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Day 223: Monopoly and good/bad game design

September 3, 2017 phillgames

This week my writing for games class will have, as their homework, the task of re-envisioning the narrative of Monopoly so that it is a better game. Monopoly is polarizing. Some (a small select few[…]

Day 209: Wrestler from each state part 2

August 19, 2017 phillUncategorized

On the night of Takeover Brooklyn III, back at it: If you missed yesterday. New Hampshire So appropriate that he’s at the top of the day of the NXT PPV New Jersey I know, I[…]

Day 208: Having a little fun– best wrestler from each state part 1: Alabama-Nevada

August 19, 2017 phillwrestling

Just looking to have a little fun today and tomorrow. So… I have to find 50 pictures. Alabama Sherri Martel Alaska (yes, that’s one half of High Voltage, Kenny Kaos) Arizona We love you, HBK[…]

Day 182: WWE and Race

July 24, 2017 phillrhetoric

I just finished watching WWE’s Battleground, the main event of which was a “Punjabi Prison” match between Jinder Mahal (the WWE champion) and Randy Orton. Mahal won due to interference from both of the Singh[…]

Day 171: Writing Wrestling: The Failed Double-Turn Heard Round the Reddit

July 13, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Here’s an article for some context of what I’m about to say. If you have heard me talk about wrestling at all, you know I don’t like Roman Reigns. It’s not that I don’t like[…]

Day 147: Who wants to walk with Elias?

June 19, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today is my final “drawing a card from the WWE Tarot that Julie got for me” post. Today’s card is The Hermit. Here’s what my research tells me the Hermit means, via Kasamba.com Whenever you[…]

Day 146: I thought it was Sunday all day, so here's a Finn Balor card

June 18, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today’s card is The High Priest. Here’s what I found out about it from Psychic Revelations: General: This is a time to rely on your intuition and your inner knowledge, rather than your conscious mind[…]

Day 145: Wherein I draw Roman Reigns

June 17, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Eww. Is that Roman Reigns? Are we happy about this draw, Uce? NOPE! So today’s card is STRENGTH. Learntarot.com tells me it means: showing strength knowing you can endure having a gallant spirit feeling an[…]

Day 144: Follow the Buzzards

June 16, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today’s draw is the Hieorphant. This is only slightly ironic because Julie and I had a conversation the other day about what this particular archetype was. So here’s a little interp training I found at[…]

Day 143: Reading the Cards III: Back to the Majors

June 15, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

The third card in my career draw this week is The Tower. The woman in the black pantsuit fled across the quad, and the Gunslinger followed. Wait. That’s the Dark tower. That’s on me. Okay,[…]