Mass Effect 3 Dilemma
So the final DLC (Down Loadable Content) for Mass Effect 3 dropped today. Thus far I have resisted purchasing any of the DLC's for this game. I had the same reaction to Dragon Age 2. I didn't buy a single DLC. But for Mass Effect 1 and 2 and Dragon Age: Origins I...
Layer Cake
It's no secret that I'm a huge Daniel Craig fan. I think he's a terrific actor and oh so easy on the eyes. I had never seen the role which apparently helped him land the mantle of James Bond, that of a middle man drug dealer in LAYER CAKE. I watched it last night,...
Please Let Some Girls in the Treehouse
I have to ask. Are there no women on the design teams creating these games? Could we please have a few? How this latest musing came about was I was grousing about the dresses at the Oscars — most of them were dead ugly — with a friend and fellow game geek, and we...
When You Just Can’t Suspend Anymore
I was chatting with a friend about the increasing escalation in movies of spectacle and action, and realizing that it's cheapening the sense of a hero's accomplishment. If nothing can hurt these people then their struggles are meaningless. This started over a...
The Value of the Vote
This is why, despite it all I'm proud of my country and her citizens. This from the President's State of the Union speech. "We should follow the example of a North Miami woman named Desiline Victor. When she arrived at her polling place, she was told the wait to vote...
The Tightrope
I've been dithering over a scene in the latest novel, THE EDGE OF DARKNESS. In the interest of efficiency and moving the story forward I wanted this to be a simple set of actions. People get locked up so hero and his Scooby Gang can escape. Eventually locked up...
Robin Sachs R.I.P.
It's a strange phenomenon when a person who has entered our homes either through television or been a familiar figure in movies dies. You feel a sense of connection, and can feel grief for that loss. But I'm feeling it all the more strongly with word that the very...
Oscar, Oscar
I'll probably go see SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK tomorrow since football bores me, and the country shuts down for the "national Superbowl holiday"; but of all the nominated films I've seen my favorite has been sweeping the awards so far. ARGO is the little picture that...
Rock and A Hard Place
I almost feel sorry for the opponents of gay marriage. No, not really, but they truly are in a terrible position. Every argument they've advanced has been shot down by actual, oh facts. Damn those facts and their known liberal bias. They are now before the Supreme...
Interesting Articles About the Assault on Science
Well, Bobby Jindal wasn't wrong when he said the Republicans needed to stop being the stupid party. I've come across two new articles. One in Slate about how the preponderance of scientists are Democrats or independents, and another about how Texas is sneaking in...
