Well it’s finally time for us moviegoers to assemble, because Marvel’s Avengers are back in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Once again directed by geek god Joss Whedon, it features the returning Avengers cast that we know and love. This time around an evil android known as Ultron has set his sights on world domination and only
Bloodborne is a punishing game. No, Bloodborne is a forgiving game. No, Bloodborne is an unfair, obviously artificially difficult game. All of these phrases, and more, are what you’ll most likely see said about the PS4 exclusive that came out last month, giving people familiar with the Souls games series something familiar, yet simultaneously different
Ye opened the resulting document, and, for the first time, a human read a message from another world. The content was not what anyone had imagined. It was a warning repeated three times. Do not answer! Do not answer!! Do not answer!!! The term “Hard Science Fiction” refers to any story where the science used
It’s difficult to describe ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria For the End Times. It’s dark and violent and depressing. But also hopeful. It’s about the end of days and what comes after that. It’s about how humanity can reach their darkest point and sometimes stay just as ugly and hateful as they’ve always been, that no matter
As one of DC’s most popular characters, Batman has no shortage of excellent story arcs. In recent years though, none have kept me on the edge of my seat quite like Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s run on Batman featuring the Court of Owls. It seemed like the glimmering diamond in the New 52, and
“Go maire tu’ I bhfad agus rath!” Old Irish wayfarer’s blessing: “Live long and prosper” It occurred to me that I haven’t reviewed a Star Trek book in honor of Leonard Nimoy yet. No excuse for that, really, since I read a lot of Star Trek back in high school. Star Trek: TNG was my drug of
The events of MindsEye left Nick Hall with brain implants that allow him to access the Internet from anywhere, and also with a little unintentional side effect of being able to read minds. Both abilities make him a prize to any number of organizations – the US government being just the most obvious – so he’s doing his
When it comes to action-platformers with gated progression (a.k.a. metroidvania) style games, 2015 has been good to us. PS4 owners got their hands on Apotheon earlier this year, then came Ori and the Blind Forest on Xbox One and PC, and now PS4 owners also get Axiom Verge. Created and developed by Thomas Haap, a
“Caroline says that fairy godmothers don’t have wings anymore,” I said. “Because of underground nuclear testing.” My subscription to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction lapsed a while ago, but finding a back issue from 2014 is making me want to start it up again. I’m always looking for new authors to read, and