Anyone who knows their Never Say Dice Lore is familiar with our lifelong Simpsons fandom. While we were lucky enough to catch the legendary Golden Age of the series when those episodes were first airing, we actually started before even that. While most of the elements are present that would eventually enshrine the series in cultures worldwide, the show itself is rather different in its first two seasons: slower, with a smaller scope and emphasis primarily on family and social relationships - not to mention relatable scenarios, the kind of things that happen to regular people. (And not one single magic robot!) As a kid, I remember them hitting pretty hard emotionally, particularly “Bart Gets an F,” “Bart’s Dog Gets an F” (no surprise those would hit someone who, at the time, was the same age as Bart), but especially “One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish” which dealt with mortality I’d never seen before. I had fewer of those moments of deep emotional connection as the series went on, ...

In the United States, the time has come once more to hunt down a turkey and fixin's, throw on the telly, and eat yourself into a food-induced coma. Though the holiday is particularly late this year, a food coma is one thing that seems like it can’t come quick enough. But before we gorge ourselves with stuffing (or tell our families to get stuffed over political differences), let's take a few quick moments to figure out how we could stuff some gaming into our already-packed schedules. Sure, we have meals to cook and roads to travel, but you can always get little time in for gaming, right? There and back again… at an Expected Party Travel has to be the biggest obstacle to fitting in quality game time, no matter if you’re headed to or from your event, or whether we're talking about video or tabletop formats. While I might have been found on long car trips with a Game Gear in my youth, cell phones and other mobile gaming devices bring plenty of opportunities today. However, as ...