What I Am Thankful For

He looks like a Gillaspie.

Take Ludes, Make Food

Will you cook for Thanksgiving? This is a banal question but it's one everyone's asking at work and Sarah and I are planning on food to buy because we usually buy our food about ten minutes before we make it and of course every dispensary will be nuked out boarded up moated and filled with poison gas come Thursday.

We're stocking up for the weekend, is what I'm saying. What will we make?

Turkey burgers w/avocado.
Stuffing.
Blah blah.

Okay really this post was just an excuse to put up this video. I haven't watched it with audio yet but it looks promising:



Anyone play, uh, that game...New Vegas? It's notoriously glitchy but supposedly a patch will ride into town to chase out the bugs soon.

Quantitative Easing Explained

Head

Not only does the guy in this comic look like Billy, but he behaves like Billy! (Don't you think Billy would keep a severed head around?)

Update:

I really like this comic.

Buzzed-out Fuckfest

What the Fuck is that Spaceman Up To?

Like Martin, I enjoyed the Walkable Dead. The Walking Deathly. The what--

I don't know, I'm just pissed I don't have cable and can't watch one of the few shows I might actually be interested in watching flash over the screen and that's unavailable on Hulu or Netflix. There's little enough of interest to watch in those vast libraries that it's a thrilling surprise there's something worthwhile on the even more limited library of active TV channels.

I 70 percent enjoyed this brief article about traditional-media writers trying to break into video game writing. Like one of the writers interviewed, I'd be both thrilled and terrified at the prospect.

I was going to type up some video game news here but I've hardly played anything new lately. Short reviews, then:

Dead Rising II: Reminded me of why I wanted to snap the first game every time I died and lost two hours of progress. Also reminded me of the addiction. The most fun you'll have biting your own tongue into two pieces.

Red Dead Zombies: I already wrote about this but still. Sarah claims even to have enjoyed watching. There's multiplayer functionality that I have not even explored, brother.

Redder: Did I write about this a few months ago? I don't know. I don't know about this game either. I don't have the patience for it but then sometimes I think about the colors and images and I'm like, What the fuck is that spaceman up to?

Fine...

Just to prove that sad face is wrong and that Dave isn't just here talking to himself, here's a post. Enjoy.

I finally got around to watching Scott Pilgrim for the first time on Friday, and I have to agree. Awesome movie. I actually watched it again on Saturday. Only thing I didn't like was the little Seinfeld bit. Seinfeld was great and all, but it just felt really out of place. Also, they should have kept all of the Wallace-related deleted scenes in. That guy was great. The test audiences were right to make them go back and re-shoot the ending, though. The original one sucked. I should get the books to see which ending they had; the commentary for the deleted ending made it sound like the one they ended up using matched the books better.

The Walking Dead? Excellent as well. Seems out of place on AMC, but at least somebody's making it. This is the type of series SyFy would be showing if they hadn't gone to shit years ago.

Just finished Casshern Sins last night. Good post apocalyptic anime, very pretty. Basic takeaway: living in a dying world sucks, but life is meaningless if it goes on endlessly.

We've been playing Rock Band 3 a bit at the house. Pro mode drums is pretty cool, but I'm reserving final judgment until I get a hold of the midi controller or the newer Ion drums designed for pro mode. The keyboard seemed a little easy in normal mode, but completely painful in pro mode. Somebody else is going to need to spring for the pro guitar to see if it's any good; I don't want any part of that thing. Also, the new character creator sucks. I have to work way too hard to create a character that doesn't look as good as the ones I made in 2 minutes in 1 or 2. And what happened to the personality option? My drummer needs to be punk, dammit!

Back to you, Dave.

Movies You Should See and Why

Changeling - because it's good.

The Secret of Kells - because it's good.

Blue Velvet - because of Dennis Hopper. It's okay.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - because it makes my nerdness a sexual tyrannosaur.

The Walking Dead - yeah it's a TV show and yeah it's a graphic novel. Both are good, because.


Now someone else post.

Fear Mongering

Not only did certain people miss the latest Walking Dead premier, they also missed Conan O'Brien start his new show on TBS.

I am such an elitist.

Whoooooooa what's up I'm able to sign in again!

Turns out it's sort of...disturbingly easy to get a full reset of your Gmail password without knowing your security questions or having access to the listed alternate email. You just have to know a few things that any disgruntled ex-lover would know, like:

• a few people commonly emailed by the account
• an approximation of when the account was created
• other Google services used by the account holder
• etc.!

Sarah and I just watched the Walking Dead premiere. Did I enjoy it? Does it make me sad we don't have cable? The answer to both questions is no!

No, I'm kidding.

It's yes!

I enjoyed it. Some zombies ate a motherfucking horse. Man.

I agree with Kevin's and Dave's issued, noted below, but also with their optimism for the show. Now I have to wait for the effing DVDs...

The Walking Dead

Did anyone else catch the series premier yesterday? I know that people didn't because they cannot afford cable television. I don't want to spoil it for you but it was a really nice zombie story so far. It also has that magical AMC touch to it. I am angry, though. It seems the show is pretty much grounded to the traditional zombie lore (don't get bit, shoot the heads, shotguns, former loved ones as the dead...) I did, however, enjoy the zombie special effects. They even get to say the S-word. I won't ruin too much of it in case you didn't see it.

But let me tell you this: the zombies devour a horse.



Also, Batman: Under the Red Hood? Pretty damn awesome. My butthurt about the film? Warner Bros and DC need to stick to one troupe of voice actors and I mean REALLY stick to one set of voice actors. My butt hurts.