Peacemaker is the latest book in C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner universe. Calling it an epic series doesn’t seem to do it justice: it’s now a full five trilogies long. And Cherryh’s still not done: she’s working on the first book in the sixth Foreigner Sequence. I don’t exactly have a short attention span, but even I
Hollywood has released yet another vampire movie, this one named after Bram Stoker’s book from 1897. To the surprise of absolutely no one, the only thing the movie has in common with the source material is a) the main character is a vampire and b) the movie’s title is Dracula. What is a surprise to me is how a book can spawn so many movie
Vampire films have been a part of cinema since the beginning, and much focus has always been and will be on the famous literary character created by Irish novelist Bram Stoker, Count Dracula. In his new movie, Dracula Untold, first time director Gary Shore and filmmakers have decided, instead of focusing on the story we
Have you ever had a day where you wished you could play a mash-up of games that you particularly enjoy? Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have the game for you! Hyrule Warriors is a mixture of the ever-popular Legend of Zelda series and the beat ‘em up version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dynasty
In 1975, Japanese businessman Yasuhiro Fukushima founded a company called Eidansha Boshu Service Center. It published tabloid magazines that advertised real estate. However, after failing to establish its own chain of stores, Fukushima refashioned the company to focus on gaming software and renamed it Enix. This was in 1982. To find talent for his company,
Oskar hurriedly said: “Maybe you already have a guy at your school.” “No, I don’t…but Oskar, I can’t. I’m not a girl.” Oskar snorted. “What do you mean? You’re a guy?” “No, no.” “Then what are you?” “Nothing.” Oskar doesn’t have much going for him: lonely, unsure of himself, incontinent – especially when he’s under
Now that October is here, it’s time for horror films to be unleashed upon the masses just in time for the Halloween holiday. And this year is no exception. From the producers of last year’s hit The Conjuring comes a prequel from one of the more popular characters from that movie. Just like the tagline
Gone Girl is David Fincher’s new film based on the novel of the same name by Gillian Flynn. The movie follows the story of Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck), whose wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has disappeared. He soon finds himself the most hated man in America as he is being accused of her murder which has
The Graveyard Book volume 2 by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell, and a team of fantastic artists will land in bookstores on October 7. I loved the first volume, both for the art and for how faithfully it tells the story, and I hoped the second book wouldn’t lose momentum. No worries there. If anything,