“No. I’m not taking another step until Justice lets Anders out to play.” There are some marketing decisions I’ll never understand. Fast food chains showing a split-second of something from a moderately-trending YouTube clip. Ads and reviewers pretending that adding a third visual dimension to one-dimensional stories or characters is worth the investment. Concealing lack… Continue reading Sequelitis
Month: March 2011
Book Review: Dream Park
Writers need to read almost as much as they need to write. It’s how we discover things we want to do, avoid, improve upon and revisit. It also pays to re-read things we’ve previously read, as life experiences and evolving styles might give us new appreciation for something half-remembered or cast an old favorite in… Continue reading Book Review: Dream Park
Requiem for the Masquerade
Has it really been 20 years? Obviously it has, since the 20th Anniversary Edition of Vampire: the Masquerade is coming. I’m definitely interested, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which the time I spent playing that game both on the table and in live action. This pending milestone, plus my… Continue reading Requiem for the Masquerade
First Impressions: Dragon Age II
Finally. After pushing myself to complete a replay of my original character in Dragon Age: Origins and the Awakening expansion, I fired up the sequel at long last. I know I have a long way to go before I can do a legitimate review and I’m continuing to do my utmost to avoid exposing myself… Continue reading First Impressions: Dragon Age II
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Airplane!
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/airplane.mp3] The year was 1980. It was a time when volcanos erupted, disco was dying, empires struck back and an actor became President of the United States. Comedy, satire and parody were nothing new to the people of this time, but when Airplane! premiered, it not only delivered the screwiest of screwball pictures to date,… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Airplane!
It's Just Too Easy
I know this is an issue that has been addressed elsewhere. In the majority of modern first-person shooters, even ones touted for their realism, all you have to do in order to survive a firefight in which you’ve been wounded is crouch behind a chest-high wall. Your health regenerates by itself. I’m not entirely sure… Continue reading It's Just Too Easy
Ninety-Nine Cent Round-Up
I support $1 coins, incidentally. There’s been a debate going on amongst some of my fellow writers, and it’s past time I put in my two cents on the subject. Before I get to my thoughts on the matter, though, I highly recommend you do two things. First, go on over to Terribleminds’ “The Care… Continue reading Ninety-Nine Cent Round-Up
Perception
In the broadest possible terms, Jungian psychology divides the self into three parts, much like Freud does, but Jung’s divisions have less to do with urges than they do with perception. There is the self we are, the self we believe ourselves to be, and the self perceived by others. With sufficient observation and self-awareness,… Continue reading Perception
Game Review: Dungeon Overlord beta
Sometimes, you just want to be the bad guy. Quite a few games cater to these tastes and moods, from being able to select the ‘evil’ characters in a fighting game to full Villain Protagonist games such as Legacy of Kain and Overlord. Even games in the style of The Sims are not immune to… Continue reading Game Review: Dungeon Overlord beta
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! The Naked Gun
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/naked_gun.mp3] The parody is hardly a new form of artistic expression. People have been making fun of things other people do since time immemorial. I’m sure there are some cave drawings that, in context, are downright hilarious. For a few years the premiere comedy team for cinematic parody were David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! The Naked Gun
