I knew that playing Diablo III was going to be momentous for various reasons for me. I loved Diablo and Diablo II and spent a lot of hours playing them. Unlike some friends, I didn’t spend so much time playing them that life got put on hold, but it was a great game for winding down after work or for doing nothing much for part of a day off when the weather was too crappy for outdoor fun. To say that I was excited to bring Diablo III home is probably an understatement. For those that haven’t heard yet, there are spoilers in this post. Continue reading
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Finally Got a Diablo III Screenshot of my Demon Hunter
So, I got hold of some dye, finally and decided to take a screenshot of the character. The dye colours are limited at the moment so I had access to some that makes whatever you’ve dyed invisible, some that remove colour, green, white, and blue. I believe there’s another one, but I was looking for colours!Only parts of each piece that can be dyed (helm, cloth/leather on chest piece, boots, and pants) change colour. I’ll get around to seeing if other dye colours will be available at a later stage, but I’m having too much fun playing right now to care much. Continue reading
11/22/63: Shouldn’t Have Taken So Long to Read It
I haven’t read a Stephen King novel since From a Buick 8, and I hadn’t really been interested in any of them until I spied 11/22/63. I might actually be one of the few people around that has enjoyed his later books, like From a Buick 8 and Hearts in Atlantis, more than his earlier works. Most of my friends that read Stephen King’s books cannot stand these later writings. They’re too different from his early works. We generally refer to the split as the pre-rehab era and the post-rehab era. 11/22/63 is, of course, post.
11/22/63 explores the idea of what might have happened had someone gained the ability to travel back in time and change a few things. The main goal, of course, is for the main character, Jack Epping, to go back in time and prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It all starts when Jack’s not-quite-friend, Al. Al owns a diner that contains a secret, a “rabbit hole” into the past. Continue reading
10 Days to Diablo Mania!
Yeah, yeah. I know the release date is on the 15th, which is technically 11 days away, but I have been told that even though Chris has to get up for work at 0530 on the 15th we should be able to head over to Gamestop to pick up my shiny new pre-order at midnight. Continue reading
Insurgent Delivers on Dystopian Ideals
I picked up Veronica Roth’s book entitled Divergent about a month ago because I have been enjoying the recent upswing in dystopian type books that have been coming out the last couple of years and my only criticism is that the majority of them are geared toward the young adult audience. I have enjoyed Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s A Brave New World umpteen times each over the years and I often wish there were more published along similar lines. Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games Trilogy was all right, but I didn’t find it as mind-blowing as a lot of people I’ve talked to and read about did. Divergent, on the other hand, was more gritty in a lot of ways and I did enjoy that. It reminded me of Orwell’s delivery and somewhat of that of Huxley. The similarities didn’t hit me like a hard blow. Instead they were subtle and niggling. Insurgent was set to be released digitally on May 1st, 2012 which excited me because I don’t often pick up a first book in a trilogy that far after publication. I’m usually left wanting more and having to wait at least one whole, long year for the next installment of the story. Continue reading
May Will Be a Fantastic Month
I may be being overly optimistic about May, especially since April is barely a week over, but it is certainly stacking up to be a good month. I’ve started working again- just a small, third party writing job creating articles for a company that re-designs websites for various clients. However, it’s still writing and I do enjoy it! I’ll be working on getting a regular job, as well, over the next few weeks so May should start me off with a possible new job. The first week of May will see the 25th wedding anniversary of one of a favoured uncle and aunt. And while both of these things are a cause for excitement, reflection, and general happiness, I find myself extremely excited about the release of a game. Diablo III is finally within my grasp! Continue reading
Temeraire Makes a Great Return in Crucible of Gold
My husband and I have both been reading Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series and we’ve been quite pleased with its characters and imagery. The idea that dragons provided integral air support during the Napoleonic War with England and the rest of Europe is an interesting one for both of us. Temeraire is a dragon without equal- or so it was thought until a little ways into the series when it was discovered he is of the rarest of all Chinese Breeds, a Celestial. We’d been waiting for a while to be able to read the new installment in the series, Crucible of Gold. Beware… there may be a few minor spoilers in the text to follow, but no major plot points. Continue reading
Has the Hollows Gotten Hollow?
When I first saw a Kim Harrison novel, I was working at Vans News in Terrace, BC when it was still open. I was going through our new book shipment and I spied these two books that had titles that caught my eye. I’ll always look twice at a book when a title amuses me or is clever and these definitely amused me. The books in question were Dead Witch Walking and The Good, the Bad, and the Undead. I didn’t even bother reading the synopses. The titles were enough for me to buy them both and take them home. I don’t even particularly care for fantasy involving witchcraft. Continue reading
David Gemmell’s “Drenai” Novels
After reading Reamde, I felt the need to re-read Legend, the First Chronicles of Druss the Legend, and the Waylander series. I’ll probably dive into The Swords of Night and Day and White Wolf as well because I adore the character of Skilgannon. There wasn’t anything that really connects Neal Stephenson’s writing to David Gemmell’s. I just simply had an overwhelming urge to revisit stories that have entertained me for years. Maybe I’ll even finally get around to reading the Rigante novels, but I’ve waited this long already. Continue reading
A Readable Door Stopper – Reamde
I’ve read several books by Neal Stephenson and I’ve enjoyed his “alternate reality” or “alternate history” pieces, despite the fact each of the books I’ve read would almost put the Bible to shame in terms of length. Reamde is certainly a door stopper in terms of size. It’s nearly a thousand pages long and can be somewhat intimidating because of its size for some. But it is very much worth the read.
Set all over the world, but largely in British Columbia (I may be a little biased toward it because of this), the Northwest USA, China, the UK, the Philippines, and various other places around the globe, Reamde is an extremely entertaining novel involving an unlikely cast of characters that somehow mesh really well together. Continue reading