Recent content by Ralif Redhammer

Roger Moore, hands-down. These days it feels like all the superspies are brooding action heroes. Give me the suave, quippy Bond of Moore any day. Timothy Dalton probably looks most like what Ian Fleming described in his books, if I recall correctly. Handsome, but somewhat cruel-looking. There...

Seeing Marid Audran walk the Budayeen on screen would be amazing.

I'm really enjoying Murderbot. My wife, who hasn't read the books, is loving it as well. It's a really well done adaptation so far. Great casting, too. Seeing the attention and effort put into this adaptation makes me very hopeful for the Neuromancer adaptation.

I've gotten pretty good at recognizing what I ought to hold onto and what I can divest. But I do think long and hard about it. Not saying that there haven't been books I've had to re-acquire, but that's a small number compared to what I've gotten rid of over the years. I'm not at the point of...

Hopefully we get a Count Zero series if this does well, but I don't think you could start the Sprawl Trilogy in the middle. I would love to see a Hardwired adaptation, 100%. Probably time to do another re-read soon... Yeah, if anything, Neuromancer's prescience has only grown more accurate in...

I'm happy with the casting. In particular, I think Mark Strong will be perfect as Armitage. I find Gibson's writing rewards re-reading. It can be so dense with details and quick references.

I love the Schwarzenegger version, but this looks way closer to the book. I wonder if they kept the original ending. Without spoiling anything, from the trailer it does look like they've at least got elements of it in there.

So excited for this. And I'm really wondering who they're going to cast as The Finn.

Oof, The Brothers Karamazov can be a tough read already, let alone with bad narration!

We had the torch go out while we were exploring a room, but I immediately could see how dangerous it going out in combat would be. As it stood, just getting another torch lit in darkness made the dark feel scary in a way it hasn't in years in D&D. The way it handles that, plus the inventory...

Looking forward to diving in and never hearing "I have darkvision" again! But seriously, I'm reminded of when Castles and Crusades came along, just when I was so over 3e. Now, I find myself again done with the complexity of the current edition of D&D, and this game seems to marry the old school...

There were multiple conventions going on at the Greater Columbus Convention Center at the same time as Origins. Including a meat scientist convention.

I would say that this was the first time there was an overwhelming and omnipresent funk. At past Origins, there'd be the occasional person with poor hygiene, but this was something else.

It was weird - even when there weren't people around, it smelled. One morning I went to the Center of Science and Industry, a little over a 20 minute walk. It was fine on the way there, but the temperatures had spiked on the way back. I went right to my hotel room and took a shower. Also saw...