Beelzebub's library

The Boomsday project is coming almost here so it only seems fitting to finally rank all the expansions and adventures. I couldn’t find any articles doing this, so I decided to do it myself. Of course, to preserve a sense of Hitchcockian suspense and to assure the most possibly clickbait article name, we’ll save the best for last. For reference, the Coolest Cards will be determined not by the most effective but the most fun and interesting. The Worst Cards will be determined by the OP or cards that I consider Toxic. And the Wasted potential category will refer to cards that could have been cool but were too underpowered to reach their full potential.  12. One Night in Karazhan: This adventure was simultaneously the easiest and the least creative. The cards that it brought in are hardly remembered either, with most of the legendaries being middle of the road at best and underpowered garbage at worst. The portal cards were alright but half of them cost too much for their ...

When this TV series first debuted, I found myself instantly disliking it, mostly because of the dialogue. I saw it weak from a story perspective, with a plot that was unfathomably drawn out and some very poor performances. My mother and some of my siblings binged the whole season, and I can to some extent understand why. The shows ability to be honest regarding how some people view sexual assault, rape, and suicide, was I think what drew attention in the first place.             Tha t said, and this is in no means an attack on those who enjoyed the first season or the second (which I refuse to watch, as there should never have been thirteen episodes of this show, let alone two seasons) it is a well-dressed piece of garbage.             The acting is not strong enough to carry the weight of the subjects, the leads are boring at best and aside from a couple moments, the villains are cartoonish. The p...

YA novel: Spy, m ystery, gothic fiction This review contains minor spoilers.  This book could have been what it bills itself as. It could have been a series of accounts regarding the titular character’s background, none of which is necessarily confirmed, with a lot of allusion to events referenced in A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Beatrice Letters (The latter of which I have not read, it’s possible that the thing I wanted was in there instead of here).             That’s not what this book is. In fact, after starting with some backstory on Lemony Snicket’s early childhood and induction into the VFD, the book quickly descends down rabbit hole after rabbit hole into a series of obscured and never totally explained mysteries that surround people tangentially related to him and the secret organization he is involved with. And that’s fine. Daniel Handler, the man behind the pseudonym, has made a point of not ans...

So, far, Witchwood has been interesting. It has shaken up the meta a lot more than I think Kobold and Catacombs did and possibly more than Knights of the Frozen Throne. In doing that, it seems to be sending Hearthstone down what I consider a dangerous path. Let’s start with the dungeon run mode though. I enjoyed this a lot. I’ve heard some people complaining about how less content came with it than there was with K&C, but I enjoyed the quality of the monster hunters and figuring out how each of them worked. It could be challenging, but rarely frustrating, and the fights were very stimulating once you decoded them. It also solved the problem of runs in K&C where you had no idea what the final boss might be, so you just had to kind of make the cheesiest deck you could, rather than know that if you picked out the right emblems, you would at least do well against that monster hunter's final boss. Hearthstone has created some surprisingly cool characters in its time and the on...

What is the coolest thing about Darkest Dungeon other than it’s expert splicing of pulp fantasy with Lovecraftian fiction and Jude Wayne’s glorious narration? The monsters! Or more specifically, the places where they come from! Warning! Lots and lots of spoilers for Darkest Dungeon and also an episode of the X-Files for some reason (but c'mon man, it was decades ago, get with it already) Rendered slightly less threatening by the weird collar thingy.  6. The Ruins You could probably predict this being the least scary. As the starting area, it is the least threatening. The enemies are pretty basic, the curios aren't very unsettling, and the background isn't very memorable. It might be noted that the place does manage to feel like the rubble of some terrible cataclysm. Stars: 2/5 Scariest enemy : The Necromancer. No further comment *shudders*. Serious Question: How does a zombie get drunk?? 5. The Cove The eldritch imagery on the Cover is pretty...

Graphic novel: Noir/Thriller/Horror, Contains Gore, Obscenity, Adult implications, and Disturbing imagery. This review contains spoilers When I was very young, I got a fungal infection in my ear from prolonged exposure to water. I have had trouble with congestion in my ears since that point. Usually, it’s not too bad, but sometimes it can feel very irritating.             Silverfish by David Lapham is a graphic novel that takes advantage of our paranoia regarding our ears. You think it’s disgusting to think about earwigs crawling into your ears? It’s about ten times worse when its hundreds of tiny fish (which resemble viperfish) crawling to your brain.            (The above is a Viperfish, in case you were unaware)   Silverfish is neither about hundreds of tiny viperfish nor about a man with a fish head, as would be indicated by the drawing on the back of the book. It’s not ...

June: How is he? Doctor: Where to begin? He is happy during the day but plagued by nightmares every time he goes to sleep. He also insists on the curtains being open so that he can see the bay from his room. It is strange, even after almost drowning, he still likes the look of the water. Oh, one, other thing. He…he resents me. I can tell every moment that I am in there with him. He wants to be outside, to say hello to all his neighbors, to give condolences to the families of the crew members he lost. He wants to be a part of the world, even though he still has not fully healed. June: Well, thank you for looking after him. Doctor: You must joking! He does more for this town than the mayor. Personally, I believe that this attitude has stopped an awful lot of people from packing up shop and leaving when the going got rough. I just hope you can put a bit of common sense back into him. June: Alan, you are looking…rather well for a hospital patient. Alan: June! It is...