C.T. Phipps's Blog, page 58
August 4, 2018
Destiny (2014) review
DESTINY is a game which I avoided until now because I had heard a lot of bad things about it. Also, for the very stupid reason that I really-really loved Halo and had an irrational dislike of the game Bungie started working on in place of Halo, which resulted in the Halo franchise completely going to crap.
Destiny also had a really crappy opening with the fact the story was completely absent. Apparently, they were so worried about screwing up the storyline...
August 3, 2018
Nemesis Games (Expanse #5) review
NEMESIS GAMES is the fifth book in the Expanse series, which is about humanity 200 years in the future when we've managed to colonize the rest of the solar system. Humanity is divided into Earthlings, Martians, and Belters with varying degrees of oppression. A mysterious alien object called the protomolecule has changed the balance of power between them and opened up new possibilities to visit other star systems.
The books resolved most of their existing p...
July 29, 2018
BATTLEFRONT 2 (2017) review
This is an extremely late review because the game had a kind of radioactive reputation due to its controversy. For those unaware of it, basically the game was deliberately designed around monetization to spark players to spend as much real-world currency as possible on in-game items. This included on loot boxes, your favorite characters, and so on.
Battlefront II was a game which a lot of people were looking forward to, millions in fact, and the management...
July 25, 2018
Son of a Liche review
SON OF A LICHE is the sequel to the Dark Profit Saga's first book, ORCONOMICS. The premise of the series is that Dungeons and Dragons is how the world is set up. Adventurers go into dungeons, grab a bunch of loot, and kill the monsters inside. However, this has attracted venture capitalists who wagered fortunes on this activity. This brought the dark sides of capitalism to monster slaying and it soon became a racism-and-murder based economy which was unsustainable since eve...
July 22, 2018
Eldrtich Ops is now available on Kindle
Finally, the sequel to ESOTERRORISM is now available!
Derek Hawthorne has ascended to become a member of the all-powerful Committee, which rules the world through the nebulous House. The House, officially, exists to protect humanity from the vampires, demons, and other forces of darkness that imperil humanity. Unofficially, it exists to protect its own power.
When his old partner, Christopher Hang, turns up as one of the undead--Derek is nonplussed to say the least. Christopher also has...
July 18, 2018
Cibola Burn (Expanse #4) review
CIBOLA BURN is the fourth novel of the Expanse series which I've very much enjoyed even if I've stated my preference for the TV adaptation. The Expanse's premise is it's about two hundred years in the future and humanity has not changed a bit. The rich abuse the poor, there's racial caste systems, and governments are either greedy or oppressive (or both). The first few novels were very hard science fiction but have shifted a bit with the introduction of ancient alien techno...
July 16, 2018
LUCIFER'S STAR sale for $2.99 on Kindle
Hey folks,
Good news from the wonderful folks at CROSSROAD PRESS. Lucifer's Star is the first of my dark space opera trilogy and is on sale for $2.99 this month.
From the bestselling author of The Rules of Supervillainy:
Cassius Mass was the greatest star pilot of the Crius Archduchy. He fought fiercely for his cause, only to watch his nation fall to the Interstellar Commonwealth. It was only after that he realized the side he'd been fighting for was the wrong one. Now a semi-functional navigato...
July 13, 2018
Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse #3) review
ABADDON'S GATE is the third volume of the Expanse and while it promises many new and interesting developments, isn't one I enjoyed as much as the previous installments. That's not to say the novel isn't good but it has some flaws which made me think this series might be running out of steam. I hope I'm going to be proven wrong but the only way I can do that is to pick up the next volume.
` The premise of the novels is humanity has explored the solar system...
July 11, 2018
Angels and the Bad Man (Technomancer 3#) by M.K. Gibson
THE TECHNOMANCER novels are one of my favorite indie reads with a peculiar combination of cyberpunk, urban fantasy, and Christian eschatology. The apocalypse had happened and God forgot to show up, resulting in demons taking over the world before human technology makes it into a cyberpunk dystopia. The books are witty, funny, and still manage to draw a lot of drama from the dark side of living in a hell-run post-apocalypse technopolis.
The protagonists, Sa...
July 7, 2018
She Dreams of Fire by M.K. Gibson
SHE DREAMS OF FIRE is probably my all time favorite novel from M.K. Gibson and that's impressive since I absolutely loved VILLAINS RULE and the TECHNOMANCER series. I think my reasons for liking it are due to the fact it takes place in the modern world and manages to do a Dresden Files-esque world of fairies, magic, and demons. Indeed, M.K. Gibson's writing style is naturally similar to Jim Butcher's so it is really hitting the sweet spot as I wait for the release of PEACE...
