I expect No Man's Sky will be a great game. However, neither Hello Games nor Sony can be proud of the way they have communicated with the people who want to play it.
That Ken Livingstone 'remembered' Hitler's support for Zionism perfectly demonstrates how politicians use misinformation and coded language to appeal to anti-semites whilst pretending to abhor racism.
Why do writers assert that minorities are under-represented in nominations for Academy Awards, when they only cite Black actors, and never actors from other minorities?
In his Culture novels, Iain M. Banks depicted a utopian society which has a 'way' and a sense of destiny akin to those found in religion. The second of these novels, The Player of Games, illustrates how Banks' atheism did not stop him believing that certain moral values will inevitably prevail.
Western apologists for radical Islamic terror should stop blaming the victims, and start addressing the perpetrators and supporters of terror who live in the West.
Director Christopher Nolan said he wanted to inspire future astronauts with the science in his film. But then why are the protagonists so dependent on beings and forces they do not understand?
Baroness Lane-Fox had a cunning plan to get herself a new job. She asked the British public - via friends at the BBC - to sign a petition demanding the Prime Minister put her in charge of a new and aimless internet quango. Not surprisingly, the public ignored her.
The tragic crash of Germanwings flight 4U 9525 has again highlighted why society needs to better understand mental health... and demonstrated why this goal cannot be realized via the sensational speculation that always surrounds dramatic incidents.
Modern films have fallen into the lazy habit of using recreations of television news as a crutch for explaining the plot. The best filmmakers approach the news in a very different way.
This website showcases content created by Eric Priezkalns, who also uses the pen name Ray Blank when writing science fiction. It includes stories, essays, poems, short films and audio recordings.
