Star Wars 1313 – Death of a Franchise
Seems those boys at Disney are determined to bury what might have been a promising franchise. In an era of gaming that focused on rehashing well-worn stories and gaming mechanics Star Wars 1313 looked to be a potential gem that may just have revived sci-fi shooters. But alas any dreams of having a post Mass […]
Story of African Independence – Ghana
GHANAGhana was the golden boy and pride of British African colonial rule. Called the Gold Coast at the time it had a wealth of resources the most prominent of which was cocoa. One of the leading exporters of the product, many farmers became wealthy from trade and became part of an elite in Ghanaian society. […]
The Story of African Independence – Tunisia and Morocco
We dealt with Algeria in our last look at the Maghreb. Now we’ll look at Tunisia and Morocco – the 2 other countries in the region – before rejoining Algeria’s tumultuous independence story in our conclusion. Both Tunisia and Morocco were run as protectorates and were not as important to the French government who would […]
The Story of African Independence – French Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
Our story on African independence continues with a look at the French colonies that make up the Maghreb: Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco. You can see previous articles on Ghana and Egypt. The Maghreb France ruled Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia as part of their Maghreb, the Arabic name for North-West Africa and which means Land of […]
The Story of African Independence – Egypt
Obese and the arrogant nominal ruler of Egypt, King Farouk had all the trappings of wealth and then some with sprawling palaces, yachts, and a huge pornographic art collection. Playing poker in his palace on the night an alleged coup was supposed to take place, he brushed the speculation off calling the plotters a “bunch […]
The Way of the World by Ron Suskind
With all the competition from modern news outlets like twitter where information is doled out piecemeal and with such breathtaking pace as to make it almost impossible to verify the validity of sources traditional journalism has suffered and would seem a dead craft but for investigative journalists like Ron Suskind who seem to have carried […]
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Warning! This is a story of exhilarating and dangerous puppy love: John Grady Cole is sixteen and a cowboy who knows and loves horses. Grady’s grandfather dies and the ranch he was born on is to be sold. Grady decides he’d rather be a cowboy in the wilds of Mexico where he can continue to […]
Chaika – the Coffin Princess
All right, so for those who read my blog you’ll have sussed out that I’m a big anime fan. However, not everything works in anime and I can see lots of people being put off if they watch the wrong kind of this wholly Japanese export. The Japanese have made this art form their own […]
Tron Legacy (Film Review)
Summary: Sci-fi retro classic Tron gets an upgrade in its 2010 sequel Tron Legacy, but is far less contemporary than it’s 1982 original. Tron: Legacy Disney in 1982 intended for their Tron movie to be the cutting-edge special effects laden film that would take immediate advantage of the burgeoning video games arcade culture. They barely […]
The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson
The Myth In C.S Lewis’ God in The Dock the author explains of myth, “…the only realities we experience are concrete – this pain, this pleasure, this dog, this man. While we are loving the man, bearing the pain, enjoying the pleasure, we are not intellectually apprehending Pleasure, Pain or Personality… You cannot study Pleasure […]