Category Archives: XP
Heavy Rain: Origami-killing
I’ve seen a couple tweets, read in various comments and message boards about how characters in Heavy Rain are mispronouncing “origami” in a variety of ways. I’ve also noticed this while playing, particularly with the newscaster. It’s one thing when … Continue reading
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Mass Effect 2: Cutting the Fat without Hitting the Bone
I loved the first Mass Effect despite hating certain design decisions: driving the floaty Mako to collect rocks that had insignificant money and xp values; playing Simon Says for rocks and lockers; unlimited ammo; the utter lack of variety in … Continue reading
I Vaguely Remember Reading That
I just created a Goodreads account, slowly started to add books to my profile. And while rating books, I realized that I remember very little with the majority of them – the exception being books I’ve reread, which even then, … Continue reading
Dark Horizons’ 2010 Movie Guide
Dark Horizons – one of the better movie news sites – has over the past month been posting a Notable Films of 2010 feature, and recently Garth Franklin posted the last part (11 in total). This is perhaps the only … Continue reading
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The Attraction of Avatar Part II: The Moments
Let me first get my complaints out of the way because there are so few. THIS POST IS ALL SPOILERS: -The hammerhead creature: when Jake encounters this rhino, there is an angled profile shot of it stomping and growling. It … Continue reading
The Attraction of Avatar Part I: The Director and Technology
Twelve years I’ve been waiting for the next James Cameron movie. Two years I’ve been waiting for his vision of a scifi epic adventure in a time where, hell, I can’t name you the a recent example of its kind. … Continue reading
An Empty Shelf For My Movie Collection
Over at the Guardian, Cory Doctorow wrote an article about how the movie and TV industry believe streaming is the new and safe way to give us content; safe because there is the transaction between provider and custom, and zero … Continue reading
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Eyes on Avatar: Part 2
Ever since the theatrical trailer I’ve said I’m on an Avatar blackout. I’ve snuck in a few videos here and there; I’m incredibly picky, limiting myself to the occasional TV spot and not touching any character/creature/vehicle profiles or even listening … Continue reading
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Let The Right One In
Let The Right One In (2008) Kare Hedebrant Lina Leandersson written by John Ajvide Lindqvist directed by Tomas Alfredson A story about a twelve year old boy who becomes friends with a same-aged girl, who is also a vampire. I’ve … Continue reading
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Only Took Forever
After 14hrs 57mins, 1900 kills and 1755 deaths – this is what happens when you constantly run into fully guarded Domination points – someone finally called me a little bitch. Not sure the reason; we were in the lobby, I … Continue reading
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