There's a theory that goes that consumption of violent media - movies, TV, games, what have you - can result in increasingly violent behaviour on the part of the consumer. That the more violence we watch, the more desensitised we get, the less we value human life, and so on. That Columbine happened because of Doom and death metal, etc. It's a ( Read more... )

Sometimes I have occasion wonder what would happen if I applied myself. You know, to anything.

But then I think "Sure, but if you're busy applying yourself,  then who's gonna save that Bothan convoy from that Interdictor?"

Then I go and play X-Wing.
(The Y-Wing, by the way, is still a DEATH TRAP.)

In other news: Dave's lungs have appeared to have ( Read more... )

Standard service station price of a 600ML bottle of Coke these days: three dollars twenty. That is not a misprint. That is three freaking dollars twenty. 3. Trois. Drei. Treis. San. Toru.

Experienced Coke drinkers amongst you will agree with me that it has been something of a meteoric rise.

Meanwhile though my friends, meanwhile, the seemingly semi- ( Read more... )

I always feel that that phrase is cool enough to somehow warrant referring  to something apart from the Sega XBox Game (it was kinda cool in its own right, but the name "Jet Set Radio Future" was by far the best thing that it had going for it). But Wikipedia reveals no disambiguation page, no chic point of origin, no hipster movie quoting it, so I ( Read more... )

Today is the last day of me being in my 20s. Ever.

How the hell did that happen?

Still, turning 30 is certainly better than the alternative.

Meant to blog, meant to blog, meant to blog, haven't. But now I'm here, semi-occupied by keeping track of NZ doing rather surprisingly well so far against South Africa in the first test, thanks very much - what meaningless piffle should I fill the internet with?

Well, for one thing,  in order of recentness (recentality?) we went to 1408 tonight. OK ( Read more... )

C/o my partner in crime the Street comes the sequel. Naturally enough Youtube leaps into action, and some bastard of course already thought of my idea.

Post still coming. Today may be a good day. But who can tell.

Oh YES.

Slightly longer at least post to follow in short order.

In previous years I have always been surprised at the depth of feeling and sheer amount of arguing that goes on when the Madcaps nominations list comes out. Somewhat personally involved as I was this year in a major show, I now comprehend completely.

Abby, "official" recognition be damned, I really think we put on a good show, thanks in large part ( Read more... )

Alice in Wonderland, 2004

Started out amusingly with sheer amount of fury a certain director had towards Rob, Nick and Dan's final night trick of appearing as surprise backup singers in the Turtle Soup song - I believe the phrase "It ruined the whole show" was pulled out. Before long people were sitting in the hallway tightly clustered around bowls ( Read more... )