Ecko Rising starts off as a near future cyberpunk. We’re dealing with a dystopian society, evil corporations, the resistance and medical treatments that can make you believe you’re in a totally different world. The story genre-hops. It flicks to a totally different world. Is it real? Is it virtual reality? There are touches of the […]
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Chilling: A review of Snow Piercer
Back in January I shared some pictures, concept art and music from a Joon-ho Bong film called Snowpiercer. It looked incredible, based on a French graphic novel and starting the likes of Chris Evans, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton. The film is reviewing well at IMDB which also suggests the US release is still to […]
8-bit-tastic: A review of Nova Phase
The saying may be that you should not judge a book by its cover but I’ll gladly admit to judging comic books, in part, by the art. Graphic novels and comic books are for me about the experience and immersion. The ability to get lost in a story comes down to the plot, the dialog, […]
Gollancz to reward savvy geeks
In the ecommerce world there is a tactic called dynamic pricing. If a large bookseller, for example, has a clever algorithm that knows you’ll rush to buy the next Game of Thrones book when it comes out then it’ll edge up the price of the hardback and let you know it’s there. Equally, if the […]
Who would win in a fight? Penguin Random House set up a Cage Match
Comic book fans do this. Who would win in a fight? Hawkeye or Green Arrow? Roleplayers do this. Who would win in a fight? A stone golem or hydra? Anime fans do it too. Who would win? Naruto or Natsu? Now Penguin Random House’s Suvudu is doing it too. Actually, it looks like they’ve been […]
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For first trailer
Sin City is where you go in with your eyes open or you don’t come out at all. From Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez and starring Jessica Alba, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green, Bruce Willis, Josh Brolin, Mickey Rourke as Marv and a host of others including Lady Gaga. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For […]
Gaming history: Dungeons & Dreamers review
The 40th birthday for Dungeons & Dragons happened this year, the community celebrated it and the hobby basked in some positive press attention. Today is International GM’s Day and it seems a fitting day to look back at the hobby. As it happens, I don’t need to do any research for this at all. Sitting […]
Lurking in the shadows: The Art of Thief
Thief is a game where you sneak around. Thief is a game of atmosphere and to that extent it makes sense to have an accompanying hardback of art. The problem The Art of Thief faces is what to include? If it goes the “mythos” route that art books sometimes take and explores characters and story […]
Mech marvellous: A review of The Art of Titanfall
Getting Titanfall? It feels as if Microsoft has a lot resting on this game. It’s an Xbox One headliner and is coming out for PC and Xbox 360 too. Call of Duty never appealed to me but Titanfall does. Do giant fighting robots make that much of a difference? Apparently so. Titan Books was probably […]
Listen to the Trickster God: A review of The Gospel of Loki
This is the first Joanne Harris book I’ve ever read – but I know the name. Harris wrote Chocolat which was turned into an Oscar nominated movie which featured Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. The Gospel of Loki is Joanne Harris’ first adult fantasy novel. I don’t often read books like The Gospel of Loki. […]
