I guess the audience's relentless badgering paid off, because I just found out the splendid news that Mr. Jonathan Coulton (JoCo if you're nasty) is coming back to town next month! I certainly never expected him to be back this soon, but I'm super excited. Unfortunately, he'll be playing at the much larger venue Variety Playhouse. Now, of course I ( Read more... )

So I got the Rock Band game over the holidays, and I have to say, I haven't had this much fun with a music game since the original Guitar Hero. For the most part, I've enjoyed the Guitar Hero sequels, but a lot of times it felt like they were going more for incredibly hard guitar solos instead of overall fun factor. With the first Guitar Hero, I ( Read more... )

Since I've had both consoles for a while, one of my friends asked my opinion whether he should get a Wii or an Xbox 360 for Christmas. Here's my response ( Read more... )

Dammit! The very day after I bring up Terry Pratchett, I read this terrible news ( Read more... )

Feel free to skip this whole entry if you've never heard of or don't care for Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. For the rest of you ( Read more... )

Well, after envying all my West Coast friends' rousing tales of Jonathan Coulton concerts, I finally got to see a real live Coulton performance myself last week. And it definitely lived up to the hype! He was very engaged with the crowd, and seemed a bit taken aback that the Atlanta crowd was so enthusiastic. He sounded great, and performed all his ( Read more... )

I swear, this headline sounds like a story from The Onion:
Chinese-Made Children's Toys Containing 'Date Rape' Drug Recalled in US and Australia

It's like China has just given up. They've devolved into self-parody at this point.
Are we going to have to send Jack Bauer back over there?

Some of you have probably seen this already, but here's a hilarious take on the whole sexy ______ halloween costume trend:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1715915

Mildly NSFW, depending on how your workplace feels about sexy costumes.

What, did I stutter? I said GO SEE RATATOUILLE. It's a magnificent film, and Brad Bird is a genius. He knows that things like narrative, character development, pacing and tone are more important than seeing how many pop culture references you can squeeze into your picture. He knows that getting talented actors who suit their roles is more effective ( Read more... )

Just in time for Christmas, it's a virgin dragon birth!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/sc_nm/britain_dragons_dc