It’s been a long time since I blogged about Evinden, my long-gestating fantasy novel. The last time, apparently, was in July 2013, and that was only an oblique mention. I have to delve back to the heady days of February 2011 Read more…
Overdue on this one, which is daft as it was another delicious Spicery meal, courtesy of my FXHOME leaving present. None of the Spicery meals have been difficult exactly but they have all challenged me to new flavours and techniques, this month especially as it involved creating tuna parcels. (more…)
By which I mean that it’s technically far more achievable than previously; the ability to take good images is a whole other thing, just as DSLRs have made professional quality photography available to all without putting photogs out of business.*
I’m specifically referring to game photography here – the art of taking great screenshots, essentially. Games are inherently visual and always have been, with screenshots being part of their marketing since the earliest days. Three distinct changes have occurred which make taking in-game images suddenly more interesting. (more…)
I wrote a while back that I only started enjoying Far Cry 3 when I applied my own artificial restrictions to its free-form playground (in that case, using only the bow, despite the plethora of weaponry on offer). Taking an accidentally similar approach to No Man’s Sky, I gave myself a similar limiter: not having a spaceship. In this instance, though, it was entirely accidental. (more…)
No Man’s Sky is more or less exactly what I wanted it to be. It could absolutely be so much more, and I hope Hello Games keep innovating and pushing it forward, but it’s already something unique and remarkable. The most surprising aspect for me is that it’s recaptured the magic of a very different game:Morrowind, the Elder Scrolls game that preceded Oblivion and Skyrim. (more…)
OK, here we go. Month 2 of our Spicery world tour. This time round we’re in Nigeria with beef kebabs and a startlingly purple ice dessert. Check out some of the spice blends: (more…)
UPDATE: ADoF currently isn’t available in ebook form. It’ll be back at some point, bigger and better. Sign up to the mailing list and I’ll tell you when that happens!
The A Day of Faces ebooks have been available for a long time via Kobo, Amazon and Nook. Due to me finally pulling my finger out, you can now also grab them at Smashwords, Apple iBooks, Inktera, Baker & Taylor, txtr, Overdrive and Scribd. And, no, I’ve not heard of half of those, either. (more…)
When I left FXHOME last month they gave me a year’s subscription to the Spicery as a parting gift. This is my first adventure in spicery recipes, which I’ll be blogging about each month. Theoretically, at least. It started like this: (more…)
The internet age knows no borders, even if politics and society have yet to catch up. As global citizenship is still a couple hundred years off, I’ll go for the next best thing: I’ll be a European. (more…)
Update: ADoF currently isn’t for sale as an ebook. At some point it’ll be back, bigger and better than ever. Join the mailing list to find out when that happens.
The third book in the A Day of Faces series is at last available. You can get it right now on Kobo for just $2.99 and it’ll be appearing on Amazon very soon. (more…)