Bandido

Here you have a quick picture I drew a few days ago. I had this idea to draw a fat bandit, and I started working on the picture immediately. The initial pencil sketch was quick and not fully realized, since I wanted to move in with the pen as soon as possible. The finished piece didn't take any time at all, and I had a lot of fun drawing it, so I hope you like it!

Assassin's Creed

Check out this Assassin's Creed-themed picture I drew the other day. I like how Ezio turned out, and the face of the soon-to-be-dead guard is pretty cool as well, I think. The funny thing about this picture is that the assassin is, as I said, Ezio, who is the main character in the second game, but his target is a guard from Damascus, a location featured in the first one. This means that this particular guard was alive about 300 years before Ezio was born, so I goofed big time. Maybe I'll fix this time paradox in my next picture. At any rate, I hope you like it!

Cuentos que fascinan

Acabo de terminar de leerme Mientras ellas duermen, una colección de cuentos e historias cortas de Javier Marías, uno de mis escritores favoritos. Excepto por El espejo del mártir, todos los relatos me han encantado, lo que suele ser normal cuando se trata de prosa salida de la máquina de escribir del escritor madrileño. En esta colección se mezcla lo fantástico, lo sobrenatural, lo mundano, lo inesperado, lo peor de la naturaleza humana, el humor, el sarcasmo, lo sorprendente, la burla, la emoción, y una docena más de temas y categorías que tanta facilidad parece tener Marías no sólo para tratar, sino para hacerlo de forma apasionante y cautivadora. Así que, si no habéis leído todavía nada por él escrito, no sabéis lo que os estáis perdiendo.

Beware of the Puker

Remember Dead Space, the fun survival horror I bought, enjoyed, and wrote about last year? Well, there's a sequel in the works, and G4TV got to interview one of the creators at this year's E3, and they showed a hands-on demo of Dead Space 2. I don't know about you, but I think it looks awesome, and I can't wait for it to come out in January, so check it out (there's some more footage here) and let us know what you think!

Ghosts in Love

I bought Chris Gonsalves’s Haunted Love thinking it was a collection of short stories about ghosts, and while this is true, I didn’t realize that all the stories in this entertaining book are supposed to be true. The author has compiled seventeen compelling stories in which love is always the reason the different ghosts haunt whatever places they appear in. The author doesn’t claim the stories are true, but he says the people who believe in them believe them to be true, an interesting caveat that I guess exonerates him even though I think it’s fairly obvious he does believe in these tales. True or not, it doesn’t really matter, because Haunted Love is choke-full of good stories, and I can’t but recommend it to everyone in the mood for some tragically romantic ghost stories.

Todos para uno

No os perdáis el trailer de Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, el tercer juego de la serie, que saldrá a la venta en noviembre. La segunda entrega de esta excelentísima saga salió en noviembre del año pasado, y aún no me he pasado ni la mitad del juego, todo por falta de tiempo que no de ganas ni interés. Al ritmo que llevo (y que lleva Ubisoft), parece que se me va a amontonar la faena. Esperemos que este tercer capítulo, secuela directa, al parecer, de ACII, sea tan bueno como su predecesor. De momento, aquí tenéis algo de gameplay. Enjoy!

Misanthropy

My girlfriend bought and quickly read People Are Unappealing, and urged me to follow suit. She said it was hilarious, and after reading it, I can only agree.

Sara Barron’s memoir is a very entertaining read, and it certainly shows how unappealing people can be. As a misanthrope myself, I found it easy to relate to her stories, to feel for her, and to laugh with her.

The book was a quick read, and I recommend it to everyone who wonders if they are alone in their dislike of their fellow humans. A great summer read!