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Cyberpunk 2077: How Do I Love Thee?

The game covers for Cyberpunk2077--dude with body mods visible on his face in high-collared jacket with heavy pistol raised--and for the DLC Phantom Liberty--with female protagonist in the same jacket with same body mods but with a different, silenced pistol held cross-wise.

I am probably the last person to buy and play Cyberpunk 2077, so I guess this is more of a consideration than a review. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I tend to wait until AAA games are significantly discounted—generally by more Read more…


RPG Thoughts: Genre As Window Dressing?

A picture of a wizard on a dark seacoast by cliffs approaching a castle and a young person overlooking a bright, futuristic city

Right now I have a couple of playtests happening as I work on a robust role-playing game system—a game that is complex, with many pre-defined components that is more about player choice than player creativity when it comes to character Read more…


Fallout 76 Falling Down

Cover of the Fallout 76 computer game, which shows the helmet of a set of power armour

I am way, way late on this. I play a lot of computer games but I never buy them when they come out. I pick them up two or three years later when they are 75% off. Rarely am I Read more…


The Tomorrow War, a review

My 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime (they keep offering me free trials, even after I’ve cancelled multiple times) gave me a chance to watch The Tomorrow War starring Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, and J. K. Simmons. I’m not going Read more…


Ad Astra: A Review

This review was first presented on my Patreon. Please head over and support me there if you can. I had a chance to watch a bunch of movies recently, and I’m really not sure which to discuss first. I’m going Read more…


The Artificial Dawn Condition Watch

Last weekend my home was without power for over 48 hours. I wasn’t alone – Saturday Ottawa had somewhere close to 145,000 homes without power, 28,000 of them in my region/suburb. The good thing? Along with spending a lot of Read more…


A Few Short Reviews – Pharaohs, Expanse, Unlocked and Murderbot!

Unlocked This espionage/thriller was spoiled by really weak writing. Director Michael Apted is a seasoned professional, and the performances here are all solid, but the bedrock just isn’t solid. This has a conspiracy plot that does not bear any level Read more…


Blade Runner 2049: Thoughts

I go see very few movies in the theatre, but a sequel to Blade Runner? That had to have the full cinematic experience. A couple of friends also wanted to check it out, so I dropped my money for a Read more…


Killjoys: A Quick Review

I’m on episode three of season one of Killjoys, a Syfy original about interplanetary bounty hunters. It’s interplanetary rather than interstellar because these bounty hunters work a collection of four planets known as the Quad or the J Colonies. It’s Read more…


Rogue One, I Think I Love You

Okay, so it’s Christmas morning and I have a bit of time, so let’s talk about Rogue One. This first part will be spoiler-free for those who haven’t yet seen the movie yet. The second part will include spoilers as Read more…