Constellations, Pocket Books’ anthology celebrating Star Trek‘s 40th-anniversary, has begun appearing in bookstores and shipping from online vendors. My contribution to the volume, “Make-Believe,” closes out the book. When an Enterprise shuttle crashlands on an alien planet, to what ends will Captain Kirk go to find his men? Why is the welfare of his crewContinue reading “On "Make-Believe"”
Monthly Archives: August 2006
On Star Trek: Legacy
The new issue of Game Informer came in the mail yesterday, and inside was a one-page preview on this fall’s new Star Trek game, Legacy, for the PC and the XBox 360 coming from Bethesda Softworks. This isn’t the first preview Game Informer has done–several months ago they published a cover article on the game.Continue reading “On Star Trek: Legacy”
On Hard-Earned Wisdom
Just because they’re called “hiking sandals,” that doesn’t mean that you should go hiking wearing them. Oww! Bottoms of feet hurt! Oww!
On PlayStation 3 Shortages
It should come as no surprise to anyone, but Sony’s PlayStation 3 will be in tight supply after its launch on November 17th. Why? Because Sony has yet to manufacture a single unit for consumer purchase. According to an article posted at the Register: Speaking to US website Gamespot, Sony Computer Entertainment America president KazContinue reading “On PlayStation 3 Shortages”
On Packing
I'm enjoying a cup of mint tea, though it occurs to me that I really should have fixed a pot of coffee instead — I feel a caffeine migraine demanding attention. I slept in this morning. Well, it passed for sleeping in. I rolled out of bed at quarter to ten. That's late for me.Continue reading “On Packing”
On the Last Day
Today's my last day at EB Games. A number of managers got together last night at a local bar as a kind of going-away get-together. One manager left last week, I'm leaving today, another's moving to Pittsburgh (though staying with the company) in two weeks. It was the last hurrah, basically. It was good. IContinue reading “On the Last Day”
Still More on Constellations
I’d thought I’d posted my last pre-release posting on Constellations, the 40th-anniversary Star Trek anthology, two weeks ago with the announcement of the anthology’s contents and running order. I’d thought, at the time, that my next posting would be a comments-thread for “Make-Believe,” my story in the volume. But no! There’s more pre-release news. FromContinue reading “Still More on Constellations”
On Baseball's Losing Ways
Wrote Garrison Keillor recently: It dawns on me that my Minnesota Twins do better if I’m not there cheering for them. I leave town and they have a big winning streak. I go to a game, and our pitcher gets in trouble right away, our clutch hitters hit into double plays with the bases loaded.Continue reading “On Baseball's Losing Ways”
On Monday
Today. Today was the hard day. Today was the day I made the difficult phone calls to colleagues I've worked with for years. Half were happy for me that I was leaving and getting out. Even the knowledge that, as of right now, I've no job lined up didn't temper that excitement. It was, oneContinue reading “On Monday”
On the LiveJournal Feed
Some people read this website through a LiveJournal feed set up a few years by a friend of mine. Occasionally people reply to posts there. I don’t usually see those replies–it’s not often that I check the LJ feed. If you have a comment to make on something I’ve said, please come visit allyngibson.net andContinue reading “On the LiveJournal Feed”