Roderick

Xbox radiation.

I wonder what the next generation's dresscode will be. Hippie? Star Trek? Who knows!

AHAHAHAHAHA, so this generation designers (or at least frontmen) should go Matrix? Lots of shiny latex and bald? Where are his sunglasses? I think he look spretty hip though. If it's his own decision I think he's become much more classy now. As opposed to his old self.

I hope that every time there's a zombie or anything, they'll use this cool "ghosting" filter that makes it look real frightening and blurry. Like they did in Resident Evil Apocalypse.

Just to be clear on this: I wasn't in any Molyneux-defending mode or something. When it comes to Molyneux I prefer being as neutral as possible What did strike me as amusing was that he seemed back to his old self again during that presentation. Which means; very enthusiastic. This time it was good though, as he actually had stuff to back it up with. I hate that I'm saying this but B&W2 looks like it could be neat.

I don't think I'll ever be interested in this movie.

I think the point Molyneux tried to make with The Room is that developers should start to think outside the box when they approuch a virtual world. So far people have mostly tried to recreate the existing world with existing physical laws. The Room bends those laws and shows that there's so much more that you can do in the interactive invironment that only computergames can bring. It gives a sample of the endless possiblities, most of which hadn't been probed properly before. Myst with physics, that's harsh.

Perception is projection someone told me. If people want to see something radically awesome in your piece of shite, they have the right to do that. Just use the director's commentary then to say they're idiots and be done with it. I think you can make a random, arbitrary movie without any cohesion and still let that be a very conscious piece of moviemaking where you really know what you are doing. You can't just say that every movie that's like that is just pretentious drivel. You just don't know that. Maybe to YOU it is, but don't go pretending it's the truth.

It asn't the physics, it was those weird portals that intruiged me. I don;t give a damn if it's done before or something. The atmosphere was so weird and surrealistic. I'd like to play around a bit there.

Wow, then you were pretty much the target audience. Or something. When I saw Requiem I wasn't on drugs but it felt like it. Wow, that's one kerrazy movie.

I watched it one, and it was beautiful and horrible. The best movie I never have to see again. I believe I compared it to having an enema once. But it's so brilliant. And so painful to watch.

The Room indeed! That just begs to open up a new can of ideas. Strangely, I can think of none, though I'm completely enthralled by it. Maybe I just can't grasp the level of genius that Molyneux is at. I feel incompetent.

Also, the only reason opinions are so extreme on Donnie Darko is because of that truckload of patronizing people who will clamour that everyone has to see this or that movie and when you tell them you haven't seen something they'll go What- you haven't seen that?!!?!?! You haven't LIVVVVVVVED then go see it now and you call yourself a HUMAN?!!. They are the fucking devil. Patronizing is bad for this world, because folks will understandably immediately like or dislike certain movies/games just because there's this group of revolting people pushing it in your face, instead of judging the movie or whatever on its own terms. That's why I try never to be like that, pushing stuff onto people in such an aggressive way.

If there's one thing that's true is that hype is almost always bad for a movie/anything (because you go into it then with preconceived notions of how good or bad it should be) but that it is unavoidable to generate hype because as a human being you need to talk about the experiences of your life. Catch-22, we just have to live with it. I hate it too. The situation I mean. I liked Donnie Darko. I haven't formed some obsession with it but I liked that it was different and yeah it turned a dial in a sci-fi geek part of me. The Gary Jules song is nice.

Okay, I didn't know every company put out there own thing. Don't know a whole lot about this great cultural festivity. It's a nice thing I guess.

Yeah bananas are crawling with seeds. We all have huge big bananatrees in our stomachs noooooooooo! I concur about 'forever' being a stupid thing to say. More so when you're a 14 year old and you write it like '4ever'. More so when you think you've found true love and mean to scribble it on every bench on school. You ignorant twat.

It's probably some superhero drivel?

I was very fortunate getting that coat. It's an old, secondhand coat I bought really cheap in one of the coolest and most unfindable stores in Nijmegen. It's even cooler as soon as you notice that, apart from a few minor details, it's exactly the coat that the Joker wears in the first Batman movie when he's in the parade and trying to gas the mass. Okay his is purple, but they didn't come in purple.

I look like a girl in that picture. Fortunately, I am flanked by a guy with a phony eyepatch. And Marek. Who is inevitably heading for another classic smily, even though this time he's not animating.

I think it'll only take one more generation (read: the next one) before the industry can't afford all those hotter than hot games anymore. It'll either come to a dead end, crumble or head down a different path. Each one is more preferable to going on in the same line as now (where there's only better graphics and technology to consider). As for the pricing, there are only two games I bought for full price this year: Resident Evil 4 and World of Warcraft. For the former I had 20 percent discount because I worked at a mediastore at the time, the latter was a very luxurious special edition for which I gladly payed that relatively cheap price. The rest of my gamepurchases are either discount or second-hand. You really shouldn't underestimate how much money you can save by buying second-hand stuff. It's usually still perfect and it saves you a ton. Both of these options have only one thing going against them: you have to wait for a while. But because I have little playing time anyway, I can wait. The only games I'd buy now anyway are games of which I know they'll be good and of which I want to support the designer. Next up is Psychonauts, which I can't even run but will buy anyway for PC.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/codex/team_tesmoments_02.htm Bethesda loves games and gamers.

Joker: pulling boner of the year. Wuxtry.

Resident Evil 4: the first part is original, terrifying and cinematic. The second disc disappointingly nullifies the game.

Why... is it looking at me?

I'd go Bananas if I had to come up with a whole page of August every day. I could do it, if I'd get payed for it.