The compatibility report at ResidualVM indicates that Grim Fandango is now completable.
And there was much rejoicing. Embarrassingly enough, I’ve never played the game properly (but do have it as a cheapo edition from Fry’s).
Mar 252012
Mar 252012
Sun shines low in the winter. Mar 182012
Mar 182012
Mar 182012
It’d been a long day walking the Mall and the Smithsonian museums, I bet.
Photo Friday 16.3.2012: Unwind
Mar 182012
What does the word “gamer” mean to you? Is that different than what other people seem to think it means?
One who seeks excitement, inspiration and insight in worlds beyond our own – no matter whether they are digital, physical or purely imaginative by nature.
Mar 182012
Mar 132012
Watched Bridesmaids on the christmas break and was occasionally pleased by the movie. It is a pure chick flick, but contains enough comedy to be universally bearable.
The plot only occasionally rises above low expectations, so the movie rests firmly on the actresses’ shoulders. Kirsten Wiig (who also wrote the script) almost loses her top spot to the pleasantly unhinged Melissa McCarthy. Her take on an unconventional bridesmaid is worth watching the film. Sadly, most of the other characters are either frightfully one-dimensional or so seriously under-utilized that most of their scenes probably ended up on the cutting-room floor.
Not bad, and probably a good score for a sequel in a couple of years.
Mar 132012
SÄ for sämpylä (bread roll), this is a genuine Philadelhia Cheesesteak (with the works, hence the eponymous cheese is quite well hidden).
Alkukirjaimet #55: SÄ.
Mar 132012
The annual XYZZY awards have been dealt out.
And I think Robb Sherwin’s Cryptozookeeper just hopped to the top of the games to try out. After all, it combines two great interests of mine: interactive fiction and cryptozoology.
Mar 132012
EA blatantly left out the n-gage rendition of SSX in the history of the franchise.
Not that it’s much good, but an omission is an omission.
Mar 132012
Do you have any house rules when you game? What are they, and why do you use them? If not, why not?
Really depends on the game.
Meta-rules are more important: phones are silenced, and only really important calls taken; everybody brings something to eat.
Mar 122012
Seeing this article on visualizing Memento brought a hankering to rewatch the film.
Mar 122012
Originally I was sure that Robert Mitchum’s character in Night of the Hunter would be the most appropriate of monsters.
However, he pales in comparison to a far more frightening character.
Mo’Nique’s utterly dehumanized grandmother in Precious is so much believable than a murderous vicar. After all, the latter are pretty much confined to slow-paced Agatha Christie novels, whereas the former are born out of poverty and misery. And neither of those in in short supply these days.
Movie Monday #40: Monster.
Mar 122012
If you were an Ent, what kind of Ent would you be? Or, what other NPC creature would you be? Why?
A fast ent. Which in normal terms might mean glacial pace nonetheless.
Mar 112012
Mar 112012
Mar 112012
I liked J.J. Abrams Super 8 a lot. So much that until I finally saw Drive off a disc, I held Super 8 to be the finest movie of 2011.
Super 8 is a shamelessly nostalgic piece of film. It combines Goonies and E.T. to a coherent whole, with a bit of Cloverfield added for extra spice. And wraps the story with a well-thought out framing device: the protagonists are filming a horror movie, and accidentally capture things on film that they never should have seen.
Despite Super 8 mainly populated by kids, the actors never cross the annoyance-threshold. And the plot indeed revolves around the kids being kids, not as conventional exposition devices. Elle Fanning executes her part well, and I’m sure the rest of the crew will not be strangers on the big screen in the next decade either.
The heritage of the film is very much apparent, but it’s an homage, never a rip-off. The plot has a few holes and a few cliches, but nothing that would snap the suspenders of disbelief too harshly.
The 1979 setting is not rubbed in very strong. While the scenery and dialogue seem genuine, the soundtrack is not filled to the brim with the hits of the summer.
Bonus half a star for the most explosive scene of the year (the derailment, which gets the entire plot rolling).
Mar 112012
Telltale Games, who have been snapping up licenses to abdandoned game franchises, films, television series and whatnot, have picked up one more.
Their take on Bill Willingham’s Fables has nothing but an announcement, but the concept is very intriguing.
After all, the take on fairy tale characters’ continued existence in 21st century does provide an almost infinitely extensible milieu for additional adventures.
Mar 112012
Seriously pink. Mar 112012
A bumblebee visiting a pink flower. Mar 112012
A squirrel conveniently ignores howls of anguish following a dropped ice cream cone and enjoys his loot.
Photo Thursday #237: Whoopsie!
Mar 112012
Mar 112012
Who or what was the most memorable NPC you’ve ever encountered? Why?
Reg Ty Darling, the long-legged sheriff of Vähänääskylä.
A character of little consequence, but huge mental impact.
Not on account of what he did, but on how he was portrayed.
Mar 062012
Tutorial: read.
Necessity of a tutorial: quite high.
Games played: two.
Appreciation: growing, but I still wonder about the popularity.
Unexpected event #1: a bona fide snow crash of the Macbook. Quite an accomplishment by a windowed java program.
Unexpected event #2: inability to respawn in a normal game.