“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Come and get them, you jug-eared idiot

And once again, the tinpot would-be dictator shows us his true colours by hinting at going well beyond mere gun control and straight into gun confiscation: In the mid-1990s Australia and Great Britain both instituted what were virtually complete bans on...

Festival drums

It’s a real shame that Kitaro’s name isn’t better known in the US. As composers go, the man is an absolute genius. The live version is, in some ways, even better: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)...

Karma really is a bitch

Especially if “Karma” happens to be the name of that Manic Pixie Dream Girl type in the corner cubicle at work who absolutely will get your ass fired if you say the wrong thing to her. What would be “the wrong thing”? Open your mouth to...

Unlearning the Dark Ages

The best thing about reading iconoclastic, revisionist historians is that, in the process of reading and understanding their works and their ideas, you learn just how badly your schooling has let you down. Such was certainly the case when I read the truth about the...

Schlafes Bruder

From 1999 to 2003, a German musical project called E NOMINE released three (simply amazing) albums that, basically, defy description. The music is electronica… except it’s not, being considerably more melodic and varied than your typical endless repetition...

Why they fight

I came across a powerful video today, just at random, on the Vickers Tactical channel, about one Tyler Grey, an ex-RANGER who was severely injured over in the Sandbox. He is a quiet man. He speaks with dignity and grace about what happened to him. He doesn’t...

R.I.P. Master Chief

Or so we are told, anyway: OK, look, Microsoft isn’t so stupid as to kill off the iconic face of its most important, lucrative, and powerful revenue-generating franchise and brand. I have no doubt that this is part of the HALO 5 plotline; I also have no...

Blue Team just set a new standard in badassitude

This game is, indeed, going to be amazing. I cannot wait to experience this latest addition to my beloved HALOverse. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share...

#DraftBillWhittle

Enough said. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Email a link...

Seriously, which part?

I don’t necessarily agree with Texans about everything. (Gridiron, for instance, is incomprehensible to me; Texans view it as the most highly evolved form of competition yet invented by Mankind. I might be more inclined to agree with them, if only someone...