Author Archives: Nick

Old Photos of the Old West

I really enjoyed these photos of the American West taken in the 1860s and 70s.  The frontier at that time seems like a rough but amazing place. All these pictures make me want to play some Red Dead Redemption (though that game takes place a bit later in 1911).

Peter Weyland at TED2023

TED talks from the future; brilliant. Look, if you watch this and aren’t excited for the Prometheus; well maybe you’re the android. Also, more dramatic Guy Pierce please.  I feel like re-watching Memento now.

Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition

Baldur’s Gate 2 is my favorite game, so you can imagine my excitement when it was announced that it was being remastered along with it’s predecessor and respective expansion packs. Not much more info than that yet, but this launch holds so much potential and so many great memories for me that I’m already quite excited.  With this [...]

Spider Web Trees

It’s amazing and creepy when flooding causes spiders to cover entire trees and bushes with webs.  It’s happened recently in Pakistan and Australia. Update on March 20th: Even better pics from InFocus.

‘The Bourne Legacy’ Trailer

It’s Summer blockbuster preview time, and besides all the great looking comic book movies due out this summer, we’ve also go a new Bourne: The Bourne Legacy. So we’ve lost Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass but picked up greats like Jeremy Renner (finally getting another lead role), Rachel Weisz, and Edward Norton.  Plus we’ve got great characters returning [...]