A desperate bid to rediscover creativity
After just emerging from my self-induced Mass Effect trilogy fugue state (in which I played through all three again), I'm now in the middle of installing Dragon Age: Inquisition on the trusty old PS3. Actually now I'm done the prologue. Fantasy RPGs aren't my thing as much as SF-themed ones, but Bioware usually comes through… Continue reading Biowaring
Finished Karina Sumner-Smith’s first novel, Radiant, and enjoyed it. The setting is something I haven’t seen before. It’s post apocalyptic on one literal level, but then has a city that floats above the ruins. Powered by magic, it’s a collection of floating towers around a central spire. Sumner-Smith’s description through the book makes it a… Continue reading Radiant review
This is my best friend's daughter, Sarah Boutcher, performing Thinking Out Loud, by Ed Sheeran, and also Sia's Chandelier. It's amazing to see how good she's become. I wish her all the best as she pursues her passion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_fHDkUazKg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6cuL_Iu3-8
It's not technically winter, but it feels like it. The snow swirls in the headlights, and the mix of salt and spray from fellow travellers need constant applications of washer fluid. Further on no one's left on the road I'm driving. It's dark, it's isolating, cold, and the air from the car's defroster is drying out my eyes.… Continue reading A Canadian highway on a winter night
Interstellar in IMAX was definitely worth the price of admission for me. I can't say too much without spoilers, but the story was the most ambitious space movie I've seen in a good long time. Visually and aurally impressive, Interstellar felt like it succeeded in reaching for something cosmic while tying it to a very… Continue reading Interstellar is worth the price of admission
Dispatches from Obscurity 