So I’ve been playing Mass Effect Andromeda blind. And I’ve been intending to upload that as a Let’s Play. And yes, I play gay men where possible because after spending nearly twenty years pretending to be straight I don’t see why I should have to do it in a video game. Bioware, as a studio …
Category: Reviews
Nov 22
Restaurant Review: Chat Thai
The stand out new dining experience for me in Sydney was Chat Thai in the new city Westfield shopping centre. One of a growing chain of restaurants boasting authentic Thai food, my friend Mel and I chose it on her recommendation, and because it had a queue out the front. We’d just completed the harbour …
Nov 18
Restaurant Review: Mamak
On my very first trip to Sydney I was told by my cover artist, Richard, that I had to try this Malaysian place that did excellent roti, which was interesting because prior to that I had never had any roti in Australia that came close to comparing to the flaky goodness that you find on …
Oct 16
Legally Blonde the Musical Preview, Wednesday 3rd of October
Legally Blonde the Musical is perhaps the biggest blockbuster musical to hit Australia since Wicked. Unlike Wicked, Legally Blonde hasn’t made it into our public consciousness, and as a result is a fresh, new and surprising show for the majority of those who see it. Coming to us via London’s West End, Australia has picked …
Oct 03
Scissor Sisters-Magic Hour Tour. Sydney 27th September Sydney
NB: This review was originally published at SameSame “I’m not objectum sexual but I am objectum-curious,” Ana Matronic shouts from the stage to the delight of the audience. “And if there’s one building I’d want to do, it’s the Sydney Opera House! So to be inside her tonight…” The Scissor Sisters in concert were both …
Apr 12
The Ease of Offending
I was recently given a copy of Glenn Cooper’s The Devil Will Come by a friend who works at a literary festival–it was a Speculative Fiction book, which is a genre he typically doesn’t read and one I often enjoy. Cooper’s book is centred around the Vatican and the Catholic faith, but unlike Dan Brown’s …
Mar 21
On Saving the Universe: Mass Effect 3 Review
Mass Effect 3, Bioware’s (alleged) finale to the Mass Effect Trilogy hit the shelves this March as one of the year’s most anticipated games. It has been lauded for it’s improved action sequences, branching narrative and there’s also currently a petition out there demanding that the ending be changed–after it already was changed due to …
Jul 01
The Secret of Talmor Manor @ Top2Bottom
Kathy of Top2BottomReviews has had a squizz at The Secret of Talmor Manor, and she’s given it a rating of four kisses (out of five) and the cover four out of five as well! “It didn’t take very long for me to find myself lost—all in the best way of course—in Matthew Lang’s The Secret …
May 15
Secret of Talmor Manor Review: 4 Cups at Coffee Time Romance
The Secret of Talmor Manor has been reviewed over at Coffee Time Romance and More, receiving a rating of 4 Cups for an outstanding read. “This story has both a great mystery and an even better mystical element to its plot. There is fantastic dialogue and debates between Jake and Nate, discussing everything from pagan …
May 01
MCV Review: The Secret of Talmor Manor
If you grab a copy of MCV this week, you’ll find a review of The Secret of Talmor Manor inside of it. ‘Pick up a work of gay fiction these days and you’re usually reading a novel about jaded, cashed-up yuppies, who talk about little more than which nightclub has the cutest busboys. But …
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