“Jason…” Jessica started, an abundance of caution making her choose her words extra carefully. Like she thought some kind of monster was lying dormant inside of me. “I know how you feel.” I huffed and took a sip of my coffee. “I’m serious!” she suddenly erupted. “You keep forgetting that I lost my mom and […]

Writing advice, like a lot of things, namely philosophical queries, story ideas, revelations on how I should tackle that next scene, ideas to flesh out my work, brief snippets of poems, you name it, all these things come to me in the shower. Here’s one of my most recent (hopefully) profound shower thoughts. Write the […]

Her lungs burned with each breath. Her heart wouldn’t stop pounding in her chest. Her fists ached; her muscles cried out from exhaustion. But still she stood. The last line of defense against the innumerable horde. Her eyes blazed with passion and life. If this were her time, she would die fighting, desperately beating back […]

A friend of mine by the name of Daniel Rumbell just published his first book on the Kindle Store. Now normally, I don’t like to shill for people. But because Dan’s a cool guy and I like him, I’m going to give him a shout-out on this here blog. Plus, he’s a fellow writer and […]

Well, this isn’t the first time, but enough time has passed that it certainly feels like it. I haven’t updated this blog in quite a while, due to my focus on the novel I’ve been writing for the past few months and will be finished with by the end of this month. At over 120,000 […]

As always, you can catch up on previous entries here. Enjoy! *          *          * Upon agreeing to accompany Cynthia wherever it was she needed to go, she immediately picked up her gun and quickly ascended the stairs to her room. I followed soon after. One of the great joys of being with her was showing […]

It’s ba-aaaaaaack! If you’re new to this whole thing and want to get caught up to speed, check out the first four chapters here. Enjoy! *          *          * Time seemed to stand still then. Cynthia and I stood, motionless in each other’s arms, for what seemed like an eternity. I could feel her quietly […]

I’ve written a few short stories recently, which I have posted on the Creative Writing page, linked above and here, for reference. Anyway, here are the stories I mentioned. As previously mentioned, these can all be found on the Creative Writing section of the site and that is where all my short stories or other […]

Gran Turismo 5, a game that was long speculated to be vaporware by many people within the gaming community, is finally here. Polyphony Digital’s follow up to 2005’s Gran Turismo 4, released on the PS2 was nearly six years in the making and has seen its fair share of publicity because of it. Expectations were […]

The summer is typically a time for Hollywood to dump its least intellectually stimulating but usually visually impressive movies into theatres nationwide in an effort to cash in on a largely ignorant populace that is all too eager to part with their hard earned money. Thankfully, Inception is not one of these films. While this […]

Editor’s Note: Halo 2 was released on the Xbox on November 9, 2004. Thus, I will be treating this review as if I am reviewing it in 2004. All comments are made in regards to the standards of that time period, as I don’t believe it is fair to review an older game in comparison […]

I’ll admit it; I’m not a huge fan of fighting games. I’ve never been a fan of memorizing long lists of combos and special moves for each of any one game’s roster of fighters, heck I’ve never been a fan of memorizing the combos for just my favorite characters. Thus, I’ve always been what is […]

I’ve written a new short story. I was inspired to write this one night in order to talk about  my somewhat…strange relationship with my Muse in a creative fashion. This isn’t a true story but I guess it’s based on all of my past troubles finding inspiration. It’s not a particularly interesting or exciting story, […]

The only question is, am I going to participate this year? Well, I’m going to give it a shot, but I still can’t be totally sure I’ll be able to make it to 50,000 words and be proud of the 50,000 words I’ve written. Ever since I found out about NaNoWriMo, I’ve been racking my […]

That’s National Novel Writing Month to the uninitiated and, long story short, I’ve been thinking of writing something this year. I found out about it back in late ’07 and while I thought I wanted to write something, I never got around to taking the project seriously. Last year, NaNoWriMo passed me by, without me […]

Hmm…I’m having a sort of dilemma in my writing. First, a little back story to get you up to speed on what this post is about. I’m in the process of writing a book from scratch. I’m also in the process of rewriting a book I started back in the eighth grade. What these books […]

Here’s a short story I wrote as a bit of a personal challenge, having been given three story prompts to include. A rave party A bottle of Smirnoff vodka A Piece of rope I’ve taken the liberty of creating a separate page just for that story so in the future, it will always be easy […]

The following is a small excerpt of my review of GRID, Codemasters’ second forray into the racing genre for the Xbox 360. “Following up their previous admirable efforts with their successor to the popular Colin McRae series of rally racing games, DIRT, Codemasters once again dives into the racing genre with another pseudo-successor; this time […]

Story in a Blog Chapter 3 I figured I’d also give you a bit of writer’s commentary as well to go alongside this entry…But be sure you read the chapter first! Well, I’m getting back to my traditional dialogue-heavy writing style with this entry. Since I was a youngster, I’ve always relied on a character’s […]

Prior to its release, Manhunt 2 was the subject of much controversy and scrutiny, having received an “Adult’s Only” rating from the ESRB. This taboo rating prompted console manufacturers, retail outlets and even entire countries to ban it from store shelves, well before it saw the light of day. As a result, this version of […]

I just wanted everyone to know that, just for kicks, I’ve created a new page on this site for the sole purpose of my Story in a Blog entries. If you’re interested in reading it, look no further than this link or, for a more permanent solution, look down a bit for the Story in […]

The following is a brief excerpt of my review of Dark Sector for the Xbox 360, one of the first titles announced for “next generation consoles” in 2004. “In 2004, one of the first games in development for next generation consoles was announced. This title was Dark Sector, originally slated to be a science fiction […]

Here’s an excerpt from my review of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the sequel to Rainbow Six Vegas, one of the best first person shooters to be released on the Xbox 360 in 2006. “Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is the second title in the Rainbow Six Vegas franchise to be released in a little over a […]

, After a little while of waiting, the interview I had with Craig Sullivan has finally been posted on Talk Xbox. Of course, this comes in addition to the Army of Two preview that was posted a little while ago. This was a big one for me and I can’t thank the guys at EA […]