Author name: Noob of All Trades

Shawn Lucas is the self identified "Noob of All Trades". He is married and the father of three boys, two of whom help with their own podcast every couple of months. Raised on Atari, Nintendo, and Sega, he enjoys all games and will play all of them to the best of his ability, which is often average at best. Currently, he is most interested in Magic, Heroclix, and other games that he can play with Chris and his sons.

Digital Playground

Noob’s History with Castlevania

A Journey Through the Night Along with Metroid, Castlevania ranks as one of the most iconic video game franchises in history. With every new game, it first revolutionized the side scrolling genre before redefining how an RPG looks and what it can do. Therefore, this Frightober, I bring you Noob’s history with Castlevania. Hell, there’s […]

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Spawniverse October 2024

Introduction With the soft relaunch last month, I split my comic reviews over three weeks. Furthermore, I needed three separate articles in the last week to cover all of the Marvel comic books. I hoped that by dividing and conquering the many books I now receive that I could cover them better and offer a

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Noob’s Guide to Splatterhouse

Introduction: Welcome to the Nightmare I never played this game before last week, so you get a true Noob’s Guide to Splatterhouse with this article. However, this year, for Frightober, I wanted a theme of time. So, I broke my weeks into past, present, and future. While searching for some games from the past, I

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Marvel Comics September 2024 Part 3

Introduction At long last, we arrive at the final article for our comic reviews. In fact, we celebrate two milestones. I also gave up on making any interactive elements for this year’s Spooktober and went with a boring old banner instead. Maybe next year. Additionally, Marvel Comics September 2024 Part 3 represents the final article

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Marvel Comics September 2024 Part 2

Introduction Yes, it’s October. And, yes, this article mentions Marvel Comics September 2024 Part 2. I told you, I wanted to change things up around here. Also, in the same article (or a different recent one), I mentioned that I always forget how hard the beginning of the school year hits. Hell, just this afternoon,

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A Noob’s Guide to Echoes of Wisdom

Introduction My history with Legend of Zelda goes back a long time. I remember going to my mother’s family’s house for Christmas one year. Surprisingly, even though , or perhaps because, they made me feel awkward and out of place, I remember a lot from those visits. They formed several core memories, to borrow a

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Pour One Out for She-Hulk

Introduction If you followed the page for any length of time, you know that I loved Rainbow Rowell’s run on She-Hulk. Actually, loved might even be an understatement. I adored it. I looked forward to every new issue and couldn’t wait to read them. More than once, I think I called it the perfect marriage

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Noob’s Duskmourn Prerelease

Introduction A couple of days ago, I wrote an article about my impressions of Duskmourn, the new Magic the Gathering set that just released. In that article, I also started a short story in the setting. I promised to continue it in this article, Noob’s Duskmourn Prerelease. Unlike other events in the past, I simulated

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