I finally finished Fallout 4. (This write up may contain mild spoilers) I don’t know if it’s that I enjoy exploring post-apocalyptic worlds, or if Bethesda simply excels at creating compelling environments, but I could (and did) spend hundreds of hours wandering ruined America—and that is perhaps my favourite part of any Fallout game, theContinueContinue reading “Railroaded by the Railroad”
Category Archives: Rambles
Trying Not to Write
I’ve been writing nearly every day for about six years. Before then, I wrote every few days, reviewing books and PC games for various publications, and occasionally writing travel reviews and editorials. Then I discovered fan fiction and wrote what I fondly refer to as “my first novel,” a 93k word epic entitled The HeroContinueContinue reading “Trying Not to Write”
The View
When Out in the Blue released as part of Dreamspinner’s “Never Too Late” Daily Dose collection, I planned to write a post about the trail Jared and Fin hike during the story. Well, a part of the trail—my favourite part: The hike up to the summit of Mt. Tammany. In many ways, the short hikeContinueContinue reading “The View”
Music That Moves Me (Movies)
When this post extended past a few pages on movies alone, I realised it was the first of a two part series. This one is for the movies. The second installment will be for video games. I am an annoying person to watch movies with. I don’t chatter and spoil the surprise, but I willContinueContinue reading “Music That Moves Me (Movies)”
A Tasting Tour of Scotland
One day I’m going to actually taste all this whiskey goodness while weathering the Scottish climate. In person. That’s how it should be done, eh? Only question is whether we should combine that trip with the cheese tasting tour of Europe, the week of cooking in Tuscany, or the river cruise we want to do,ContinueContinue reading “A Tasting Tour of Scotland”