Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition review
Halo 2 reviewHalo 3 review I have a confession to make: I have never played Halo until recently. Being as I review video games for a living (okay, for fun), this is a bit like being a fantasy...
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Halo: Combat Evolved reviewHalo 3 review Halo month continues with my review of the second of the series. I never owned an Xbox and didn't join the Silver Age of Gaming until my wife bought me an...
View ArticleAGENT G and SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY approved for publication
AGENT G: INFILTRATOR and SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY have been tentatively accepted for publication by Amber Cove. I was pretty sure there was no real doubt on either but it never hurts to receive...
View ArticleHalo 3 review
Halo: Combat Evolved reviewHalo 2 review Halo month continues with my experiencing the third of the Halo series on the Master Chief Collection, which is a steal at 30 bucks right now. Halo 3 isn't...
View ArticleHalo 3: ODST review
Halo 3: ODST is one of my favorite types of video games. Specifically, it's a game which takes an already popular and successful video game like Halo 3 and then simply makes more content for it...
View ArticleESOTERRORISM's audiobook will be narrated by Jeffrey Kafer!
And for those interested in knowing, Jeffrey Kafer will be doing the audiobook read for ESOTERRORISM as produced by Audible. Jeffrey did an awesome job for my Supervillainy Saga books and I look...
View ArticleThe cover sketch for THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY
Awesome cover sketch by Raffaele Marinetti for THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY, the third book in the Supervillainy Saga starring Gary Karkofsky a.ka. Merciless: the Supervillain without Mercy. Here, we...
View ArticleHalo: Reach review
Having gone through the original Halo trilogy, we've gotten to enjoy a huge amount of Bungie's output and I'm pleased to say they knocked it out of the park. I wasn't a big fan of Halo: ODST,...
View ArticleHalo: The Fall of Reach
I have a confession to make, I actually read The Fall of the Reach a decade before I ever picked up a Halo game. I really enjoyed the setting, themes, characters, and world-building which took what...
View ArticleExclusive Interview with Stephen Kozeniewski!
Hey folks,We have a really great treat you for you this week with an interview from one of my favorite "one and done" authors in Stephen Kozeniewski. Stephen is a Pennyslvania author who has written...
View ArticleHalo 4 review
The passing of the torch from Bungie to 343 Industries was something which changed the nature of the Halo games as well as called in serious questions as to what would be the future of the...
View ArticleHalo: Glasslands review
Halo remains one of my favorite sci-fi franchises. The setting is a book, comic, and video game series featuring military characters doing battle with an alien theocracy known as the Covenant. The...
View ArticleHalo: Nightfall review
The good folk at Microsoft have tried numerous times to create a Halo movie but their attempts have been a decidedly mixed bag. For example, their original attempt with director Neil Blomkamp fell...
View Article"Every Street in Urban Fantasy is all the Same (Except Yours)"
I'm pleased to say Ragnarok Publications has a growing collection of short articles talking about writing in the fantasy and science-fiction market by a bunch of my fellow authors. These articles don't...
View ArticleMech: Age of Steel Kickstarter has begun!
I'm a huge fan of mecha as my earlier article on the subject (available here) tells you but I don't have much of an opportunity to write about it as the market is decidedly niche. People generally want...
View ArticleThe Magicians (TV show): Season One review
The Magicians by Lev Grossman is a fantasy novel which is one of the few forms of unauthorized spin-off which I approve of. Not quite parody but written with a clear intent to examine themes of the...
View ArticleHalo: Last Light review
Halo: Last Light is a novel set in the Halo universe which follows the adventures of Master Chief, Cortana, and a variety of military heroes as they struggle to defend humanity from the villainous...
View ArticleSNAFU: Hunters review
Military-science fiction is never going to die. Why? Because everyone likes risk and there's nothing higher-stakes than combat. It's also inherently fun to imagine conflict against cyborgs,...
View ArticleTom Clancy's Division video by Extra Credit
This isn't my video but I have to say it reflects a lot of my views. It's always a crapshoot looking for artistic merit in video games, not because the artistic talent and vision isn't there but...
View ArticleHalo 5: Guardians review
Warning - this will contain some spoilers for Halo 5: Guardians. Halo Month at the United Federation of Charles comes to an extend not with a bang but a whimper. How do I put this in a way which...
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