The Octagon Theatre, that is. The Perth Writers Festival recently held the Game Changers sessions that featured a strong line up of modern video game writers. This is my rambling perspective of that event. Continue reading
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Marvel Agents of SHIELD: Mediocrity Isn’t A Superpower
Marvel Agent of SHIELD underperforms on numerous levels and is also oddly against the kind of narrative usually seen in Marvel comics. Here, the dark suited government agents who want to control superhumans are allegedly the good guys. Continue reading
Some Rare Kind Words about Zune
I can’t actually ever remember anyone outside of Microsoft saying anything nice about Zune. People aren’t always unkind, but most comments are in the polite-without-being-rude area of “but you can do so much better”. Which is why it feels odd to say something nice about Zune, especially when I’m going to say they have the … Continue reading
Bones: Jumping The Shark Into A Flaming Pile of Razor Blades
I’m someone who has watched “Bones” on TV, on and off, since it started. I don’t have any great love for the series, but it was a suitable filler. For a while. I recognise that “Bones” runs into the dual problems of 1) trying to remain original given the ground it has already covered and … Continue reading
Social Commentary In A Retail Setting
Why I Like “Suits”
I almost didn’t watch “Suits” on the grounds that Gabriel Macht was so god awful in “The Spirit” (although, to be fair, so was everyone in that film). Glad I did though – it’s one of the few shows I actually tune in to watch each week (even if Channel 7 is doing to “Suits” … Continue reading
World Class Villains 