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I am an avid reader, gamer, alternative rock fan, and science fiction nut.

Adventure Quest

Adventure Quest (AQ) is an online RPG that was developed by Artix Entertainment in 2002. It is a browser based game that requires flash. Game play is turn based; that is, you trade actions with your opponent. AQ does not allow player vs. player as it...

MechQuest

MechQuest is the latest offering from the folks at Artix Entertainment, the creators of Adventure Quest and DragonFable. Taking place 5,000 years before Adventure Quest, MechQuest is reputed to offer "non-stop-insane-chaotic-explosions" with...

DragonFable Doom Weapons

The most powerful weapons in DragonFable are also the most expensive, and they carry some kind of cursed past. There's an evil energy in the Doom Weapons that might factor in some major story arch in the future. Until then, they are the coolest items...

MechQuest: Leveling Guide

This guide will help mech pilots in the MechQuest science fiction/ fantasy roleplaying online browser game. Suggestions for purchasing equipment and general strategies are presented to help free account holders and Star Captains alike. MechQuest is...

DragonFable

DragonFable is a Flash-based online RPG. The style is 2D anime fantasy with rich colors. The interface is simple and game-play is casual. Although free, DragonFable is much more fun with a Dragon Amulet upgrade. It is difficult to call DragonFable a s...

DragonFable Crafting

DragonFable has been introducing item crafting as a way to slowly build up to trade skills. Right now, it is possible to quest for certain materials to build rare or customized weapons. This lens takes a close look at the current items available for...

ScifiTroll's DragonFable Q & A

DragonFable is a Flash-based online RPG. The style is 2D anime fantasy with rich colors. The interface is simple and game-play is casual. Although free, DragonFable is much more fun with a Dragon Amulet upgrade. Artix Entertainment is the parent compa...

DragonFable: DragonLord

This lens will contain contain information about DragonLord armor, skills, baby dragons, and adult dragons. It is a work in progress, so check back frequently for updates.

DragonFable Crafting: Pets

DragonFable gives players an opportunity to "build" and train pets. Currently, the only trainable pet is the penguin, Linus. Players can also capture a red imp or build a mechanical tog. For building items, see DragonFable Crafting. For...

MechQuest: Combat Trainer

MechQuest is an online game that combines the action and destructive fun of mecha combat with the otherwordly campiness of fantasy. In the MechQuest universe, guns fire bullets made from dragon's teeth, werewolf biker gangs terrorize cities, giant gu...

DragonFable: Pirates!

The Pirate class in DragonFable is the third class to be released for the game, and the first class that anyone can be. Unlike the Guardian and DragonLord classes, free-account holders can participate in the Pirate class.

ScifiTroll's Browser Game Q & A

A browser game is one that does not require special downloads to play; you can use just your internet browser. Aside from text games, most browser games do require some kind of common plug-in, such as Flash. Artix Entertainment is the parent company...

DragonFable: PvP Registry

So, you think you're tough enough to go up against the best duelists in the land of Lore? Well, then, enter the Aeris Battlespire and prove just how tough your are! Aeris Battlespire is a location in the DragonFable game where characters can fight o...

MechQuest: Duelists' Registry

Welcome, Mech pilots, to the Duelists' Registry. Here you will find the ID numbers of mech pilots to duel in the Assault Mecha game of MechQuest. You may also register you own mech pilots against which others can test themselves. The main feature of...

Adventure Quest: The Scholar Class

The Scholar class in the Adventure Quest online rpg is unique within that game because it takes knowledge and planning to use it effectively. Simply pounding on monsters will not use the Scholar's advantages fully. Another difference in the Scholar cl...

AdventureQuest Worlds

AdventureQuest Worlds (AQ Worlds) is a flash-based MMO (massively multiplayer online) game developed by Artix Entertainment (AE). It is the fourth major offering by AE and is the companion to Adventure Quest, DragonFable, and MechQuest.

DragonFable Crafting: Defender's Items

This lens looks at the rewards available for defending the good people in the world of DragonFable. These items are crafted from special gems and medals. DragonFable has been introducing item crafting as a way to slowly build up to trade skills. Right...

CaliMar's Anime Fan

Welcome to my anime fan lens. This lens is a follow-up to my Introduction to Anime lens, which contains basic information about Japanese animation. This lens will go into greater detail. If you are new to anime or don't know a lot about it, start wit...

AdventureQuest Worlds MMO

AdventureQuest Worlds (AQW)is an MMO that is 100% browser based. The game is played on your Internet browser, so it requires no downloads or special software, only the latest Flash version. AQW is loosely based upon the fantasy world created by Arti...

