by Jim Stitzel | Jul 19, 2012 | General
I just had one of these arrive in my mail: My initial reaction to the Otterbox Defender so far has been that, overall, I like it. It’s a solid construction with a reasonably attractive design. It appears to provide decent protection for my iPhone 4, especially...
by Jim Stitzel | May 23, 2007 | General
I’m going to try to run a series of Halo 3 Beta reviews starting today that examine a number of elements from the game. This first entry in the series is going to look at the new maps. *Valhalla* Valhalla is far and away my favorite map of the three. It’s...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 14, 2007 | General
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi has been described as a book worthy of the “late, great Heinlen,” and while I’m certainly not as well read in that particular author as some, I would say that _OMW_ definitely has a very Heinlenesque feel to it....
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 12, 2007 | General
_”The finest novel of fantasy to be written in many years.”_ ~Orson Scott Card Brandon Sanderson’s debut novel Elantris is a fresh and remarkably cunning approach to fantasy fiction. Prince Raoden, heir to the throne of Arelon, suddenly finds himself...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 7, 2007 | General
For the work of a 15-year-old writer, Eragon is an amazing story – I enjoyed it as much on the second read as I did on the first, perhaps even moreso. The book tells the story of a young farmboy who stumbled across a dragon egg and becomes an unlikely hero. He...
