Killing Game

I am a fan of computer games! But just as I’m very fussy about comic books there is also only a few stylistic approaches and themes that appeal to me when it comes to game. One of my absolute favourite games these past years has been the Prince of Persia (PoP) trilogy! The game has in a miraculous way met all my expectations from a game and in a way also realised my childhood ideas about how a great story/movie should be! A balance blend of action and adventure combined with historic exoticism and mythological mysticism. Now that the Prince of Persia series is put on hold I’m eagerly waiting for a forthcoming game from the same creative team at UBISOFT. The game entitled “Assassin’s Creed” is neither stylistically nor thematically far from the PoP games, but at the same time while the PoP was a linear game AC got the entire environment as an interactive field to explore! And while PoP was more of a fantasy game AC is based on actual historic facts which makes it credible! Its about Altaïr and his clan of assassins (Hashashin) in the ancient cities of Jerusalem, Damascus and Acre amidst the third Crusade. The game is to be from the Next Generation series created for XBOX 360 and PS3, and from the demos I’ve seen so far its gonna be a hell of a game! You can practically freeze and cap each frame of this promising game and print it for wall-hanging!

And knowing that the history's cutest game programmer/producer Jade Raymond is leading the project doesnt exactly kill the excitement! hehe!

No smoke, No mirrors!

I had looked forward to this movie and luckily it wasn’t a disappointment! It met all my anticipation and expectations! Great casting, a well-established balance between a nonlinear story and subtle effects! The kind of movie I wanted to see as a child! No smoke, no mirrors …but REAL magic!!

The Legs

The leggy corr sisters, Oh! and their four-is-a-crowd brother as well lol, have summed up their decade and a half career in DREAMS with 20 songs! Enjoy the length of the legs ...sorry, the album!

High Pitched Mika

I’ve just discovered Mika’s ”Relax, Take it Easy”, an amazing tribute to the 80’s Electro-POP and ITALO-DISCO! I simply ADORE this marvellous track!! Its RETRO approach and nostalgic vibe give me the goosebumps that I hardly get from hearing music anymore! The ”I Just Died in You Arms” inspired opening alone makes me go nuts! This style holds such a sway over my heart that I just cant find words for it! Unfortunately the rest of Mika’s "Scissor Sisters" music does not share the same style! Listen to the song on Mika’s myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/mikamyspace

Natural Discrimination

Not that I oppose the purpose and effort of the animal rights activists, but one question has always bothered me! What does it take for an animal to have its rights protected by humans? How comes its always those animals that look and behave closer to us as a specie that get the attention and worry? The mismanagement of cows as cattle is rightfully campaigned against, but not the boiling of living lobsters!? You don’t see many activists rally against that! Why? Cause the cows look cuter or make a sound when they are hurt? Aren’t these campaigners aware of the silent yet cruel mass-murder of hardworking ants they happen to commit on a daily basis without having a single thought on where they embark and what they step on, let alone remorse about it? What about spiders and all other bugs that have been unfortunate enough to be endowed with a ”creepy” look by nature, don’t they deserve a life without getting discriminated by us self-righteous humans? Are they less worth as creatures because of their appearance? I guess even the better nature of us humans discriminates against our ”others”, no matter what specie!

Retro Princess

The Swedish POP-ROCK band Lambretta was one of the 90's most successful acts in Sweden! Today their cute blond vocalist Linda Sundblad has released her solo album "Oh My God!" made of pure melodic POP hits a la 80's Madonna!

Lost Loose Ends

50 reasons why I love AND hate LOST! I want to know what hides inside the box, NOW! But they take their time to unwrap it for me! Pleasantly teasing and tormenting me to revelation, like a skilful lover on the way to an orgasmic climax!!

The mind-puzzling and attention-consuming enigmas of both pleasure and frustration, all listed here! Read and remind yourself of why you just HAVE TO have patience and wait until the show returns in February 2007!

http://tv.ign.com/articles/745/745595p1.html

Get Get a Life!

I have always been a fan of comic books! Though I seldom find a theme that captures my interest ever since I was a child I have been mesmerised by comic art! In recent years however the focus has been shifted from the classic superhero themes to more mature and satirical themes with a post-modern caricature-sque style! Recently I discovered a graphic novel (collected comics) in hardcover which I highly recommend! Read the description below and if you too find it appealing do not hesitate to get your hand on one copy!

”Only a few of French cartoonists Dupuy and Berberian's delightful Monsieur Jean stories have previously appeared in English, but this volume collects translations of the earliest ones, originally published in the mid-'80s. Jean is a smalltime literary figure—a novelist, translator and jazz collector—on the cusp of 30, realizing that life is moving faster than he is. He's got an apartment too cheap to leave, with a landlady he can't stand; his old friends are getting married, having children, casually revealing long-ago betrayals and inflicting their own life disasters on him. He's fine at attracting women, but can't sustain a serious relationship for long. By the end of the book, he's repeatedly playing daddy to other people's babies and recalling the days when the life of an artist and culture-vulture seemed a lot easier. Dupuy and Berberian play Jean's not-quite-midlife crises as whimsy, though, with occasional goofy fantasy sequences in which he imagines himself guarding the castle of his bachelorhood. The book's artwork is breezy, simple and very European (everyone's got gigantic, near-abstract noses, and the landscapes of Paris and Lisbon are lovingly caricatured); its smooth playfulness helps to alleviate the sting of its well-aimed darts toward the moments when the bohemian life begins to curdle.” - Publishers Weekly