Short Stories and Scribbles
In no way do I own, or pretend to own X-COM or any of its names, subsidiaries etc. I just wanted to write something cool about an experience I had on an awesome game. Written by Will Barnard “Red alert! All staff report to their posts. All staff - …“ came an unfamiliar wounded …
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Today we send our intergalactic ship, The Dawn Treader, on its long voyage into the stars - to discover new hospitable worlds and possibly intelligent life. Its crew will look upon this vessel as their home and the world to which they live. They will care for it as it will care for them and …
Antara was sprinting as fast as her servos would allow, trying to keep up with Záakesh as, in his crazed state, he ploughed through the mass of red-skinned Tyranids, their white exoskeletal armour giving them no protection them from his warscythe as it carved its path. Without any thought of self-preservation, Záakesh had dived into …
“They’re our allies for the foreseeable future,” came Farseer Aramën’s thoughts telepathically through to Exarch Sarinah, the various spirits residing within him becoming conflicting voices over the meaning of the message as a host of Necron Warriors appeared in a flash of green in front of his Dire Avengers. As an Exarch of the Fallen …
The ground underneath Aramën’s boots shook as a bright light lit up the sky in the east as the traps the Eldar had left behind were set off by the first wave of Tyrandis crashing onto the planet. A cry of pain from the creatures caught in the blast soon followed, filling the air with …
Your listening to the radio and that new, hooky song comes on. You have a sing and dance about, and when it's finished you decide you're going to get the album to hear more stuff like it. You're about to encounter one of three possibilities: The rest of the album is nothing like the hit …
It had been many passes since Aramën had seen the Hive – since she had created the Hive, and she felt no less guilty now as she had been then. Its rate of growth had been faster than she predicted, much faster, and the velocity of its trajectory down to Fifé was staggeringly quick. As …
So Star Wars is coming out in less than a week...
“Autarch, the Humans are attempting to contact us.” “Let them speak,” Hama replied, striding into the centre of the Xamath’s command bridge as a short rotund Human appeared on the holo-screen. “This is Governor William Thorpe, requesting an audience with Farseer Aramën.” Adjusting his jaw to speak in the primitive Human language, Hama replied, “Farseer …
Quick roundup of what I've not had time to write about: Pixar's still got it, 5 star reviews of potential Oscar winners does not mean a good film, GeekDamon+Mars=Awesome, the world was/still is horrifically sexist and unequal and actually getting into see the film you want at the showing you chose before setting off is becoming …
