I previously mentioned that I got the DVD of the 15th anniversary of the Neverwhere miniseries that aired on BBC. I’ve gotten some interesting comments from some of you folks and, I’ll be honest, some of you guys don’t remember it too fondly.
But I’m gonna give you my thoughts and maybe it’ll change your mind and encourage you to give it another look.
Being a painter myself, I have a deep love for art—especially in the classical sense. I also have a huge library of art books, but the one that I’m going to leave on my coffee table is definitely Drew Struzan’s Oeuvre.
I’m a huge Walking Dead fan—which is why I jumped at the chance to review The audiobook version of The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor from Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga. I figured that it would help tide me over until the second season premiere.
The question is, does the The Walking Dead storyline work as novel?
Book #13 of the Dresen Files entitled Ghost Story has just hit the shelves. If you’ve read all of the books in the series so far, see if Butcher’s latest effort is up to snuff after the break. If you are unfamiliar with the world’s one-and-only wizard P.I., we’ll explain why you’ll need to clear your reading schedule and get caught up.
I did what any red-blooded American did over our holiday weekend. That’s right, I went to see a movie. This was after consuming roughly my own body weight in hamburgers and hot dogs while hanging out with friends all afternoon. I almost didn’t go to see Transformers: Dark of the Moon because it was getting a love it/hate it response from people and I was desperately afraid I’d fall into the hate it camp. There’s nothing as disappointing as walking in to a movie thinking it will be fantastic, but wandering out a few hours later wishing you could get a refund. [Minor spoilers ahead]
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My wife and I have a few areas where we are wildly different. Most notably, I’m a gadget freak while she would probably still be using one of those old-timey candlestick phones if I hadn’t begun an effort to drag her into the 21st century. That having been said, I’ve been trying to convince here to upgrade to a smartphone—particularly a pre-paid version because, in her case, we simply don’t need to spend another fortune on cutting edge features and plans.
So, when I got a chance to test out the LG Optimus V, I thought it would be a good opportunity to see if an affordable prepaid Android phone would be up to snuff. After spending several weeks with it, I can say that the Optimus V will probably be her next phone.
Check out the full review on CubicleBot…
The first alien invasion story I ever saw was The War of the Worlds. Not the new one with Tom Cruise, but the original 1953 version. I couldn’t have been more than seven when I watched it on TV one sunny Saturday afternoon. Do you know why I’ve never seen the remake? Because the original scared me half to death.
There’s a scene where an alien camera-thing sort of sneaks up behind a woman. It looks like a head with three glowing eyes and it slinks down from the ceiling on a long tube of a neck. When she finally notices this monstrosity she lets out an impressive blood-curdling scream before the hero lops off the offending head with an axe. The neck then zips back up through the ceiling and into the ship hovering above them in the sky. I may have screamed.
And what do these humans do after inflicting bodily harm on the alien camera-head thingy? They grab the head to take back to their lab for study and get the heck out of Dodge because there are giant killer aliens with laser beams in the sky and all the humans have is an axe. See, smart humans. The humans in Falling Skies, however, are from the shallow end of the gene pool since rather than doing smart things, these guys excel at Stupid Human Tricks that surely have the aliens laughing as they destroy the planet. [Spoilers ahead]
The first season of Game of Thrones has been a wild ride. Ten episodes were packed with exciting characters, plots, and some beautiful visual effects. I went into the show a veteran. I’ve been a fan of A Song of Ice and Fire, the book series the show is based on, since I picked them up many years ago. It was a thrill to see the story brought to life so faithfully. Many viewers had no background though. They jumped into the television show after seeing trailers or having friends who continuously nagged them and told them the show would be wonderful (I might have done that). For some, it was enough that it aired on HBO. Now that the season has come to a dramatic and fiery end, it’s time to look back and evaluate.
Spoilers after the jump.
The first video game I ever played was Pong. It wasn’t at a Con in the vintage game room, but on my living room floor on a shag carpet. It’s amazing to think that a little ball bouncing back and forth across my TV screen could keep me busy for hours, but don’t underestimate the wonder of Pong. The better you played, the faster the ball bounced, and if you were really good and smacked it at just the right angle, it zipped off the screen too high or low for your opponent to possibly hit it back. Video games have gotten slightly more complex since Pong. Now they’re whole worlds come to life on your screen. More often than not, though, you’re running through that world with barely any time to appreciate your surroundings. LA Noire is a welcome break from that frenetic pace and a return to a style of gaming that I haven’t enjoyed in years.
The Keyport Slide bills itself as the “ultimate keychain alternative”, but it’s had a rocky history. When it was first released several years ago, the Keyport Slide cost $295, users had to physically mail in their keys, and some customers ended up waiting three years to get their product. Not exactly what we would call enticing.
The good news is—all that has changed.
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