Here it is, my latest gaming review/essay on Doom Eternal's design! Take a look, I'm happy how it turned out. https://youtu.be/x9IsajWJRwU DOOM Eternal is the most intense first-person shooter I have ever played and would've been a masterpiece, if not for a few strange, bizarre, and downright bad design decisions which take away from the... Continue Reading →
Blight Marked (Ethereal Earth #3) by Josh Erikson: Book Review
Click here if you want to check out a review of the short story anthology, released late 2021. If you haven’t read the first book of the series, Hero Forged, you can head to Goodreads and check out my review. Some spoilers for the previous books below. Josh Erikson continues to astound in Blight Marked, the third outing of the... Continue Reading →
Sunday Star Wars: Darth Maul by Cullen Bunn – Graphic Novel Review
I enjoy works set out as prequels to the prequel trilogy - Master and Apprentice is one of my most favourite reads. I didn't always like Darth Maul, but catching up on the Clone Wars series has warmed me up to ol' Red'n'Spiky! And if I needed another reason, just look at that cover. It... Continue Reading →
Sunday Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 04 Catastrophe Con by Simon Spurrier and Kev Walker
Some spoilers ahead. This is the most conflicted I've been when it comes to poor, tortured Chelli Aphra. On one hand, some of the dialogue in the second and third issues of this volume make for a downright gag-inducing reaction. Some of the jokes are bad, owed to the kind of self-referential humour you'd get... Continue Reading →
Month-in-Review: April 2020 At the Grimoire Reliquary
April was a great month for the blog in terms of views, my best to date! I had over seven hundred views which, granted, is what anyone who is anyone gets in a microsecond - but I'm well-pleased with it. What do I owe that to? I Experienced A New World With The Girl and... Continue Reading →
It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences by June Casagrande – Book Review
It's rare that you find a book on sentence construction that has so warm a tone. June Casagrande's It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Longest of Titles is an excellent guide on writing, chock-full of common and uncommon issues that plague the amateur and the intermediate writer alike. "A writer's guide to... Continue Reading →
Non-Sunday Star Wars: May the 4th Be With You!
I love Star Wars day, don't you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sunMBA651Xw This clip accurately represents my feelings for Star Wars every May 4th To mark the celebration, I viewed one of the few remaining arcs of the Clone Wars I hadn't seen yet -- The Shadow Collective, composed of the following episodes: ‘Revival’, 514 ‘Eminence’, 515 ‘Shades of... Continue Reading →
The World Maker Parable by Luke Tarzian – Book Review
Self-Published Genre: FantasyPages: 140Format: ebook This is an interesting short novel, whose strengths include worldbuilding, an all-encompassing sense of mystery and intrigue, plenty of misdirection and a hell of a clincher. But first, lend me your ear. It's okay, come 'ere, come a wee bit closer. I've a secret to tell you -- the only... Continue Reading →