Bensley

May 20

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May 16

May 05

May 03

Anonymous asked: are you going to the beatles: the lost concert" movie when it comes out next month?

Never heard of it.

This sounds suspiciously like an attempt at sneaky online marketing. Clever.

May 01

I was talking about the illegal arms dealer Nicholas Cage plays in Lord of War.

Apr 29

Apr 06

Awesome excerpt from upcoming novel Star Wars: Scoundrels

One shot was all Falsta got. An instant later his blaster was pointed harmlessly at the ceiling, frozen in place by Chewbacca’s iron grip around both the weapon and the hand holding it.

That should have been the end of it. Falsta should have conceded defeat, surrendered his blaster, and walked out of the cantina, a little humiliated but still alive.

But Falsta had never been the type to concede anything. Even as he blinked furiously at the ale still running down into his eyes, his left hand jabbed like a knife inside his jacket and emerged with a small hold-out blaster.

He was in the process of lining up the weapon when Han shot him under the table. Falsta fell forward, his right arm still raised in Chewbacca’s grip, his hold-out blaster clattering across the tabletop before it came to a halt. Chewbacca held that pose another moment, then lowered Falsta’s arm to the table, deftly removing the blaster from the dead man’s hand as he did so.

For a half dozen seconds Han didn’t move, gripping his blaster under the table, his eyes darting around the cantina. The place had gone quiet, with practically every eye now focused on him. As far as he could tell no one had drawn a weapon, but most of the patrons at the nearest tables had their hands on or near their holsters.

Chewbacca rumbled a warning. “You all saw it,” Han called, though he doubted more than a few of them actually had. “He shot first.”

Scoundrels Cover

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Apr 05

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Apr 03

vendettavendetta replied to bensley’s photo.

Hey Ben, read the books. Gosh.

If I read the books, it’ll spoil the series. If I watch the series, it’ll spoil the books.

I guess the obvious solution is to read the books while watching the series at 1/10th speed..

Determined to remain spoiler-free for the next ten weeks.

Determined to remain spoiler-free for the next ten weeks.

Mar 31

This little girl was pretty cute. When I told her to watch out for the ants, she said “You should dead them with your shoe!”

This little girl was pretty cute. When I told her to watch out for the ants, she said “You should dead them with your shoe!”

Mar 30

“It must be said that widescreen TVs have not been kind to the notion of split-screen gaming. With the horizontal split, you end up working with an aspect ratio more commonly associated with fortune cookie papers.” — Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw

(Source: escapistmagazine.com)

Mar 18

I consolidated all my digital photos into a neat Lightroom catalog.
I should have done this ages ago. It’s awesome having them all so super-organised and easy to get to.

I consolidated all my digital photos into a neat Lightroom catalog.

I should have done this ages ago. It’s awesome having them all so super-organised and easy to get to.

Mar 14

Just witnessed the return of Darth Maul on The Clone Wars.
He’s literally insane.

Just witnessed the return of Darth Maul on The Clone Wars.

He’s literally insane.

Mar 13