ThunderPeel2001

Deary dear. Why aren't there festivities in the streets??

Anyone use the new Kindle 3, yet? Looks pretty nifty! (I could have sworn I asked this before...? :-/ )

Star Wars time... bk5EifwoeNg 6IPAGXyFvrs

Ahhh! Why didn't anyone tell me: SqfFsYpoFI0 Now, when's it coming to the PC? ;___;

For me LucasArts were the main adventures worth playing, but I did enjoy some others, too: Dark Seed was an interesting horror adventure game featuring the artwork of HR Giger. Cruise for a Corpse was a lovely looking Agatha Christie style detective-em-up. Lots of talking and not much puzzling, as I recall. Beautiful artwork. There were two FANTASTIC "Lost Files" Sherlock Holmes adventure games: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel and The Case of the Rose Tattoo. If you haven't played these, you're REALLY missing out. Then of course there's Revolution's games: Lure of the Temptress (now freeware), Beneath A Steel Sky (with art from Dave Gibbons) and Broken Sword 1 and 2. All feature intelligent dialogue, great story and logical puzzles (although the goat puzzle in BS1 is still the most evil adventure game puzzle of all time). I also really liked Blood Net, although it was technically an RPG. If you ignore the RPG elements, though, it had some wonderful dialogue.

I just read the first volume of graphic novel and guess what: It's great! Very light and witty and fun, with a wonderful twist of OTT "Manga". It reminds me of Joss Whedon's Sugar Shock (which I imagine most people probably haven't read -- but it's a light, amusing piece with a really fast pace). It's very difficult to keep that brevity up through the course of a story -- all too many times I've seen authors try and start at break-neck speeds and then slow down as the writer's energy falls/plot kicks in. In the first volume, at least, the lightness is kept up until the very end (no doubt thanks to the sudden OTT "Manga" fighting). Superb stuff if your brain is in the mood to be tickled. Pilgrim himself is an irritating person but also highly enjoyable to read. Of course now I'm torn between reading the rest of the books or watching the film -- I'll do both, but in which order? Also: Please keep the spoilers in Thanks.

Starship Troopers totally rocks... and the CGI is excellent for its day. It's CGI that actually feels "real" (not doubt thanks to the hands of Phil Tippett). Edit: Looking at those YouTube videos, I'd say it still holds up, too! Three Colours Blue: Wonderful Let the Right One In: Beautiful Gainsbourg: Ok Toy Story 3: Good, but it was over-hyped for me. I felt let down.

If it is, then I wholeheartedly agree with Tanukitsune!

Check the opening cinematic out: http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/cinematic.php (It's fucking awesome!)

Of course: "That creation schedule doesn't mean that the new game could incorporate much of the fan feedback toward the first one, though. Thongs of Virtue won't reflect any major changes demanded by the DeathSpank public." Crazy that they kept it secret!

Sonisphere photo:

After the trials Toblix had, what was your experience like?

Happy Birthday!

Beatles Rock Band - All Chapter Challenges.... finally!

Yep, Inception is great, but it's not perfect. For once I thoroughly agree with Mark Kermode's stance: Basically it's wonderful to see a Hollywood blockbuster that actually doesn't insult the viewers' intelligence. And also that it's "clever" without being "clever clever", meaning it's smart, but it doesn't do it in a smug way, it just encourages the audience to keep up with the fast moving plot. For that, I loved it. So yes, it was such an treat for my brain, but it certainly didn't attempt to answer any "higher" questions about life, the universe and everything, and it wasn't very emotional either. Like a Kubrick movie.

I had a drink with Richard Morgan, seemed like a genuinely nice chap -- still haven't read any of his books, though!

I still remember a lot of the stuff I learned watching this late night as a teenager. I wish they'd make more.

I used to love that show when I was growing up. It should be on DVD!

Anybody going to ComicCon this year?

*Head explodes*

Love it!

Yeah, I was going to look for something Glen Beck has written.

I think that's very true, James.

It's complete balls I'm afraid. My review of Red Dwarf says I write like Douglas Adams (sci-fi). My review of Harry Potter says I write like J.K. Rowling. I suppose it might be more accurate with fiction (seeing how it compares everyone to fiction authors), but really I just think it's looking for word frequency and taking a best guess -- and hopefully massaging some egos that will then put the results on their blogs, which will then lead to some people buying books from the sponsored link in the author's name. (Cynical, moi?) Edit: Apparently this little site has really caught people's imaginations, though, and the author is working hard to improve his algorithm. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/article/837164--i-write-like-finds-your-inner-author

Why does Katherine Parkinson wear this outfit in EVERY episode of The IT Crowd?