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Angry Robot week in The Secret Lair – win books!

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Angry Robot, typing

I shall be doing a more proper update on what’s been going on in The Secret Lair shortly, but for now, know this: it is Angry Robot week in The Lair, and if you send us glorious haiku, you have a chance to win 5 of their books!

Angry Robot is an excellent UK-based publisher whose mission “is to publish the best in brand new genre fiction – SF, F and WTF?!” Apart from publishing excellent books, they are doing some seriously cool, innovative things, like their freshly announced WorldBuilder project. All this week, we’re taking a look at some of their novels and short stories, as well as doing several interviews and taking a closer look at their WorldBuilder initiative, so please join us.

All of this culminates in the Angry Robot Haiku Contest, which is taking submissions until 8pm EDT on Thursday, September 1st. The details and prize descriptions are here. Enter! Amuse us! Win great stories!

Duke, I’m over your antics

Friday, July 15th, 2011

My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate why anyone expecting Duke Nukem Forever to be successful is likely making a poor choice.

Hello? WHO’s there?

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate the WHO’s classification of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, such as those emitted by mobile phones, into the category of “possibly carcinogenic to humans”. (Hint – I disagree.)

so, you call yourself a “smartphone”… how smart are you, bub?

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, in which I clinically evaluate whether 2011 is the year when the smartphone can replace a full featured computer in terms of functionality.

a most rapturous card game

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, in which I clinically evaluate the card game Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer.

huge tracts of land

Monday, May 9th, 2011

My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, in which I clinically evaluate the card game Dominion.

there may be cake inside this Orange Box, but that might be a lie

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate my geek sin of never having played anything in The Orange Box, and how I have now sought indulgences for said sin.

now I wait 10 hours for a peasant to craft my healing potions

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate Dragon Age: Legends, the Facebook tie-in game to Dragon Age 2.

he chose… poorly

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate the Indiana Jones films through the retrospective lens of a random television marathon.

weekly rounds

Monday, February 1st, 2010
  • I think Laura said it best:

    Hello Feb 1! Can I pretend that this is the start of 2010 and that January didn’t happen?

    And so I shall leave it at that.

  • Apple also happened to announce a shiny new thing this past week. Ken encapsulates exactly why I’d want one, while Chris examines why the iPad (and, to a lesser extent, the entire Apple product line) are less “computers” and more “appliances”… and why that may be a bad thing.