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Levine's Infinite Fancy

For years, Ken Levine has been keeping gamers on their toes. System Shock 2 built on player expectations of both shooting games and the original System Shock. BioShock reminded modern audiences that action and terror could be balanced well and coupled with good storytelling and multi-dimensional, memorable characters. And now, BioShock Infinite has delivered one… Continue reading Levine's Infinite Fancy

On The Mend

I hate posts like this. I really do. To me, they’re an indication of failure. Not enough time carved out for writing. Insufficient thought given to ideas beforehand. A cavalcade of excuse. So on and so forth. But I can’t go back and write posts just to fill space. So here I am saying the… Continue reading On The Mend

Flash Fiction: The Crash

Since this week’s Flash Fiction Challenge was nothing but a title, I turned to my Brainstormer, which selected “Prey to misfortune”, “alien”, and “crossbow”. As she came to, past the throbbing pain in her cranial cravity, she tried to assess her situtation. The crash had clearly ruined the environmental systems, given the hissing noise above… Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Crash

Thoughts on Boston

Normally, on Fridays, I talk about how my writing’s going. I whine about how busy I get. I try to be funny. I really don’t have any of that in me today. I gave thought to some sort of ultra-positive, quasi-patriotic post about how terror will never conquer this country. I do believe that we… Continue reading Thoughts on Boston

Movie Review: Justice League: Doom

Even when I was younger, I knew there was something that set Batman: The Animated Series apart from other cartoons. At the time I chalked it up to visual style – the black cels really sold the noir asthetic of Gotham. However, looking back, the writing is incredibly solid and often goes to dark places… Continue reading Movie Review: Justice League: Doom

Sometimes Life Happens

Last night was kind of a disaster in some regards and life just happens from time to time. I’ll be back on track tomorrow with a review that’s kind of sort of relevant to Injustice coming out this week. My thoughts & prayers are with Boston and the fantastic folks there, and I hope everybody… Continue reading Sometimes Life Happens

Anatomy of a Hero

Last week we talked about the Chosen One. Specifically, we talked about how the Chosen One’s starting to look a little creaky and doesn’t hold up in modern storytelling. In all honesty, the divergence of heroes from the idea of them being the Chosen One is nothing new. Nobody would call Jay Gatsby, a ‘self-made’… Continue reading Anatomy of a Hero