Author: Larry Gent

  • Tuesday Test: Robin the Boy Wonder

    Welcome back to Tuesday Test.  Today we look at the most well-known, and best trained, sidekick in the entire world: Robin.  From Burt Ward to Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Robin has been…


  • Tuesday Test: Canadian Comedians

    Welcome Back to Tuesday Test.  This week’s topic goes out to the wave after wave of Canadian Comedians.  Movie favs from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles to Spaceballs and even Ghostbusters…


  • Tome of Geek: Trickster by Jeff Somers

    Today I am talking about Trickster by Jeff Somers. Trickster is an Urban Fantasy novel about magic in today’s society but unlike the rose coloured world of Harry Potter or…


  • Tome of Geek: Hell to Pay by Matthew Hughes

    There is something sad inside you when a series comes to end.  Some, like Wheel of Time or The Dresden Files, are long series that you’ve followed for many, many,…


  • Tome of Geek: The Grasslands by Kenneth Tam

    In today’s world there are lots of movies, like at least four, and thousands upon thousands of books and comics.  So this brings up a big issue – what do…


  • 42 Screens: Mirror’s Edge 2

    I have been waiting a long, long, long time for this game – LONG – and for a while I never thought I’d get it.  Mirror’s Edge peaked my interest…


  • 16 Life Lessons from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    Originally posted on Running In My Head: To Camelot! Friday’s inclement weather put a damper on my running plans. Normally I enjoy running in the rain, but when thunder and…


  • How To Write Historical Fiction

    Originally posted on Fickle Fascinations: ‘Inglourious Basterds’. When it comes to writing a good story there are no definite, concrete ‘RULES YOU MUST OBEY’. If you are a skilled enough writer,…


  • 42 Screens: Long Way for Sonic

    This year at E3 2013 they announced a new Sonic the hedgehog game (one that seems to have similar elements to Mario Galaxy).  Sonic Lost World for Wii U and…


  • Tome of Geek: Redshirts by John Scalzi

    I am going to review REDSHIRTS by John Scalzi.  In order to give this the review it deserves it will involve spoilers.  I’ll try to limit them but I can…