Kongai

Kongai is a card game created by the folks at Kongregate, a flash-game website. Kongregate is a social gaming site that allows developers upload games and earn money through revenue sharing. Kongai is currently in Beta-testing. The game is browser b...

Free Science Fiction and Fantasy eBooks

There is a lot of free, first-rate SF on the Internet in various forms. Much of it is presented as "online" stories and books. These are presented as webpages and not downloadable files. As you will discover below, there are many sources fo...

Adventure Quest Pathwalker

(What is Adventure Quest?)  The Path of Moonlight, Fire, and Ice is a way for Adventurers to take advantage of two powerful classes in Adventure Quest which are accessible by non-Guardians. The first part of the path is the Lycan/ Vampire sub-rac...

CaliMar's Guide to Avatar: The Last Airbender

Opening Narrative to Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 1 Chapter 1: "My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But...

Squidrocker: Rush

Rush is a Canadian rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist, and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. Rush was formed in the summer of 1968, in the neighborhood of Willowdale in Toronto, Ontario, by Lifeson...

Alliance of Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Alliance of Scifi and Fantasy is a community of sites that have a science fiction, fantasy, or anime flavor. The original Alliance community, as listed here, is closed. However, an Alliance lensgroup is open to lensmasters with quality science f...

The Registrar's Introduction to Online Star Trek Sims

A PBeM is a "Play By eMail" game. It combines roleplaying with interactive writing, creating a rich and diverse story line. Members take on the persona of a character in the Star Trek universe. Most of the time, these are characters they cr...

Thieves World

Information about the Thieves World books, with links for deeper exploration of the books, including links to authors' homepages and links to the Amazon page for each book. For a comprehensive list of all the authors of Thieves World, visit the Author...

Pointers for University of Phoenix Online Freshmen

Let's get one thing straight right away: this is not an affiliate site. 'Kay, now we can get down to some business. The advice I'm presenting here is from experience. I really use these tid-bits to survive my University of Phoenix Onlin...

Squidrocker: Flobots

Flobots are a Denver-grown band with a unique and fresh rap/ hip-hop sound. The band consists of emcees Jonny 5 and Brer Rabbit; violist Mackenzie Roberts; guitarist Andy Guerrero; Joe Ferrone on the trumpet; bass by Jesse Walker; and Kenny Ortiz on...

VPetsOnline

Updates, news, reviews, and game log for virtual pet games including Neopets.  

World of Warcraft: Soloist Confessions

When I started playing World of Warcraft I didn't intend to become a soloist (a player who typically works alone). Because of my many other real like obligations, I could only play short stretches at a time, sometimes logging in long enough to gather...

Star Trek PBeM Plexo

The Star Trek PBeM Plexo is a resource for online Star Trek sims. The goal of the plexo is to provide fresh, relevant resources to promote and expand online sims in general and Star Trek sims specifically. A Plexo is a link list populated by...

Sarcasm :/

Sarcasm has many uses and all of them require a certain amount of smarts, timing, and wit. For centuries, perhaps at the very dawn of time when humanity first walked upright  (or 200 years ago if you're a literalist Christian) sarcasm has been u...

Squidrocker: Garbage

Garbage is an alternative rock group comprised of the unusual talent of a Scottish singer and three record producers. Formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994, the band members are Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig. Garbage st...

Nutrinopets

Nutrinopets is an online virtual pet game. Also known as a Virtual Pet Site (VPS), players can adopt pets, play games, chat, and more on Nutrinopets.

CaliMar's Introduction to Anime

Anime, or Japanese cartoons, are finding strong popularity in America. Here's a jaunt into the world of anime. Sections: 1: Definition, 2: History, 3: Style, 4: Subgenres, 5:Personal Favorites, 6: Feedback, 7: Net Rings

PaxLamprey's Nexus

Welcome to my central lens- my Nexus. This lens focuses on science fiction, fantasy, games, and the science fiction community. It is a jump-off point for my other pages, lenses, and blogs. It's a little about me and a little about what I like.

A Blogger's Tool Kit

This is a guide to the essential items for creating a blog. This guide is focused on two assumptions: First, the blogger using this guide wants free, user-freindly resources; and second, the blogger using this guide wants to begin quickly. The Blogger...

Squidrocker: Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is a Grammy Award-winning American Grunge band, formed in Seattle, Washington, and considered one of the most influential bands of the 1990s. Founded in 1990, Pearl Jam was one of the "Big Four" bands of the grunge movement, along...

