Perhaps you’ve seen the movies and are wondering what happens to Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl next? Kick-Ass 3, which is co-authored by John Romita, has been out for a while now, first as comics, then as a hardback collection and more recently in softback. The graphic novel feels different from the film. The heroes […]
Break Out or Fall Out: review of Behind the Walls for Fate Core
Evil Hat Production has leveraged the power of Patreon and burgeoning support for Fate Core material to crank out some top notch supplements and adventures for their game. Unlike crowd-funding, which drives people to contribute toward a lump sum, the Patreon-model supports ongoing and regular content. Evil Hat has used this regularly ‘income’ to draft […]
Get your teeth into this: A review of Tokyo Ghoul
I was very happy when Tokyo Ghoul came to Netflix, I’d heard a lot about it but it had been proving to be challenging to stream legally in the UK. A geeky guy thinks he’s lucked out when a gorgeous and book loving girl takes a fancy to him. The twist? She’s a flesh hungry […]
Who’s afraid of the dark? A review of Dark Star
Dark Star by Oliver Langmead is an original sci-fi. The whole book is written in a verse like format. I thought this would be annoying, especially as I used my Kindle app on my Nexus 7 to read my copy, but I was wrong. As it happens, the verse-like formatting of Dark Star is easy […]
Visually stunning, plot struggling: A review of Harlock Space Pirate
There’s no doubt that Space Pirate Captain Harlock is an anime legend. The character, who has had a few incarnations, is famous. The latest adventure with the icon is a stunning full length feature film. This is a reboot of the franchise; suitable for someone coming to the series for the first time as it […]
Impossible POW: A review of Valour’s Trial
Valour’s Trial (or, I suppose, Valor Trial to go by the spelling used in some parts of the world) is another in Tanya Huff’s Confederation series. I really like how easy Huff makes reading. Her books can be layered, clever and are rarely predictable but she manages to make each one a breeze to read […]
Girl vs God: A review of Good Luck Girl!
Wikipedia tells me the target demographic for Good Luck Girl! (Binbo-gami ga! Aka “This Damn God of Poverty!” in Japanese) is a Shonen. In other words; the intended audience is young men. I suppose that makes sense. There are scenes when our busty college girl is in cosplay or just not wearing very much. She’s […]
Sword and planet: A review of Kane of Old Mars
I’ve seen John Carter of Mars but not read any of the Edgar Rice Burroughs stories. I had the famous title in mind as I started to read the most recent re-release by Gollancz of Michael Moorcock’s “Kane of Old Mars”. Wikipedia tells me that the trilogy was first published back in 1965. The original […]
Fated by Serpentfall: A Review of The Day After Ragnarok
The Day After Ragnarok is a What-If scenario that probably didn’t come up in the early risk assessment sessions of the Second World War. When the Governments and Intelligence Services of the West knuckled down for some blue sky thinking on defeating the Nazi menace, they possibly discounted the possibility of mythical world-consuming serpents. For […]
Solidly sci-fi: A review of Halo: Nightfall
Halo: Nightfall is a live action movie based on the Halo computer game franchise. If your initial reaction is ‘that could never work’ then you probably haven’t had the chance to watch Halo: Forward Unto Dawn, the original live action series, which worked very well and premiered as a webs series. The reason why we […]
