Author: Richard Parry

My Top Five Cyberpunk Games

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I’ve been turning my nostalgia to overload because of my upcoming release, Chromed: Upgrade. Some of that’s been books, or movies, but today’s post is about video games. I’m looking forward to Cyberpunk 2077 in the same way a heroin addict hungers for their next hit, but we’re not there yet. If you want a little fix before CDPR’s next thing, give these a look. 5: Shadowrun: Hong Kong Shadowrun: Hong Kong is the latest in HairbrainedScheme’s franchise, and the best of the bunch. No prior experience with the previous two games is required. This is rich, gritty, full of story, and takes its time to get to the heart of the story. My only real complaint is this is more like a novel than a game; there’s a lot of reading required, but it’ll reward you. ACG’s take is Read More …

I Don’t Deserve the Friends I Have

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I got older last month. I mean, I get older all the time, but got an excuse to celebrate it on my incept date as we did another turn around Earth’s star. One of the things I hungered for was the Horizon: Zero Dawn messenger bag. This is a beautiful product, and ever since a friend of mine showed hers off, I wanted one. Let’s face it, my office is 100% mobile, so this is the equivalent of a Lexus for a company vehicle. But — and there’s always a but — New Zealand suppliers were out of stock. Seems it’s a special order item from Germany. Anyway, my most excellent friend fell on her sword and sent me hers. It’s fantastic!

A Pleasant All Hallow’s Eve To You 🎃

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This is one of my world famous emails, originally sent Thursday 1 November. I appreciate the title of this blog post is probably out of whack as Halloween’s long sailed, but it’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to. Also, the excerpt’s been removed from this because of KU requirements! If you want to get all the juice, all the time, get on the list. It’s possible I caught you at a bad time. I appreciate because timezones™ it might not be Halloween for you, but hey, it’s the thought that counts. Today, we’ve got just two things to discuss. Because it’s Halloween, a short video that gave me the creeps, By popular demand (!), a talk on release pricing, and I’d like you to check out my latest, Chromed Upgrade. TL;DR: If this all seems to hard, Read More …

This Is Very Important: Penny Dreadful’s Returning

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So, I saw this today: https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/01/penny-dreadful-sequel-series-city-of-angels-announced (Actually, I saw it first on Twitter, but the IGN link provides a little more substance…) Eeeee….….eeeeeeE……eeeee……EeeeeEEeee… Also, Eva Green was the best thing about this series, so for the love of god get some jumper cables and get her out of the ground. https://t.co/u0id2sgZ1E — Richard Parry (@ParryForte) November 1, 2018 This is excellent news. I suspect getting Eva Green back won’t be possible based on the IGN text, but a guy can dream, right?

It’s Now Safe To Talk About Christmas

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October’s behind us, which means my birthday is also behind us. You can stop sending me gifts for my incept date and start planning my seasonal loot haul. What do you mean, this isn’t about me? Okay, okay. Let’s take a slight tangent toward retailer recommendations and see where we end up. You might be feeling a little lost if you’re an Amazon shopper, wanting books for a loved one. You look in the genres. You try and find something in the top ten that looks rad. In sci-fi, you find nothing but bare-chested romance. Cyberpunk is a trash fire of lit-RPG romance. Hell, romance is everywhere. Here, I’m going to: Show you the problem, then Give you my top five solutions. Let’s rock. A good friend and I were having wine (and beer, and…) the other night. We agreed Read More …

Should You NaNoWriMo?

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No. Wait, you want something better than that? Okay. I entered, and “won,” NaNo back in 2014. I was itching to write a cool, edgy cyberpunk book. I’d originally titled it Uplinked, but after conversation with my wife that changed to Upgrade. I had so, so many ideas for this book. Bionics. Particle cannons. Plasma weapons. Always online, always ready. Love. Hope. The people lost in the cracks. I would do William Gibson proud, man. A little peer pressure crept in. October of that same year, a few friends were talking big about how they’d win NaNo. I’d never heard of NaNo, thought, “How hard can it be?” and wrote Upgrade (or a hyooooge chunk of it) during November. Despite knocking something like 65,000 words out of the park during NaNo, well in excess of the 50k threshold, I discovered Read More …

Timeless Values

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Way down here in New Zealand, we didn’t get spontaneous applause because we’re very British. Having said that, I might admit to giving a small fist-pump when Cap came on in Infinity War. Evans’ portrayal of the hero is exceptional. Worldwide reach shouldn’t be dimmed by the use of “America” in his name; I mean, hell, the values Cap stands for go well beyond an individual country. Having spent over three months re-editing and writing my cyberpunk Future Forfeit stories, I drove myself into a state of hopelessness. It might be time to dust off the First Avenger and get a little hopeful reminder.