New author experimentation

The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi I saw this book on the new books shelf at my local library and since I was ready to try a brand new author, I read the inside cover.  What grabbed my attention and made me check the book out was the comment that the book includes...

Romancing the Pixels

I’ve been playing Dragon Age: Origins and this time deliberately working on the romance angle. I’ve never been all that interested in pursuing it in roleplay games, but with it being part of the companion experience in the upcoming Star Wars: The Old...

Do You Ever Walk Away From A Book?

I’ve been reading David Drake’s Daniel Leary series over the past couple of months. There are several books in the series, but I realized that it is taking me longer to finish than is usual for me. I even read a couple of other books in between these, and...

To Rift or Not To Rift…

It finally happened. I logged in to Rift and I had no desire to do anything, even daily quests. I started thinking about emptying my character’s mailboxes, the same thing I did when I was ready to mothball my WoW account. I still have the possibility of doing...

Memorable quotes

I’m going to start building a list of some favorite quotes, this will take a while. SWTOR favorite line so far: “Is that a hair style or did a womp rat die on your head?” From Babylon 5, Vir Cotto to Mr. Morden: “I’d like to live just...