Ogre, Revisited
I tackle the voices of European officers and fighting men – and that of an American cybernetic tank – in my reading of the military science fiction vignette “Ogre” by Steve Jackson.
Heroes of the Storm: The Basics of the Game
In today’s episode of The Paid to Play Podcast, I announced a project I’m working on for the next sixty days: A how-to book for the online PC game, Heroes of …
Stepping Away From Tropicon
This is the closest I’ve written to a press release in a little while. The reason for it is to let you know that on Sunday night, I ended my official …
Me, Pierre and Heroes of the Storm
I’ve been noodling at a post about Heroes of the Storm for a little while. I’ve been making nots on how I feel about it, what I’m looking for out of …
Living Healthy: Renewing The Habit of Gardening
The last time I seriously posted about gardening was back at the end of 2012. Sadly, in between I managed to let the garden go to pot. Recently, though, Vickie …
The TROPICON Project: Results
With thanks to Your World My Lens for the great photo and my lovely wife Vickie for stitching the badge on through heavy cotton, here’s the finished Bradford cosplay at Tropicon …
Freelancing: Starting On Your Own
Well, the bill pressure is mounting up again, so I’m looking at the idea of freelancing once more. I’ve taken stabs at this in the past; I joined a paid …
Tell Rob Where He’s Wrong: Piracy and the Little Guys
We watched The Weekly with Charlie Pickering this evening. Good. Glad to say I was made to think more than I was made to laugh. (No, I’m not trying to …
The TROPICON Project: Locker Inventory
When did I last post about my plan to cosplay Central Officer Bradford from XCOM: Enemy Unknown / Within when I go to Tropicon in July? Just under a month …
Welcome to the TROPICON Project
Originally, Tropicon was not going to be a big deal for me. I was just going to head along, hang out for a while, enjoy my first pop culture con …