After a lot of thought, I decided on Conker's Bad Fur Day.

Yes, I have mentioned the cutscenes on this before, but many of them are hilarious, although the humour is reminiscent of TV shows like South Park. Many of them are enjoyable for looking out for the many film parodies and homages, from The Terminator to The ExorcistThis cutscene is one ( Read more... )

The scene I've chosen is from Conker's Bad Fur Day; it's a game that I played years ago, and which started off with an irreverent South Park-type plot. Towards the end, I noticed that it started becoming darker, and more violent, and it really started to hit home in the penultimate chapter, "War". This scene is just before the final boss, in "Heist ( Read more... )

So, today in the 30-day meme, the question is about the last time I thought of committing suicide ( Read more... )

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So glad this blog has started again after so long - especially after the last blogger I was following vanished without a trace (the young lady's last post was that she had pneumonia - I fear she may have since died).

The ending of Redux II here is more upbeat than on the TV: http://www.shaenon.com/monsteroftheweek/2018/02/09/x-2/

Best one of the series so far ( Read more... )

I was at the football yesterday; I chose a seat at random and suddenly five of the players showed up and sat in the seats in front of me. It was something I'd never seen before - it was just a lower league team, but still thrilling. I chatted to one of them in half time and this guy kept pestering them. He seemed a bit odd - stared at me like he ( Read more... )

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