Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

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• July 20, 2007

Ratatouille Review: Part 2

From Wikipedia... French ratatouille may be served as a meal on its own (accompanied by rice, potatoes, or simple French bread), or as a side dish. Tomatoes are a key ingredient, with garlic, onions, zucchini (courgettes), eggplant (aubergine), bell peppers (capsicum), some herbes de Provence, and sometimes basil. All the ingredients are sautéed in olive oil. Ratatouille is sometimes used as a filling for savoury crepes. As well as a tasty food stuff, Ratatouille is a delicious combination of all [...]

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• June 24, 2007

Harry Potter Conspiracy Theories #4

My Harry Potter Conspiracy Theory posts have gotten ridiculously popular, all receiving over 500 comments - a couple getting close to 1000. So I thought I would have one last attempt at coming up with Potter related theories. Actually that's a bit of a fib, I'm not going to be coming up with any. What I intend to do is write down my thoughts based upon the vast swathes of comments that have been posted on here over the last [...]

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• May 16, 2007

Spiderman 3 Review

I love the Spiderman movies. I've seen all three at the cinema, and own the first two on DVD - I am officially a fan. So, last weekend, I went with my girlfriend to watch the latest in the series and thought it was very cool indeed. There are spoilers ahead so keep away if you're worried about that sort of thing. Spiderman 3 follows on where the second left off, with Harry Osbourne upset at Peter Parker for killing [...]

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• May 11, 2007

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

This is rather late now but I really wanted to say something. I mentioned before that I had seen the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film (actually called TMNT) and I'm pleased to say it was absolutely great. I went to see the film on a weekday, and it was mostly younger children in the audience. I went with my girlfriend who very kindly puts up with my childish tendencies. I loved the film but she was very clearly bored [...]

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• April 21, 2007

The Virginia Tech tragedy and violent video games

The recent shooting at Virginia Tech has affected, and shocked, many people and it's a terrible tragedy that something so awful could happen. My thoughts go out to all those involved and I hope they can get back to some semblance of normality as soon as possible. Video Games As tragic as this event was video games are yet again being blamed for the issue. Within hours of the incident Jack Thompson had managed to get onto the television, under [...]

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• April 5, 2007

300 + Paulo = Xerxes?

I went to see 300 at the Imax cinema in London recently and it is one of the best films I have seen in a long time. I like powerful films and, whilst the story was a little thin, this film was VERY powerful. Nobody goes to see a film like 300 for the story, but what there was of it was done more than well enough. For those who aren't aware (and I'm late to the party so you [...]

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• March 26, 2007

3 rules of effective cutscenes

Arstechnica have put together the three rules of effective cutscenes as taught by God of War 2. The rules are... Keep it Short, Stupid I shouldn't be Superman in a cut scene but Clark Kent in the game If your engine is good enough for the game, it's good enough for cut scenes Obviously they go into more detail, but the points themselves are very valid. My own opinion is basically that cutscenes are boring. It's well known that a [...]

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• March 14, 2007

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) movie – competition

I was recently contacted by a very nice lady at Warner Bros. asking whether I would like to run a competition to promote a film. Normally I just ignore this sort of thing but (not that it happens very often!) but being that it's for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, I just had to say yes. Like 300 (also from Warner Brothers) I have been excited about this film for some time now. I have loved the Ninja [...]

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• March 4, 2007

Hot Fuzz

I went to see the new British comedy, Hot Fuzz, the other day - and it was absolutely great. I haven't seen Shaun of the Dead, despite hearing that it's really rather good, but that didn't stop me from wanting to see this film. From what I have heard the humor and the style of the two films are fairly similar and having now seen Hot Fuzz I think I will give it a go. I was very surprised by [...]

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• February 15, 2007

Videogames blamed for… everything!

Videogames are regularly blamed for many things, the most popular being making children fat and violent. So when something new, such as the Nintendo Wii, comes along everyone is happy. The Wii gets children exercising again, and it doesn't feature as many violent games as other consoles. However that "everyone" has just gotten a little smaller. Children who spend too much time playing virtual sports on their new Nintendo Wii are getting a false sense of what it's like to [...]

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• February 11, 2007

Gun Wing, new Binary Sun game released

As some of you may know I make video games - both for work and as a hobby. About a year ago a chap named Alan Broad posted a demo of a game he was intending to give away on a development forum I frequent. I really liked the game and thought some money could be made so I offered to buy the code and distribution rights. I wanted to tweak the game and release it for sale. He said [...]

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• February 1, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows release date announced

Yes - I know I am old enough to know better, but frankly I don't care - so here we go... The date for the final Harry Potter book has been announced! We will all be able to find out exactly what happens to Harry, Ron , Hermione and the rest of the gang on... (drum roll please) ... 21st July 2007 at 00:01 Now back to talking about all the rumors that are flying around. Oh - and it [...]