The Laundry is here
On Thursday I received 'The Laundry' in the post. The announcement came back in March so I was really excited to get the book in the post this week. I…[...]
OK, it’s no secret I’m just a big geek.
I got the Serenity book a few months ago from Sub City in Dublin and the Smallville book arrived today from Amazon. Both use derivatives of the Cortex system from…[...]
•REC (spoilers! beware!)
Last night, due to the absence of Jim, we watched movies up at Graham's rather than gaming. When I arrived (a little late due to teleconferences with NBC), they were…[...]
Solipsist RPG Review
I ordered Solipsist yesterday, paper and PDF, and spent a bit of last night poring over the PDF version. I'll start out this potted review by saying that it's shockingly…[...]
MURDERDROME: iPhone comic reader BANNED!
Wednesday afternoon I popped round to Paul's house for a quick chat (and a couple of headache tablets) and I saw a demo of MurderDrome, the first iteration of a…[...]
M&M2e: hero or zero?
Mutants and Masterminds gets a lot of airplay on the internet forums: any time someone asks about superhero games, a raft of people come out of the woodwork to impose…[...]
Mario Kart for the Wii
Last weekend we picked up Mario Kart for the Wii for a fiver after trading in two games that we neither liked nor played (Wabbit Wampage? Cars?) and I must…[...]
Albion
Okay, maybe this proves I'm not a comic geek but I'm seriously underwhelmed. It's like the British version of Planetary. And not very good.[...]
I am Legend, alternative ending
The alternative ending to "I am Legend" was posted on FirstShowing.net. Ironically, it restores the meaning of I Am Legend though Neville's ending is different. It would have made a…[...]
I Am Legend
I've read the book and watched both Omega Man and the recent Will Smith adaptation. I am looking forward to the March 18th release of the DVD, if only for…[...]
Cloverfield
I think it has everything to do with being a parent. I've never been a fan of Godzilla movies but I do like action/horror/disaster movies as a whole. Cloverfield is…[...]
Jumper
From IMDB: A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been…[...]
Jame’s Herbert’s ’48. A review.
I recently read James Herbert's '48 which is a post-World War II version of a few post-apocalyptic stories. It was essentially "28 Days Later" or "Night of the Comet" but…[...]
Top 10 Roleplaying Games of All Time
Just to confuse matters, these are in alphabetical order but to my mind they represent the absolute cream of the crop when it comes to roleplaying games. Amber - The…[...]
SuperMunchkin
As most will know, I'm an RPG-slut. But we've had some upheavals recently with people coming and going due to really crap reasons (getting married, moving out of the country,…[...]
Pan’s Labyrinth
Watched it last night round with Aidan, Abi and some ice cream. It's a good movie - personally I don't think it's the same sort of emotional tour-de-force as perhaps…[...]
I bought a White Wolf game this week
I was doing my six-monthly browse through the stacks at Replay in Bangor and as usual found myself not wanting to leave without parting with some cash. It wasn't due…[...]
Renaissance Magic
The Guardian has a book review on De viribus quantitatis (On the Powers of Numbers) penned by Luca Paciola, a man who was a personal friend of Leonardo da Vinci…[...]
Gaming Last Night: Gizeh and ZOMBIES!!!
Last night's effort consisted of a rather fun 3D game of Connect 4 called Gizeh. And then we played the Zombies!!! boardgame. Gizeh really is quite brain tiring as it's…[...]
Review (kinda): Zombies!!!
Tonight we didn't play Zombi, which would make that the second week in a row. Instead, we played Zombies!!! which made a small amount of difference. Less plot, more frantic…[...]