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C Somnus McGill

C Somnus McGill

Bonny Pall sucks: a critique and lamentation of Southwest adaptation

Paul Bunyan and Magic the Gathering. Good friend and long-time reader of mine, Edward, knows exactly what is coming, and he probably also expects me to bring up Big Iron. In 2024, Wizards of the coast released Outlaws of Thunder Junction, an expansion for Magic the Gathering clearly inspired

There Never was a Traitor in the Country of the Blind

I have made a fool of myself. Sometime ago I made an insinuation that there was a traitor in the country of the Blind. Mostly as an eye-catching title to startle folks into reading, but also as a reaction to my very early thoughts on Andrew Leland’s The

Do I Like the Pathfinder 360 by Ambutech? Yea, it's cool.

A product review? I this economy?! Yes, and pray I don’t forget this joke if it happens again, because I will repeat it. I know a thing or two about this genre and I know that I should assure you, up front, that I have received neither money nor

The Sun Sets on the Legislative Session (Writing Battle)

When it's Ableist to say it's Ableist

It is a shame that all the tools we develop are used to degrade the quality of our lives for the sake of the petulant egos of those who profit from them.

Is There a Traitor in The Country of the Blind?

Seldom is it that I am compelled to write about a book before I can confidently say I am done with it. I want to know what I’m talking about, I need to know what I’m talking about. Half-formed thoughts on art don’t create nuance nor

Frightening Rhetoric from the White House. Again.

If you, like me, sit and wonder when the true groundwork for the inevitable claim for a third term and an increase in voter discrimination is to be laid, then you probably tuned in to the United State’s presidential address tonight (16 July 2026). There was some portent lying

I Have Beef with the Foundation Fighting Blindness

I am not so audacious as to consider myself a rhetorician, but my education consisted of an unhealthy amount of rhetoric and I can’t help but wear the hat. Leading me to draw ire with the Foundation Fighting Blindness. If the object of my derision is not immediately obvious

Blind Envy

An earlier draft of this confession had paragraphs of context to ensure that I don’t come across as antagonistic towards my fellow Blind comrades. But why is it my responsibility to ensure an audience can understand nuance? Can readers not parse it themselves any more, read with the subtext

On Being the Only One

Am I alone? The only benthic creature scrawling along the bottom of an othered ocean. I felt alone. I knew my great-grandfather was Blind, but he lived across a country and the stories I heard about him celebrated his refusal to use a cane or give up driving – his