Tag Archives: Few Minutes

Finding Pseudoscience

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 4, 2012

I’ve been watching a lot of Finding Bigfoot on Animal Planet lately. It’s not because I’m expecting them to ever find a bigfoot. It’s because no show on television illustrates the virtues of true skepticism or the powers of rationalization. If you haven’t watched Finding Bigfoot, I recommend sitting down and watching at least a [...]

Posted in Blog, Skepticism | Also tagged Animal Planet, Assumption, Bear Tracker, Biases, Bigfoot, Bro, Circumstances, Ghost Adventures, Ghost In The Room, Ghosts, Giant, Intrepid Investigators, Investigations, Poor Folks, Proof, Pseudoscience, Rationalization, Skepticism, Virtues | 5 Comments

Cargo Noir: A Game Review

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: March 24, 2011

After my last couple of blog posts, I’d like to go ahead and do something lighter. How about a game review? People seem to like them, and I haven’t done any in a while. CARGO NOIR by DAYS OF WONDER Days of Wonder is a European game company that produces some quality stuff. Perhaps it’s [...]

Posted in Blog, games | Also tagged Battlelore, Board Changes, Cardboard Chits, Cartels, Cigars, Coins, Days Of Wonder, Dow, Fleet, Game Company, Game Reviews, Game Work, Guns, Lighter, Mainstream Hobby, Molds, Ports Of Call, Rules Of The Game, Simplicity, Uranium | 1 Comment

Fixing Comics (some friendly suggestions)

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: September 6, 2009

Hi-dee-ho, superfriends. Here’s a list of things I’d like to throw out there to the powers-that-be in the comic book publishing world. It’s a list of challenges. Does anyone care what this humble novelologist has to say about the comic book world? Probably not. But it’s something I had on my mind and just thought [...]