Final Fantasy 12 – The Movie
Or rather, the cut scenes (in game and pre-rendered) from the game. If you’re like me, you really don’t have the time to spend plunking down in front of your TV to play 40-60 hour games anymore. Most of...
Category: Entertainment
Believe!
My eyes just teared up (no, really…I’m still kinda all emotional inside) watching the Nintendo E3 press conference intro video…wow, incredibly moving. Amazing. Update: Man, the tears keep coming…I dunno…such a fanboy I guess. Glorious day!
What is Terrorism?
Came across an incredibly deep editorial by Devin Faraci on why “V for Vendetta is the most dangerous film of 2006“. What’s happened in the world in the last few years is that we’ve had our dialogue taken away. Remember...
Of Creativity, Skill, and…Television?
I’ve never been much of a television guy, except for news and sports, especially “reality TV” shows. But two shows have really caught my attention recently: Dancing with the Stars and Project Runway. I think what catches my attention about...
Ebert on Games as Art, Part 2
Over the last few weeks, there has been quite some noise regarding the debate as to whether video games should be regarded as a form of “art”. Certainly, this is not a new debate, but it has been reinvigorated as...
Classic
Via Gaming-Age Forums: “What non-gimmick games would benefit from the Revolution controller?” Classic reply: “Baseball – you’ll get to see how much you suck at baseball First person quarterback – you’ll get to see how much you suck at football...
Gold Digger
I’m not a big fan of what I would call mainstream music (top 40’s, stuff on the radio or MTV). The last mainstream CD that I purchased was probably Life for Rent by Dido (she’s got a great voice). And...
Of Katamaris and Revolutions
I came across a link this morning (via Ars) to a forum where Chris Kohler of Wired News does an impromptu Q&A on his exeprience with the Revolution controller at TGS. Kohler echoes some of the same sentiments that I...
Conversation with Werner Herzog
A couple of weeks back, I stumbled upon a transcript of a conversation between Roger Ebert and Werner Herzog. To this point, I’ve read several of Ebert’s reviews on Herzog’s work (several of his movies are on my to-watch list)....
The American Dream
I finished watching Spellbound this past weekend with the wife. It’s quite amazing watching some of these kids, as young as 9, prepare for the Scripps Natiaonal Spelling Bee with such intensity and focus. However, I’m mixed on the significance...