Karsa Orlong Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I've never heard of it. Do tell! . It's a side-scrolling platform survival horror game. I think Currently trying to get Path of Exile running on my pc. So many patches needed to get it going But it's free, so shouldn't complain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Noooo I have enough games I want to play - not to mention books to read! - so please don't give me any more! I'll have to start a TBP list at this rate. They both look awesome, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Still haven't got Path of Exile running. I think it's up to about 15 patches now. Why it doesn't just auto-patch up to the latest version I don't know. Instead you have to log out, update, log in, attempt to launch the game, then get a message saying it needs a patch, log out, update, log in, attempt to launch the game, rinse and repeat It had better be good when it runs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Still haven't got Path of Exile running. I think it's up to about 15 patches now. Why it doesn't just auto-patch up to the latest version I don't know. Instead you have to log out, update, log in, attempt to launch the game, then get a message saying it needs a patch, log out, update, log in, attempt to launch the game, rinse and repeat It had better be good when it runs I remember having a problem with the patches on my Neverwinter Nights. It kept saying it needed updating, and I kept doing it, then it said it needed updating again etc . . . Eventually I realised I'd somehow been installing and re-installing the same patch again and again. And again. I hope it's good. Let me know when you get it running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Deadlight is currently £2.49 on Steam until November 1st. Just sayin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 I could buy half of a book with that money, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 No I don't, and you might want to create a separate post for this sort of thing rather than just dumping your requests in other people's reading logs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I could buy half of a book with that money, though. Must be a cheap book by today's prices No I don't, and you might want to create a separate post for this sort of thing rather than just dumping your requests in other people's reading logs. Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Must be a cheap book by today's prices Well, maybe not a Waterstones book, but the average price for a paperback on Amazon is around 5-6 quid. Eh? Oh, it was some new guy spam-posting about a book he couldn't find. Mods must have deleted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I hate to add to your troubles, but I highly recommend buying deadlight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Deadlight is currently £2.49 on Steam until November 1st. Just sayin' I hate to add to your troubles, but I highly recommend buying deadlight! Are you people on commission? I think I may have to add this to the ever-growing Christmas list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Noooo I have enough games I want to play - not to mention books to read! - so please don't give me any more! I'll have to start a TBP list at this rate. x Mine got big and after having too little energy and at some point interest in playing many games I decided to buy less of them, since last year. Since then I haven't bought a lot of games (okay, still some, but not a lot). I don't miss it so much most times, though I'm still curious about some of the titles on my "TBP" as you call it. Video games really tire me out though so somehow just that fact makes me reluctant to play some of those that I know will make me feel really bad after 30-60 mins of playing them. At the moment I'm playing Pokémon X on the 3DS and am really enjoying that. It's not so tiring for me so that's good. x Still haven't got Path of Exile running. I think it's up to about 15 patches now. Why it doesn't just auto-patch up to the latest version I don't know. Instead you have to log out, update, log in, attempt to launch the game, then get a message saying it needs a patch, log out, update, log in, attempt to launch the game, rinse and repeat x This sounds like a right pain in the ! I find it annoying when things don't work as they're supposed to, and would probably have given up on it unless I was really interested in it (I don't know Path of Exile, the name does ring a bell though..). I hope you can get it to work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 The Gemmell Awards were held tonight. Both Mark Lawrence and Joe Abercrombie lost out to Brent Weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 That's just wrong! Not that I've read any of Weeks's books to know any better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 I know. I sincerely hope Lightbringer is good enough to have earned it. Guess I'll find out when I read it. Poor Mark Lawrence. He really wanted to win the axe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 He probably won't win it for Emperor either, cos I'm guessing Bloodsong will be nominated next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 It depends on whether Bloodsong is shortlisted for 'best debut novel' as well as the Legend award. I do hope he wins it for Emperor (he deserves it), but if not then at least we know he'll still have other books that may be nominated in the future! John Gwynne won this year's debut award with Malice, by the way, which I really will have to read soon. And Red Country won the award for best cover art! I wonder which ones will be nominated next year. --strokes chin thoughtfully-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Bloodsong is so Gemmell-like it could almost have been written by the great man himself, that's why I suspect it'll get a lot of votes, providing it's nominated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 Bloodsong is so Gemmell-like it could almost have been written by the great man himself, that's why I suspect it'll get a lot of votes, providing it's nominated I'm sure it will be, given the amount of praise it's received from different quarters. It's another one I'm looking forward to reading next year - once I've bought it, that is. (I'd be voting for it to win just so I could go over to SFF Chronicles and laugh .