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#70 – The Removers, Donald Hamilton BOOK REVIEW

There is a big difference between show and tell. Much of old-school game advice is based on the latter. For example, a DHV story does not – ironically – demonstrate any higher value. That would be showing. You are literally …

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#69 – Clausewitz, Michael Howard BOOK REVIEW

Have you ever wondered why the French are such faggots? I have. Why is it they spend all day chomping on onions, riding rickety old bicycles, and surrendering their entire country to Muslim immigration? There was a time when the …

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#68 – Death Of A Citizen, Donald Hamilton BOOK REVIEW

For most of 2018 this has not been a daygame blog. The reasons are not hard to fathom to my regular readers: I’m sick of daygame and don’t want to talk about it. Is this a periodic revulsion or a …

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#67 – You Died, MacDonald & Killingsworth BOOK REVIEW

You lot haven’t heard me bang on about Dark Souls in quite some time have you? For those unfamiliar, it’s a series of five video games from Japanese developer FROM Software, a tiny outfit previously known for their mecha Armoured …

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#66 – Death Is A Ruby Light, Paul Kenyon BOOK REVIEW

I have been very interested in the new-to-me discovery of many long-running schlock adventure / spy paperback series from the 1960s onwards. I’m talking about Mack Bolan The Executioner, Remo Willians The Destroyer, Matt Helm The Remover [1] So far …

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Younger Hotter Tighter – review #1

Daygame enthusiasts are well aware of many “player’s journey” blogs in our corner of the internet. They log the author’s lay reports, theoretical musings, and travel stories. If this is news to you, click here for a list of many …

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#65 – The Sultan’s Daughter, Dennis Wheatley BOOK REVIEW

There was a time when men made tough decisions and didn’t flinch when disappointing people. Now, of course, everyone is a faggot [1]. Regular readers will know of my project to read lots and lots [2] of Dennis Wheatley, a …

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Younger Hotter Tighter is on sale now

I’m not sure words can express how relieved I feel at this moment. For the past four years I’ve had the mother of all open loops. “Nick, write a memoir of your entire skirt-chasing daygame journey. That’ll be fun,” I’d …

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#64 – Thieves Fall Out, Gore Vidal BOOK REVIEW

We are led to believe, in this modern politically correct age, that noticing patterns is ‘prejudice’ and facts are ‘hateful’. I think both the Left and Right would agree that discrimination is everywhere, but they disagree on what the word …

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#63 – Win Bigly, Scott Adams BOOK REVIEW

You can’t trust anything Scott Adams tells you. However, this isn’t because he tells lies (he doesn’t). It’s because Adams always has an angle. He’s a trained hypnotist and expert in the use and analysis of persuasion….. and he’s using …

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