Spoilers (sort of) FollowWell, uh, I certainly wasn't expecting that. In fact, it pretty much happened opposite of how I expected it to. Love how it ended though. Two things bother me, though. First, why didn't they treat Shogo's wounds as soon as they picked him up? I thought that was standard procedure. Second, I had wondered why they didn' ( Read more... )

Experiencing any media (be it a book, a movie, a series, anything) in which you know in advance that almost everyone will die or otherwise inherently fail is an exercise in frustration and failure.

Battle Royale is a case in point. I know everyone is going to die, so hoping anyone other than Shuya succeeds is pointless (though I'm expecting it to ( Read more... )

Do the Kuh-huh sound effect without using your vocal cords. It's an attempt at Darth Vader's breathing.

Anyway, Vista has dropped the last straw. I have been having problems with Vista a lot lately. I'll have Chrome and/or Firefox open with many tabs, and maybe one or two things running in the backgroun (Torrent, etc.), and it will be slow as ( Read more... )

So yeah, apparently Pat is on a team working on a fan sequel to Chrono Trigger ( Read more... )

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Spoiler alert. You've been warned.

So I've been reading Battle Royale. I'm up to page 260-something or so. The book disgusted me at first, but I've really gotten into it now. I find myself interested to see where each arc is going, how each person will act and react, and how each of them dies ( Read more... )

I ran across an interesting page on Lincoln and, thinking of my previous amusement with Cracked.com's list of most badass presidents, found this of interest ( Read more... )

Well whaddya know. Seems that the government of Sweden is pressing criminal charges on the operators of The Pirate Bay. Will wonders never cease?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10187599-38.html

It would be interesting to see the government charge Google.

So I started reading Battle Royale today. Got about sixty pages into it.

Jesus.

This has got to be the most disgusting, enraging piece of media I have ever been exposed to. It makes Elfen Lied look like a stroll in the park, sunny-day style.

I have a tendency to get really immersed in works of fiction. Games, movies, TV shows, books, whatever ( Read more... )

So I went to see Watchmen yesterday. I've gotta say, it was fucking awesome!

I did, however, have several issues with the movie.
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