Wednesday!
Yeah, I know the rules say “No Philosophy, No Religion, No Politics” but gorgeous music can be gorgeous music worth sharing even if it is in one of the three categories above. Now that I think about it, I’ve posted… Continue Reading
Month: August 2011
Imposture!
The number one thing that video games almost always get exactly wrong is translation from a tabletop game to a digital experience. The first Neverwinter Nights was good. Planescape: Torment is a recommendation post for a future day, the first… Continue Reading
Temptations!
In last week’s Oppugning! essay, Mike left an interesting comment. If you didn’t see it, here it is: First, there is a whole set of things I enjoy being told about more than I enjoy experiencing for myself. For instance,… Continue Reading
Sunday!
So… what are you reading and/or watching? I’ve finally started watching Fringe: The Complete First Season and think that I may finally be able to get over my X-Files/Millennium issue. I may be ready to love again.
Saturday!
So… what are you playing? I’m going through Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and am doing everything in my power to purchase every single business in Roma. For some reason, this is far more fulfilling than knocking off the various Borgias.
I Have Come Here To Chew Bubblegum…
There are some movies that are so bad, they pass through the wormhole and come out at the other end of the Universe, where they are instead awesome. For the record, I’m not including “They Live” in that category.… Continue Reading
T-Minus 100, and Counting
My elder sister has requested that I write a blog post about this. One ought to always show respect to one’s elders, so here it goes. This is long, and it doesn’t break up well for the front page, so… Continue Reading
Mondegreen!
So I just realized that I’ve been utilizing one. I had always thought that Travis’s song “Re-Offender” was a lovely little self-indulgent song about a wronged lover. “You say you love me… do it again. Do it again. You say… Continue Reading
Wednesday!
For the most part, the songs I play on Wednesdays are songs that I’ve heard on the radio or on a CD rather than experiencing them for the first time via the medium of “music video”. This usually has me… Continue Reading
Oppugning!
When I was a little kid, I loved wrestling for the facade. It was purely about whether this guy could beat up that guy and my love for this personality and my hatred of that one and how I wished… Continue Reading