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WandaVision (2021) review

    Being an author doesn't leave as much time for reviews as I used to do and so my blog has suffered a bit. However, I still manage to squeeze in time for a review of books and games that I like. Generally, I don't try to review the big stuff because there's no point. Reviewing WandaVision would be pointless if I was trying to draw attention to it. Millions of people have already watched the show and it's in no need of me spreading the word about it. It would only be worthwhile if I had someth...

Vampire: The Masquerade Companion review

    The VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE COMPANION is a relatively short sixty-five page book that was released for free by the folks at White Wolf and Paradox Interactive. I have the suspicion it was what was written up for the Vampire: The Masquerade Players Guide that was going to be released by Modiphius Entertainment but was delayed until the point of cancellation. If so, I think it was very nice of them to release it. Certainly, it helps keep the updates flowing into the setting and helps mot...

Super Powereds: Year One by Drew Hayes review

    SUPER POWEREDS: YEAR ONE is the first volume of Drew Hayes' SUPERPOWERED's series. I was a already a fan of the man due to his FRED: THE VAMPIRE ACCOUNTANT and VILLAINS' CODE series. So, I had no doubt I was going to love this book. What were my feelings upon finishing the first book? I definitely enjoyed it with a few small caveats.

    The premise is that the world is full of mutants (called "Supers") that are born with special abilities like the ability to fly, turn into steel, or ...

Marvel's Avengers (2020) review

 
    MARVEL'S AVENGERS is a game I have very mixed feelings about. Indeed, I can't think of a game I've had more up and down thoughts about other than possibly Cyberpunk 2077. The difference is that Cyberpunk 2077 was a game that I very much enjoyed playing despite the many bugs as well as crashes. Marvel's Avengers wasn't as unplayable as Cyberpunk 2077 but the core game was also a good deal more boring. So, yes, this is going to be a harsh review for the game and this is after the game has had...

Monsters and Men (Pantheon Saga #2) by C.C. Ekeke review

    MONSTERS AMONG MEN is the second installment of the Pantheon Saga by C.C. Ekeke and a book that I immediately purchased after finishing the first one. This book was originally the second half of the first volume and manages to carry on the plot of Titan's murder as well as the development of its protagonists. The Pantheon Saga follows three individuals: new superhero Greyson, intrepid reporter Quinn, and teen powerhouse Hugo as they deal with the fallout from Titan's death.

    The pre...

Age of Heroes (Pantheon Saga #1) by C.C. Ekeke review

    I'm a huge fan of superhero literature as anyone who knows anything about me can tell you. I was inspired to write my Supervillainy Saga series by such works as Soon I will Be Invincible and Confessions of a D-List Supervillain. Age of Heroes looked write up my alley with a supposed realistic look at life in a world where superheroes were celebrities struggling to deal with 24-7 media coverage.

    The premise is that three individuals are deeply affected by the sudden inexplicable deat...

The Horror of Supervillainy and A Nightmare on Elk Street are done!

Hey folks,

I have fantastic news! 2020 was a hard year for anyone but it was especially hard on the writing process. Yet two of my manuscripts have now been completed, edited, and turned into Crossroad Press for publication!

THE HORROR OF SUPERVILLAINY

The Horror of Supervillainy is the seventh volume of the Supervillainy Saga and I'm pleased to say one of the best. Gary has decided to ditch supervillainy for the side of angels but he's terrible at it. Thankfully, an opportunity to provide his bon...

Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams review

     Cyberpunk is a genre that arose organically during the 1980s as advancing technology as well as a culture of corporate greed set against the backdrop of the Cold War led to a mixture of nihilism as well as utopian skepticism. Basically, many people believed that science would definitely change the world but that the problems of human society would remain the same. People might visit the moon but would they ever deal with systemic poverty or racism? Probably not. Bruce Sterling, Willi...

Nanoshock (SINless #2) by K.C. Alexander review

    NANOSHOCK is the sequel to NECROTECH, a novel that I felt was one of the best cyberpunk novels of the new millennium. Cyberpunk hit its heyday in the Eighties and has never really return to its previous prominence, probably due to the fact we managed to make it reality around the late Nineties with the first present-day hackers movie being, well, Hackers. The SINless series is an homage to the classic Eighties cyberpunk, though, with its vulgar but unchanting heroine Riko as well as h...

Forging Hephaestus by Drew Hayes review

    FORGING HEPHAESTUS is a lengthy (700+) page novel by Drew Hayes about the Guild of Villainous Reformation. The organization is a semi-public group that exists for the purposes of redeeming villains but, actually, is the mafia that maintains a ruthless grip on the world's supervillains. The Guild is in a very comfortable, almost chummy, relationship with the heroes and eliminates the worst of their kind while keeping the families of heroes out of their crimes' ways. This doesn't sit we...