“Oh, quit whining. We’re supposed to be surprised that there’s greenscreening in a Zack Snyder movie? Did you even see300? I think that title actually referred to the number of animators they had rendering CGI cliff faces.”
– MightyGodKing and friends discussing theWatchmen trailer
We saw Eddie Izzard live last night, and it was awesome. His new set,Stripped, is very similar toDress to Kill in that it’s mostly jokes about history and religion. He discusses the controversy about Intelligent Design vs Evolution (including Charles Darwin’s famous bookMonkey, Monkey, Monkey, Monkey, You) and the improbability of Noah’s Ark. The tour is nearly over, but this is definitely one to pick up when it comes out on DVD.
“There are not scars or tattoos you can pick. But, there are beards. And not just any beards. We have them all. We have the most ridiculous list of beards in any game, ever. One of our artists went crazy with beards and didn’t stop.”
– Todd from Bethesda discussing the character customization options inFallout 3
I was just looking through my draft posts and noticed that I never actually posted my One Paragraph Review forMass Effect. And that’s sad, because I absolutely loved the game. In fact, the reason I didn’t post the review is because I decided I didn’t want to review it until I beat the game, but I forgot that I’m incredibly slow at RPGs because I’m a leave-no-stone-unturned kind of gamer. Add to that the fact that after I beat the game once, using my lawful-good style character, I took Daniel’s advice and played through again with the intention of being a chaotic-evil kind of guy. It was a lot of fun, but since the storyline ultimately involves you saving the galaxy, you can’t be all that evil, so I just ended up playing a total dick. It was a lot of fun, but I guess I was a little disappointed that I wasn’t given the option of going full-on Darth Vader on the universe. Still, for all I’m complaining, I played through the game twice without batting an eye, and was in the middle of playing through a third time whenGrand Theft Auto 4 came out and stole all my game time. Long story short, if you enjoyed KOTOR or any of Bioware’s other RPGs, you’re going to dig this.
One major annoyance between the Mac and PC versions of Firefox 3 is the position of the “Done” button on the Add Bookmark dialog. On a Mac, the button is on the right. On a PC, it’s on the left. I won’t comment on which is better, just that the difference breaks my muscle memory and is driving me up the wall, and causing me to lose bookmarks that I think I’ve saved.
The only saving grace here is that “Done” is the default action on both, so what I really need to do is train myself to press Enter on the keyboard instead of mousing over and clicking on the button.