I’ve reread Snow Crash dozens of times because it’s just that good. I’m sure most cyberpunk fans are already familiar with the title, but any fan who hasn’t read it would be remiss to skip this groundbreaking and genre-defining masterpiece. It’s become something of a grandfather in cyberpunk, one of the first on the scene. Nowadays […]
Rated M for Mature?
Maturity should be measured by more than sex and violence. I started writing this post because this week the AARP reported that there are over 40 million gamers over the age of 50 in the United States. I was all ready to rant about how we need games that are mature because they are provocative, complex, and […]
Burakku Majikku M-66 (Black Magic) by Masamune Shirow
Masamune Shirow’s earliest OVA is an underrated classic. In the wake of Ghost in the Shell it’s easy to pass over Shirow’s earlier works. Appleseed has continued to grow as a series over the years, its latest installment Appleseed Alpha was as recent as 2014. And the Dominion series had Tank Police Team Tank S.W.A.T. 01 […]
East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta
Dystopian Science-Fiction Western Comic Series East of West is that rare breed, elusive even among sci-fi westerns which are usually in space, of Weird-West and takes place right here at home. The apocalypses has come, but not all the Horsemen are equally excited to bring about the end. Death it would seem has some unfinished business. Written by Jonathan […]
Table Tennis Tomorrow
App enabled trainerbots, projected interactive realtime data visualizations, radically redesigned bamboo paddles and a beautiful hardwood table that isn’t out-of-place out of the basement? Yeah, ping pong is about to level up. I feel like I’ve been seeing a lot of great table tennis innovation recently and so I thought it could use a little spotlight. Here […]
J. L. Lawson & Co. Spinning Tops
I love spinning tops. Their origins lost in antiquity they are a toy humanity has enjoyed for millennia. If you’ve only ever played with cheap poorly balanced tops then likely you won’t understand the interest. But watching a well crafted top spin, seemingly defying gravity for minutes at a time, spinning so smoothly it actually looks […]
Sci-Fi & Fantasy on Netflix – April 2016
There’s a of lot of great sci-fi and fantasy on Netflix this month, and I’m not going to point out every title, (I hope you already know The Princess Bride and V for Vendetta for example) but to point out a few you might have overlooked… Mr. Nobody (2009) The Machine (2013) Automata (2014) Europa Report (2013) […]
The Comeback Sheep, Color Sheep Updated
And so the time has come to dust off your color mixing skills, or if somehow you’ve missed this gem, start mixing. Just over three years ago I recommended Color Sheep by Trinket Studios, I even had the pleasure of speaking with one of its co-creators Tom Eastman. Today Color Sheep still stands up as […]
Calendar Added to the Site
I keep a google calendar of what I’m excited for in upcoming releases in games, films, comics, shows, and similar that I embedded into a page on this site for any interested party. So you’ll now notice a Calendar link in the primary navigation. Go ahead, count down the days with me.
Sci-fi Under the Sea, Low by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini
In a sea of sci-fi, Low explores new depths. While my head is usually among the stars, it’s nice to imagine other worlds closer to home. And where on Earth is more other-worldly than beneath the seas? Now imagine you fast-forward a few millennia, we’ve never made it off Earth, we have to retreat under the waves, […]
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