People are always looking for a familiar feeling; the brain learns to repeat patterns of neural activity that elicit the all-important “feel-good” sensation. This translates into every aspect of our daily activities; music, hobbies, politics, and even personal values,...

What makes a horror soundtrack work? What makes your skin crawl? What makes you want to glance around behind you, just in case? Sound has incredible power to cue unconscious, subliminal, involuntary reflexes that are as ancient as homo...

Author’s note: I am using “SFF” to encapsulate the ever-wider world of science fiction, fantasy, gaming, movies, and more. It’s a huge field, and typing all that out really takes away from the punchy lines I was going for....

Hello! I’m Aaron Shanks, Paizo’s Marketing and Media Manager, and I’d like to thank Know Direction for inviting me to share who I am, what I do, and how you can support me. Who am I? I started playing...

Hello! My name is Darran Caldemeyer and some of you may know me as the person behind the PaizoCon Countdown as well as an integrated member of the Know Direction Community. I have been enjoying and playing in TTRPG’s...

I owe some of the best things in my life to roleplaying games.  But the greatest gift I received from our strange and wondrous hobby was the gift of love. I met my wife, Taurie Kinoshita, when we were...

I’m not making any kind of bold or insightful statement if I say that 2020 has been a tough year. We’ve all been dealing with the ramifications of a global pandemic since February, and every couple of months we’ve...