The Game Library Project
| Reading time: 4 minutes
I have, to put it simply, too many games. Thousands across multiple platforms. It sounds insane - and it is - but it's not so crazy when you look at it with a little perspective. I've been gaming for more than 20 years. I've had a Steam account for close to 15 of those. I keep up with deals, I...
More Thoughts on Hands of the Emperor
| Reading time: ~1 minute
I'm about halfway done this book and still loving it. The characters on display here are some of the most deeply human I've ever read. The Emperor's deepening friendship with Cliopher and the rest of the crew is charming and realistic. None of us are Emperors of entire worlds
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Hands of the Emperor Thoughts
| Reading time: 2 minutes
My next read was supposed to be The Song of Achilles, the last book on my list for the 2022 r/fantasy Book Bingo challenge. I started it, read a few pages. I seems great. Then I saw a snippet of Victoria Goddard's The Hands of the Emperor. That took me to its Amazon page, where I spent the next 2...
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Project Hail Mary Review
| Reading time: 2 minutes
Sci-fi isn't normally my genre. I'll take swords, kings, and magic any day over spaceships and physics. Every once in a while, though, I pick up a sci-fi book, and almost every time I find myself really enjoying it. Project Hail Mary is no exception.
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The Ramp Review
| Reading time: ~1 minute
The Ramp is a very simple skateboarding game. There is no campaign or story mode - the goal is simple: across the 4 tiny maps, get as much air and speed as you can. It's a fun diversion for a few minutes, but not much more.
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The Procession to Calvary Review
| Reading time: 2 minutes
The Procession to Calvary is Joe Richardson's follow-up to the excellent Four Last Things. Richardson retains the same art style and music that made the first game so unique: public domain paintings - subtly animated - and fittingly classical music gives this series a wholly unique style.
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