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Dancin’ Shoes

JB — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:33:35 +0000

Not only can this woman move, but those shoes are damn slick.

8-bit invasion of NYC

JB — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:07:26 +0000

In case you’ve not seen it yet:
PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN [dailymotion.com]

How to Win at Chat Roulette

JB — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:36:43 +0000

Here, Ben Folds shows how to win at Chat Roulette [youtube.com]. Here’s the original that he is paying homage to [youtube.com].

An Excellent Diversion

JB — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:59:54 +0000

Take a few minutes of your time today to enjoy this music video from, of all things, a game soundtrack [youtube.com]. There’s just so much life in these cute little robots. I love how this is put together, the zooms to the beat, the understated visual effects, the short depth of focus. If I ever shot a music video, it would likely be something similar to this.

Western vs. Eastern

JB — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:08:27 +0000

This is a sobering look into the minds of Japanese game developers. [kotaku.com]

So. Broken.

Important Information Regarding Your Enjoyment of FFXIII

JB — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:05:16 +0000

If you’re playing through Final Fantasy XIII [finalfantasy13game.com], make sure that you go into the Datalog option on the menu screen after every cutscene and look for new/changed entries about events, places, characters, and lore. Unlike other RPGs with some form of journal (Mass Effect [masseffect.bioware.com] immediately springs to mind), the Datalog in FFXIII is not optional if you want to understand/enjoy the story. Trying to follow everything and understand character’s motivations by ‘just’ playing the game leaves a lot of holes and WTF moments. As a result I wasn’t really enjoying it until I discovered that the datalog wasn’t just extraneous and/or redundant information.

I think this was a bad design decision, but that’s a discussion for another day. The point I want to make is that the game can be made a lot more enjoyable if you read the datalog after every cutscene. I wish someone had told me that this was the ‘right’ way to play the game earlier, so now I’m trying to spread the word as much as I can.

OnLive? More like OnDead.

JB — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:42:29 +0000

Via Dubious Quality [dubiousquality.blogspot.com]:

“Details of the OnLive launch were released today, and I have a hard time understanding why anyone would still be interested.

First off, there’s a monthly “service fee” of $14.95.

What does the monthly service fee get you? According to OnLive’s website, it includes access to game demos, video profiles, and community features.

What does it not get you access to? Games.”

Go read more there. Suffice to say I have no remaining interest in this product.

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The American Cocktail Ingredient

JB — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:05:24 +0000

This evening, I managed to make it to Seattle’s stellar Zig Zag Cafe [zigzagseattle.com] where their resident mixologist Murry made me an astonishing cocktail (one of several, in fact) that contained Root [artintheage.com], “the First truly authentic American liqueur since the Pre-Prohibition Era”. This spirit wowed me and my bar compatriots. Follow the link and educate yourself!

2009 in Film

JB — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:22:54 +0000

A tie this year. Go and consume these. If you don’t at least enjoy them… well then, I pity you. Also: please endeavor not to reproduce.

The Brothers Bloom [brothersbloom.com] – A love letter to the great con-artist movies of cinema, Rian Johnson’s incredibly enjoyable and entirely overlooked jaunt is finally out on Blu-Ray and DVD, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Although this film falls just shy of being “One of My Favorite Movies” (i.e. where my love of it is so absolute that I consider my fandom a part of who I am), it’s sooooo damn close. Also, Rachel Weisz.

The Fantastic Mr. Fox [fantasticmrfoxmovie.com] – The latest “One of My Favorite Movies”! I think Wes Anderson has finally stumbled upon how to pace is comedic timing perfectly for my brain. Words can’t describe how much I love this film. I therefore won’t try. Also, George Clooney.

Music to come!