Dan_Dare

2 was weird for me because

S'all in the game, yo.

Crushing my enemies, seeing them driven before me and hearing the lamentations of their women.

Yeah if MW3 isn't subs based, I'll eat a hat. Possibly my own.

I feel your pain. Royal Fail basically turn up whenever the fuck they like round my way. Not cool.

your mum loves Tumblr

you could say the same about Gears of War or Halo- the latter is built around a '30 seconds of fun' core mechanic and I'm still playing it ten years later and it's still awesome.

Apple customer 'service' can bite my sack. The bastards actually tried to get me to pay £140 to replace a phone jack in my ipod. a phone jack.

The whole aesthetic is rancid. The voice work is utterly beyond redemption. However, you can slide on the ground using boosters on your knees, backflip off a badguy, throw a grenade at his pals and shotgun him in half. So, you know, fuck it I suppose.

What the little torn page? edit: lol working now

gnnuuaargh! hm ok. fingers crossed and dropping off then!

Yeah but you're Scottish so you don't count.

the idea is to slide in to enemies with a melee. It's awesome.

Sequels to either would be absolutely tragic.

maybe at a very academic level, but why insist on entirely the opposite? In most cases, engaging critically with any entertainment worth your time is more enjoyable- and if it crumbles under analysis then it's shit anyway.

Paj you should def read Young Avengers. It evokes reeds and lots of lying down.

mhm I think I'm going with Wordpress. I already have an account there so it makes sense anyway.

Well whatever the film requires. What annoys me is this concept that engaging with a film fully is somehow counter to the experience you pay for. If I go to see a film I enjoy but with some pacing issues (Hallo, Watchmen) then discussing the structure of the film afterwards as part of my experience isn't being some kind of snob, it's just going to the cinema and thinking like an adult. I just don't understand how it became the norm to actively disengage with something you go and pay to see. It's crazy.

re: films. the idea that we should 'just enjoy the film for what it is!' and calling critical engagement useless or boring or somehow counter to the enjoyment of cinema is the kind of counter intellectual nonsense that pays Michael Bay's wages. It's insultingly stupid.

...that's what you do, isn't it?

Sex Bom-Omb is quite possibly the best name for a band EVER

So I'm at a bit of a loose end and my typing fingers are getting itchy. Must mean it's time for Dan to start another blog! Only he might actually keep this one updated! So, forum. which website should I use? I've used Wordpress before so that's what I'm leaning towards but I'm open to suggestions before I take the plunge.

people who describe music they don't understand / like as 'just noise' make me want to stab myself in the eye with a fork. I've found indie fans particularly guilty of this.

ahahahaahaha

That wager thing is actually kind of cool. Yep.