Review Archives - Martin Stellinga

Picard

In 2018, Patrick Stewart made an appearance at the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention to reveal he would star in a new TV show: Picard. I watched the show recently.

Artemis Fowl, the movie

I read the first Artemis Fowl book years ago, and found it refreshing. The movie… not so much, to put it mildly. Let’s have a look.

I watched the first episode of Van Helsing a year or so ago. I’m not a big fan of survival horror TV shows, so after that first episode it sat on my ‘to watch’ list. After Dracula, I decided to start watching again, if only to get the taste of bad vampire show out of my mouth.

The Sword of Truth: fascist, misogynistic and racist

When I read the first book of the Sword of Truth series, over twenty years ago, I thought it was great. Over time my opinion changed, a lot. I mentioned the books last week, and elsewhere, so about time for an analysis.

Divinity: Original Sin 2

Divinity: Original Sin is one of those roleplaying games that wasn’t really on my radar when it came out. I’d purchased a copy of part 2 recently at a sale, and was somewhere on my ‘to play’ list. Then, covid came around and the Gloomhaven campaign my friends and I were playing fell apart. To ease the pain, we’ve been playing Divinity: Original Sin 2 in co-op.