Walt Braley is a comedy and entertainment writer based in Chicago. He tries to explore the most interesting (or hilarious) facets of media and pop-culture using a mixture of humor and thorough ...

Starting with a secret copy of Warcraft II on his parent’s Windows 95, Ben has developed a lifelong obsession with video games. Drawn to darker and more horrifying games, he enjoys diving into the ...

Some parts of making a Dungeons & Dragons character go beyond filling in a character sheet and doing the math. For some players, coming up with a backstory is the hardest part of the puzzle to put ...

Dungeons & Dragons used to be a weird little hobby, seen as hopelessly nerdy, childish, and even Satanic. Now it’s a bigger cultural deal than Monopoly, even chess. It’s featured in Stranger Things ...

Dungeons & Dragons has the potential to create some massively overpowered characters either through clever use of feats or by multiclassing.

One of the first things you need to do if you’re starting Dungeons & Dragons is work up a character to play as, but this is unfortunately harder than just deciding to be an elf with a funny name ...