ReviewFantasy
Orcs War Fighting Manual by Den Patrick (book review).
Alongside his books on Dwarves and Elves, this ‘Orcs War Fighting Manual’, taken from the perspective of the Orcs gives an insight into…
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Computer and board games.
November 2014
ReviewFantasy
Elves War Fighting Manual by Den Patrick (book review).
Den Patrick’s trio of ‘War Fighting Manual’ books are portrayed as in-universe studies of a real where Elves, Dwarves and Orcs live alongside…
ReviewFantasy
Dwarves War Fighting Manual by Den Patrick (book review).
Passing this book, ‘Dwarves War Fighting Manual’, around among my more geeky friends, the usual response was something along the lines of ‘However…
July 2014
ReviewScifi
EVE Online (game review).
I first played ‘EVE Online’ some years back and greatly enjoyed it. I revisited the world of ‘EVE’ just before Christmas last year…
May 2014
ReviewGames
Strider HD: Original Game Soundtrack composed by Michael John Mollo (album review).
The 80s was a crucial decade for many elements of popular culture. It was the first decade that someone could actually be accused…
April 2014
ReviewBooks
The Art Of Titanfall by Andy McVittie (book review).
‘Titanfall’ is a first person shooter on-line game for XBOX One and Windows PCs. It was highly anticipated because it was the debut…
March 2014
ReviewScifi
Mass Effect: Foundation # 9 by Mac Walters (Writer) and Tony Parker (Artist) (comic-book review).
‘Mass Effect: Foundation’ is a series of comics exploring the back stories of the companions available to the player character Shepard in the…
ReviewBooks
The Art Of Thief by Paul Davies (book review).
‘The Art Of Thief’ is a graphical celebration of the Square Enix video game and published by Square Enix, available on Xbox 360…
February 2014
ReviewFantasy
Eschalon: Book III (PC Game review).
It has been 7 years since ‘Eschalon: Book I’ was released and although fans of ‘Eschalo’n had book 2 in 2010, it has…
ReviewBooks
Powering Up: Are Computer Games Changing Our Lives by Rebecca Mileham (book review).
If after you turn your computer on, the first thing you do is play a game of FreeCell or Spider Solitaire like I…
ReviewScifi
Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars by Keith R. A. DeCandido (game tie-in book review).
‘Command And Conquer: Tiberium Wars’ is the official novel of the popular real time computer strategy game of the same name. Having played…
January 2014
ReviewGames
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game (minatures game review).
‘Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game’, published by the prodigious Fantasy Flight Games, is essentially a space dogfight simulation game that is played out…