Talulla Rising, as its name might suggest, is a different beast from that of its precursor, The Last Werewolf. Tone most fundamentally has been altered. Whereas before the protagonist, Jake Marlowe, seemed to be pulling at straws to continue the story, Talulla’s in a pickle from the get-go, which one could argue Jake […]
Gentlemen Prefer Succubi emits a continual post-coital glow. From its opening scene in a Dumpster to its Hollywoodesque climax with a detour somewhere in between into the porn production scene, the ribaldry is in full effect. The world design, although basic succubi; fallen angel; and fanged (vampire) fare, stays interesting because of the light […]
Darklands plays a dangerous game starting at its midpoint. Previous indications of Medieval influence crescendo as Victory-Vicky-Vick Vaughn does her bestest to prevent total world meltdown. A lot of fresh air comes in with this addition to the series. Vic gets a new sidekick, although hardly helpful and, more often than not, a […]
Where Demons Fear to Tread will please anyone who with a short sampling intelligence, like me, hears a pseudo Italian/Jamaican accent say the word ‘angel’ when he reads ‘angel’ and a frustrated white-collar psychopath say ‘demon’ when he reads ‘demon’. It is too much fun seeing how pure the ‘angel’ must be as versus […]