C.T. Phipps's Blog, page 45
June 15, 2020
Camp Ghoul Mountain Part VI by Jonathan Raab review
CAMP GHOUL MOUNTAIN PART VI by Jonathan Raab is pretty much a book made just me. It is a book that celebrates slasher movies, the creators of them, conspiracy theories, UFOs, black magic cults, behind-the-scenes books, and the goofy world of B-movie cinema. If it sounds like a lot, it is. It is also utterly fantastic once you get into the strange weird groove that Jonathan Raab generates as he tells the story of a fictional movie franchise, its production staff, and the bizarre events surrou...
June 12, 2020
Well this week has been a real crapfest part II (6/12/2020)
Month #1
Month #2
Bathroom Hijinks (Month #3) part 1
Bathroom Hijinks (Month #3) part 2
An update on my housing situation:
9:00 am: I am summoned back to my house to hear that my plumbers need an additional day of work with the excavator to remove all of the broken piping underneath. This will double the costs.
11:00 am: They admit that they finally got contacted by the gas people that, thankfully, there is no gas main.
11:30 am: They find a gas main. Apparently it's not on the records.
1:30 pm: The dam...
June 7, 2020
Well this week has been a real crapfest... (6/8/2020)
Month 1#
Month 2#
Bathroom Hijinks
While the rest of the world suffers much worse problems, I feel like I'll just share my home improvement ones. WARNING - this will contain gross subject matter, bodily waste, and grievous harm to a household.
I was made aware of our problem when I went downstairs this Friday and found that our entire basement was flooded with blue fluid. There was also an odd smell to the place. That should have been my first clue our situation was utterly screwed. How...
Month 2#
Bathroom Hijinks
While the rest of the world suffers much worse problems, I feel like I'll just share my home improvement ones. WARNING - this will contain gross subject matter, bodily waste, and grievous harm to a household.
I was made aware of our problem when I went downstairs this Friday and found that our entire basement was flooded with blue fluid. There was also an odd smell to the place. That should have been my first clue our situation was utterly screwed. How...
May 28, 2020
Ten Tips for Running the Camarilla in V5
Hey folks,
My Top Ten Lists for Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition have proven pretty popular and I thought I would do another list about the most popular faction in the game. The Camarilla has gone through some of the most dramatic changes since its inception while maintaining its fundamental core. They are the ivory tower elite, the rich, the powerful, and the eldest of the vampire race. They pull the strings from the shadows and jockey for position among themselves even when they should u...
May 25, 2020
Terminal Secrets (Cerberus #2) by Andy Peloquin review
I was a big fan of CERBERUS: ASSASSINATION PROTOCOL when it came out a few months ago and pre-ordered the sequel after I finished it. It was a solid gritty space opera story about an assassin working for a corrupt government and it ended on a cliffhanger. Now the sequel has arrived on my Kindle and I swiftly read it through in a single day. I very much enjoyed it and while I have a few issues, I am all ready for the third book in the series.
The premise is Nolan Garret is the assass...
May 21, 2020
Psycho Killers in Love now available for pre-order
Hey folks,
I have some awesome news. The latest entry into my UNITED STATES OF MONSTERS series (Brightblade, Bright Falls Mysteries, Red Room, Straight Outta Fangton) series is now available for pre-order. PSYCHO KILLERS IN LOVE a homage to slasher movies, slasher villains, and all those wonderful invincible villains as well as their Final Girls.
FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF THE SUPERVILLAINY SAGA:
What if all the villains of slasher movies were real? What if the movies made about them were ju...
May 16, 2020
Addendum: Ten Chronicles for Sabbat PCs in V5
Hey folks,
I really enjoyed everyone's feedback on my Top Ten Sabbat Tips for V5. It was really helpful and the response was genuinely positive. However, there was one negative reception and that came from the people who were die-hard Sabbat players and were hoping for something that would allow them to continue on with their Sword of Caine games.
This is difficult because of multiple reasons. While it would be possible to do Antitribu or Lasombra characters, there's still no official write-up...
May 15, 2020
Top Ten Tips for Running the Sabbat in V5
The Sabbat are one of the three pillars of Vampire: The Masquerade and the conflict between them, the Camarilla, and the Anarchs remains the central focus of the game. The battle between Elders and Neonates, the Antediluvians and their progeny, plus unexpected groups like the Drowned or Second Inquisition are minor by comparison. However, the Sabbat has only sporadically covered by Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. So much so that many people wonder if the organization...
May 13, 2020
Judgment (video game) review
The Yakuza series is one of my all time favorite ones in video gaming. This is due to the fact that I am a aging geek and admit to wanting some more works that are written toward the gritty crime drama sort of things than punching out aliens. So, of course, I love a series that includes things like a bunch of brawling men dressed as babies and other wackiness. Okay, okay, the Yakuza series is one with a somewhat bizarrely disjointed tone. The central storyline is usually a...
May 9, 2020
A cool video about my books
I'm pleased to say that Matthew Johnson a.k.a Professor Grimdark has done an awesome new video about my book series. It's about eleven minutes long and discusses things like the Supervillainy Saga and the Bright Falls Mysteries. Please check it out if you have the time and inclination.
