This is the first very good week in a long time.
Author Archives: Alexander Case
Book Reviews – Leviathan Wakes & Among Others
I’ve now come to this week’s review (which was uploaded on Friday), where I give my thoughts on the two Hugo Award nominees for Best Novel that still had my interest, and the one which I’m interested in the most. Continue reading →
Thoughts on the Hugo Nominees for Best Professional Artist
Now that I’m almost caught up, this time I’m giving my thoughts on the Hugo Award nominees for Best Professional Artist… after I do a quick review of Need For Speed: The Run. Continue reading →
Book Review – The Quantum Thief
As I approach getting caught up, we come to my review of The Quantum Thief, one of the best SF novels of 2010 not to win any awards – and also one of the best Trans-humanist Post-Scarcity Heist Novels of all time. I also give my thoughts on the movie The Avengers. Continue reading →
Video Game Review – Rayman Origins
As I make my way through the backlog, I give my thoughts on Rayman: Origins – Ubisoft’s latest platformer. Also, I give my pick for who I’d like to win for the new Hugo Award category of Best Fancast. Continue reading →
Book Review: Cities In Flight (Vol. 1) – They Will Have Stars
This week I give my thoughts on the first part of James Blish’s classic SF series, Cities in Flight. Also, I give my thoughts on the Hugo nominees of Best Long Form and Short Form dramatic presentation. Continue reading →
Video Game Review – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Continuing with the backlog, I’m giving my thoughts on Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – featuring the first video game review with footage that I captured myself! Also, I give my thoughts on the Hugo Award nominees for Best Novel – with reviews of the two novels I’m actually interested in to come later. Continue reading →
Book Review – Black Blade
Continuing with catching up with the backlog, I have my review of the So-Bad-It’s-Horrible novel Black Blade by Eric Van Lustbader, which manages to enter the realm of Genre with its psychics and its Cyborg-Brain-In-A-Jar-McGuffin. Continue reading →
Video Game Review – El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
I haven’t posted any of my video reviews here in a while, so I’m going to try and get some of the back-log up here, so you can see what you’ve been missing. First up, my review of one of the odder titles I’ve reviewed in a while – El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. For those who are at work and can’t watch the video right now, I’ve added some notes. Continue reading →
Weekly Digital Disk Picks for May 22nd, 2012
There aren’t a lot of titles on the list this one, but there are some really great ones – including several films by Hayao Miyazaki.