Tag: reading
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[Bloganuary] Reading List
At this kind of time of year, I've got a long reading list already. But when I'm done with that, maybe it's time for me to re-read Antkind, and see what I see in it the second time around.
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Twinebook - Printable Interactive Fiction
Twinebook lets you use Twine to make printable adventure gamebooks. Is there mileage in expanding on the prototype, Dan wonders?
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Bus Station, Unbound
After five months of playing it, on-and-off, Dan finally gets around to reviewing Bus Station: Unbound, a piece of hypertext interactive fiction set in Preston Bus Station.
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21 Books You Don't Have to Read (and 21 you should read instead)
The 21 Most Overrated Books Ever (and 21 Books to Read Instead) (GQ) GQ asked its favorite new authors to dunk on the classics. We've been told all our lives that we can only call ourselves well-read once we've read the Great Books. We tried. We got halfway through Infinite Jest and halfway through the …
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Ice and Lemon
Recently, Dan read a book about an alternate-universe version of himself, authored by somebody who very-nearly shares his father's name. Once he's done being creeped out by the coincidences in it, he recommends it to you, too.
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Bee
Dan finally finds time to play Emily Short's new Varytale work, "Bee", and has some heartwarming things to say about this most-unusual game.
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The Course, Of Course
Dan talks a little about his counselling course, about one of the exercises he's enjoyed taking part in, and tells a joke about three psychotherapists that walk into a bar. But that's not the joke.
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Skinheads
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to hear a reading of a fantastic piece of erotic literature, Skinheads, by a friend of mine, Jacqueline Applebee. The story isn't just wonderfully naughty, it's also full of edge-of-your-seat apprehension on behalf of the protagonist as she explores a terrifying taboo. This week I was delighted …
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Quickly, Before They Turn The Glass Into Lesbians!
So, what have I been up to this weekend, you ask. Well...
"Cover The Mirrors" Launch Party
On Friday I took the train up to Preston. The train I was on broke down at Machynlleth when they linked it up to the carriages that had come down the Pwllheli line, and the repairs set me …