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March 16, 2022
GHOSTWIRE: TOKYO out soon,
GHOSTWIRE: TOKYO is coming to the PS5 and PC on March 25, which means that at least we won’t have to listen to many complaints on the console side (PS5s are still insanely expensive*). Still debating on whether to get it. It’s supposedly a pure shooter, and I don’t do well with those. But it looks really pretty, though.
…For given values of ‘pretty.’
Moe Lane
#commissionearned
*So expensive I won’t even link to them. If you have $1,200 for a gaming console, you have $1,200 for a real computer.
Kevin Feige somehow surprised Sam Raimi wanted to do DOCTOR STRANGE 2.
This is a joke, right?
In a recent interview with Empire, Feige explained how Raimi’s name ended up on the list of directors: “Our executive producer, Eric Carroll, and Richie Palmer were calling around to see who was interested, and Sam’s agent said, ‘What about Sam Raimi?’ We thought, ‘That would be incredible, but there’s no chance of that.’ But he wanted to come in and meet. And in the first meeting, it was amazing to reconnect with him, and see his enthusiasm to jump back into this world.”
Kevin. Bubbeleh. What did you think Sam was gonna do, not take your call?
Look, I’m not saying that Kevin Feige is the most powerful movie mogul in Hollywood, because I haven’t done the research on that. I am however reasonably certain that he has a standing invitations to all of their parties. Producers with that kind of pull tend to get to have even absurd things, and there’s nothing absurd about Sam Raimi doing a superhero-sorcery flick with heavy overtones of horror. Especially when he’s already been credited with one of the best superhero flicks ever.
Feige’s just too good for this world, I’m telling ya.
#commissionearned
One week to go on the TINSEL RAIN Kickstarter!
We’re back in the inevitable rut, because that’s how these things go. But it’s going well! It could just be even better. So if you know anybody who hasn’t backed my new post-apocalyptic high urban fantasy pulp detective novel TINSEL RAIN, now is the time for decisive action.
Shamus Tom Vargas from FROZEN DREAMS is back! And this time he’s dealing with murdered mages, shadowy conspiracies, and a new Sidekick to train up in Cin City! He’s very excited about it all, really. If only there wasn’t a new Archmage to deal with…
March 15, 2022
‘Linger.’
#commissionearned
A new installment of THE BOLD MARAUDER is up on Patreon!
Nick Cage wants to be in THE BATMAN sequel.
And you will not be surprised at his desired role:
“I like… oh, here’s something, I’ve been thinking about this, because we have this new, Robert Pattinson as the Batman, which I haven’t seen it yet, but I think he would be terrific, the villain that Vincent Price played on the ’60s show, Egghead. I think I want to have a go at Egghead. I think I could make him absolutely terrifying. And I have a concept for Egghead. So let them know over at Warner Bros. I’m down for Egghead.”
…I know, right? Classic Nick Cage: it makes no sense, and yet it does. And, amazingly, he’s picked a Batman villain who fits with THE BATMAN’s aesthetic. Egghead displays a physical oddity, has no powers besides his towering intellect, and is as crazy as an outhouse rat. I can see the villain fitting into the sequel.
Oh, and Cage should go see THE BATMAN. It’s good. I liked it.
I’m not really joking about TINSEL RAIN prices maybe going up, mind you.
Back my fantasy novel TINSEL RAIN Kickstarter NOW, before inflation makes us all raise prices! https://t.co/GqJQD597rT
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) March 15, 2022
Amazon’s cost-per-book is likely to rise, which means that book prices will rise, too. I can’t do much about it, if/when it happens. Except, you know, add a buck or so to the book price. I don’t wanna, but expenses are gonna go up across the board.
03/15/22 Snippet, THE DECALOGUE KILLER.
I apparently have gotten better at dialogue, over the years. Go figure…
Patreon!“Ralph Walters? You wanna know about the False Witness?” Old Chris hawked, and spat on the street. “That tell you enough?”
“Yeah, I guess it does.” I grimaced. “But how do I spell that?”
The cops had finally coughed up the name of the latest victim: one Ralph Grisham. Attorney: the kind who either ends up running for office or out of the country, depending on his opportunities. I had wandered on over to the deceased’s law offices to get a feel for the man. Starting with how he treated the people who weren’t his coworkers.
Judging from Old Chris — the guy running the newspaper stand — Ralph wasn’t exactly Mister Nice Guy. “He was a total bastard, let me tell you. The kind of guy who’d pay for a paper with a five dollar bill, then scowl if you didn’t have his change already ready. It’s because of him I got that sign up.” He pointed to a hand-written COINS ONLY FOR NEWSPAPERS sign taped to the wall behind him. Then, meditatively, he reached out and yanked it off. “Guess I don’t need that anymore.”
Tweet of the Day, HEED edition.
There’s some stuff about to go down in that cartoon episode, let me tell you.
Beware the eyes of Marge pic.twitter.com/G0hdAG7N4X
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 15, 2015
March 14, 2022
Sorry, wasn’t feeling well today.
I blame the supermarket orange chicken we got yesterday: there may have been MSG in it. Or, worse, garlic, with ‘worse’ being two-fold. I like garlic, and if I’m starting to get a reaction to even the cooked version… ugh.
Anyway, no appetite for actual food and indigestion all day. I think this is what ‘dyspeptic’ is actually modelling.
