The only show that I’ve been obsessed with enough to keep up with exclusively in the last few years is Glee. I realized that I was pouring so much energy in keeping up with the show that I might as well try something new with VDCC, my outlet for thoughts on different media, and have a blog series. Why not chat it up about Glee? Why, I think I might.
This post is a recap/review of episodes 1-7 and episode 8 (though separately), so beware of spoilers. After this recap/review, there will... Read Full Story
I recently bought a PS3 and have been muddling my way through the unimpressive library of PS3 exclusive titles. Having had an XB360 since early 2006 and a Wii for nearly as long, the PS3 and I have a lot of time to make up together.
Just recently I rented and beat Heavenly Sword, a “first generation” (meaning one of the first releases) title for the PS3. As mentioned here and elsewhere on this blog, I have gotten to run through a few titles on the console that heavily use the Wi... Read Full Story
At my local movie theater, fifteen of about twenty screens were dedicated to midnight or later showings of the film. Two lines wrapped around the building, one of them running up to the edges of the parking lot; another line trailed deep into the parking lot. I arrived an hour and twenty minutes early, and was one of the last people in the prepaid ticket line. The other lines, in which people had been waiting for hours, had not yet moved when the line for the 11:59 showing began shuffling ... Read Full Story
Artist: Stateless
Album: Stateless (2007)
Song: “Bloodstream”
Smooth, beautiful, and meaningful, Stateless has created a song that simply and perfectly embodies the aching of a love separated. Separated on what terms, one can’t be sure – but the connection between the speaker and the object of his desire has not dissipated. A haunting song that almost all of us can relate to, “Bloodstream” is different from the rest of Stateless’ self-titled 2007 trip-hop album... Read Full Story
No promises, but I’m going to try and post a few things over the rest of the summer. I just renewed the domain, so it seems like I should at least make an effort, right? Right.
Upcoming: A few VDCC Radio posts, as well as a Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince review. I also have some reviews laying around that never made it here, so I will do what I can to get those up as well.
Happy Summer, Everyone!
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This is a review of the XB360 version of the game.
Crystal Dynamics and Eidos did something that is nearly impossible for the fast-moving world of video games, where top-notch production and great story, gameplay, and innovation don’t secure success. That said, it’s harder to start a franchise and keep the quality up - which accounts for the declining quality of the Tomb Raider during the late 1990s/early 2000s. The “high low” of this decline produced Tomb Raider: Ange... Read Full Story
Artist: Broken Social Scene
Album: Broken Social Scene (2005)
Song: “Hotel”
Cool, laid back, vague. “Hotel” whispers to you from the dark in the beginning, building. It’s smoky and blurry, coming from between sleep and wake. When it focuses, like a sleepwalker coming to, it becomes clear that it’s all sex, whether or not that was the intent. The bass is a lure, a promise of what will happen if you follow. The vocals ask you gently to close your eyes wi... Read Full Story
It’s good to be in the groove of Christmas break, and I hope all of you out there who are on some sort of break are enjoying it as much or more than I am. I’m hoping I will be able to use what free time I have left to give some much needed attention to VDCC and Adamant’s Fire. In the few free moments I had in the last semester, I began contemplating the scope of VDCC very seriously. This contemplation fixated almost immediately on the two most underdeveloped categories of... Read Full Story
My third review is up at ObsessedwithFilm.com. Please give it a click, a read, and some suppport.
Twilight
Also, if you are here because you clicked on the trackback link at OWF, here’s my Twilight book review.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Here is some reading material.
Chuck Klosterman reviews Chinese Democracy.
For more on my impressions of Chuck Klosterman and getting to meet him, as well as lamentations at the chance I let slip through my fingers, see my blog post at Adamant’s Fire.
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