Squidrocker: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (RJA) is a pop punk band formed in 2003 in Middleburg, Florida. Current band members are Ronnie Winter, the lead vocalist; Elias Reidy, guitarist; Joey Westwood, bassist; Duke Kitchens, guitarist; and Jon Wilkes, drummer. A...

Squidrocker: Tickle Me Pink

Tickle Me Pick (TMP) is an alternative rock band from Fort Collins, Colorado, formed in 2004. The band's MySpace page describes them as "rock / indie / punk." Tickle Me Pink's players are Sean Kennedy on lead vocals, guitar, and k...

CaliMar's Guide to GIR

GIR (sometimes misspelled "grr") is my favorite character from the Nickelodeon animated show, Invader Zim. I like GIR because he's funny. He sings the "Doomy Song," freaks out, is silly, and sometimes acts as Zim's good side. He drinks chocolate and...

Squidrocker: The Vincent Black Shadow

The Vincent Black Shadow (also known as TVBS) is an alternative rock band signed to the Bodog record label in 2006. It is composed of Cassandra Ford on vocals, the Kirkham brothers: Rob Kirkham on guitar, Anthony Kirkham on drums, and Chris Kirkham o...

Squidrocker: silversun pickups

silversun pickups (sspu) is an indie rock band from LA with a style that the band's bio describes accurately as "searingly sumptuous." The band is created from Brian Aubert on vocals and guitar; Nikki Monninger on vocals and bass; Christoph...

Squidrocker: Single File

Single File is an alternative rock band from Colorado. The band features Sloan Anderson on guitar, vocals, and bass, Joe Ginsberg on bass, guitar, and keys, and Chris Depew on drums and backup vocals. The three musicians played together is various ba...

Squidrocker: Flyleaf

Flyleaf is a heavy alternative rock band from Belton, Texas. Formed in 2002, the band consists of Lacey Mosley as lead vocals; Jared Hartmann and Sameer Bhattacharya on guitars;  Pat Seals on bass; and James Culpepper on drum...

Squidrocker: Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy (FOB) is an American band from Chicago 'burb Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of Patrick Stump on lead vocals, rhythm guitar and primary composition; Pete Wentz on bass guitar, backup vocals, and primary ly...

Squidrocker: The Bouncing Souls

The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band, formed in 1987. They are originally from New Brunswick, New Jersey. In the early stages of their career, they played a hybrid of punk, funk, metal, and just about anything else they felt like including. They w...

Authors of Thieves World

A complete guide to all the authors who had contributed to the Thieves World novels and anthologies. Each author's listing includes the Thieves World book and title of the story the author contributed. Also included are links to the author's website,...

Squidrocker: Plain White T's

Plain White T's (the T's) is a power-pop-punk, alternative band from Villa Park, Illinois. The band consists of Tom Higgenson on vocals, Dave Tirio on guitar, Mike Retondo on bass and vocals, De'Mar Hamilton on drums, and Tim Lopez on guita...

ScifiTroll's Browser Game Lens Archives

A browser game is one that does not require special downloads to play; you can use just your internet browser. Aside from text games, most browser games do require some kind of common plug-in, such as Flash. ScifiTroll focuses on RPG browser games, o...

Critical Squid: Straw Man Fallacy

The straw man fallacy, or straw man argument, is an informal, general logical fallacy that is used to win an argument by exaggerating or misrepresenting an opponent's argument. This lens is meant to define the straw man fallacy, introduce sources an...

Squidrocker: Meese

Meese is an alternative-rock/pop band from Denver, Colorado. Formed in 2005, the band is comprised of Patrick Meese, doing vocals, keyboards, guitar, and programming; Nathan Meese on guitar and keys; Benjamin Haley on drums; David...

Squidrocker: Paramore

Paramore is an alternative band from Franklin, Tennessee. The band's music crosses many genres and has been described as pop punk, pop, power pop, power punk, and even emo. Originally formed in 2004, the current band's lineup is Joshua (Josh) Farro,&...

Squidrocker Web Resources

When researching new bands, Squidrocker has to dig deep into the Internet to find the right information to put together a lens for the band. A small collection of links is used to find the basic information, then it's time to surf to find more. This l...

Bionicles Essentials

Bionicle is a line of construction toys created by the Lego Group targeted to children and teens. Bionicle first appeared in 2001. Bionicles are poseable, articulated characters and share some pieces with the Lego Technic line. Characters in the toy l...

Critical Squid: The Slippery Slope

The slippery slope is an argument of bad logic. It uses the assumption that if a situation is left alone, it will become worse. The poor logic of a slippery slope is created because guessing, projection, and simple-mindedness replaces research and no...