Category Archives: Social commentary desecrated

Review: Heavy Metal (1981) film; music, sexism and gaming culture.

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

I’m notorious for never watching TV or movies but I’m currently reading Designers & Dragons Shannon Appelcline’s wonderful history of the rpg industry and immersed in 1970s and 1980s culture. While doing so I chanced upon the cover of White … Continue reading →

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Parcel delivery woes in UK changes

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

I’m getting old: just bought my first loud three point doorbell. No ring video cams for me (the police have surveillance cameras covering our street anyway) just old fashioned bell so I can hear when the postman comes. It was … Continue reading →

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Spooks and Witches…

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

So I’ve just read an interesting piece on the Higgypop website saying we should not blame witches for hauntings. The article is here This sounds fair and good but I’m afraid I disagree totally. Now here I am talking about … Continue reading →

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My phone sounded an alert. Musings on government warning test.

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

I heard the government test warning at 3pm today – (The air attack warning sounds like…) It wasn’t very loud. More of a whimper than a bang… (This is the sound) Took me back to the 80’s; a gentle nostalgic … Continue reading →

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D&D, movies and gatekeeping

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

Have you seen the Dungeons and Dragons movie? I haven’t, and probably won’t. I mean I have seen 3 Ghostbusters movies, Paranormal Activity, Missippi Burning, Star Wars, Excalibur and Tombraider at the cinema in my lifetime so I think it’s … Continue reading →

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Review: The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story, by Kate Summerscale

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Chris Jensen Romer

Sometimes you should not review a book: it is a job for someone else. It was the morning of my mother’s funeral; late September 2020, bright sunlight and sudden darkness; an angry wind shouting at me as my housemates gathered … Continue reading →

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The Case Against “Paranormal Unity”; or why Ghost Hunters have become meaningless.

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Chris Jensen Romer

Those who know me probably know that I am a ghost hunter. What does that actually mean, in real terms? Do I wear a pith helmet and shorts, and carry an elephant gun, and like the big game hunters of … Continue reading →

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Pokémon Take Back The Night in Cheltenham?

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Chris Jensen Romer

It was about 2.30pm yesterday and a beautiful sunny  afternoon; I was walking along Cheltenham High Street when I first noticed the two elegantly dressed, seemingly normal women. They were in their 30’s I guess, and as they approached I … Continue reading →

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Review: The New Ghostbusters Movie; or I ain’t fraid o no film!

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Chris Jensen Romer

  [tl:dr: great film go see it] It all started with a moving candlestick flying across a room; that was how I got involved with the girly ghosthunter, who is now a parapsychologist with a Ph.D in apparitional experience. And … Continue reading →

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My Friend Fancies You – Gaming Romance

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Chris Jensen Romer

So I’m back from Peaky, the game writing weekend, after a few hours on site. I left at breakfast on the first full day, with a full refund and a lift to a train station, but still pretty dejected and … Continue reading →

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