Review: Braid

This is one of the answers to the old question: Are games an art form? (Spoiler: they can be.)

Review: The Happening

OK, so M. Night Shymalan is back with his follow up to the truly god-awful ‘Lady In The Water’ which is something of an achievement in itself as I’m surprised anyone would give him a penny after that effort, but they did so here we are.

How To: Integrate Lightview into FlickrRSS

Most Wordpress users know of the great Flickr plugin that takes your Flickr RSS feed and displays your recent photos in your Wordpress sidebar or elsewhere on your page. By default, FlickrRSS will link you directly to the photo’s page on flickr. This is fine in most cases, unless all of the other images on your page use effects such as Lightbox, Fancyzoom, or Lightview. These effects will only work if FlickrRSS links directly to the image itself instead of the photo’s page. Here is a relatively simple way to make FlickrRSS do just that.

Preview: Tales of Vesperia

Announced at the last Jumpfesta (Site is Japanese) event this past December, Tales of Vesperia is the new upcoming RPG for the Xbox 360.

Review: The Bank Job

Despite a weak, B-rate feeling opening, The Bank Job manages to pull itself up and shape into a wildly engaging, gritty, realistic heist film that holds nothing back and does not have the comfy, playful feel of the Ocean’s films. And here’s the kick: its’ based on a true story.
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IRON AND WINE @ Wheaton College

Yet another reason to love the 360

So I watch a lot of PAL DVDs. I have friends in the UK that help me import games and movies that are hard to find here in the US. I have always had a PC in the living room for such tasks because I have no DVD player that could handle PAL disks. I [...]