What I’ve Been Doing 28 Nov 2011 [FB/IB/F/BT/GO]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“I wish I had these seats at the Cornell game! (Photo courtesy my friend foreverdigital)”] [/caption] Between Thanksgiving and my quick jaunt up to New York to watch Cornell get robbed of a win by bad officiating, I didn’t have much time to consume media. Here’s what I managed: Movies Source Code - Watched the last half hour with Duffy this week. I don’t understand why people don’t like the ending to this movie. It’s the lynchpin that the whole thing rests on and it’s super cool/crazy/awesome. ...

November 28, 2011 · 2 min · el33tcapitan

Embedded Reporter/Game Overview: Daniel Floyd on Sex in Videogames + Editorial

Deep from the trenches, it’s time for your Monday video feature: Embedded Reporter. Here’s a pretty interesting lecture about sex in videogames. Enjoy! It’s sad that we have to deal with the gratuitously stupid brand of sexual immaturity that game developers just love to throw our way, but I don’t see it all disappearing, even with the supposed maturing of the medium. Think about it for a second, did you see, for example, Transformers? It’s never quite as blatant as Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, but remember that scene with Megan Fox where they’re working on Shia LaBeouf’s car? While you didn’t hear me complaining at all in the theater the night I saw that movie, I always know when I’m being pandered to and I find it mildly insulting. ...

June 2, 2008 · 7 min · el33tcapitan