When I first heard of this show I expected a strange, comedic rip on the "Underworld" movies. It turns out I was very wrong. "Being Human" has a very realistic feel to it, thanks to its low budget, I presume. But it somehow all works. Beyond the genre conventions there are certain details about the mythos behind each "race” that seem to be moving the show in a different direction from what I’ve seen before.

This one is for all my fellow MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) fans out there. There’s a brand, spanking new - so new it's in open beta testing - MMO out there that's not only FREE TO PLAY, but allows you to create characters of two races as large and in charge hairy, muscle bears!  The game is called Allods Online, created by a Russian company, and brought to the USA via F2P (free-to-play) by the video game company gPotato.  All free-to-play online games have a store where you can purchase either items for your characters or game enhancements such as extra experience points, or even extra characters…all for REAL money of course.

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This is what Buffy the Vampire Slayer is about: Girl Power. Vampires. Witches. And growing up.

My first experience with Buffy was when I watched that very campy 90's movie, headed by Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry. It wasn’t a good movie, and aside from Paul Reuben's deliciously vampiric character "Amilyn", and some witty dialogue, the movie pretty much sucked (no pun intended).

Now that we're well past Halloween I think it’s safe to admit…I believe in ghosts. Though I must say for the record that while I am a believer, I am also a hard-assed, Scorpio skeptic. Now some of you may find yourselves scratching your heads in confusion. But it’s really quite simple;  I believe it when I see it. Or more accurately, when I experience it. Suffice it to say, through the years I’ve had some chilling encounters with the “other side”. But I’ll save those tales for next Halloween.