I was gonna try and write a review of Her Fearful Symmetry once I finished it, but it's driving me nuts, and ( I need to rant. )

"Samantha Brown, you have to get out of here. Your VAGINA is MADE OF PLASTIC."

Seriously, who at Mini-mates thought that was a good idea?

Do you have $20 and an Xbox? Then you should go buy Deadly Premonition. I've never seen a game so awful that it loops around on itself back to amazing, but this one really seems to manage it. I can't accurately describe it any better than the review I just linked, but, yeah, it's fantastic.

Eff my life, Jean's coming back. AND Cyclops is gonna die! Guess I need to start reading X-Men again. Hopefully this doesn't turn into a giant wallet drain like every other Marvel event.

So I had this grand scheme that when I started back up on El Jay, I would put some effort into reviewing stuff every now and then - comics, movies, games, etc. I figured, since I'd been plugging away at Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia for a minute, that might be a good jumping off point ( Read more... )

One of the most gorgeous songs I've ever heard has a fucking kick ass abstract Colorforms video:

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Fleet Foxes seriously need to come to town soon.

In the grand tradition of Oscar countdowns of years past, I'm throwing in with the sure loser: Go Team Basterds ( Read more... )

I finished Wonder Boys the other day. I was really enjoying it. The book is like pure chaos being funneled as best is possible at such high speed. Everything I liked in the movie was there, plus even more delightful wackiness ( Read more... )

CoCo's farewell was sad but delightful. I'm sure videos of the finale will be on the tubes shortly. If you missed it live, you should check it out.

Apparently Peter Gabriel is releasing an album of highly orchestral indie pop covers (although, how Neil Young and Talking Heads count as indie pop, I'm not sure). His cover of My Body Is A Cage by ( Read more... )

Mr. Pants and I have been trying to figure out the room for DragonCon situation. And once you start talking about rooms, you kinda automatically start thinking about the costumes. Especially if you're me ( Read more... )