The Top 5 Reasons Adults Still Suck at Video Games
Yes, it’s true. Most older folks suck at playing video games. The real question is – do they care?
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Anime roundup 2/14/2014: Fun and Games
In this week’s viewing: Hozuki no Reitetsu and Kill la Kill have epic sporting meets, Samurai Flamenco celebrates love and friendship, and more!
Anime roundup 2/7/2014: Inverted World
In this week’s viewing: Kill la Kill turns enemies to possible allies, Samurai Flamenco turns reality to fantasy or maybe vice versa, and more!
Scide Splitters: The AAA Ace stories of Robert Sheckley
A brief synopsis and recommendation of Robert Sheckley AAA Ace stories.
Anime roundup 1/30/2014: Battle Royale
In this week’s viewing: Many cans of whoop-ass are opened, plus some gardening facts.
Anime roundup 1/23/2014: More Worlds to Conquer
In this week’s viewing: The final lineup for this season is set and Japan is menaced in all sorts of ways.
Anime roundup 1/16/2014: Kidnapped By Plot
In this week’s viewing: hapless teenaged boys are dragged into supernatural doings left and right, and a dark comedy wins premiere week.
Anime roundup 1/9/2014: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
In this week’s viewing: High hopes meet reality in the first batch of winter premieres.
Scide Splitters: This is My Funniest, Edited by Mike Resnick
Review of This Is My Funniest, a short story anthology edited by Mike Resnick.
Anime roundup 12/26/2013: Home for the Holidays
In this week’s viewing: Kyousougiga and Galilei Donna wrap things up with family reunions, and more!
Winter 2014 SF Anime Preview
What’s coming to the intersection of anime and sf worlds in January? (Spoiler: No Sailor Moon, unfortunately.) So many new and renewed shows you’d think it was Christmas or something!
Sixties, Science Fiction and Secret Agents
Secret agent tales have always carried a hint of science fiction with them – futuristic gadgets, threatened world-wide annihilation. Steve examines Bond’s 60s rival – Flint – and reminds us that James Coburn was COOL.
Anime roundup 12/19/2013: It’s the End of the Plot As We Know It
In this week’s viewing: Kyousougiga and Galilei Donna hurtle toward seemingly inevitable conclusions, and more!
Anime roundup 12/11/2013: Is This the Real Life?
In this week’s viewing: Heading into the homestretch of the season, series compete for the most amazing twist!
Anime roundup 12/4/2013: Mass Confusion
In this week’s viewing: Samurai Flamenco falls further down the rabbit hole, Kyousougiga promises to emerge from it, and more!
Scide Splitters: Venus on the Half-Shell by Philip José Farmer
A review of Philip José Farmer’s Venus on the Half Shell before its December reissue.
How To Guarantee A Short Fiction Sale Every Single Effin Time You Submit A Story
Don’t be a crappy, illiterate, crown-scribbling hack.
Anime roundup 11/20/2013: Privilege Hath Its Rankness
In this week’s viewing: Galilei Donna and Kill la Kill check out life at the top of the heap, Kyousougiga goes behind the scenes, and more!
Anime roundup 11/15/2013: Madness? This Is Anime!
In this week’s viewing: Kyousougiga gets more disturbing, Galilei Donna gets more depressing, and everything gets just a little more insane.
Interview with Carl Critchlow, artist, illustrator and inventor of Thrud the Barbarian
Carl Critchlow has been an artist and author on the SF and fantasy scenes for almost thirty years, during which his work has appeared in DC Comics as well as 2000AD.
Battle Fever J! This Is Why I Love Japan (and You Should, Too)
Battle Fever J was a forerunner of the Power Rangers: four guys and a girl in superhero suits, saving the world from “the mysterious deity Satan Egos.”
Scide Splitters: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Thursday Next, the plucky female lead character of The Eyre Affair, is a literary detective in an alternate 1985 England.
Anime roundup 11/1/2013: Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Stream
In this week’s viewing: An unexpected additional premiere made by Lewis Carroll fans, big news about a show coming up next season, and more!
It’s Halloween!
Need some scary, macabre, bizarre inspiration for all hallows eve? Look no further!
Anime roundup 10/25/2013: Step By Step
In this week’s viewing: The shows that will be covered in this discussion column for the rest of the season are chosen! And the others are whined about!
Zombies Is Stoopid. Characters Is Too.
Oh Zombies, how do I love thee, let me count the ways…
Anime roundup 10/11/2013: Boob Tube
In this week’s viewing: Your reviewer embarks on a journey through Light Novel Adaptation Hell! Plus a few shows that look more promising…
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