In the 25th century, mankind struggles against a ruthless alien coalition known as the Sh'daar Collective. The Sh'daar demand humanities subservience, and that they give up their advanced technologies under GRIN (genetic, robotics, information and nanotech). Humanity rejects this proposal, and along the front the star carrier America fights a long and desperate struggle to … Continue reading Star Carrier
In 1999 we knew true terror and adventure as the spiritual successor to Indiana Jones and the original 1930s horror films came to the big screen. An ancient curse was thrust upon our heroes and an action horror classic was born! The Mummy! Now this movie has a special place in my heart. I'm dating … Continue reading Retro Review: The Mummy
Prompted both by my enjoyment of the Amazon series, but also by a recent announcement from Bethesda that the Fallout games will remain set in the United States, I began to muse on what the Fallout world might be like. Certainly this was a war that engulfed a world already suffering from numerous problems - … Continue reading Fallout Around the World
War, war never changes. But the way we experience it can! Welcome to the new world of Fallout, the 2024 series! 219 years after the bombs fell in October of 2077, we come to the world of the three interconnected vaults of Vault 31, 32 and 33. The paradise the inhabitants live in safe from … Continue reading Fallout
Sadly little to report this first quarter of the year! Mostly edits and taking feedback from beta readers. Firstly, The Virtue of Battle has had a round of beta reads, with some feedback. Largely on pacing and how the story flows, so I'm hoping to grind through those second round edits this quarter. I'm writing … Continue reading 2024 Jan-March Round Up
After one hundred years, the war is over. The peninsula has been united under the Queen Commander and Amerand has wiped Vedra from the map, bringing peace to the war ravaged land once more. However, for many that peace is an illusion. The magical child soldiers who fought for years have all be released from … Continue reading Kindling
Just the other day I finished the excellent novel by Andy Weir, 2017's Artemis and in the back he has a great little essay on the economics of the city state on the Moon, the titular Artemis. He compares the startup costs of the Lunar industry to the airline industry, with a few assumptions that … Continue reading The Lunar Economy
Not just an amazingly fun game which reinvents a lot of how we play online experiences in the modern PvP obsessed world which sucks much of the fun out of gaming for me, Helldivers 2 delivers a fascinating look at how the future of war might unfold. Too much? Hear me out! In Helldivers 2, … Continue reading Helldivers 2: The Future of War
Ever since a well produced pilot episode to a rather unique looking dark humour animated musical dropped on YouTube, in 2019 a large and dedicated fanbase has exploded around the single episode with a dream that it would become a series. Well sometimes dreams do come true! It was confirmed the series had been picked … Continue reading Hazbin Hotel Season 1
Last month (and in 2023) I was raving about a show I watched a hunch (hat tip to Race for the Iron Throne for helping cinch it) and ended up completely in love with the story and characters set in the Edo period of Japan. However, as anyone who has a small understanding of the … Continue reading The Alternate History of Blue Eye Samurai
Matthew Stienberg 