Another thing I did this past weekend was watch a lot of Friends, which was recently added to the Netflix streaming library. Watching it, I was struck by several things: Even though I am pretty sure I’ve seen most of … Continue reading →
I used to write about games that I played a lot, but that was in another life and a different presidential administration. We hadn’t yet learned Iron Man was the greatest American hero, that’s how long ago it was. But … Continue reading →
DA:I – Dragon Age 2 was a very good game for the first 90% or so, but it fell apart completely at the end; I am here referring to the last two main quests, “Best Served Cold” and “the Last … Continue reading →
“…dozens of iChaperones lit up in angry technicolor. They swarmed down from the ceiling to hover around the heads of their respective underage protectees, screens flashing the cutesy drink icon that alerted them to the presence of alcohol.” Monday’s installment … Continue reading →
As you no doubt already know if you care in the slightest, the cancelled NBC sitcom Community has been picked up by, of all entities, Yahoo! Leading to the question of whether Yahoo! is generously propping up Community after its total … Continue reading →
I finally got around to playing the Mass Effect trilogy of games recently; I got the PS3 three-game set, downloaded all the single-player DLC, and went to town. I knew, going in, that Mass Effect 2 is generally considered the … Continue reading →
The issue’s lead is a novelette: “Memorials” by Aliette de Bodard. Anticolonial theme, part of a series of stories sharing a setting. Addresses some of the ideas in Leah Cypress’s “What We Ourselves Are Not,” in the September 2013 issue: … Continue reading →
The December 2013 issue of Asimov’s came while I was at GenCon, so my reading and review of it was lost in the shuffle. Now that I hold the January 2014 issue, it only seems fitting that I clear … Continue reading →
So hi. I wanted to let you, the literally tens of regular readers, know a few things. 1) At the current pace I anticipate wrapping up Le Morte D’Arthur sometime around the beginning of May of 2014. It may go longer … Continue reading →
Shelia Finch’s “A Very Small Dispensation” threw me dramatically back from the distant futures of “Memories of Earth” and “When the Rain Comin,” and the nearer futures of “Grounded” and “Adventures in Cognitive Homogamy” to the late 19th and … Continue reading →
