by Adrian J. Watts on April 5, 2013, no comments
I haven’t had the world’s best luck getting into DC comics. I was born around the time the first Crisis on Infinite Earths event happened, so by the time I started reading I already had the “But what if they do another Crisis and all the stuff I’ve invested in is retconned?” feeling in the back of my head. [...]
by Adrian J. Watts on March 27, 2013, no comments
It has been a very, very long time since I have written anything productive, either for fun or profit. Recently, I became quite attached to an idea, plotted it all out, and decided to give it a fair go; I’ve set aside quite a chunk of writing time to get this project done. Today, I started. And… [...]
by Adrian J. Watts on March 26, 2013, no comments
Over the years, particularly my first couple of years at university, many people have been amazed by how I seem to be able to start writing as soon as I’m allowed. I don’t need to crack open books and look up references, or spend days studying and memorising information before an exam. I’m cool and [...]
by Adrian J. Watts on March 22, 2013, no comments
For a long time I’ve wanted to post about various comic characters and what I think of them. There hasn’t been much of a chance to segue into it, but I realised earlier today that with the recruitment system in Marvel: Avengers Alliance there is a chance to consider each character individually and think about how I [...]
by Adrian J. Watts on February 21, 2013, no comments
I occasionally come across things online that irritate me. Most of these things can be dismissed, as most people know they’re rubbish. But sometimes there’s a “perfect storm” that lets these things get to me – in this case, I’m very ill (so very irritable); the material is absurd; and it is published on a [...]
by Adrian J. Watts on January 17, 2013, one comment
I love Kasai Tomomi. In fact, I love both the Tomomis in AKB48, but Kasai is the one I love more, because she is so stunningly pretty. When her hair is off her face, at least; when they give her a fringe she looks strange, sometimes. Her new photobook, Tomo no koto, suki?, was supposed to be [...]
by Adrian J. Watts on January 9, 2013, no comments
Yes, yes, even I sometimes forget that I am a science nerd, but after waking up to the news every morning about the Tweed River being “choked” with blue-green algae, all I can think about are flamingos. Why? Well, have you ever stopped to wonder why flamingos are pink? You might imagine it is because [...]
by Adrian J. Watts on January 9, 2013, no comments
After initially being put off by it, I am now addicted to Marvel: Avengers Alliance on Facebook, to the point of planning work, meals, other hobbies and sleep around it. (Seriously – I adjust my alarm clock to make sure I wake up when a long remote ops deployment is finished so I can re-depoly ASAP.) [...]
by Adrian J. Watts on January 1, 2013, no comments
I just posted a list on Facebook of my favourite “new” things from 2012, and figured I’d also post it here – starting the new year by wrapping up the old! My top (new) things of 2012: MOVIES 1. The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Kamen Rider Fourze x OOO: Movie Taisen MEGAMAX 3. Dark Shadows 4. [...]
by Adrian J. Watts on November 6, 2012, no comments
I saw Dredd a couple of weeks ago. I am typically not a fan of UK comics, with the exception of the 1990s Marvel UK stuff and the 1980s Death’s Head, Transformers and Dragon’s Claws books by Simon Furman, but I saw this after hearing the eponymous character’s actor talking about how, in a costume like that of Judge Dredd, you [...]