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Ronin Games review
The Wearing the Cape franchise is one of my favorite superhero novel franchises out there. It, along with Ex-Heroes and Confessions of a D-List Supervillain, helped inspire me to write The...
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Batman: Arkham Knight review
Batman: Arkham Knight is an incredibly hard game to review. When its good, it's very-very good. It's like Batman firing his grappling hook at the tallest building in Gotham and sending him sailing...
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Batman: Arkham Knight storyline review
This article will contain spoilers for Batman: Arkham Knight's storyline. There is a temptation in comic books to attempt to do the definitive story for a character. This is why so many stories are...
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Witch Bane review
I'm a big fan of Tim Marquitz's The Blood War Trilogy, a grimdark fantasy series following an alliance of loosely-allied nations against a genocidal army of magic-wielding wolfmen. I also loved his...
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Gotham Season One review
Gotham is a series I have taken perhaps longer to review than I should have because I really wanted to love this series and I would have liked to have been able to hate it. Instead, my feelings...
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Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight review
Batman remains my all-time favorite superhero for a variety of reasons ranging from the fact he's a non-powered mortal who gets by on his wits to the fact he has one of the most impressive rogues...
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Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 5: The Vault of the Traveler review
Warning - this will contain spoilers for previous episodes of the game and mild ones for the episode. It's been a long and hilarious road but, bluntly, I think Tales from the Borderlands may rival...
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Batman Eternal volume 1# review
There is no one true Batman. This is a quality which a lot of fans have difficulty accepting. The Golden Age Batman is different from the Silver Age from the Animated Series to the Brave and the...
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The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone review
The expansions of The Witcher 3 have some big shoes to fill. The Witcher 3 was a welcome helping of grimdark after the rather unfortunate shift of the Dragon Age franchise from dark fantasy to...
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King of Thorns review
Mark Lawrence is probably one of the best fantasy writers out today. He's also one of the most polarizing. It's weird, but the man invokes incredibly extreme reactions in people and he's probably...
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Emperor of Thorns review
And so the adventures of Jorg Ancrath come to an end. At the end of the novel, Mark Lawrence gives an afterword explaining why he didn't make Jorg an ongoing franchise. I give the author credit...
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The Rules of Supervillainy audiobook is out
Great news, folks!The Rules of Supervillainy, my most successful novel so far, has been released by Amber Cover in audiobook format. Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer, it's absolutely wonderful and I've...
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Assassin's Creed: Syndicate review
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate is not the best Assassin's Creed game. It's not the worst either. Really, I'm inclined to think this is squarely in the middle of the road for games of the...
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Before they are Hanged review
Before they are Hanged is the second volume of The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. The First Law Trilogy along with a handful of other volumes are considered "must reads" by anyone who claims...
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Last Argument of Kings
"In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends" -Doctor Manhattan, Watchmen. The conclusion to The First Law Trilogy is both a bang and a whimper. The climax takes place roughly...
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms review
I've often wanted to review the A Song of Ice and Fire books on this website but, really, there's nothing I could possibly say about them which other websites have not said and better. Likewise,...
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The cover for THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY revealed
The cover for THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY!The absolutely beautiful cover for THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY by Raffaele Marinetti, lettering by Terry Stewart. I really love the way Raffaele captured Mandy...
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The World of Ice and Fire review
George R.R. Martin's world in A Song of Ice and Fire remains one of the most detailed in fantasy, which is saying something given the hundreds of books printed about various Dungeons and Dragons...
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Fallout 4 review
I am a huge fan of the Fallout series. The original Fallout games were a bit before my time but Fallout 3 was a revelation and inspired me to check them out. I love their satirical look at society,...
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The Moral Ambiguity of Fallout 4
Note: This post will contain spoilers for the storyline of Fallout 4 and previous games. War...war never changes. These are the arc words of Fallout 4 and they have never been more appropriate to...
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