The Sad Puppies Saga Explained

The most common reaction when people find out I was nominated for a Hugo Award is for them to ask "What's a Hugo Award?" So I wouldn't be surprised if the number of people who are vaguely aware of propaganda claiming that right-wing bigots tried to deny women and minorities…
December 12, 20166 Comments
Adult Swim De-platforms Comedian Sam Hyde

Adult Swim De-platforms Comedian Sam Hyde

Adult Swim has caved to internal pressure and announced the cancellation of Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace, a counter-cultural sketch comedy show helmed by notorious prankster and comedian Sam Hyde. Three weeks after Brett Gelman announced that he was severing ties with Adult Swim due to their treatment of…
December 6, 20163 Comments
Escape from New York: Back to the Well

Escape from New York: Back to the Well

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a long-delayed new installment in a beloved groundbreaking franchise emerges from development limbo as a soft reboot of the original intended to launch a new franchise. And if that weren't crass and cynical enough, the whole project has been warped into a vehicle for…
December 5, 201614 Comments

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?
December 5, 2016

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…
December 3, 201616 Comments
Beyond the Mist by Ben Zwycky

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…
December 2, 20164 Comments
Fisking Kotaku’s Anti-Conan Hit Piece

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…
November 23, 201626 Comments

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…
November 21, 2016
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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…
November 16, 20162 Comments
The Secret Kings Cover Test Results

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…
November 15, 20166 Comments