December 23, 2024
I am lucky enough to have a job that affords me the chance to take leave at Christmas. Well, I can take leave any time I want, but my job also provides three days off, so leave used around Christmas Read more…
December 12, 2024
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…
December 5, 2024
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…
November 6, 2024
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…
July 4, 2021
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…
March 14, 2020
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…
September 25, 2018
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…
August 29, 2018
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…
October 12, 2017
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…
August 7, 2017
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…