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Why I Keep Coming Back to EVE Online
This has been relocated to my PC Gaming blog here. Since I realize that few people here will actually care to read what I think about games, and since I want the entries to be more public and accessible than they would be on LiveJournal, I'm going to move them to this new account on Blogger.
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I Hate Dumb Movies (Review of Splinter)
I write a lot of movie reviews that are very critical of the movies I watch. That gives the wrong impression, I think. I try not to hold movies to overly high standards, and I usually just enjoy a movie for what it is. This is why I like cheesy action and horror movies, because they're just good fun. However, there are certain things that I can't ( Read more... ) -
Avatar
Just saw Avatar, and yes, it is an amazing movie. The visuals were literally jawdropping--yes, my jaw dropped several times--and the creature design was absolutely exquisite. I also loved the story: it's classic, and has many similarities to David Lynch's Dune which is another of my favourites. It's the same kind of story but Avatar's is much more ( Read more... ) -
Fire and Deepness and Hugo Award Winners
I'm just starting to read "A Deepness in the Sky" by Vernor Vinge. I bought it in August but haven't started it yet. I've read "A Fire Upon the Deep" by the same, which is the first in the series and had some truly novel alien life forms that were fascinating to consider. Although I don't know how closely the two stories are related, I expect ( Read more... ) -
Eye in the Sky
Yesterday I started listening to the audiobook of Philip K. Dick's 1957 novel "Eye in the Sky." It starts with a sci-fi cliche of a particle accelerator malfunction which sends a group of people into another dimension. But instead of meeting aliens or going back in time, they land in a world where religion is true. Prayer actually works, miracles ( Read more... ) -
Podcasts
I listen to the following podcasts:
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
Skeptoid
The Amateur Scientist Podcast
Astronomy Cast
Buzz Out Loud
Dungeons & Dragons Podcast
Nonsense Podcast
The Skeptic Zone
QuackCast
Hunting Humbug 101
Dr Karl (ABC Science)Most are about science and critical thinking, and a lot of them happen to be Australian for some ( Read more... ) -
Weekend Movie Reviews
I watched a number of movies this weekend. Possible spoilers, though I keep any references vague enough that they shouldn't ruin anything.
Doomsday - 5/10 ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Tonight I watched Ratatouille, Spiral, and The DescentSpiral was pretty strange. It was about this crazy recluse painter who works as a telemarketer. He meets a girl at work and he paints her, but little does she realize the consequences of her seemingly innocent gesture. I like that it doesn't give you the whole story until the end, and it was a ( Read more... ) -
Google Books
I've started adding my books to my library on Google Books. You can take a look here: http://books.google.com/books?uid=655440628149996981Read more... )
