Film Review: Inglourious Basterds

Watching a Quentin Tarantino film is more than just watching any old film. It's an experience delivered by a man who not only makes films for a living but also loves the medium. Each film that he does is a love letter to a particular era or genre of film. He's an astounding scholar of...

Providing a Little Perspective

“I'll make you a deal. You provide the food, I'll provide the perspective...” - Anton Ego When I started to write this out it was in the wake of an incident on JustSomeDude899's blog regarding District 9 but it is also something I have been thinking about for quite some time, the District 9 incident...

Sister Hazel Distracted Me

I was working on writing up a big post on District 9 and critical analysis but instead I got sucked into watching Sister Hazel live on SyncLive.  Great show.  I highly recommend their new album "Release" which came out yesterday as I am really enjoying it. I suppose I'll finish writing the other post up...

This That And Some Other Things

It may seem that I have stopped blogging but I have not.  In a mix of me being lazy, uninspired and flat out busy with other things (currently my quest for 50,000 Gamerscore, amongst life in general) I have neglected my poor blogs and the adoring fans I have.  OK so I made the last...

Is It So Hard To Ask…

...that people play a game properly. I've been playing online games long enough that I understand there are a select group of "special" individuals who make it their life's goal to make other people's leisure time a giant pain in the ass.  Be it homophobic racists in Halo, assholes who leave the map in Gears...

Of Fast Cars and Killer Robots

Having grown up in the ‘80s and early ‘90s, I have a soft spot in my heart for the overly macho, lug-headed action hero archetype made famous by the likes of Arnold and Stallone. When Vin Diesel burst onto the scene as a leading man in Pitch Black I was sold. The guy had the...