Monthly Archives: August 2020

Watching the Netflix videogame docu-series, High Score, is not like watching a Ken Burns documentary. First, there are no slow pans over old photos while Peter Coyote narrates. And each episode only clocks in around 40 minutes — not 40 hours, so High Score is easy to binge.

I’m ready to go. My cargo bay is filled with medical supplies and rare materials. I’m fueled up and systems are green. I adjust my headset, take a second to appreciate this new ship’s gleaming interior, and, after a final go-ahead by the station’s administrator, pull up on the controller, press forward on my thrusterContinue reading “Despite the Star Chores, Elite Dangerous is a Fun VR Space Adventure”

You might recall the ninja boom of the early 80s. Sho Kosugi, Storm Shadow, and, errr, Lee Van Cleef. Every kid wanted to be a ninja back then. I wanted to be a ninja back then. Or at least get a couple of throwing stars.