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  • Making Time To Write Your Novel

    When the inspiration hits, it hits like a bolt of lighting. Bam! Characters, locations, plot devices, and love interests all come at you faster than a melting snow cone in Mount Doom. It’s a hard life, being a creative, but we deal. What’s really difficult is finding the time to actually sit and bang out…

  • Kickstarter Funded The Banner Saga Releases Tomorrow, Pre-Order Sales Spring Up

    Tomorrow’s Viking RPG Indie release, The Banner Saga, hits the digital shelves tomorrow for PC Download. Steam, GameStop, and other retailers all have the game listed for $24.99 with a $5 off preorder discount to $19.99. It’s a solid 20% discount, but if you’re still not satisfied GameFly’s digital department has a January themed 20%…

  • Magnificence and Mediocrity: Prospects from CES 2014

    This year’s installment of the Consumer Electronics Show concluded on Friday, but not before showing the world’s press a bevy of eye-catching gadgets and gizmos that will provide them with material for weeks of keyboard-based clicking and clacking (possibly even dull thudding for those with shedding and persistently workstation-adjacent animals.) As is inevitably the case…

  • Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Recap: S01E11 “The Magical Place”

    Warning, this article contains spoilers for previous Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes and Marvel’s The Avengers. This is it! They’ve been teasing us for ten episodes, but we’re finally going to find out what happened to Coulson after he took a scepter to the sternum in The Avengers! And after that wreck of a mid-season cliff-hanger, they…

  • Designers Create Gorgeous Sites With The Best Online Service In Existence

    It would mean a great deal to designers everywhere if they could undertake site building projects all by themselves, and leave technical skills out of the equation. Not only does an independent approach significantly reduce expenses (because you wouldn’t have to work with a developer), but it is possible to use a professional tool and save a…

  • The Flying Yacht: If A Boat And A Plane Had A Baby…

    In case you have a few millions laying around, here is your reason to splurge: the flying yacht. The seaplane has four masts, giving the plane a wingspan of 90 meters. It is propelled by four engines and can travel up to 390 km/hr. It has two main decks. The lower deck has a bathroom,…

  • Black Widow: Forever a Mystery, Even in Her Own Series

    We know all about Natasha Romanov’s work as a former KGB agent. It’s common knowledge that she defected to the United States and became a level 10 agent with with S.H.I.E.L.D. And, of course, her time with the Avengers cannot be ignored. Bottom line, Black Widow is perhaps one of the most badass heroes Marvel…

  • Great Resources For Creative Overlays For Your Photos

    I hope you’re not scratching your head, mumbling, “What the heck are overlays?” And if you are, seriously? You have got to be kidding me! How many moons are there on the planet you come from? I’m sorry, no, let me take that back. I’m awful. Who am I to judge? I was in the same…

  • Mixed Reaction to Amazon Drone Technology

    I know. This news seems like ages ago and there is no excuse. I should have written about this earlier. If you must know, I needed to let the excitement to settle and write a post that wasn’t too emotionally-charged.   By now you should have heard about Amazon’s new plan: to deliver packages using…

  • 10 Ways to Tell If You’re a Hardcore WoW Fan

    Almost everybody has played World of Warcraft, at least once. Just to see what all the fuss was about. A trial version is available for free on the website, to give you a feel for the game before paying to join. Most people that play once are hooked for life. But how do you tell…

  • Michael Bay Walks Out On Samsung CES Presentation

    Samsung was probably pretty stoked about getting Hollywood film director, Michael Bay, to speak about their new products at CES in Las Vegas, however, the show went south really fast when Bay decided to walk off the stage. Michael Bay Walks Out Of Samsung Presentation, Citing Autocue Errors Initially, Bay began the presentation by stating…

  • Tips For Staying Safe on Social Media

    Yesterday I received an email from Mr Delhi, man in his fifties who claimed to be a surgeon from Bangladesh. In his lengthy email, he mentioned about winning the lottery and how he came up with the decision to split his prize money with a total stranger, namely me. Good riddance, another scam… I’ve gotten so used…

  • BBC Hacked On Christmas Day

    On Christmas Day, a Russian hacker known as “HASH” or “Rev0lver” launched a campaign to sell access to BBC. BBC Attacked On Christmas Day It is unknown whether or not the hacker sold anything to cyber-criminals. The price set for access is also unknown. However, the hacker offered proof of his access to the server…

  • An Open Letter to the Secret Fan Fictioner

    Dear Secret Fan Fictioner, I get it. I understand. Sometimes reality isn’t interesting enough, and sometimes it’s a little too hectic for your liking. Sometimes all you need is a couple hours in another reality to recuperate and find some peace. Maybe that other reality involves running alongside Katniss on the battlefield or spending some…

  • Alien: Isolation Announced Yesterday, Pre-Order Now Available

      Did the epic fail known as Aliens: Colonial Marines turn you off from the Aliens video game franchise? Well, SEGA refuses to give up. Yesterday, January 7th, Alien: Isolation was announced and set to release some time in 2014. Today, January 8th, it first became available for sale on PC at the UK retailer…