a review by Nalini Haynes Paloma is the central character of the Hedgehog, an 11 year old girl who has decided to commit suicide on …
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Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing (animated short)
A review by Nalini Haynes The Lost Thing is a move based on the book by the same name. A boy is on the beach …
Joffa the Movie
a review by Nalini Haynes Starring: Jeff ‘Joffa’ Corfe and Shane Co-Starring: The Gold Jacket & The Volvo Joffa the Movie: Joffa and Shane are …
Save the Murlocs
a review by Nalini Haynes Save the Murlocs is a druid-run organisation, working towards saving murlocs since 2009. A World of Warcraft reference but the video …
V Evolution
a review by Nalini Haynes Distributor: V Republic Release: 6 October 2010 V Evolution is an online game, available for login or demo. I looked at …
Knights of the Old Republic
a review by Daniel Haynes Developed by Bioware Published by LucasArts, 2003 Gameplay: 8 Storyline: 10 Graphics: 7 Sound/Music/Score: 10 Overall (Not an average): 9.5 Set …
This is not a game by Walter Jon Williams
a review by Nalini Haynes Walter Jon Williams’ This is not a game may not be a game but it is an epic science fiction …
Hamlet’s Blackberry by William Powers
a review by Nalini Haynes In Hamlet’s Blackberry, William Powers looks at our lives in this digital age, from the perspective of someone who has …
Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw
a review by Nalini Haynes Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw begins with Jim, in second year college learning combat magic. A neighbouring college attacks in the hope …
Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
a review by Nalini Haynes The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson is written with the initial focus on 3 main characters, Szeth, Kaladin and Shallan. …
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
a review by Nalini Haynes I Shall Wear Midnight is the fourth in the Tiffany Aching series, Discworld stories for younger readers (aimed at older …
Bird King and other sketches by Shaun Tan
a review by Nalini Haynes The Bird King and other sketches is a collection of sketches or less developed works by Shaun Tan. Tan has …
And Another Thing . . . by Eoin Colfer
a review by Nalini Haynes And another thing is part 6 of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian and …
RUtopia: An artist talk by Marshall Bell
by Nalini Haynes RUtopia was the closing talk of the Changing the climate: Utopia, Dystopia and catastrophe conference on Monday afternoon was Marshall Bell conducting …
Armageddon 2009
Long before Dark Matter was a twinkle in my eye, and a year after moving to Melbourne, I attended my first Armageddon Expo. Here are …