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I'll be brutally honest: I haven't touched it in weeks. I'm very poor at the SFIV it seems, which I found rather depressing after the time I pumped into SFII & III: 3rd Strike over the years. I'd be up for a scrap, but I can't promise to be much competition.

Utter cunts. We're at the mid point in the second season and the writing and characterisations just get better and better. Bastards, so angry now.

...except without the Hollywood vehicle that is the knowingly self-assured Sam Jackson to leap over said shark.

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The freelance job from hell I agreed to continues to take great delight in putting on very large boots, walking through broken glass, then stomping my groin repeatedly. Meaning I very likely won't be along this week (again). Unless it's to help facilitate a nervous breakdown, which will probably be even more embarrassingly hilarious than when I've had a couple of pints of vodka and orange during Left 4 Dead...

Say, about... this much? Being a little more serious, I think it's the fact they're sentient (to whatever degree) that I didn't really grasp well or cope with effectively. They didn't seem to do at all what I was hoping they would. Maybe I should revisit, for the 4th(?) time. Anyway! On with the funny videos...

I was apparently born without the part of the human brain capable of enjoying Darwinia. I don't know why, but I just haven't enjoyed it at all the few times I've tried. And I really wanted to as well.

Introversion, makers of Darwinia, are working on a top-secret project with this sort of procedural generation at its core.

Elegant and fascinating: -d2-PtK4F6Y You can read about how Pixel City was made on the creator's website.

It does look good, though it still looks much too light for my tastes--as in: there's too much daylight. I understand this is a big budget mainstream adaptation, but I hope it doesn't detract too much from the spirit of the book. The trailer also suggests we'll see a lot more of the backstory with the wife/mother. No bad thing if you ask me, and the casting still looks great several months on. Didn't know Guy Pearce was in it, though, which is a nice surprise. Really looking forward to seeing this.

That certainly is humbling, Yufster. I don't know what I can write without coming across as unintentionally patronising, but really: well done for taking something like that on. I'd likely find doing something like that very difficult to cope with.

Probably not of interest to (m)any, but the latest ProgressiveHouse.com mix (by Airillusion) is really something special in my opinion. I reckon Miffy might like it, as there's a Castlevania sample just over halfway through...

"This thread will blow you away!" -IGN.com

My pipe's just not phat enough.

I was at an author talk getting edjimacated, and so wasn't home until well after proceedings had commenced. I also had some urgent stuff to attend to when I go in anyway, so apologies for not showing up this time.

This page seems to imply you'll be able to buy it with US currency--and therefore I suppose have it shipped out to you as well, assuming it's not a native US release: http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=49135

After watching the excellent Control last month, I've been listening to a lot o Joy Division* so far this week. Better late than never, I guess. * That's a Spotify playlist link btw. If you'd like an invite, just ask--it's very good.

Why does that make me think of a cat with a slice of buttered toast glued to its back?

Stone me to death, but I binned following Dollhouse after the pitches in writing and character quality across the first 6 episodes. Then I heard it was being canned and that was the final straw. We're enjoying series 2 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles far more--the writing is consistently good-to-excellent, as are the characterisations. We're at the mid-point in the season now, and it strikes me that the writers have really captured the contrasting sentiments and details that made the first two Terminator films great. From the heart-in-mouth action, to the technical intrigue, to the faux-sentimental nature of the Terminators as they try to blend in with modern day American life. It's really good TV.

An early mainstream TV sketch by Paul Kaye (better known for his celebrity craphound, ): jSBSzCJPLfo

Perplexingly beautiful...

Apparently I was just speaking for myself then... Regardless, I'm Not a Fan of IGN as a brand - strictly speaking - but I am fond of the egregious one-liners they reliably churn out.

"I bought this game dinner and still couldn't get to (the) 3rd base." -IGN.com