Es-Cape Plan Episode Four: Scales

Why I’m doing this…Previously on The Cape… This episode doesn’t introduce anyone new, opting instead to take all the elements it’s introduced thus far and shaking them up for what might be its best episode yet. Best of all, Trip and Dana were kept to a minimum. It’s Trip’s tenth birthday and Dana is unableContinue reading “Es-Cape Plan Episode Four: Scales”

Cheapmas Day One: Boo Bunny Plague

We’d like to apologize for the technical difficulties outlined above. The gameplay and its audio have come through unscathed, and the problem has been fixed for tomorrow’s stream. The story of Boo Bunny Plague seems to be simple: you’re a maniacal singing robot named Bunny whose sole goal is to upgrade itself with an auto-healingContinue reading “Cheapmas Day One: Boo Bunny Plague”

Spending Thanksgiving Eve with “Black Knight”

For many years, Black Knight has been looming over my Thanksgiving Eve for reasons discussed here but despite semi-annual threats to watch it this night I’ve only recently obtained the movie which makes this the first year I’m actually capable of delivering upon those threats. Threats which only truly center upon myself but which shallContinue reading “Spending Thanksgiving Eve with “Black Knight””

Es-Cape Plan Episode Three: Kozmo

Why I’m doing this…Previously on The Cape… All our major characters were detailed in the intro to the last article so we won’t do it again. The only thing of note is that I’ve decided that I’m going to going to go ahead and spoil the Trip and Dana stuff at the beginning, and byContinue reading “Es-Cape Plan Episode Three: Kozmo”

Announcing 25 Days of Cheapmas

We’re pleased to announce our latest attempt at drawing in readers and viewers event, 25 Days of Cheapmas! What is this, you ask? It’s quite simple! From December 1st until December 25th, Mikenificent is going to obtain a video game costing at most $5 and then play it for exactly one hour while he triesContinue reading “Announcing 25 Days of Cheapmas”

Es-Cape Plan Episode Two: Tarot

Why I’m doing this…Previously on The Cape… Before we begin this week’s review, let’s quickly review our major characters: Vince Faraday (David Lyons) is the bearer of the titular Cape, which also serves as his super-hero name. He was framed for crimes he didn’t commit, left for dead, and rescued by some carnival workers whoContinue reading “Es-Cape Plan Episode Two: Tarot”

Es-Cape Plan Episode One: Pilot

Here’s what this is. Pilots are an odd bit of television, as they have to juggle introducing most of their principle cast members along with setting up the rest of the series and endeavoring to tell a decent narrative along the way. Did The Cape succeed in this, at least? We shall see. As theContinue reading “Es-Cape Plan Episode One: Pilot”

Es-Cape Plan: Introduction

For better or worse, the Marvel Cinematic Universe changed the face of super-heroes in modern media. While there had been a number of successful superhero franchises before it, something about Iron Man captured the public’s imagination in a way that only Batman had done with his 1966 TV series and original quadrology. The major differenceContinue reading “Es-Cape Plan: Introduction”

Carafe and the Rise of Perverto

In the early days of 2010, Brian Russell came to me with an idea: a comic in which we (as well as some other comic creators) could just kind of mess around! It sounded like a splendid idea, and so Carafe was born. At the time, I was still using my computer generated art soContinue reading “Carafe and the Rise of Perverto”

“A Simple Errand”: The Award Winning Short Story

Recently, Mikenificent won Honorable Mention in the Ligonier Valley Writers’ annual Flash-Fiction contest. He traveled to Pennsylvania to read his story to those assembled, and now you can read his award winning story online here. It’s about fairies, if you’re into that kind of thing! Mikenificent previously won in 2016 for his short story “TheContinue reading ““A Simple Errand”: The Award Winning Short Story”