of figure collecting is expensive, and my husband and I agree we’ve run out of places to … Read More Read More
Not Everyone Likes the Same Things You Do Not Everyone Likes the Same Things You Do By Megan Cutler | April 24, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment I just finished watching the new season of BBC’s Sherlock with my husband. This was a show we loved when it premiered. I was so excited about the fourth season, I made my husband re-watch the entire show with me so we would have all the details fresh in our minds. It’s a good thing … Read More Read More
4 Recurring Dreams and How to Interpret Them 4 Recurring Dreams and How to Interpret Them By Megan Cutler | March 20, 2017 | Comments 1 comment Last night, I had one of those epic dream sequences that continued every time I woke up and fell back asleep. These dream journeys have provided me with several novel plots, so I’m not complaining. Unfortunately, last night’s dream didn’t take me to any awesome fantasy lands and it didn’t involve new or interesting characters. … Read More Read More
Chrono Trigger; a Perfect Guide to Foreshadowing Chrono Trigger; a Perfect Guide to Foreshadowing By Megan Cutler | January 23, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Last year, a group of my favorite youtubers hosted a twenty-seven hour stream of Chrono Trigger to celebrate the game’s twentieth anniversary. Since it’s my husband’s favorite game, we both camped out as long as we could. Alas, we both needed to sleep at some point. Though my husband knows Chrono Trigger better than the … Read More Read More
Rejecting the ‘He Hurts Me Out of Love’ Trope Rejecting the ‘He Hurts Me Out of Love’ Trope By Megan Cutler | November 7, 2016 | Comments 0 Comment I’ve been spending my free time playing Amnesia; Memories. It’s an otome dating sim, which means it’s designed for women. All the potential prospects are male. What I like about the game is that each route is its own little romantic mystery. Instead of parading a group of prospects in front of you, the person … Read More Read More
Treasure of the B.C. Coast Treasure of the B.C. Coast By Megan Cutler | October 31, 2016 | Comments 3 comments While we were in Vancouver to experience the Greenheart Tree Walk and the Museum of Anthropology, we decided to visit the aquarium. Because, as I mentioned before, I’m always up for a trip to an aquarium. Since it hasn’t been that long since we visited Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto, it’s difficult not to compare the … Read More Read More
Star Trek Beyond; a (Mostly) Spoiler Free Review Star Trek Beyond; a (Mostly) Spoiler Free Review By Megan Cutler | September 26, 2016 | Comments 0 Comment For a while now, I’ve wanted to write my thoughts about the latest Star Trek movie (and the new franchise as a whole). I hope by the time this goes up most people who really want to see it will have. I intend to avoid spoilers (aside from some details about the ‘scene’ involving Sulu … Read More Read More