Mount and Blade

Mount and Blade is a free third-person medieval roleplaying/action game; the idea is that you start as a squire in the fictional Caldaria, and train to become a knight, gaining followers, weaponery and horses as you go. There's some immense fun to be had, jousting in tournaments, fighting off bandits and completing quests - and up until level six, it's all open. Definitely give it a try.

Bowman II

I’ve wasted hours and hours playing this game. Hope you enjoy it as much as me.

Robert Pinsky - Impossible To Tell

I’m just posting this now because I found a stream of Pinsky reading it; anyway, this is one of my favourite poems, and if you want to listen for yourself I’ve uploaded it to the gallery. Enjoy.

The Matrix and its Inspirations

Virtually everyone I’ve talked to has seen The Matrix (Andy/Larry Wachowski, 1999) however few of them have read William Gibson’s Neuromancer, which in my opinion is one of the film’s biggest influences. In fact, when you look at the two in comparison to each other, Neuromancer does a lot better in many regards, so much so that it’s a shame the film, due in 2009, is not being given the lavish budget it deserves. Let's look at the two alongside each other.

Joseph Kahn - Music Videos

Here are some selected music videos directed by Joseph Kahn. Hopefully they'll prove that there's at least some hope for the Neuromancer film; feel free to make up your own mind.

The first thing to note is that he has a lot of videos under his belt. Even if his only feature length film is Torque, he's hardly lacking in experience - and whether Torque is bad because of the director, or for other reasons (the concept for one…) I've yet to find out; I'll post a review just as soon as I get round to watching it. Heck, I may even enjoy it, in some bizzare attempt to persuade myself that Neuromancer is going to be the best thing since Serenity. Expect my biased, subjective opinion soon.

Eventscripts 2.0 - now with Python

Earlier this week, Eventscripts 2.0 for Source games (Counter Strike: Source, DoD: Source, Team Fortess 2) was released. Alongside the inbuilt scripting engine, there's now support for the incredibly easy to use, versatile and powerful Python. Ever wanted to create a mod for one of Valve's multiplayer games? Now's your chance.

Neuromancer Audio Tapes

These are audio files of William Gibson reading an abridged version of Neuromancer. Each of the eight parts is about forty minutes long - and even if you're not into the cyberpunk genre, it's a good listen (and an even better read). They weren't incredibly easy to find - and I don't think they're available on tape any longer; so I figured I'd mirror them here.

Lego Red Alert

For fans of the original Red Alert, Graham Beverley of Preys-World Forums has created cgi models of the available structures and units in Lego. I've put them up in the gallery.

Neuromancer concept art

About a month ago I stumbled across a youtube video of some concept art for Neuromancer - I got in contact with the creator, and he sent me a load of the pics that he'd included. I've posted them up in my gallery.

Neuromancer film coming 2009, Kahn's response to criticism.

Sounds too good to be true - which it might be. There isn't much yet, but IMDB lists the year of release as 2009 and the director as Joseph Kahn.