Ever wondered what it takes to score original music for blockbuster video games? Learn from six of the industry’s most accomplished composers with diverse musical backgrounds as they share their experiences and discuss the craft of scoring music for some of the biggest franchises in interactive entertainment. Featuring multiple award-winning composers Jason Graves (Tomb Raider, [… read more]
Unraveling Elizabeth Norris Rating: A+ This review can also be found at http://falln2books.blogspot.com/2012/03/unraveling-by-elizabeth-norris.html Synopsis from goodreads.com: Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed—as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows, she’s [… read more]
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and one woman will get her revenge this April when Sexy Evil Genius arrives on DVD, Digital Download and Video on Demand on April 9 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Starring Seth Green (Austin Powers franchise), Katee Sackhoff (TV’s “Battlestar Galactica”), William Baldwin (Backdraft), Michelle Trachtenberg (TV’s “Gossip Girl”) [… read more]
Skies of Steel Zoe Archer Rating: B This review can also be found at http://falln2books.blogspot.com/2012/10/skies-of-steel-by-zoe-archer.html Synopsis: In the world of The Ether Chronicles, the Mechanical War rages on, and appearances are almost always deceiving . . . The prim professor Daphne Carlisle may be a scholar, but she’s far more comfortable out in the field than [… read more]
PAX Naga Theatre, Boston. Saturday, March 23rd 2.30pm – 3.30pm Jason Graves is a British Academy (BAFTA) Award-winning composer who has brought his passion for music to franchises such as Tomb Raider and Dead Space. Crystal Dynamics entrusted Graves with their innovative reboot of the iconic Tomb Raider franchise, giving him creative freedom to infuse [… read more]
Timepiece Myra McEntire Rating: C- This review can also be found at http://falln2books.blogspot.com/2012/05/timepiece-by-myra-mcentire.html Synopsis from goodreads.com: A threat from the past could destroy the future. And the clock is ticking… Kaleb Ballard’s relentless flirting is interrupted when Jack Landers, the man who tried to murder his father, timeslips in and attacks before disappearing just as quickly. [… read more]
Award-winning film, TV and video game composer Jamie Christopherson (Lost Planet 1 & 2, Spiderman: Web of Shadows) was commissioned by PlatinumGames to write both the score and songs for Konami’s upcoming action title developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames Inc., METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE. Albums of both will be available on February 19th, the [… read more]
Hourglass Myra McEntire Rating: A+ This review can also be found at http://falln2books.blogspot.com/2012/01/hourglass-by-myra-mcentire.html Description from goodreads.com: One hour to rewrite the past . . . For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn’t there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her [… read more]
Unravel Me Tahereh Mafi Rating: A+ This review can also be found at http://falln2books.blogspot.com/2013/01/unravel-me-by-tahereh-mafi.html Synopsis: tick, tick, tick, tick, tick it’s almost time for war. Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance. She’s finally free from The [… read more]