So, last night I saw Prince of Persia. Finally! I think most of you are aware of my fondness for this franchise - the original 2003 Sands of Time game is what got me hooked on gaming (yeah, I've been a late bloomer). I have grown to appreciate Jordan Mechner (the Prince's creator) more and more over the years - he is a veritable jack-of-all-trades ( Read more... )

Without fail, every time May arrives my morale improves +100. Though it might be only +75 this time around because of the extra-ridiculous allergy season that is assaulting my senses, but whatever. I saw Iron Man 2 last night and LOVED IT. Proof, once again, that big-budget crowd-pleasers don't have to make their audiences feel dumber when they ( Read more... )

It's been a wretched week, but I can't find it in myself to complain beyond that. Last night, we went out for Italian and I had some spectacular wine that made me sing along like a Dorkimus Maximus to Sonata Arctica in the car, occasionally turning to Luke and letting him know "this song is about WOLVES. WOLVES." So you know, whatever horrible ( Read more... )

Christmas morning started at 4:30AM for me, with one of the most wretched sore throats I'd woken to in ages. I felt like some animal had clawed at my neck in my sleep. I drugged myself up on the very last of our cold meds, which only succeeded at knocking me out for another couple hours. The next time I woke up, I grabbed my keys, threw on a jacket ( Read more... )

I have been discussing this with Luke on and off for awhile now. I always thought the answer was OBVIOUS but apparently, he thinks I'm crazy. And I think he's crazy. The verbal battle has been epic, and it's led me to wonder what the majority opinion really is.

So!

Poll ATTENTION

asdflkajsf. Star Trek WON SO MUCH. And I am not even close to being a Trekkie, dudes. Which, yeah, puts me pretty much in the target audience for this new one but SERIOUSLY. It was so... FARSCAPIAN. I kind of couldn't get over some core resemblances. Scapers, tell me you know what I'm talking about. (Once you see it, of course ( Read more... )

So by far the most exciting thing about today's trip to Universal Studios was passing by Stage 27 on the Studio Tour. Why? Because, according to our host's production schedule, sets for Gore Verbinski's new film "Rapture" were being prepped inside.

...to explain, Rapture is the name of the dystopian underwater city in BioShock. Which Verbinksi ( Read more... )

GUESS WHO'S GOING. FOR THE FIRST TIME. YES, THIS CALLS FOR CAPSLOCK ( Read more... )

Today at lunch, I shall pick up the 10th Anniversary Blu-ray edition of one of my favorite films of all-time, The Matrix. And, yeah, a lot of people would cite this as their favorite film of all-time (or at least one of them) - but for me, it always went a bit further than that. (What, me? Taking things too far? ;P) I have so much history with ( Read more... )

Look! My best buddy Nate is back! Or will be, later this year. New screens for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves came out today, featuring my favorite snarky sharpshooter cleaning out more lovely, exotic locales. Hooray! And, of course, these images confirm that he is still sporting his infamous half-tuck. (See "Half-Tuck is the New Mullet" for an ( Read more... )