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mooooving
Hey everyone, just to let you know that I’ve decided it’s time for a fresh start. I’ve upped stakes and shifted the blog to blot.im. I know it’s kind of weird after so long, but it just feels right. In any case I’m still at discombobulated.co.nz, but that will point to the new posts. If…
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The Sims 4: Get to Work review
Main Teaser: In the Sims 4: Get to Work, try your hand at contacting aliens, solving crime, and cake decorating! Content Tease: The first full expansion pack for the Sims 4 is jam-packed with new features, including playable careers. Now you can wreak havoc at work too! Last Word: Lots of fun, and jam-packed with…
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Blackguards 2 review
Main Teaser: Blackguards 2 is a fascinating strategic turn-based RPG, but suffers from bugs and design issues. Content Tease: The sequel to last year’s Blackguards is a strategist’s delight, but bugs and design issues may put off more casual gamers. Last Word: Tough and unforgiving, but enjoyable too. Score: 7.0 Difficulty: Hard Learning Curve: 30mins…
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Shadowrun: Hong Kong review
Main Teaser: Neuromancer meets Lord of the Rings in Shadowrun: Hong Kong, from Hairbrained Schemes. Content Tease: Orks, Dwarves and Elves jack into the Matrix, cast spells, explore transhumanism, and oh yeah, fight Triad gangs in Shadowrun: Hong Kong. Last Word: High-tech meets old-world Hong Kong Score: 8.5 Censor’s Rating: PG/PGR/M Difficulty: Medium Learning Curve:…
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Process, and filling up the well
I’ve been beating myself up lately about my lack of writing progress, but in looking through my notes (I’m still using Bear notes, though I did beta test The Archive and liked that a lot) I came across the writing goals I set myself for last year: Without really realising it, I’ve actually hit most…
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I’ve been interviewed on the Micro Monday Podcast…
Hello! Just a quick note to say I’ve been interviewed by the very lovely Jean MacDonald for the Micro Monday podcast, which is where various people in the micro.blog community get interviewed to talk about blogging, and life :) It’s pretty rambly (sorry!) but if you want to hear what I sound like, then check…
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Lost Souls anthology
Really excited to share that my short story, “The Obstinate One”, has been accepted by Flame Tree Publishing for inclusion in their gothic anthology, Lost Souls. This is my first sale of a short story and I couldn’t be more excited and proud to be part of this collection. Gillian Whitaker at Flame Tree Publishing…
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Game reviews
I’ve added a new page to the site, imaginatively titled “Game Reviews,” after finding out that NZGamer.com, the gaming website I wrote for, for over ten years, has closed its doors. It looks like the site itself is no more as well, so in the spirit of posterity (aka sticking this stuff somewhere) I’m going…
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Culture shock
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about culture, mostly because I’ve been reading / watching some great things on world building (Orson Scott Card’s How To Write Science Fiction and Fantasy & Brandon Sanderson’s lectures on it in his Write About Dragons series) – and also because in the novel I’m writing, I have a…
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February good things
It’s been a semi-productive morning down in the study, today. A big win was rewriting a section that I lost on Monday when my Scrivener syncing went wrong somewhere between the iPad, Dropbox, and my computer back at home. I was really resisting going back and writing it, though the section (mostly dialogue, thank god)…
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Hi
Hey 2018! How ya doin? It’s been a while. New year, same old pondering on the place (and relevance) of personal blogs in the web-o-sphere… I find I am more and more irritated by places like Facebook, where I basically stay for the sake of old friends and family, but to be honest I never…
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Like a witch in the kitchen
Seriously, when a hobby hits, it hits hard around here! Lately I have been so obsessed with dyeing wool (yarn, mostly). It started over the holidays, when I thought it would be something fun Leila might like to do – and to get her away from the TV (obsessed with Octonauts at the moment). We…
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Rosey
We’ve been adopted by a large black-backed seagull, that Leila has nicknamed Rosey. He sits, most mornings, right up on the roof outside the kitchen window (we have an L-shaped house on different levels; the roof outside the kitchen window is the roof over our bedroom, a level down). We feed him Leila’s leftover crusts,…
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Rememento Mori
I’ve finally got organised and created a new category for the WIP: Rememento Mori. It’s a wanky take on the phrase Memento Mori, which I’m sure you’ll remember is Latin for “remember you must die” or thereabouts. So Re-memento Mori is a play on this, Latin scholar that I am (not), and my wink-wink “remember that…
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