Mind and Crumpet

Hokay, Squeem, here's what I could find on Youtube! For some reason a lot of the film clips have the speaking parts in French, but the songs in English. I'll provide translation where memory serves.

WARNING: Spoilers. This is also a pretty bloody movie, as well as being a bloody pretty movie from time to time. If you can't take violence on the level of, say, Kill Bill (that is, highly graphic but incredibly exaggerated), I'll recommend you skip a few of these clips.

EDIT: Frick, I forgot the opening credits! BAD NANO. Fixed now.

( At last, my post is complete again! )

Also, here is a fic rec!

Rats Gone Home to Jesus

A handful of vignettes portraying various characters from Mrs. Lovett to Benjamin Barker to Johanna to those entirely unexpected. Very creepy and well-characterized.

And some arhts!

Rebirth

It took me a moment to work out just what this picture was actually about, and then I went, "Ooh," which is always a sign of quality. Now I'm surprised nobody else has done something like this.

And there's this series of pictures, which are sort of halfway between cute and disturbing.

Enjoy! And now I MUST GO PACK AUGH

I'm broke! I'd almost forgotten what that was like. I'm tempted to adopt an impression of someone elderly, shake my fist, and complain about all them yougin' bahstids comin' here and stealin' our jobs. It may help dissuade me from buying the Heroes Season One DVD box set next payday.

In lieu of actual content, I think I'll link to things. Most of them will have to do with gaming, and LGS-related gaming at that, but I'll try to make them as interesting as possible for those who do not, in fact, care.

Ready?

Right!

The Illuminated Ones

An interview with Jordan Thomas, who created Robbing the Cradle and far-and-away my favourite level of Bioshock. He talks about light, how important it is, and the various techniques he uses in his work. You may find it deadly boring; I found it fascinating.

Free Radical - By Shamus Young

So, how many times have you visited ff.net and rolled your eyes at the latest 'novalization' of your favourite game? They tend to suck, right?

Here's one that doesn't. It's based on the original System Shock, though it expands quite a bit upon the story and has a very different ending. It could be a reasonably good quality cyber-punk novel with interesting text effects (alas the audio links are long-dead), and even has a few moments that made me giggle (along with one moment that I thought was awesomely cool). It is, for the most part, very well thought out. If you're looking for someway to waste time, there are worse places.

The Complex and Terrifying Reality of Star Wars Fandom

It's funny because it's true.

Zero Punctuation

A British guy who lives in Australia reviews games very fast into a microphone while little photoshopped images flash up to facilitate his explanations. Cruel and hilarious. I even like the Bioshock review, dedicated LGS apologist that I am.

And finally, from my favourite game journalist...

Brain Pies!

I don't know.

IT IS TIME FOR RECS!

( YAY, RECS! )

And also a Music Post!

( YAY, MUSIC POST! )

...Man, I'm a html NINJA. I ninje away into the...daylight. But still. NINJA.