Review

“Origin” by JA Konrath: A Devil of a Technothriller

I’ve enjoyed JA Konrath’s writing for a while. I read his blog whenever it updates, and I even downloaded his non-fiction ebook of collected essays on writing, The Newbie’s Guide to Publishing, for my Kindle and read a few entries a day. One particular entry grabbed my attention more than others. In it, Konrath talked [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

3 Short Reviews for 3 Short Stories

I love short stories. They’re hard to write, but when done well, their effect can be far more powerful than a longer form. It takes a lot of careful wording and plotting to be able to make a short story, and since the second half of my summer’s goal has been to write a few [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

A Quick Jaunt in Star Wars Galaxies

Syp’s first The Game Archaeologist column about Star Wars Galaxies intrigued me. I played the game from the time it was in Beta 3 all the way until World of Warcraft was released in November 2004. I loved it. I quit because of the combination of the New Game Enhancements (NGE) and WoW being so [...]

5 comments Read the full article →

Christopher Nolan’s “Inception”: This Decade’s Existential Benchmark

The moment Inception starts, the viewer has to think about what he or she is watching, to experience the plot in a way few movies ask us to. That engagement does not stop during the film, nor does it necessarily cease when the credits roll. For the first time in years, Inception presents theater-goers with [...]

5 comments Read the full article →

Book Review: “The Red Pyramid” by Rick Riordan

The Red Pyramid is an interesting mix of YA urban fantasy and mythology that Rick Riordan made famous with his Percy Jackson series of novels. And while I have not read the Greek-mythology inspired novels, nor have I seen the movies, I fully expect to since I enjoyed The Red Pyramid pretty well. Riordan also [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Book Review: “Out” by Natsuo Kirino [Guest Post]

Today’s post is brought to you by Gordon of We Fly Spitfires. He typically blogs about MMORPGs, so I hope he has enjoyed being able to critique and review something besides quest text. Enjoy! Described as a crime novel, Out is not the sort of book I typically read. It’s written by a foreigner (euch!) [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

Movie Review: Robin Hood – A Bull’s Eye or a Near Miss? [Guest Post]

Today’s post is brought to you by Clint Alley, a digital archivist, history teacher, genealogist, catfish enthusiast, and author of the maternally-acclaimed blog Clint Thoughts. When I was seven, my Aunt Pam gave a copy of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves to my brother and me for Christmas. From that moment on, I have been [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

Book Review: “Feed” by Mira Grant

If there are two things I love, they’re blogging and zombies. And although I thought that my life would be nearly incomplete without the combination of these two relatively unrelated things, I am pleased to announce that because of reading Mira Grant’s Feed, I can die a happy man. Okay, well maybe that’s a bit [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

← Previous Entries