adventure – Bret Allen

6:48 pm
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Filed in: Writing
Tagged as: adventure, Book, nabila fairuz, pirate, Review, shelly manhar, ya

The Chronicles of Captain Shelly Manhar

A book review!

Last year, I was honoured to be contacted by and interviewed by a fellow author, Nabila Fairuz. You can see her interview here on her blog, in fact. Nabila was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and moved to Canada in 2009, attending university in Ottowa. A passionate writer, Nabila has recently produced her first novel, the Chronicles of Captain Shelly Manhar (which you can buy here at Amazon). She kindly gave me a copy to review, so that’s what I’m about to do!

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1:02 pm
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Filed in: Games, Writing
Tagged as: adventure, Book, CYOA, Fantasy, free, game, goth, hipster, magic, play, quest, read, RPG, spoof

Hipster Quest Needs Testers!

Hold onto your pelvis, something stylish and aloof this way comes…

Over the last year I’ve dropped the odd hint about a game I’ve been working on- not a sexy paid gig for a AAA title, but a personal project. A labour of love. A portfolio piece which provided me with equal Kevin (Sewerditch rhyming slang for ‘consternation’) and amusement. Introducing…

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10:12 pm
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Filed in: Games, Reviews
Tagged as: adventure, Android, doris, dragon, indie, iOS, Mobile, puzzle

Review of Doris and the Dragon

Of Dragons and Dorisi

Did I miss a week? DID I? Got a review for you, but this one without a gist comic, because it’s a mobile game and it felt better to just show you the damn screens instead of trying to be clever.

Because it’s not my forte.

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