AAA Geek Gab
This week, on a very special Geek Gab, Daddy Warpig, Dorrinal, and I host a game tester for AAA publisher EA. Listen in as he dishes out the dirt on the game industry. Plus: which Final Fantasy installment is the best?
Gavin McInnes: “Rogue One is going to flop.”
Gavin McInnes of Rebel Media shares my foreboding of Star Wars: Rogue One. Dear Hollywood: Please stop shoving social justice "homework" into movies and TV. The forced diversity in every new show and film is just fake. Women don't fantasize about being "badass," and casting token black guys is just…
Beyond the Mist by Ben Zwycky
Am I falling or flying? Powerless or mighty? Imprisoned or free? I have nothing: no possessions, no memories, no reference points or even solid ground to stand on; just falling (or is it flying?) through an endless mist. A voice beside me says this is the last free space in…
Fisking Kotaku’s Anti-Conan Hit Piece
Monolith has a Conan board game coming out, and it looks totally sweet. Their customers agree, because the Kickstarter to fund the game has raised over three million dollars. Robert E. Howard fans will soon be mowing down miniature plastic Picts like wheat. Or they would if it weren't Current…
Superversive SF Thanksgiving Live Stream
It's been a while since I last joined the Superversive SF crew for one of their lively roundtables. On Saturday I had the pleasure of appearing on their Thanksgiving live stream with John and Jagi Wright, Declan Finn, Daddy Warpig, and other superversive luminaries. Check it out here. But the…
Soul Cycle Casting Call Part 2: Souldancer
Considering how well my first exercise in fantasy casting went over, I thought I'd have another go at choosing a cast for a hypothetical film version of my second novel Souldancer. To make things more interesting, I'm raising the challenge level by dispensing with the wayback machine. Only contemporary actors…
The Secret Kings Cover Test Results
A - B testing on the proposed covers for The Secret Kings, Soul Cycle Book III has concluded. I'd like to express my deep appreciation for everyone who took the time to vote. Marcelo gave us a difficult choice with his three fantastic cover sketches, but in the end only…
Star Wars: Rogue One – The Facade Cracks
Image courtesy of Douglas Cootey [Insert standard disclaimer about it being poor form to say "I told you so", but...] Regular readers may remember how I warned Hollywood that moviegoers can only stomach so much cynical propaganda disguised as entertainment before a backlash sets in. The main impetus for that…
The Secret Kings A- B Cover Test Final Round
We've had excellent turnout for the first two rounds of cover testing. Thanks again to everyone who voted. For the third and final round of A - B testing to pick the cover of The Secret Kings, Soul Cycle Book III, I'm bringing back cover sketch 2 and pitting it…
The Secret Kings A – B Cover Test Round 2
Round one concluded with the victory of sketch A. Thanks to everyone who voted! We now move on to round 2, where the winner of the first round goes head-to-head against the third and final cover sketch. Once again, you have 24 hours to decide your preference and cast your…