Alright then! A couple of guys at work recently told me that I was lucky for having such a wonderfully geeky wife. My natural response was that I knew that I was lucky but until now it never dawned on me how lucky I actually am. Sure she is an RPG fanatic, bought our Wii [...]

Several million years ago I played a lot of R-Type. When I say alot I mean it. Day in and day out, inter-cut by burgers and french fries. I am talking about the good old days in the arcade halls. Over on Giantbomb.com, Brad reviewed the new R-Type Dimensions where he talked about the sort [...]

When I read Fleet of worlds back in june 2008 it ended in a mixed bag. I loved the return to Known Space and Puppeteer exploration scheming and plotting. The idea of a human slave sub species was also quite fascinating if a bit sought. One thing that left me wanting more were the infrequent descriptions and [...]

In the beginning there was darkness, then I saw the first episode of Red Dwarf, and there was light. Well in essence much of Red Dwarf tends to be black, as it is set in space. Furthermore it is one of the reasons to keep your old tube CRT TV – to experience black in [...]

Nano machines are always an interesting subject, and coupled with the intriguing ways of quantum physics it makes for a very nice book indeed. I am talking about STONE a book by Adam Roberts. The story revolves around a prisoner, a novelty in the futuristic (yes it is a science fiction book) Utopian society that [...]