Psychedelic Rock
Bands
Mental Illnesses I Probably Have
Fictional Foreplay
Potent Potables
Video Game Milestones
100

One of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock based in San Francisco, they are known for a song interpreting the work of author Lewis Carol.

Jefferson Airplane

100

A mental health disorder characterized by persistently lowered mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.

Depression

100

A form of written or spoken language that follows the natural flow of speech, uses a language's ordinary grammatical structures, or follows the conventions of formal academic writing.

Prose

100

A beverage fermented from grain mash. It is typically made from barley or a blend of several grains and flavored with hops.

Beer

100

While not the first game to allow you to play from a first person perspective, this entry is known for being bigger, faster, and bloodier, than anything previously released using a revolutionary 3D rendering engine.

Doom

200

Headed by whom many consider to be the greatest guitarist of all time as well as a member of the 27 Club.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

200

For people with this disorder, everyday social interactions cause irrational worrying, fear, self-consciousness, and embarrassment.

Social Anxiety Disorder

200

This literary device is used to describe when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs. It happens within them, and it drives their development as a character. (Think of the movie Maurice or Joker)

Internal Struggle

200

A distilled spirit made by fermenting fruit juices along with the base liquor. There are dozens of types including popular flavors such as peppermint, cinnamon, and peach.

Schnapps

200

Originally released in 1972. It was the first commercially successful video game, and it helped to establish the industry as we know it today.

Pong

300

An English rock band, formed in London in 1963, one year before another band of a similar name, The band started the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists.

The Yardbirds

300

Characterized by unreasonable thoughts and fears that lead to uncontrollable behaviors.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

300

In the family comedy The Killing of a Sacred Deer, 55 year old Nicole Kidman does full frontal and Barry Keogan eats spaghetti. What is the central theme/themes of the film?

Free Will, Fate, Cosmic Punishment of Human Hubris

300

An alcoholic drink made by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains, or hops. Its alcoholic content may range from as low as 3% ABV to more than 20%.

Mead

300

This video game led to a joint congressional hearing in which a representative of the National Coalition on Television Violence said that violent games were "training early killers," This led to the formation of the ESRB rating system.

Mortal Kombat

400

A modern psychedelic rock band formed in Melbourne Australia, they released three albums in October 2022 which included their signature reptilian sound in Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

400

A symptom of various forms of psychopathology, is the decrease in the ability to initiate and persist in self-directed purposeful activities Including neglecting hobbies, going to work and/or school, and most notably, engaging in social activities. A person experiencing this disorder may stay at home for long periods of time, rather than seeking out work or peer relations.

Avolition

400

This literary genre is a specific version of noir used in books such as The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

Nordic Noir

400

A distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant which grows in the red volcanic soils in the region of the same name.

Tequila

400

This game was originally designed as a Real Time Strategy game for the Apple Mac OS before switching sides and completely changing the direction of its new genre on the console market.

Halo: Combat Evolved

500

This band released their 1967 dreamlike song "The Red Telephone" Written by Arthur Lee who would go on to work on the title track of the blaxploitation film Thomasine & Bushrod in 1974.

Love

500

This disorder occurs when you persistently or repeatedly have the feeling that you're observing yourself from outside your body or you have a sense that things around you aren't real, or both.

Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder

500

Character is what makes storytelling unique. Any kind of literature can entertain, provoke or inform, but in dramatic fiction it is sympathy for a character that gives our writing insight into humanity itself. Without character we are left with…

The Skinamarink

500

Trips to Japan are often filled with sake and beer but this spirit however is very light and lower in alcohol so you can sip it and enjoy its nuanced flavors.

Shochu

500

This entry in a long running series is said to revolutionize narrative in video games, exploring anti-capitalist and environmentalism as themes. Actor Robert Pattinson has stated the game brought him to tears during a key moment in its story.

Final Fantasy VII