When I had the chance a few years ago to drive the 2020 Chevy Bolt, I really enjoyed it quite a bit, naming it one of my favorite cars. Here's my writeup if you want to get the full scoop: One of My Favorite Cars: The 2020 Chevy Bolt EV. The problem with the Bolt EV...
Month: September 2022
Film Review: Dark, Off-Kilter Noir “Hinterland”
One of the tools in a filmmaker's kit is perspective. While almost all shots are square, straight-on, and eye-level, there's a lot that can be conveyed by camera height (think of the wonderful down shot at the opening of North by Northwest) or by using a distorting or...
Blazing My Trail in the 2022 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab AT4X
We've come a long way from the days when pickup trucks were utilitarian work vehicles with minimal comforts, driven by people who needed them for work or couldn't afford a car. There's no better demonstration of this evolution than the beautiful 2022 GMC Sierra 1500...
Game Review: Buy and Develop Exotic Tropical Islands in “Islandopoly”
I have spent quite a few hours of my life playing Monopoly, starting with the basic game with street names from Atlantic City, (the original, as designed by Charles Darrow) then the English edition with London street names, then any of a dozen subsequent variants....
Save The Weavlings in Solo Card Game “Weavlings in the Wilds”
Those darn Weavlings. They eat everything, so when Zadarra, a Fate Weaver who's fed up feeding the little critters, puts them on a restricted eating plan, they break out and head into the Tender Wilds. Free feedings, woot! Problem is, the Tender Wilds is a pretty...
Film Review: Witty Whodunit “See How They Run”
A film version of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap? It's genius! If only film director Leo Kopernick (Adrien Brody) hadn't signed a contract with The Dame (Shirley Henderson) that details filming cannot commence until six months after the end of the play's theatrical...
I Was My Own Chauffeur in the 2022 Range Rover L460 Luxury SUV
Most people are familiar with the differentiation between budget, mid-range and luxury vehicles, but it turns out that there's a tier or two above the standard luxury car in the marketplace. Supercars, for example, can have pricetags that exceed the value of most...
Planet Dave is run by Dave Taylor, who has been writing about film, cars, games, and his lifestyle for many years. He's based in Boulder, Colorado and assures readers he's only occasionally falling into a gravity well or temporal distortion field.
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