Q: What’s this blog all about?

A: It’s my own little playground to talk about old school role-playing games, cult fandom, novels, heavy metal, computer and console games, films, comics, breakfast cereals, and anything else that takes my fancy. A smorgasboard of sci-fi, horror, fantasy, crime, espionage, mystery, western, and pulpy adventure geekdom, if you will.

Q: Why is it called ‘The Dwarf and the Basilisk’?

A: This post explains all.

Q: Then why is the address ‘Arcona’?

A: Arcona is a fictional nation I came up with for an AD&D campaign. This blog started life as a place to record random musings on that particular campaign, but has since ballooned into… whatever the hell it is nowadays.

Q: Who are you?

A: I am a twenty-something who lives in Phoenix, Arizona with my girlfriend, three cats, five fish, and a pet rock. I’m a nerd for all kinds of stuff, including but not limited to: trashy cult novels, questionable horror films, Spaghetti westerns, sports, heavy metal, pro-wrestling, coffee, Count Chocula cereal, politics, William Shatner, 80’s nostalgia, and DOS gaming. Sometimes I delude myself into thinking I’m a ‘writer’, but only if I forget to take my meds that morning.

Q: Why don’t you review …. ?

A: Send me a message and I’ll look into it.

Q: What are your contact details?

A: Email address is – jarvisrochester@hotmail.com (I’ve seen some confusion on this. No, my name is not really ‘Jarvis’.)

You can contact me on Windows Messenger using the same e-mail addy.

And I’m pretty sure you can find me on Skype the same way too.

In fact, most services have the e-mail search function these days.

I have a Yahoo name too, but Yahoo just plain sucks. Stay away from it.

-Matthew