The latest episode of the X-Files Retrospective podcast, covering Monday (6×14), is now available here for your listening pleasure. Intro and outro music attribution is below. You can also follow the show from its own feed (RSS, iTunes, Stitcher) or through the Bureau 42 Master Audio Feed (RSS, iTunes, Stitcher).
August 28, 2018
“Monday” (6×14) – X-Files Retrospective Podcast #141
W. Blaine Dowler Podcast, xfrp The X-Files
August 25, 2018
Batwoman, Lois Lane join the CWDCTV ‘verse
JD DeLuzio Arrow, Superman/Smallville, The Flash
The CW superhero shows announced a number of new developments in recent weeks, including:
August 25, 2018
Greatest Science Fiction Hero Tournament: Week 24, Round One
W. Blaine Dowler GSFH Ask The Bureau
Round one ends with this poll. Head to head competition starts next week.
August 22, 2018
Language Learning Apps: Compare and Contrast
W. Blaine Dowler Education, Software
As some of you may already know, I recently got married. My wife is originally from Vietnam. Her English skills are excellent. Her parents are not conversant in English, and I’d like to some day have an actual conversation with my in-laws, so I’ve been trying various apps to learn Vietnamese in the past few months. I have some thoughts about how they stack up, which I’ll share below.
August 20, 2018
2018 Hugo Award Winners
It was ladies night at WorldCon 76 with women or female-identifying winners across the board. N.K. Jemisin won an unprecedented three-in-a-row win for Best Novel.
This was the first year with new voting rules meant to break up the voting slates that have plagued the awards for the past few years.
Full list of winners follow.
August 19, 2018
Weekly New Releases for August 21st, 2018
Alexander Case WDDP, weekly new releases DVD
A certain wisecracking, 4th wall breaking merc’s second film comes out on physical media this week, and there a few other interesting documentaries and anime releases this week as well.
August 18, 2018
Summer Reading: Bleeding Edge (2013)
“Oh, I blame the f-ckin Internet. No Question.” (375)
We still have a couple of weeks for summer reading left, and here’s one from five years ago, the last time Thomas Pynchon published a novel. Pynchon, as always, defies easy description, but Bleeding Edge is enough of a techno-thriller, with elements of the fantastic, to qualify for this site.
August 18, 2018
Weekly New Releases – August 14, 2018
Sorry this is late: Alex and I were both swamped last weekend. The major doorcrasher, Avengers: Infinity War, wasn’t available for preorder anyway.
September 1, 2018
Greatest Science Fiction Hero Tournament Week 25: Beginning of Round 2
W. Blaine Dowler GSFH Ask The Bureau
UPDATE: As pointed out in the comments, the brackets had errors which have now been corrected. You can vote properly here. This bracket will stay open for next week to make sure everyone has a chance to vote properly. Sorry about this, everyone!
Initial placements are in, and we are ready to start the head-to-head competitions. You can vote for the first time here. You can preview the brackets here.