Astute readers will notice I haven’t been updating this weblog, and that’s because of a desperate attempt to get caught up with work. (That’s what happens when every time you get stuck writing, you run to the safety of The Orange Box and watching Japanese movies from the 80s about schoolgirl detectives). But it’s still [...]

On his Invincible Super-Blog, Chris Sims wrote a fine review of the 1987 Japanese movie Sukeban Deka that was enough to make me put it at the top of my Netflix queue, and for that I’m thankful.
Still, it’s hobbled by the old “aren’t those Japanese people wacky?” mentality that doesn’t really capture the sheer awesomeness [...]

Nick and Jake at Telltale have done another great job with the trailers for the Sam & Max games; here’s the one for the first episode of season 2. It’s called “Ice Station Santa,” in case that’s not clear.

The season starts November 8th & 9th, and I’m interested to see what the reaction’s going to [...]

I just want to make sure everybody else heard that, and it wasn’t just me.
In “Bionic Woman” this week, Isaiah Washington’s character interrupts the completely pointless training sessions between the Bionic Woman and Yoda-san, telling her she needs to bring out the animal inside herself, and he actually says the line, “I’m about to go [...]

In a just universe, all the press and marketing attention devoted to Halo 3 would’ve been saved for The Orange Box.
Now, I realize that’s kind of ridiculous — I’m skeptical that Valve is in any way strapped for cash. And Half-Life isn’t exactly some obscure title that needs passionate fans to blog about to get [...]

Back on Friday word spread around the videogame blogs that the Writers Guild of America is introducing an award for videogame writing.
My first reaction to reading that was, “Huh. Another award for BioShock this year.” Which is a good thing; videogames will be better as soon as more people acknowledge that a good story and [...]

Or, Shallow and Not Particularly Novel Insights Gleaned from Watching Return to the Blue Lagoon on Satellite Just Now:

It’s got Milla Jovovich in it! For some reason, I’d always thought The Fifth Element was her first movie.
Even in her jailbait days, Milla Jovovich was shockingly beautiful.
The “Brian Krause” in the movie is the blond, angel-looking [...]

Tonight was a bad night for TV. Two shows on the DVR that I really tried hard to make myself like, but I just couldn’t do it.
“Bionic Woman” is just plain not good. It’ll trick you at first, because if you hear the overall concept (minus the belligerent hacker lil sister), and just catch glimpses [...]