Introduction My current board game project has a lot of it’s roots in the ancient game of Senet, which, in it’s modern rules variant, is often played with throwing sticks instead of dice. I thought they could make an interesting alternative for roll-and-move, and other types of games, so I decided to investigate a bit. …
What is it? Senet is an Ancient Egyptian Board game. It dates back as far as 3100 BCE. While it must have changed over the years, it is clearly recognisable in many tombs from ancient times. It is played on a board 30 squares by two players, each having a set number of tokens to …
Today I’d like to announce the release of my brand new website! This will function as a home for both me as an author, and somewhere people can go to find all my writing. Here is a sample of the stories that are available, a lot with brand new covers! So what does the future …
Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) is a challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days. They referred to it as, ‘a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing.’ I feel that sums it up pretty well. I’ve now completed two years of Nanowrimo, and I love it more than ever. I can’t see myself stopping any …
Only a little off the coast of Nova Scotia, there lies an island. In fact there lies about 360 islands, so what makes Oak Island so special? This island is primarily forest, bushes, rocks and sandy shores. You would be forgiven for not even noting it as any significant importance due to it’s plain nature. …
So why did I read The Martian twice this year? And watch the film several times? Is it because it’s witty and funny? Or because it’s about someone surviving against the odd on an inhospitable planet? Or maybe I just like all the clever tricks he uses to survive? I’ll give you a hint, it’s …
I want to start off by saying that this is my Game of the Year 2017 (despite it coming out in 2015). And I’m telling you that just in case I show any bias towards it, but I will try and be as fair as possible. Onwards! What is Bloodborne? Bloodborne is a Souls like …
We all lose confidence in ourselves at some point in our lives, but for some it’s more common than others, and this can be greatly affected by our jobs. Many other Web Developers like myself will tell you that something called Impostor Syndrome is quite common in our profession and can lead to a loss …
Guess what? I actually managed to finish Alien: Isolation! It took me six months of not even daring to touch the thing but I did it. So how did I finally conquer my fear? Well to be honest I just woke up one day and said, you know what, I’m going to turn it on …
You know those moments in life where things just line up perfectly? No? Yeah they don’t happen often, but when they do its glorious! So in December of 2015 we realised to our horror that we had missed Florence and the Machine on tour in the UK. My girlfriend is a big music lover and …