ReviewGames
Spellforce 2: Demons Of The Past (computer game review).
This is the stand-alone conclusion to the popular ‘Spellforce’ game series. You are an Elder of the Shaikan, a mighty warrior whose destiny…
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Games
Computer and board games.
January 2014
ReviewScifi
Eve: The Empyrean Age by Tony Gonzales (book review).
This is a story set in the enormous on-line game universe of ‘EVE-Online’. It tells the story of Falek Grange, a former leader…
ReviewComics
Mass Effect: Foundation #6 by Mac Walters (Writer) and Matthew Clark (Artist) (comicbook review).
‘Mass Effect: Foundation’ is a series of thirteen comics that explore the back stories of the companions encountered by Commander Shepard, the hero…
December 2013
ReviewBooks
Perfect Dark: Initial Vector by Greg Rucka (book review).
‘Initial Vector’ is the follow on story to the Xbox game ‘Perfect Dark Zero’. This was one of the initial games at…
ReviewGames
Infiltration (board game: review).
Set in Fantasy Flight Games’ Android universe, home to the excellent ‘Android: Netrunner’ card game and the godawful timesink that is the original…
ReviewFantasy
Baldur’s Gate 2 – Enhanced Edition (computer game review).
‘Baldur’s Gate’ and ‘Baldur’s Gate 2’ are huge and hugely influential games, pulling off the rare trick of also being very good to…
November 2013
ReviewComics
Mass Effect: Foundation #5 by Mac Walters and Matthew Clark (comic review).
Miranda recruits Jacob to Cerberus by offering him a mission he can’t refuse: collecting Shepard’s body from the edge of the galaxy. They…
ReviewFantasy
Return To Quag Keep by Andre Norton and Jean Rabe (book review).
The 2006 novel ‘Return To Quag Keep’ by Andre Norton and Jean Rabe is a sequel to Andre Norton’s novel, ‘Quag Keep’. In…
October 2013
ReviewBooks
Baneblade (A Warhammer 40000 novel) by Guy Haley (book review).
The Warhammer 40000 universe is a grim unforgiving place where the only certainty is war and death. Humankind is beset on all sides…
August 2013
ReviewFantasy
Discworld Ankh-Morpork Board Game (game review).
Lord Havelock Vetinari, the dictator *ahem* I mean, the patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the fabulous pit of a city at the heart of Terry…
June 2013
ReviewFantasy
A Game Of Thrones: The Board Game: Second Edition (board game review).
Righto, another ‘A Song Of Fire And Ice’ by George RR Martin inspired game published by Fantasy Flight Games, but not to be…
May 2013
ReviewGames
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance soundtrack by Jamie Christopherson (album review).
When reviewing materials, it’s important to put aside personal taste as much as possible and offer a fair and balanced review. Unfortunately, I…