Synopsis: Quark discovers that his mother and Grand Nagus Zek have fallen in love with each other.
Memory Alpha Summary: Your daily reminder that (most) Ferengi devalue women
Review: Whenever there’s a Ferengi episode, it’s pretty much guaranteed to be either dreadful because it’s a cartoon, or tolerable because it helps develop Quark’s character. This one is solidly in the former.
Continue reading 161. Ferengi Love Songs (5.20)Synopsis: A mysterious woman helps Jake write a novel; Lwaxana Troi, pregnant with a son, asks Odo to help her escape her husband.
Memory Alpha Summary: Worse than Scottish ghost sex
Review: Depressed Worf is the best.
Odo: Ahem
Lwaxana: Odo, would you like to join the party?
Odo: Actually, I have some free time, and was wondering if you would like to take a walk?
Worf: I would…
Unfortunately, that’s the best part.
Continue reading 162. The Muse (4.21)Synopsis: Jadzia falls in love with a scientist on a planet whose inhabitants shift between this universe and a plane of pure energy, re-emerging every sixty years. Back on DS9, Quark tries to obtain a holo-image of Major Kira for an erotic holosuite program for a wealthy patron.
Memory Alpha Summary: Needed a bigger budget, and a better inspiration
Review: A really gross, pointlessly contrived episode (based on Brigadoon) that sees Dax do the Trekky fall in love in a matter of minutes routine, but because she can’t leave the show, find a reason for her to stay on Deep Space Nine anyway.
Continue reading 163. Meridian (3.08)Synopsis: Grand Nagus Zek is deposed after he begins to promote female rights; Quark changes his sex temporarily to prevent Brunt from becoming the new Grand Nagus.
Memory Alpha Summary: Today’s lesson kids: Never learn empathy!
Review: Widely considered to be the worst episode of Deep Space Nine and you’ll get no argument from me.
Continue reading 164. Profit and Lace (6.23)Eight years ago today I finished my countdown for Star Trek: The Next Generation. I promised many times I would eventually get to this one, and it’s finally happening.
Continue reading Deep Space Nine: CountdownAuthor: Accidental Queens
Year: 2017
Genre: Slice of Life
Platform: iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, Switch
My Rating: 4
While the premise of looking through someone else’s phone is intriguing and the backstory you discover is important, I was nevertheless not terribly impressed with A Normal Lost Phone despite all of the awards it was nominated for.
Continue reading A Normal Lost PhoneYear: 2010
Director: Debra Granik
Rating: 7
An incredibly well-acted and shot movie that everyone agrees is good and probably doesn’t want to see a second time.
Continue reading Winter’s BoneYear: 2018
Director: Peter Ramsey, Bob Perischetti, Rodney Rothman
Rating: 8
I have never been an overt fan of either comics or superheroes, especially the latter. I just don’t find superpowers (especially when the same person has more than one) inherently interesting. It often feels like the protagonist has a cheat code and they’re fighting other people with cheat codes. Of course, like any genre, good writing can overcome that. Into the Spider-Verse is impressive on all fronts and probably my favorite superhero movie.
Continue reading Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseYear: 2019
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Rating: 10
An observation my wife made that struck a chord was that one of the joys of watching a foreign film is that typically you aren’t familiar with the actors and have no preconceived notions or biases about them. Of course a brilliant actor can overcome this anyway, but there’s something to said for going into a movie completely blind. Watching Parasite is like opening a Russian doll, except each doll is better than the last and — oh surprise — they’re not dolls. The movie may be best watched spoiler-free, so a heads up before you read further.
Continue reading ParasiteAuthor: Jon Ingold
Year: 2001
Development System: Inform
Cruelty Rating: Merciful
Length of Play: 1-2 Hours
My Rating: 6
Awards: Best Game, Best Story, Best Setting — 2001 XYZZY Awards
1st Place — 7th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition
I normally am a sucker for anything involving time travel and paradoxes and I tend to prefer linear gameplay. Jon Ingold is also one of my favorite authors. So All Roads should be right up my alley. I judged the 2001 IF competition and remember giving this one a score of “6” and then being surprised it took first place and won a whole slew of XYZZY awards. I decided to play it again recently to see if time would change my mind, but I left once again feeling underwhelmed.
Continue reading All Roads
Death By Troggles 
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