The Geek-Out

This just about sums it up. Generated by me using imgflip.com            Sony’s newest home console system, the PS5 Pro , was announced back in September. It’s currently being advertised as an all-around better Playstation 5. And, from a hardware perspective, I’ll award Sony some points. The PS5 Pro claims an upgraded GPU, more advanced ray-tracing, and AI-powered image upscaling when compared with the regular PS5, as well as the ability to graphically upscale older PS4 and PS5 games. But Sony felt the need to upgrade something else along with the hardware.            The price.  Now of course, a more advanced piece of hardware will come with a more ‘advanced’ cost. The Nintendo Switch Lite , for example, retails for $100 less than a regular Switch , and an OLED model retails for $50 more. But the PS5 was already $450 for a digital-only version , and $500 for one that could read actual discs . But the PS5 Pro is pl...

  This weekend I had the good fortune of venturing into Manhattan to see Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern off-Broadway for the second time. Twenty-Sided Tavern is essentially a largely improvised stage-play version of Dungeons and Dragons , a game which I’ve been an avid player of since middle school. Twenty-Sided Tavern is the most unique show I’ve seen– the plot and characters are different every night, and no two shows are the same. Nearly everything in the show is affected by audience participation and dice rolls.  Playbill with the set in the background. Photo: Me The show presents itself as a typical D&D adventure, and the basic premise is the same each night: a mysterious energy called Havoc is sowing chaos throughout the land, and a group of three adventurers– one warrior, one mage, and one trickster– are chosen by a wizard to help put a stop to it. But that’s where the similarities end between shows. The actions the characters take, the succe...