This was no more than a short documentary about the Hubble missions and some of the things that the telescope had revealed, but it was my first 3D and my first IMAX in over a decade (perhaps two), and I was blown away by the experience. The nebulae and flying-through-space scenes were amazing, and really drove home the vastness of space. The next ( Read more... )

I recently attended a Short Films night ( Read more... )

So Brian Bankler has fallen off the Innovation bandwagon, not long after Innovation has disappeared from BGG. I am getting the feel of the recurring tides of hype at BGG; Alien Frontiers and 7 Wonders (both games that I want) are next in line to be feted and promoted and then forgotten ( Read more... )

This was a "meh" film; perhaps because I saw it in the cinema rather than on DVD. Paying a whole lot more for a mediocre movie lessens my enjoyment of it ( Read more... )

Sanderson is a far more diligent and proficient writer than Jordan. The Gethering Storm is superior to the last half dozen books Jordan churned out, and if you're up to the book and considering reading it, I recommend that you do ( Read more... )

No, he's not commenting on it, Derek Paxton (Kael) the developer of the much lauded Fall from Heaven mod for Civilisation 4 has joined Stardock to lead work on Elemental!

Hopefully he'll be able to turn the game into something memorable.

The film is a pleasant but insubstantial memory of my childhood, and I was concerned that this musical theatre production would be too juvenile for me to enjoy. Fortunately, that fear proved unfounded, as Mary Poppins is an excellent, quality production ( Read more... )

It's been over a dozen books and more than that number of years since I first read Raymond E Feist's "Magician". Unlike Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time which has stretched a similar number of volumes, the novels depict several stories rather than a single overarching plot ( Read more... )

I spotted Brandon Sanderson's newest addition to Robert Jordan's magnum opus in the library last week, and I snapped it up, despite there being two copies on the shelf ( Read more... )

Third in the movie series, with the same writer as the preceding two; I enjoyed it quite a bit despite its very obvious flaws. The first movie was the best in terms of film-making, but because I'm a scaredy-cat I think I enjoyed the third the best ( Read more... )