We kick off a new year with two recent holiday releases. A young woman in Oz learns the truth behind the Wizard. A group of teenagers faces a millennial nightmare.
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2024 was an excellent year for PopCult Reviews. It also had me thinking about the span of 2020 – 2025, where each year has brought in more & more views, changing the average range per month.
In 2024, my per-month average was over 15,000 views/per month. The peak was in January with 21,404 views and the lowest point was February with 10,974 views. Compare that to 2023, where the peak was December with 17,464 views, with the low point being February with 4,222 views.
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Today’s character comes from Outgunned, a cinematic action tabletop roleplaying game. Here’s the description from the official website:
Outgunned is a cinematic action RPG inspired by the classics of the action and heist genre, from Die Hard to True Lies, passing through James Bond, Lethal Weapon, Kingsman, Ocean’s Eleven, Hot Fuzz, and the latest John Wick.
In Outgunned, Players take on the role of action Heroes facing terrible odds. They will be constantly surrounded by enemies while trying to carry out their mission, be it robbing a casino or saving the day.
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Film Series
[Hazy Shades of Winter – 2 Jan thru 20 Jan]
The Ice Storm, The Ascent, Ikiru, Winter Light, Fireworks, My Night at Maud’s, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Landscape Suicide, Stranger Than Paradise, Ariel
TV Reviews
19 Jan – Northern Exposure Season Six
26 Jan – The Prisoner (2009)
Comic Book Reviews
4 Jan – Daredevil by Frank Miller Part One
11 Jan – Daredevil by Frank Miller Part Two
18 Jan – Superman by Geoff Johns Part One
25 Jan – Superman by Geoff Johns Part Two
Solo Tabletop RPG Reviews and Actual Plays
12, 19, 26 Jan – Under Ashen Skies
Podcast Episodes
5 Jan – Wicked: Part One/Y2K
12 Jan – The Order/A Real Pain
19 Jan – TBD
26 Jan – TBD
I’ll be participating in this challenge which gets a good explanation at this blog post. I’ll be making a character from a different tabletop RPG system each day for the 31 days of January. First up is a system I have never made a character in or played at all, Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition.
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