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

Five Games for Summer 2025

Introduction Over on Tik Tok, I posted a countdown to summer that some people enjoyed. Whatever I happen to be working on that day gets posted along with the countdown. I’ve covered Warhammer, end of the year Teacher Bingo, my water after a particularly long and hot day, and the comic book review among others. […]

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Great Good Decent May 2025

A Visual Guide Following on last month’s ideas, I recorded a video for my 3 picks for Great Good Decent May 2025. Now, I present to you the visual guide for all of my picks from last month. Let me know either there or here what you agree with and what you don’t. Great Good

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We (Finally) Saw Thunderbolts*

The Unexpected Heart Behind the Misfit Team Up Aiden saw the movie on opening weekend. We missed it due to being busy with Wizard of Oz. However, we made plans to go as soon as possible. The plans changed from weekday to weekend, included (then uninvited) Liam’s girlfriend and Christine, and continued to push back

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Return of the Sinister Six

A 90s Time Capsule of Cheese, Charm, and Peak Fun A few months ago, while taking inventory of my comics, I noticed that I owned some of the early 1990s Spider-Man with some big names on the cover. Think David Micheline, Erik Larsen, and yes even Uncle Todd. Several of the books stood out to

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Great Good Decent April 2025

A Visual Guide I finally realized my dream of recording and posting a video review of the comics for the month in Great, Good, Decent April 2025. Since I don’t want to neglect the web page, I came up with the idea for a visual gude here. Plus, with cross promotion, I can include a

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Casual 4 Life: Forever Noob

Introduction: The Noob Manifesto I didn’t choose the noob life, the noob life caught me when I failed out of pro gamer school. When I came up with the idea for this concept over a decade ago, I always envisioned it as a place for people like me to meet and discuss games in a

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Creator Spotlight: Todd McFarlane

Introduction Subtitle: The Rebel Who Changed Comics Forever. I planned this article a couple months ago. However, at that time I concentrated too heavily on the articles (which take some time to write) and failed as a result. Since focusing more on Tik Tok (the last two videos are downright viral!) and focusing on only

Mental Health

Gaming Spring Cleaning Checklist

Introduction Or: Refresh Your Setup in 30 Minutes! As part of our reintroduction on the web page again, I wanted to focus on the rebirth and regeneration of the season. The first idea that came to me was “Gaming Spring Cleaning”. I showed some messes around the house (handhelds and cables) that I plan to

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TMNT 6 and 7

Illuminating Indie Books: Introduction So far, so good. In the last post, I mentioned how I’ve been working to get the web page back on track. I also put together and posted some reels for Instagram and TikTok over the last couple of days. I’m still not at 100%, but better than recent weeks. Plus,

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