Erik and I had a date, with real going-to-the-movies and everything!

I really, really enjoyed this movie.

I mean, naturally it has the ever-so-much-more-so fast paced action scenes with all the ridiculously long falls that I'm growing weary of*, but it's a super hero movie. It had all the excitement and explosions and action fast enough that ( Read more... )

I've only watched (not played) the synthesis and control endings, because I won't consider playing synthesis and my possible-control Shepard is still stuck in ME1. That said, I have yet more thoughts on Why Synthesis Is Problimatic behind the cut.
( Beware spoilers, all ye who enter here! )

The things I shouted either at the screen, my housemate madalchemist, or twitter while playing ME3 (only up to the first tour round the Normandy, so not far).

( Spoilers for tiny stuff; nothing major )

I mentioned to E last night that I hadn't actually played the demo yet, and he suggested I get on that and he'd be happy to watch. So I played the demo while giving full commentary, and he went to sleep rested his eyes, occasionally sitting up to say things like "I thought kids couldn't die in video games?"* and "Nice one," and, in a very, very ( Read more... )

So, I realized I was pretty uncomfortable writing a mostly negative review, and tried to figure out why. I think in this case it's mostly that I know people who know the author ( Read more... )

There's a post in masseffect about Bethesda versus Bioware. There are some interesting things to discuss there, even if it's silly on its face. I dislike choosing a favorite one of anything, on the principle that variety is the spice of life and sometimes one is just Not In That Mood. The two game companies do different things well, and that's great. They ( Read more... )

My parents scored three months of HBO because my Dad is good at being angry without shouting, so E and I trotted over to watch the GoT premier Sunday.

It's funny; you can love something in book form, fully aware of how gritty and awful it is at times, and still be totally discomfitted when watching it in TV form with your Japanese former room-mate ( Read more... )

So I completed Mass Effect 1 faster than any other RPG I've played, thanks to a bad head-cold. madalchemist informs me that Dragon Age 2 is coming out next week (I <3 Dragon Age. Hopefully the new characters will be as awesome). I just played the demo, and was a bit surprised by the amount of console-style flipping around in combat. And the BFS*. And the Full ( Read more... )

So: I just finished playing Mass Effect 1, because I am a rather behind-the-times RPG fan. As with many bioware games, there are romance options. I found the romance-able characters to be the most unengaging in the game (oh, earnest, bland, and whiny -- is there ever a better personality trifecta?), and quipped to madalchemist that you should be able to ( Read more... )

I'm reading Middlesex. Specifically, I just finished the bit where Dr. Luce is recommending surgery to change Calliope's genitalia to match her female upbringing. And I'm seriously disturbed ( Read more... )