Monthly Archives: July 2008

Patrice Sarath will be reading and signing for her exciting new novel Gordath Wood this Saturday at the Austin Barnes and Noble, Arboretum location. You might want to get there a little before the 1pm start time to ensure that … Continue reading →

I’m adding a new category to this blog: the interesting and unusual cuisine that I run into during my busy lifestyle. I’ll try to make this fast and sweet. As a native English speaker I am repeatedly disappointed to find … Continue reading →

It’s that time of the month again. Time for Tex-Mex and short films. It’s up at the Nueva Onda restaurant, near Oltorf and S.Congress, this Wednesday at 8. Here’s what I ate at the last Nueva Onda movie night. Beef … Continue reading →

Here’s the more complex summary of the game that you’ll see on the Wii platform: TITLE: Mushroom Men – The Spore Wars PLATFORM: Wii DEVELOPER: Red Fly Studio GENRE: Action Adventure RELEASE DATE: October 2008 An ichorous green meteor plummets … Continue reading →

For those of you chomping at the bit to write a Mushroom Men story, here’s the summary of the Mushroom Men geo-political situation. TITLE: Mushroom Men – The Spore Wars PLATFORM: Wii TITLE: Mushroom Men – Rise of the Fungi … Continue reading →

Here’s some of the backstory for the "Mushroom Men" contest. TITLE: Mushroom Men – Rise of the Fungi PLATFORM: DS DEVELOPER: Red Fly Studio GENRE: Action Adventure RELEASE DATE: October 2008 An ichorous green meteor plummets through the Earth’s atmosphere, … Continue reading →

So you know how they say that no one ever makes money on a literary magazine? That may be true, but someone out there is going to get a Wii game console out of it. Here’s the official announcement for … Continue reading →

Have you ever found out something really neat about something you already owned that you had never expected? Well, I just discovered that the elephant nose fish that has been living in my aquarium for months has been talking this … Continue reading →

I moderated the steampunk panel at Apollocon. When Chris Roberson brought up the idea that any vision of the future from the past ought to qualify as steampunk, I brought up the counter-example of 50s-style futures. I mean sure, they’re … Continue reading →