TV/DVD Recommendation – DAMAGES

I`ve become less and less of a TV watcher over the last few years, as TeeVee has devolved into a medium for the furtherance of marketing and other varieties of pandering. But through the swamp-torrents of audiovisual slime like Big Brother and Pop Idol there occasionally can be found, like diamonds prospected from the mud, [...]

Quote Of The Day

“. . . For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the [...]

Bioshock – Further Thoughts

(Music – Invisigoth; Politics – Mr Angry; Health – raging headcold, AKA Man-Flu!)
 
After my previous ramblings about Bioshock, another key aspect (of this game and First Person Shooters in general) came to mind, namely that involving characterisation, specifically that of the POV character him/herself. There`s a curious divergence here. On the one hand you have [...]

Bioshock – Sheer, Jawdropping Wonderment!

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

I used to play a lot of role-playing games of the pencil-and-paper variety. D&D, Traveller, Superheroes, Warhammer Fantasy and 40K, amongs others. And whether it involved a convoluted quest, or a plain old bughunt/dungeon hack, there was usually a narrative of some kind, even if it was only Survive The Attack Of The Impossibly Tough [...]

The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor – 112 minutes that I`ll never get back

There`s no polite way to say this. The 3rd Mummy movie achieves that which was thought physically impossible – it both sucks and blows (copyright Bart Simpson).
Lazily plotted without concern for any aura, nimbus or even faintest whiff of plausibility, studded with neck-breaking leaps of conclusion (manga-style), crippled by godawful casting (the Rachel Weitz replacement, Maria [...]

Weapon Of Choice short story – excerpt

Thought it might be nice to post a section from WOC, just as a teaser. The following is from the opening couple of pages:
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Eisbrecher – der absolute megahammer!

The time has come, boys and girls, to get ready to dance yer booties off to the Neue Deutsche Haerte sound of Eisbrecher, a mighty band with a mighty sound. Founded by Alex Wesselsky, former lead singer with German band Megaherz, Eisbrecher is an infectious amalgam of dance and guitar riffery not unlike some aspects [...]

‘Weapon Of Choice’ short story out now!

Word has come down the jungleline from the editor of Midnight Street, Trevor Denyer, that Issue 11 of his most august journal (containing the above-named story from your humble author) is now available, see the link -
http://www.midnightstreet.co.uk/index.html
You`ll see a further link to the purchasing page lower down; a single issue (like No 11) would cost just [...]