ReviewComics
Dan Dare: Pilot Of The Future: Eagle Comics, Artwork, Toys & Ephemera (book review).
Now here’s an oddity. If you’ve seen the cover of this book, ‘Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future: Eagle Comics, Artwork, Toys &…
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Games
Computer and board games.
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July 2021
ReviewComputers
Aliens: Fireteam (game review).
Is Aliens: Fireteam the glorious bug-hunting PC game we should have got a few decades ago? Just watch the spalsh of acid, my…
June 2021
ReviewKit
Knight Rider Retro Watches (er…watch review).
When I saw these watches on Ebay, I thought they deserved a closer look. I mean, if you can’t buy those expensive 1990s…
March 2021
ReviewFantasy
Beowulf: Age Of Heroes by Jon Hodgson, David Rea and Jacob Rodgers (RPG review).
‘Beowulf: Age Of Heroes’ is an expansion to ‘Dungeons And Dragons 5e’ and so it assumes you have access to the basic Player’s…
ReviewBooks
Virtual Cities: An Atlas & Exploration of Video Game Cities by Konstantinos Dimopoulos (book review).
Subtitled ‘An Atlas And Exploration Of Video Game Cities’, ‘Virtual Cities’ is a chunky hardback explores 45 iconic or just plain interesting cities…
January 2021
ReviewGames
Cyberpunk 2077 – Original Score by P.T. Adamczyk, Paul Leonard-Morgan and Marcin Przybylowicz (computer game soundtrack review).
This is a review of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’s soundtrack, not the licensed songs that you can listen to on the game’s radio and which…
September 2020
ReviewBooks
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Collectibles by John Buss (book review).
I would contradict writer John Buss over ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ being the prime TV 1960s American spy show as ‘I Spy’ and…
ReviewBooks
The Avengers And New Avengers Collectibles by John Buss (book review).
I pulled a copy of this book, ‘The Avengers And New Avengers Collectibles’ by John Buss, really to look up information about the…
April 2020
ReviewBooks
Martin Bower’s World Of Models by Shaun McClure & Martin Bower (book review).
I’ve known Martin Bower was involved in model-making from many decades back, enforced when he had a small exhibition in Bristol’s ‘The Forever…
January 2020
ReviewBooks
The Art & Making Of Fantasy Miniatures by Jamie Kendall (book review).
Part of the job of reviewing is picking out books that although I might not know about the subject generally, I do appreciate…
September 2019
ReviewFantasy
Assassin’s Creed #001 (comic-book review).
From its origins as a video game, the ‘Assassin’s Creed’ franchise has successfully been spun out into a number of different media, including…
August 2019
ReviewBooks
Ninja Get Good: My Ultimate Guide To Gaming by Tyler Blevins (book review).
There seems to be a growing abundance of ‘how to-’ gaming books coming out now. When you consider commissioning books can take at…