[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“It’s Halloween! I really hate Halloween, but these costumes are awesome! (Courtesy DJOtaku)”] [/caption] Movies Castaway on the Moon - I’m about halfway done with this movie about a man so despondent that he gives up on society when he is barely isolated from it and a woman doing the opposite. Very interesting. ...
This is pretty old, but it’s also pretty funny. Diablo Cody and John Krasinski. Both of them are funny and cute and it’s a nice interview.
Tim Burton is my least favorite director that everyone seems to love. I don’t know why, but every time I see his name I roll my eyes in frustration. It’s a weird personal problem, I know. Don’t let that stop you from enjoying Kees Van Dijkhuizen’s fantastic work as he continues his “Films of” series. ...
[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“The Joker looks pretty gnarly in this game. (Picture used courtesy gamesweasel)”] [/caption] There may be spoilers ahead. Tread carefully. Growing up in Florida confers all kinds of benefits to the aquatic athlete that you almost take for granted. Outdoor swimming, for one. I never swam indoors once during my years as a high school swimmer. Sure, things got cold in the winter, but we just heated our pools up a little and tried not to hang out on the pool deck. ...
I doubt that I could attend two more different shows than when I saw Wild Flag and The Civil Wars last week in DC. One was loud, raucous, and distorted while the other was quiet, pure, and crystal clear. Shockingly, given my predilection for loud, upbeat shows, I actually preferred The Civil Wars. Wild Flag I didn’t even know Black Cat had a second floor venue, but I guess that’s where the larger shows take place. Unfortunately it comes at the expense of the nicer bar downstairs and the intimacy of the smaller room. Wild Flag is just too big to play that room, I guess, but the upstairs room just feels colder and less fun (that could also be because I was right below an a/c vent). ...
Bizarre, but awesome. Not just because it’s centered around a baseball game, mind you. Love this band and the surreal imagery of bears playing baseball.
[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“The Civil Wars were absolutely beautiful. What a fantastic show.”] [/caption] Movies 50/50 - What a great movie. It was funny and emotional at all the right times. After seeing it I just wanted to go home and hug my roommate (like Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character, she got cancer at a young age). I’ve seen her in a grand total of four movies now, but I love Anna Kendrick. She is absolutely adorable and she will go far in this business. So cute! ...
It’s almost a joke how much I dislike playing SC2 in multiplayer, but Sarah Kerrigan’s story is what always brings me back for more.
To the abovementioned small man and to others like him, to all the craftsmen of these mommy’s-credit-card-number-snatching games like Tap Zoo and Tap Pet Shop and Top Girl and what-have-you, I offer this lesson from the annals of economics: “Monetize” is a fucking stupid word. The idea of a business is to make money. “To do business” means “to monetize something”. A “product” is something a business makes. To speak of “monetizing a product” borders on ridiculous. ...
[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“281” caption=“Nifty White Aesthetic For The Box”] [/caption] Arkham City is out! I played it for a few hours last night. Here are some initial thoughts: - Have a backup game on another console ready. Play that until the free (with non-used purchase) Catwoman DLC finishes downloading (mine was Gears of War 3). I guess Rocksteady Studios was thinking, “If the Catwoman DLC is on-disc DLC people will get mad at us. Let’s split it out and force a 200 MB download so they know we’re not ripping off used game buyers (PS: We’re so ripping them off)” ...