Lost Finale

I will probably write something more detailed later, as the nerd in me really needs to put it on paper, but for now I will only write/rant about something that I’ve been noticing for some time…

Sci-fi.  Science Fiction.  Fiction based in the realm of science.  Some of the most promising sci-fi stories of recent memory:  The Matrix trilogy, Battlestar Gallactica, Lost.  What do they all have in common?  The final act ceases to be sci-fi.  God and magic do not belong in sci-fi.  In fact that is really the only real separation between sci-fi and fantasy.  Neo had powers in the real world cause he was ACTUALLY the second coming of christ?  Fail.  Kara came back from the dead because she was an angel?  Fail.  Every mystery on the island for the past 6 years was ghosts, magic and the afterlife?  FAIL. 

Are we forgetting what sci-fi means?  I want ANSWERS!  Not a finale that focuses on wrapping up character arcs in an emotional ending, I can get that from better dramas.  Not ghosts, magic and religion, I can get that from fantasy.  I want cool, complex, scientifically based explanations.  Don’t pass off your show or movie as sci-fi until the final stretch, then just try to make me cry when the main character dies.  After all the mystery and suspense, I deserve a fucking answer.  And if you can’t write a decent ending, stop wasting my time and getting my hopes up.

The Space In Between

Awesome song, awesome music video.  Also:  disturbing.

Packing

Packing up my room to move out with Chad in less than a week!  Getting really excited!

Red Dead Redemption

This game is awesome.  And I got it for free by trading in 2 other games :D

Here I Come

Another playlist for the long drive to Saskatoon and back to pick up Chad.  Some good tunes!

1. Dan Black – Ecstasy
2. We Are Scientists – Rules Don’t Stop
3. Harlem Shakes – Sunlight
4. We Were Promised Jetpacks – Quiet Little Voices
5. Modwheelmood – Things Will Change
6. The Bravery – An Honest Mistake
7. Dark Mean – Dark Banjo
8. Parov Stelar – Happy End
9. CocoRosie – Lemonade
10. David Usher – Time Of Our Lives
11. Elbow – I’ve Got Your Number
12. Choir Of Young Believers – Claustrophobia
13. The Bravery – Tragedy Bound
14. Blackfield – Cloudy Now
15. Parov Stelar – Homesick
16. Nine Inch Nails – 9 Ghosts 1
17. White Rabbits – Lionesse
18. We Are Scientists – Break It Up
19. Modwheelmood – Delay Lama
20. Dan Black – Wonder
21. Choir Of Young Believers – Why Must It Always Be This Way
22. David Usher – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
23. Peter Gabriel – Flume
24. Peter Gabriel – Listening Wind
25. CocoRosie – Here I Come

New Level! DM-Rooftops

I completed my second Unreal level, this time using the UT3 editor instead of the UDK editor.  It’s a rooftops level, a bit of an homage to the old Duke Nukem levels I used to make.  In the end I learned a few important lessons while making this level about what to decide on before starting the level, and what can be decided on the fly.  There are definitely some things I’d change if I were remaking the level now.  But live and learn!  Pix and walkthrough video included:

And the video:

This Guy Scared The Crap Out Of Me The Other Day!

I was working, minding my own business, and turned around to look out the window and instead had this guy right in front me.  Scare me half to death!