Honour among thieves is the latest attempt to bring the popular role playing game to the silver screen; but this time it seems that Hasbro have finally managed to pull it off and create a movie which is actually a Dungeons and Dragons film. The early noughties efforts may have had the excellently overacted performanceContinue reading “Honour among thieves. Enough cheese and ham for a sandwich but still pure DnD”
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Begun the culture wars have (round 300 million-ish)
So recently I have not been online much due to a mix of ill health and real life events. It’s no bad thing to take a break of course but predictably as soon as I went back online I saw that Magic the Gathering was trending. Never a good sign. So, ignoring all wisdom andContinue reading “Begun the culture wars have (round 300 million-ish)”
Do all roads lead to ten?
You have to hand it to GW; they know how to both build a hype train and also shoot themselves in the foot at the same time. We’re a few days out from adepticon 2023 and they simultaneously drop this and then they manage to send a model out which had not even been revealedContinue reading “Do all roads lead to ten?”
Battlefield Earth – not quite as bad as the film
February 5th 2023 Battlefield Earth is a classic piece of pulp science fiction where the bad guys are either capitalist, greedy business beings or priests, the good guys are so good that the main character is even called ‘Goodboy’ and the good guys not only win; they totally defeat the bad guys by using theirContinue reading “Battlefield Earth – not quite as bad as the film”
Shards of Earth; a stunningly well sculpted piece of SciFi
Shards of Earth is a beautifully sculpted (and yes that is an intentional pun for those who have read it) piece of science fiction which manages to blend the technical depth of ‘hard’ science fiction with the character driven fast space of space opera. I will say from the outset that this is an excellentContinue reading “Shards of Earth; a stunningly well sculpted piece of SciFi”
High on Life, a glob of meh on my hard drive
High on Life is a game you play if you want less frenzied gameplay than Doom, less zany nonsense than Saints Row 3 and are a fan of the Rick and Morty animated series. For anyone else though this game is a glob of sheer meh all over your console or PC. I am generallyContinue reading “High on Life, a glob of meh on my hard drive”
Otherland, the book which broke me
So after hundreds if not thousands of books I have been defeated. Otherland by Tad Williams is the first book I simply gave up on as it had no redeeming features. It is long winded, dull and after nearly twenty percent of it I had no real idea on the plot, connection to any ofContinue reading “Otherland, the book which broke me”
Red Tides by Marc Turner – a disappointing end to a series with potential
Red tides brings the Chronicles of the Exile series to an end in a way which is disenchanting and, despite being a decent book, feels very much like the author had lost interest by the end. As before I have not paid for this book and have instead checked it out from the local library. Continue reading “Red Tides by Marc Turner – a disappointing end to a series with potential”
Troll – a fun godzilla clone
Troll is what happens when you take the reboot of Godzilla, shrink it down, set it in Norway and include a chunk of scandinavian folklore. However, despite being a pretty blatant reskin of Godzilla it is surprisingly good. I am a big fan of monster and giant mech movies. Yes they are cheesy, CGI heavyContinue reading “Troll – a fun godzilla clone”
Dragon Hunters by Marc Turner
Dragon Hunters is proof that you can have a sword and sorcery novel containing dragons, scheming and politicking and still make it entertaining without needing to resort to Game of Thrones levels of sex and graphic violence. It was a damned good book and my only real criticism was that some of the character arcsContinue reading “Dragon Hunters by Marc Turner”
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