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Fate RPG Alternate Rules: Health
I’ve been a tabletop RPG gamer for decades. No, I’m not going to toss out how, gosh, I’m so old-school ’cause I know how to calculate THAC0, and that makes me better than you. I mean, I do know how to calculate … Continue reading
Remembering the Challengers
On January 28th, 1986, the United States manned space program ground to a sudden halt with the deaths of seven people. Their names were Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Judy Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe.
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Catholic Geek Lecture on the Hero’s Journey
This Saturday (yes, it’s short notice; sorry about that), I’ll be giving an online lecture through the Catholic Writers Guild. The topic is on the Hero’s Journey, a concept invented and popularized by Joseph Campbell. Here’s the blurb: March 24 … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Writer's Guild, Heroes, Lecture, Matthew Bowman
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[Guest Post] Rogue One: A Catholic Story
Robert Towne writes about Catholic parallels in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Doctrine, Fiction, Reviews, Science Fiction, The Church, Tradition
Tagged Prayer, Rogue One, Star Wars
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The LEGO Ninjago Movie
As we all know, I’m a self-professed Lego fanboy. I’m also involved with an RLUG (an official club recognized by Lego, with some access to certain perks), and got an invite to see all three Lego franchise films before they … Continue reading
Bricktonshire at BrickFair
I just got through with BrickFair VA 2017, which was fun as always. I didn’t have much time to go enjoy other displays, though, so I didn’t get a lot of picture-taking done. The last time I had all the … Continue reading
Confession and the Rosary
The other day, I went to Confession and had an experience I wanted to share with the Catholic Geek audience. The priest was forceful, which is always a mixture of refreshing and startling. Confession is a sacrament of love, but sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Personal Posts, Sacraments, The Church
Tagged Christendom College, Confession, Fr. Mastroeni, Rosary, Spiritual Health
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Remembering Mother Angelica
A year ago today, Mother Angelica, founder of the Eternal Word Television Network and a powerful force for orthodoxy and the Church, passed away. She was an amazing figure who helped convert and revert untold thousands — one of them … Continue reading
Posted in The Church, Tradition
Tagged Conversion, EWTN, Mother Angelica, Pope John Paul II
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The Incarnation and the One Ring
Happy Ring Destruction Day! That’s right, Tolkien fans. Tomorrow, the 25th of March, is the anniversary of the day when, mumbleteen thousand years ago, Frodo, Sam, and Gollum entered Mount Doom to pitch the One Ring into the fire below. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Resources, The Church, Tradition
Tagged Christmas, Incarnation, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Feast of the Annunciation, The Lord of the Rings
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Why Is St. Patrick’s Day a Big Deal?
Is St. Patrick’s Day just an excuse to pretend to be Irish? Or is there more to it for Catholicism in America? Continue reading
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Doomsday Approacheth
I’ve always heard of doomsday referring to the end of the world. I’ve even heard it referring to comic book characters (notably Dr. Doom’s own holiday, Doom’s Day). I hadn’t known it was something that happened more than fifty times … Continue reading
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Tagged Calendar, Doomsday, St. Valentine's Day
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Avast! It Be Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Arr! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Avast, ye landlubbers, or ye be walkin’ the plank! It be possible that yer fine an’ brave captain o’ the fearsome ship Catholic Geek might have forgotten what today is . . … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Awards
A lot of attention has come to the state of awards in the field of science fiction and fantasy in the last few years, thanks to increasing problems with and arguments over the Hugo Awards. If you’re unaware of why, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Board Games, Commentary, Culture, Fantasy, Fiction, Gaming, Plugs and Promotions, Science Fiction, Tabletop RPGs, Video Games
Tagged DragonCon, HonorCon, Hugo Awards, The Royal Manticoran Navy, Worldcon
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Star Trek: Discovery
Well, we have finally got a substantial update on the new Star Trek series that’s been talked about for a few years now. No time like the present, right? So I’m sure you want to know all about the characters! . … Continue reading
The Catholic Geeks on The Drew Mariani Show
As I write this, I’m fresh from a last-minute interview on The Drew Mariani Show on Relevant Radio. I was asked to come on to talk about the Pokemon Go craze. Being myself, I wrote up about a page and a … Continue reading
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Tagged Pokemon, Relevant Radio, The Drew Mariani Show
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The Catholic Geek Radio Show: Emergency Substitution Edition!
Hello, sports fans! This is your friendly neighborhood admin speaking. Due to Declan being offline for the weekend with a severe case of convention attendance, I will be filling in this week on The Catholic Geek Radio Show!
More on the Catholic Geek Library
Response to the Library has been great. I had done a pre-release announcement in three Facebook groups, and had a lot of immediate interest. There were authors who pledged to submit the moment that we went live, and submit they … Continue reading
Announcing the Catholic Geek Library!
This weekend, I teased the logo you see here on social media. If you saw that, then now you get answers! If this is new to you, well, you still get answers! The Catholic Geeks is happy to announce a … Continue reading
In the Spirit of ‘Rationalia’
The Internet has been blowing up about how Neil deGrasse Tyson proposing a new one-line constitutional society. I really have nothing to add to that . . . well, nothing specific to that. However, it reminded me heavily of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Logic, Materialism, Morality, Rationalia
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Ask a Catholic Geek: Moral Culpability in Service
I’ve been meaning to start up an Ask a Catholic Geek series, and this question posed in our Facebook group was the perfect opportunity. How do we explain, using moral theology, why it is licit to allow racists to use your … Continue reading →