V is back on TV in a glossy new update of the old miniseries. The first part debuted last night on Channel 9 in prime time position. I’m a V fan from way back. The 1983 miniseries holds the same amount of nostalgia for me as Back to the Future or Escape from LA. [caption id="attachment_405" Read more

I’ve discovered the Secret of Monkey Island. It’s in New Zealand. I found this sign on my recent trip there and nearly made my tour group detour to Monkey Island. They didn’t really understand my insane shouting about Monkey Island and Guybrush Threepwood but I’m sure you Read more

Radiant Attack is back! I needed to take a little break after christmas from blogging. It seems so long since I’ve posted something. But here is a little tidbit from my recent trip to New Zealand. In the middle of the south island near Lake Ohau is a fantastic antiques shop called the Totar Read more

On the weekend I attended a draft swap meeting run by a dear friend of mine, Jan Cornall. Jan’s a great facilitator, she’s led a number of wonderful authors from first concept to publication, one of them being the award-winning fantasy author Margo Lanagan. [caption id="attachment_384" Read more

There’s been a lot of talk recently about Charlaine Harris’ novels, ever since Alan Ball (creator of Six Feet Under) turned her books into a TV series. TrueBlood has been described as ‘trailer trash vampires’, so I decided to take a look at what the fuss was all about. And I can tell you, Read more

It’s that unlucky time of year again when the number thirteen happens to coincide with Friday. Especially creepy since it’s a week after Halloween. For those of you who haven’t had their fill of horror, why not try these movie suggestions? There’s more than a few scares Read more

So after what seemed an eternity of fucking around (see below), this year’s Christmas gaming bonanza has finally begun, and I’ve had a chance to play the two big-name co-op shooters of the year.  Which is better? Heir to the throne of zombie-slaying game perfection, Left 4 Dead 2? Or Read more

Kat Clay got talking to Eirik Gumeny, author of Exponential Apocalypse and editor of the Jersey Devil Press. In his own words, the book is “the tender, heart-stirring tale of crappy jobs, a slacker cult, an alcoholic Aztec god, reconstituted world leaders, werewolves, robots, and the Read more

I’ve been going through a Victoriana bingefest lately – Wilkie Collins, Bram Stoker, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen… So I thought I’d hark back to the world’s number one detective, the marvellously arrogant Sherlock Holmes. The famous detective was created by Sir Arthur Conan Read more

I’ve sat through the ridiculous banning, modification, un-banning of games like Grand Theft Auto IV and Fallout 3, and I’ve been grumpy. I’ve written form letters of complaint, along with thousands of others, but I’ve never really got up, never really shouted at the top of my lungs Read more