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I'm sure it will be, given the amount of praise it's received from different quarters. It's another one I'm looking forward to reading next year - once I've bought it, that is. (I'd be voting for it to win just so I could go over to SFF Chronicles and laugh .) Bunch of snobs they are They wouldn't have voted for Mark Lawrence or Joe, either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 Review: 'Tomorrow the Killing' by Daniel Polansky The Dren War ended fifteen years ago. Some soldiers came home heroes, while others came back bitter, broken and without a future. Many didn’t make it back at all. Roland Montgomery, hero of the war, was brutally murdered and his body dumped behind a brothel. Years later, his death still haunts Warden, once Montgomery’s soldier and friend. Now Montgomery’s sister Rhaine has disappeared, after asking one too many awkward questions about his death. But Warden knows whose hand is lifted against whom, where the blood flows and where the bodies fall. He’ll find Rhaine. But he’ll also find the returning past to be a bloody, vengeful and unforgiving mistress. The Straight Razor Cure was Polansky’s debut novel, and was a gritty and gripping introduction to the Low Town series. Tomorrow the Killing is even more impressive than its predecessor: it is dark and compelling and delves more deeply into Warden’s past, focusing particularly on his service during the Great War. This second instalment in the Low Town novels is set three years after the events of the first, and places a much greater emphasis on Warden’s attitude to the war: his voice comes across a lot more strongly and the overriding tone is one of grim cynicism, which is perfect for the purposes of the story.The characters – new and recurring – feel a lot more developed here, and I found myself liking (and hating) them a lot more than the characters in Razor. I felt revulsion towards the drug-addled crime lord Adisu the Damned, a mixture of anger and sympathy for war ‘hero’ Adolphus, derision and amusement at every appearance of the goons Roussel and Rabbit. The dialogue is sharp and witty, and Warden’s dry one-liners are a frequent source of humour. Most importantly, I began to understand the protagonist a little better. Tomorrow the Killing gives us a lot more to chew over in our attempts to understand Warden’s motives and attitudes, and it’s at this point where we start to experience an interesting mixture of sympathy and antipathy towards our anti-hero: antipathy, because the way he mishandles his relationships and deals with his problems is so different from how we imagine we would behave in his situation; sympathy, because we can totally understand why someone would react in such a way and how easy it would be to set foot on Warden’s downward spiral.One of the shining aspects of Tomorrow the Killing is the way in which it deals with the impact of history upon the present day. Polansky draws on an issue that will always be relevant in any world, real or fictional, and presents several layers of conflict very cleverly. He has the Warden’s regret-tinged struggle to come to terms with his own participation in the war; Adolphus’ desperate attempts to regain glory for the veterans in spite of Warden’s opposing attitude; both men fighting to instil their respective attitudes on young Wren; and of course the general impossibility of reconciling the glorified speeches and broadsheet stories with the horrific experiences actually lived through by the soldiers. This is all done so well that we’re never sure whether either side is entirely right or wrong. The plot is fast-paced and clever; Warden has stepped up his game in the time since the events of The Straight Razor Cure - perhaps because the new events are so close to home - and he tirelessly orchestrates schemes within plots within ideas, running circles around his adversaries (and other people who just happen to get in the way). Warden is revealed to be ruthless and more cunning than suggested by the previous novel, and the way Polansky manipulates events to their inevitable fiery yet poignant conclusion is tense, exciting and masterfully done.My rating: 4.5/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 Bunch of snobs they are They wouldn't have voted for Mark Lawrence or Joe, either IT'S ALL THEIR FAULT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 IT'S ALL THEIR FAULT!!! Or . . . . . . Maybe the Weeks book is that good Just sayin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 Or . . . . . . Maybe the Weeks book is that good Just sayin' Hmm. I suppose it's a possibility . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timstar Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Great reviews, hope you enjoy the new one just as much. I started The Straight Razor Cure this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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