The Somewhat Ambitious

The Wrath of the Lich King beta has been and gone, and as a result more Warcraft minutia has reared its head! The ruins of Dalaran, which since the beginning of WOW have been ensconced in a purple sphere of energy (that or jelly… hard to tell with those whacky magicians), are going to be [...]

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I don’t know about you, but I have SO much money that I’m in a position where I don’t just need my speakers to sound good, I need them to look good as well. Fortunately it appears that I’m not the only one with such a GLORIOUSLY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, for there’s an entire [...]

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In an act of unprecedented douchebaggery (not really, it happens all the time when ballsacks get greedy), the gentlemen who comprise the guild Archaeus have been boned. Not literally, of course, and if that were the case, who am I to judge? No, the non-literal boning in question occured during a raid of The Black [...]

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Nasa has released panoramic shots from their killer space robot (they call it the “Phoenix Mars Lander“. I know better). As you may recall, photos transmitted from the lander revealed what appeared to be craters with “shiny bottoms”, and when the landers retro rockets fired, ice was revealed. At this point we have ice and [...]

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The latest World of Warcraft patch has resulted in a neat little addition to Azeroth that not many people have paid attention to: an impending explosion. Sandwiched between the Cathedral Square and the park in Stormwind, a massive series of explosive charges (surrounded by some arguing npc’s) have been set up, in anticipation of the [...]

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IT Security has posted up a rather interesting list entitled “51 Things You Aren’t Allowed To See on Google Maps”. While the name loses points for creativity, it is nonetheless fairly descriptive. Some favourites:
3. Dick Cheney’s House: The Vice President’s digs at Number One Observatory Circle are obscured through pixelation in Google Earth and Google [...]

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That’s right, the trailer for the new Watchmen film has been released. It’s more like an extended teaser, but there’s so much footage in it you can pretty much get a good impression of the kind of aesthetic they’re going for. It’s directed by Zack Snyder, the guy who translated Frank Miller’s 300 to screen, [...]

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Last night I watched Batman: Gotham Knight (an Animatrix-style series of Batman animé shorts. Or as I like to call them, batmanimé) and the Dark Knight back-to-back. That’s a good 4 solid hours spent watching a man in black plastic beat the hell out of people while having existential dilemmas. And, wonderful as it was, [...]

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This morning on the breakfast show I’m talking briefly with the guys and discussing what I though of The Dark Knight. As I’ll point out, it’s a magnificent film, but you really can’t capture the tragedy and pathos of a character like Batman without a derisive video (such as the one below) which undermines the [...]

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After the Dark Knight press screening, Ned and I got to discussing our favourite films. I started rattling off my top fifteen, and seeing as how both Luke and I are fairly pedantic with lists of things we like, here are our top fifteen films each, not in any order. I’ve often said I like [...]

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