Spot Reviews 08/12/22
Aug 12 2022
Blog - Teylen's RPG Corner [+] I don't have an opinion on his blog other than his Crowdfunding Collection entries which are weekly to monthly updates of table-top RPG projects. He has it by categories with pictures, short description and links. Tightly focused on the Kickstarter/IndieGoGo sub-topics that I'm interested in. He's been doing it for several years and is very consistent.
Novel - Count Zero (1986) [+] William Gibson's second novel in the Sprawl Trilogy has three plots that intertwine at the end a bit. (1) Corporate merc soldier Turner leads a team to extract a scientist from a megacorp but it's his daughter instead Turner decides to try to protect her from both her parent corp and his employers. (2) First time hacker Bobby Newmark, self-styled "Count Zero", almost dies in his first run but is saved by a mysterious AI and now people are after him wanting to know what he knows. (3) Former art gallery owner Marly Krushkova is hired by the richest man on Earth, Josef Virek, to find the creator of these mysterious art boxes... I read this book after the other two and the connections are kind of loose though there is a bit of an arc but main characters don't recur. It's a good read and foundational for the cyberpunk genre.
TV Show - First Kill #1.1 to #1.3 (2022) [-] High school drama about a Juliette Fairmont (Sarah Catherine Hook), a vampire from a distinguished lineage, becomes infatuated with Calliope Burns (Imani Lewis) who turns out to be a vampire hunter from a family of hunters. They fall in love and have to hide their secret from each other's families... Great concept but definitely aimed at much younger audience than me.
Novel - Count Zero (1986) [+] William Gibson's second novel in the Sprawl Trilogy has three plots that intertwine at the end a bit. (1) Corporate merc soldier Turner leads a team to extract a scientist from a megacorp but it's his daughter instead Turner decides to try to protect her from both her parent corp and his employers. (2) First time hacker Bobby Newmark, self-styled "Count Zero", almost dies in his first run but is saved by a mysterious AI and now people are after him wanting to know what he knows. (3) Former art gallery owner Marly Krushkova is hired by the richest man on Earth, Josef Virek, to find the creator of these mysterious art boxes... I read this book after the other two and the connections are kind of loose though there is a bit of an arc but main characters don't recur. It's a good read and foundational for the cyberpunk genre.
TV Show - First Kill #1.1 to #1.3 (2022) [-] High school drama about a Juliette Fairmont (Sarah Catherine Hook), a vampire from a distinguished lineage, becomes infatuated with Calliope Burns (Imani Lewis) who turns out to be a vampire hunter from a family of hunters. They fall in love and have to hide their secret from each other's families... Great concept but definitely aimed at much younger audience than me.