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Microreview [book]: Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes [Orbit, 2011]Daniel Abraham is a good writer. I know this because I've read the first two installments of his epic fantasy series The Dagger & the Coin, and found...
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By the Numbers: Why STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Might Suck
I want Star Trek Into Darkness to be good. I thought the 2009 reboot was everything Hollywood does best, and I hope the follow-up lives up to the expectations set by Star Trek. But alas, for every...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
My family has been battling the flu this week in a losing effort so I will be presenting a truncated version of Thursday Morning Superhero. Strangely enough, I have turned to Death Note in my time of...
View ArticleNerds-Feather Wants YOUR Book!
Hopefully you have enjoyed the Adventures in Indie Publishing posts the last couple months. We’re all excited to see that column grow and expand our coverage of indie publishing. So if you have a self-...
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Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt
That's right, more Borderlands!In this downloadable content for Borderlands 2, Sir Hammerlock, the bionic Aussie/Brit (I can't tell from the accent) has invited you to his hunting cabin for a weekend...
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Adventures in Indie Publishing: Is Crowdfunding the Future of Publishing?
In the last couple years, crowdfunding has become one of the premier ways of funding projects. Across the board, there are some great advantages to this. The project might not have a place being funded...
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Destiny: Bungie's New Franchise
Back in the early days of the XBOX, I loved me some Halo. Since then, though, it's been a series of diminishing returns, mirroring the largely static development of the FPS since the big innovations of...
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Microreview [film]: Invisible Invaders
The Meat:If you could distill 50s sci-fi B-movies down to their most basic and lovable essence, the hooch you'd be cooking in your bathtub would look a lot like Invisible Invaders. From nuclear...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
Another Thursday is upon us and I am going to try something new this week. The pick of the week will be graced with an in-depth review and the rest get one sentence. I thought it was time to mix...
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Microreview [book]: The Kassa Gambit by M.C. Planck
The MeatThe Kassa Gambit is M.C. Planck's debut work, a slim 288-paged science fiction novel published by Tor. Set in the distant future after the ecological collapse of Earth, The Kassa Gambit tells a...
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Dead Space 3
the end is near!We've finally come to it, the final installment in the Dead Space trilogy. Engineer and protagonist Isaac Clarke has managed to survive the Ishimura. He made it through the Sprawl and...
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Scalzi, The Human Division Eps 5-7
Hello! This is my first entry since switching from the once-a-week to once-every-three-weeks format, so bear with me. In case you are just getting on board, here are my reviews for Episode 1, Episode...
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Microreview [film]: The Baby
The Meat:The Baby is the kind of movie where after each take, you get the feeling everybody involved hung their heads a little and whispered under their breath "How the hell did I wind up here?" Lead...
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Microreview [book]: Orphans of the Sky by Robert Heinlein
I often romanticize the notion of sitting down on a lazy Sunday with a classic SF novel I bought for under $2 at a used bookstore. Several attempts to go through with this, though, have foundered on an...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
Another week of comics has come and gone and we are left with a great title from Image Comics as pick of the week. While Hawkeye put up a good fight (might be the best comic design out today), it fell...
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The Nerdy Kitchen
I’m a kitchen appliance and gadget junkie. My sister is a scientist. In my search for the perfect gift for her birthday (which I've already missed), I've found there's a lot of common ground between us...
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PS4 Announcement
finally!!!It has seemed like decades since the PS2 and original Xbox became surpassed by the current crop of console offerings. In reality, it's only been 7 and 8 years respectively, if you count by...
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Microreview [book]: Adrift on the Sea of Rains by Ian Sales
Adrift on the Sea of Rains, Ian Sales [Whippleshield Press]My first exposure to serious science fiction came around age 12. I was already deep into fantasy and detective novels, but for whatever reason...
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Microreview [Crime Fiction]: The Disassembled Man
The Disassembled ManNate FlexerNew Pulp PressThe Meat[SPOILER BELOW]I have not been looking forward to writing this review. I wanted to like The Disassembled Man, I really did. But I did not. This...
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Microreview [Web TV]: Strip Search
Funded as a stretch goal as part of the Penny Arcade Sells Out Kickstarter, the duo of Mike and Jerry are bringing the interwebs a reality show in which they seek the next big web cartoonist. Strip...
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