Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted on here. In this time I’ve read lots of great books and have been working on my own novel! Enough to keep me busy, that’s for sure. Lately I decided to read Ursula K Le Guin’s Earthsea series, consisting of A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Read more

I saw Robin Hood last week, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. While I really enjoyed the film and the great historical detail, every character seemed to remind me of an author. Maybe it’s a reoccurring trend for science-fiction and fantasy authors to look like they’ve come out of Read more

There’s been a few bits and pieces on the weird fiction radar lately and since I’ve been doing a lot on video games I thought I better get back to my books. So here goes: Cthullu’s News Desk at nine. Jeff Vandermeer and his wife Anne have released The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals. Read more

For many years game developers have tried to create narrative driven games with multiple outcomes on a limited scale. The 1997 Blade Runner game had a possible 13 endings depending on your interactions with characters and Final Fantasy X-2’s had three alternate endings, one for perfect Read more

I bought Final Fantasy XIII on tues when it was released and spent a good two hours playing it. I would have played more, but us poor gamers still gotta work. So here’s my first impressions… The FFXIII story revolves around two things – the Fal’cie and the L’cie, although I’m not Read more

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