I’ve bought an HTC One. It wasn’t the one I wanted. I want 64GB in black but it was only possible to pre-order the 32GB. Then HTC announced they didn’t have the black in stock, we’d already suffered through delays, and the email suggested switching to silver and getting a free screen protector. I switched. […]
Atticus for the Undead review
A zombie shambles into a woman’s apartment. Her body is found later, torn, ripped and with her head missing. Hunter Gamble is the zombie’s lawyer and doesn’t think he is responsible for the crime. This is the set up for Atticus for the Undead. If, like me, the name Atticus immediately makes you think of […]
James P Blaylock’s Homunculus review
I came to James P Blaylock’s steampunk books via his most recent novel The Aylesford Skull. I enjoyed the book and decided to read through some of his previous books starting with Homonculus. What a surprise. This feels like a very different book. The first few pages almost feel as if a different author was […]
Clone Rebellion: Rogue Clone review
Rogue follows on from Clone Rebellion: Republic. The set up involves a controlling republic that bullies the spiralling arms of the intergalactic human colonies through the twin hammers of politics and a large and mainly clone army. Our hero is Wayson Harris who has risen up through the ranks from being a just graduated marine […]
Review of the Gadget Show Live 2013
This is my third trip down to see The Gadget Show Live and that allows me to see how the event has evolved over the years. The event is a large expo; six great halls in the Birmingham NEC filled with stands and stalls that showcase some of the latest tech (and the occasional future […]
A review of Shattered Moon
Shattered Moon is a roleplaying game from Broken Tower and Tim Westhaven. Westhaven is both author and artist on the game, given that the book is 320 pages of colourful art and clever text the project must have been a labour of love. Shattered Moon makes use of the FateStorm VRS. That’s the FateStorm Virtual […]
Clone Rebellion: Republic review
I picked up Clone Rebellion: Republic and instantly thought “Star Wars. The Clone Wars”. How could I not? This is a military sci-fi thriller in which a repressive Republic rule the known universe through an army of cloned marines. That’s when the comparisons stop. Steven L. Kent’s sci-fi series is far more likely to appeal […]
Swords and Wizardry Monstrosities review
Swords and Wizardry Monstrosities is the largest ever compilation of monsters for Swords & Wizardry from Frog God Games. There are 186 new monsters and hundreds of older monsters from the first edition of the game and they’re all in one place. Swords and Wizardry itself dates back to the 1970s and Frog God Games’ version […]
Tales of the Sleepless City review
Tales of the Sleepless City is a collection of investigations for Call of Cthulhu. The download weighs in at 162-pages from Miskatonic River Press. There are seven different authors involved. Dan Harms for To Awaken What Never Sleeps, Brian Sammons for The Terror from the Museum, C. Michael Hurst for The Fishers of Men, Oscar […]
After America review
After America is the sequel to John Birmingham’s Without Warning. It’s very much part two of a trilogy. I don’t think it is possible to pick up and dive into After America without having read Without Warning, although the first book is good so worth reading anyway, and it rather does leave you wanting to […]
