Grim, dark, and amazing.
Batman Begins was fabulous, an excellent reboot to a cinematic series that had previously been filled with corn and hash and cheesiness more aptly suited for the 1970s TV show than for the silver screen. It was a great flick to bring a little respectability back to the Batman franchise. Good as it [...]
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The Dark Knight
IntenseDebate
IntenseDebate: A commenting system that rocks!
A little while back, I heard the news that Automattic, the folks who develop WordPress, acquired a couple of new services. One of these is called IntenseDebate, a dynamic commenting system that’s compatible with several different blogging platforms. Initially, I’d installed it on Reclaimer as a test drive but pretty quickly [...]
Burnout: Paradise
Driving, jumping, crashing, burning.
I recently pulled Burnout: Paradise back out of its box and plunked it down in the tray. The reason? My wife bought me a 26” HDTV for Christmas, which is a huge step up from a 13” SDTV. Turns out, you can actually see the streets and cars of Paradise City a lot [...]
Speed Racer
Speed Racer driving toward a win.
A lot of reviews of Speed Racer hail it as yet another example of just how far the Wachowski brothers have fallen since The Matrix. But I have a hard time identifying anything about the flick to criticize. It’s cheesy and campy, sure, but it’s artistic, fast-paced, and a whole heckuvalot [...]
Sorry, I’m Not Exactly BioShocked
I’m not a fan of the zombie sub-genre of horror/sci-fi/post-apocalyptic fiction, as I’m mentioned before. I don’t really see what’s so interesting about mindless undead whose only goal is to suck the brains out of their living victims. I’m also not thrilled by the idea that the only way to defend oneself against such creatures [...]
Halo 3 Beta Reviews: Maps
I’m going to try to run a series of Halo 3 Beta reviews starting today that examine a number of elements from the game. This first entry in the series is going to look at the new maps.
Valhalla
Valhalla is far and away my favorite map of the three. It’s a roughly symmetrical map set in a [...]
Book Review: Odd Thomas
I’ve been a Dean Koontz fan since I was a kid; I even did a fair job of collecting a lot of his books at the time. A couple of years ago, I got reacquainted with Koontz through Odd Thomas. This is the story of a young man who sees ghosts and is often [...]
Book Reviews: Eragon and Eldest
For the work of a 15-year-old writer, Eragon is an amazing story – I enjoyed it as much on the second read as I did on the first, perhaps even moreso. The book tells the story of a young farmboy who stumbled across a dragon egg and becomes an unlikely hero. He is forced to flee his [...]