... the IT man in LibraryLand
Today's post is about the consumption of media various.
Guardians of the Galaxy
This one was a birthday present from Freeloading Mum. And by that I mean that one traditionally spends one's birthday money on b-grade sci-fi and fantasy that one has missed in the previous year.
Well this turned out to be a fun little romp very much in the vein of The Fifth Element level of sci-fi. Thankfully for one's tastes there was very little superhero-ish in there although sequel talk involves many spandexians apparently.
All in all a solid 4 star fun pic with the only real cringe moment being the hero's put down of the villain at the end.
I look forward to watching mother's other present in the near future, in glorious 3D - the much vaunted by The Real Greg Dean, Pacific Rim. And I tell you if it isn't every bit the cosmically mind blowing experience that The Greg has promised there'll be some mighty vengeance coming his way!
Gridlinked by Neal Asher
This one was my latest read and jumped to the head of the pack on the recommendation of Scary Spice.
It was quite an enjoyable future space opera with loads of wow tech and obscure aliens.
Unfortunately having recently read Ian M Banks Consider Phelbas one was struck by apparent parallels and coincidii, in military tech and delves underground after artifacts - to the point that one could joke about it being extremely well written fan-fiction.
That aside though it was a solid 3 and a half stars and I will undoubtably dip into the Polity universe again in The Future.
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Games Galore
The year's gaming is off to a smashing start with a brace of gaming events having already been completed.
New Year's Day was an all day Magical event with Gavman and ElfBoy both using aquiring pass-outs for the days event.
Last week one once more got away with running a games event in the library, for work, and payed as well.
It went off smashingly with both Pirate Dave and Scary Spice helping out - although Nemesis did turn up to play as well, throwing a dark shadow of sabotage across the events.
Many games were indulged in including one's gallant 1 game all chess draw with a 9 year old girl, Castle Panic, Get Bit, Saboteur, and Fox and Hens.
And one also took advantage of the long weekend to indulge in the typical Aussie pastime of staying inside for gaming.
Joined by Pirate Dave, Badger and Legion2, with Gavman joining later in the evening we powered our way through Samurai Battles (the game where the result doesn't matter especially as Pirate Dave continues his dominance); Eldritch Horror; Say Anything; and too many hours of Magic.
All in all one is just about gamed out - except for tonight's role playing gaming night which I can't wait for.
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New Year's Day was an all day Magical event with Gavman and ElfBoy both using aquiring pass-outs for the days event.
Last week one once more got away with running a games event in the library, for work, and payed as well.
It went off smashingly with both Pirate Dave and Scary Spice helping out - although Nemesis did turn up to play as well, throwing a dark shadow of sabotage across the events.
Many games were indulged in including one's gallant 1 game all chess draw with a 9 year old girl, Castle Panic, Get Bit, Saboteur, and Fox and Hens.
And one also took advantage of the long weekend to indulge in the typical Aussie pastime of staying inside for gaming.
Joined by Pirate Dave, Badger and Legion2, with Gavman joining later in the evening we powered our way through Samurai Battles (the game where the result doesn't matter especially as Pirate Dave continues his dominance); Eldritch Horror; Say Anything; and too many hours of Magic.
All in all one is just about gamed out - except for tonight's role playing gaming night which I can't wait for.
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