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The Phantom in his purple costume holding a pistol against an orange sky, with the text “The Phantom Legacy Still Walking”

The Phantom: Legacy Still Walking

A walk through Bodcau Wildlife Management Area leads guest writer Dale White from his father’s hunter safety classes to The Phantom, and to the legacy that outlasts every generation.

RPG overwhelm: Dallas with hands to his face next to a game prompt asking if you're overwhelmed, cursor on Yes

RPG Overwhelm: Learning New Systems in Games and Life

I have a love-hate relationship with RPGs and JRPGs. I enjoy the storytelling, but I get overwhelmed with them sometimes. Life throws us a lot of systems in the same way, so we look at how to help people learn and what to do when we're the ones overwhelmed.

Jealousy in Friendships: What Ken and Ryu Show Us in Street Fighter (2026)

Ken and Ryu are brothers in every sense until jealousy creeps in. The new Street Fighter movie shows what that feeling does to a friendship, and James 3 and Romans 12 speak to what we can do about it.

4th Avenue Jones Stereo (2005): Does It Still Hold Up?

I pulled 4th Avenue Jones' Stereo: The Evolution of HipRockSoul out of my old CD binder, a 2005 hip hop, soul, jazz and rock album I hadn't touched in over a decade, then had one of my students listen to it. Here's how it holds up.