The internet tells me that someone is filming a TV adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones”. You who know more about these things: is it really going to happen or is this old news; does this make you excited or just disappointed that it’s not Erikson?
I would love to see someone make this into a controller. Nintendo, I’m looking at you.
Mass Effect 2 is really, really good. Follow this simple decision tree to experience video-game related enjoyment:
Do you have a 360? If not, buy one.
Do you have Mass Effect 1? If not, buy it.
Play Mass Effect 1.
Do you have Mass Effect 2? If not, buy it.
Play Mass Effect 2.
Pine for Mass Effect 3.
Neither game is perfect, but both are reasonably fantastic.
Meanwhile, here is a really, hilariously long review of Final Fantasy 13. In summary, I don’t think he liked it very much.
You need to turn this mutha up real real loud…by which I mean watch Human Target.
I wasn’t planning on watching Caprica, since these kinds of spin-offs are almost always very contrived and/or watered-down. People were making noises though, so I gave it a go. Caprica doesn’t particularly suck. Some things about it are very good. It is definitely not a show, as I think Rhad can attest, that one will want to jump in on mid-stream. This is partly because the show doesn’t spend sufficient time explaining everything that’s going on; it feels like it really wants to have 60 minute episodes. The acting and production are good, and the plot is potentially very William Gibson, which I obviously find appealing, though I have my doubts as to the show’s ability to follow through on this. For a science fiction fan, Caprica is probably worth following, for now.
As for Japanland, I haven’t been watching much anime of note in the past while, except for some good remakes. I caught the first to episodes of Sora No Woto. I don’t know about the story yet (interesting world at least: post-apocalyptic, kind of Haibane Renmei esque but less opaque), however this show is gorgeous in HD. Absolutely gorgeous.
Some spoilery critiques of Caprica below…
So, in addition to the 1:1 scale Gundam, Japan has another life-size giant robot. A 1:1 scale model of Tetsujin 28 (18 m high) was completed in Kobe in Falll 2009. Here’s some more info on it. If you don’t know who Tetsujin 28 is, be ashamed of yourself.
Money quote from 2nd article:
“The only thing I would change about the statue itself are the eyes – they’re painted and therefore opaque, when they could have been semi-translucent and lit from within like the street lamps – though that may have sent the statue into dangerously awesome territory causing everyone to pee their pants.”
Thanks to Sabah for the heads-up on this.
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