Big Steaming Pile – Orwell
In the dystopian future year of 2017, the Nation is going through a troubled time. The Party, which has run on a platform of reestablishing law and order, has rammed…
Big Steaming Pile – Pyre
The Downside, a vast, expansive collection of arid deserts, untamed seas, murky bogs, and treacherous mountains, is the final destination for those exiled from the Commonwealth. For those sent down…
Big Steaming Pile – Don Bradman Cricket 14
Ah, yes, cricket. A game of strategy, skill, endurance, patience, and persistence. As I have said before, cricket might be the most quintessentially British sport imaginable, as the reach of…
Big Steaming Pile – 2017 Year-End Awards!
A belated Merry Christmas to you, dear reader, and welcome to the first annual Big Steaming Pile Awards, the Pilies!
Big Steaming Pile – The Room Two
Before we go any further, no, this is not a game about a Tommy Wiseau sequel. The storytelling and cinematography here are actually competently done, so get all your jokes…
Big Steaming Bonus – Hard Time
I am fascinated by prison. Granted, I have less than zero intention of ever going there, but there’s something about the dynamic of so many people living in constant close…
Big Steaming Pile – Jalopy
A wise person has described my personality as being that of an East German man who was raised under communism, got used to communism, and then the Berlin Wall fell,…
Big Steaming Pile – 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
In 1979, the Iranian people were up in arms. The unpopular, corrupt regime of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was on its last legs, and would be forced out in…
Big Steaming Pile – Shadowrun Returns
The Shadowrun franchise has been around since 1989, combining fantasy tropes like magic and creatures like orcs and trolls with sci-fi aspects like cybernetics and digital worlds in a futuristic…