About Charles Cox

Charles has an unhealthy obsession with video games. He also plays a lot of board-games, and spends a lot of time playing and GMing table-top RPGs.

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July 31, 2015
Every story has moments or events which are their focal points. Foreshadowing, character development, exposition, etc… all exist to set these up. I call the culmination of all these focal points “narrative focus.” The points may all be different things, but when combined they form the meat of the story, the reason the consumer is interested in the story in the first place.
July 16, 2015
Dungeon Master (DM) Workshop is a regular feature in which Charles draws on his experience as a DM, as well as what he’s learned from the other DM’s, to help people run better games.
Ant-Man Hip Hop Variant Cover
July 16, 2015
Marvel recently announced that they would be releasing variant covers inspired by hip-hop albums. They’re awesome, and the internet is going nuts for them.
Airboy #2 by Image Comics
July 8, 2015
Recently some agitators have defended their tactics by claiming that bullying the publisher of Airboy, Image, into pulling the comic from store shelves is not an act of censorship. This is patently absurd.
Image Comics Airboy #2 Transexual Controversy
July 4, 2015
Go home Social Justice Warriors (SJW). You’re drunk. Airboy is a unique project from James Robinson and Greg Hinkle in which they portray themselves as characters in a weird, multi-verse comic book story. It’s a meta story, about a dark time in their lives, where they admit to being crappy people.
June 11, 2015
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is nearly four years old.If you haven’t experienced Skyrim yet, you should. It’s a shining beacon of fantasy gameplay, boasting a unique and absorbing setting, fine-tuned mechanics, a massive open world, and tasty sweet rolls.