Book of the Week: Console Wars.

I’m only about a quarter of the way through Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation, but it’s gripping reading.  Sufficiently gripping that you should probably pick it up.  The funny part? I was growing up during all of this, and I still somehow missed it… oh, right, my parents didn’t let us have video game consoles in the house. Which was probably wise.  On the other hand, my eldest is starting to make some SWEET stuff in Minecraft.

And so, adieu to Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary.  Which is still sitting on the desk at home, tanjit.  Oops…

Book of the Week: “Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary.”

OK, I admit it: I’m saving JRR Tolkien’s Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary for Pennsic.  Gotta have something to read while I’m waiting for the rain to stop, the dancing to start, or the beer to get cold. But my wife read it, and she liked it, and shoot, it’s JRR Tolkien.  It’s not like I’m taking some kind of hideous risk here.

And so, adieu to A Matter for Men, which was apparently a touch more, ah, controversial a choice than I had hitherto imagined. Continue reading Book of the Week: “Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary.”