It is a hot Saturday evening, so I thought I'd share an old memory, doing something a little different. I might try doing this again, if I feel like it has any value. This is a true story. Not ‘A True Story’ as in Fargo, where the fiction of the…
Talking about my geek viewing habits got me thinking about other habits of the geek, at least from my own perspective and how it affects the geek life. One aspect touched on in having to watch every episode of something, even if you don't like it, is the completion factor.…
What happened to trailers? Or, have they always been as bad as they are now? This is a jumbled mess of thoughts that came into my head after seeing the trailers before Iron Man 2 last weekend. Did I mention that I have seen Iron Man 2 before it came…
I had a moment this week of writing notes on films I'd seen in the cinema when I realised that my film rating system was slightly out of date, and that I had to do something about it. My incredibly vain film rating system is based on my name –…
After talking about the House To Astonish and War Rocket Ajax podcasts, I thought I'd catch up on other podcasts I listen to (the last time I did this was two years ago, so it's about time). I'm still listening to Smodcast – Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier (mostly; he…
A little diversion from the thoughts on comic books and various other sundries, on the night before the Academy Awards (which I won't be able to watch, even though I would like to). But it is related to Hollywood. I've mentioned the comic book that I believe was responsible for…
[War Rocket Ajax artwork by Rusty Shackles] When I talked about comic book podcasts in my post about the House To Astonish podcast, I mentioned that there was another one I listened to: War Rocket Ajax. War Rocket Ajax is hosted by Eugene Ahn and Chris Sims (of The Invincible…
I don't listen to a lot of comic book podcasts that come out on a regular schedule (and definitely not video podcasts; comic book fans are not the most photogenic of people, and I don't want to watch overweight men in extra large superhero t-shirts, sorry), although I have sampled…
To pause for a moment from looking backwards over the months of not blogging, I wanted to take a quick look forwards at things I’m anticipating (and will probably blog about in the future). Lego Harry Potter I love the Harry Potter books and films. I love the Lego video…
I'm amazed that I've kept to my resolution of daily blogging because I get so easily distracted, especially by games ... Lego Indiana Jones is not my favourite Lego game by far (in order: Lego Batman, Lego Star Wars, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, then quite a distance…