Perdido Street Station by China Miéville My rating: 5 of 5 stars I put off reading this for so long, I’d forgotten why I never read it. It certainly came recommended from many sources. A great, sprawling book like the city fixture for which it’s named, Perdido Street Station is a modern fantasy with hints [...]
Hostage by Robert Crais My rating: 3 of 5 stars Gripping. A burnt-out cop settles down in a small California town to deal with the aftermath of a hostage negotiation gone wrong. Separated from his family, and unable to communicate about his traumatic experiences, he withdraws into himself. Then a bungled robbery turns into a [...]
It’s been awhile in coming, but I think today’s going to be the day I write part 3 in my series of headphone reviews. The deciding factor has been a renewed interest in my Grado SR225s brought about by the sudden and shocking death of my beloved Koss Portapro headphones which finally gave up the [...]
I picked up the new Bethesda title Wet this week after seeing the excellent trailer. It promised gritty, grindhouse, film-noir action. And it delivers… sort of. “Wet” is short for “Wetwork”, you’re informed in the introduction. If you had any notions about this game being about sitting around in the bath tub, I’m sorry to [...]
Like most other scifi nerds I know, I’ve been enthralled with Ron Moore and team’s reimagining of the classic tv show. An amazing cast and some of the best writing on tv and film surpassing typical genre fiction have made this an unforgettable experience. Now that they’ve finally wrapped it up, I have a few [...]
Greetings. It is a somewhat cloudy, drizzly Saturday in Moncton. A perfect afternoon to sit around and play video games, if that’s the kind of thing you do. Or blog about them, if you’re me. There’ve been a bunch of big game releases in the last few weeks for the Xbox360. The long-awaited Gears of [...]
I’ve had my iPhone 3G for awhile now. When I first got it, I wanted to do a review of some of my favorite apps. Months passed. Summer turned to fall. There was still no review. But then, how could there be? I was still learning the territory, and there’s a lot to learn. iTunes [...]
A few weeks ago, I posted the first of a three-part headphone review. This is the second. For the past five years or so, the Shure E3 headphones (now called SCL3) had been my sound delivery weapon of choice for serious business. Developed for stage use, they quickly became popularized for portable audio for their [...]
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