Sunday, June 29, 2008

Hit it with an axe

Blizzard just wants your money: after announcing Starcraft II around this time last year, they've followed it up with a Diablo III announcement this year.

Main site

Cinematic trailer

Gameplay video: Part 1, Part 2

(Video links to youtube because the main site is somewhat on the hammered side at the moment)

Monday, June 23, 2008

Nothing is sacred

I am unsure if the title of this post should be "Nothing is sacred" or "Canada should pay dearly for this" or something of that nature...In order to understand why, just watch Celene Dion performing You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

This time, he directs

Real Fight Is Back

It appears to bear no semblance to the original film, except for the stupidly intense action.  Oh yeah – the elephant fixation remains.

PTerryview

In 1983 he published The Colour of Magic, set in a disc-shaped world that sailed through the universe supported by four elephants standing on a turtle. Discworld rapidly annexed the real world and he was soon making millions. He was the biggest selling British author in 1996. Then JK Rowling overtook him.

Ah, JK Rowling. He got into trouble a few years ago for mocking her claim that she did not write fantasy. “I’m not the world’s greatest expert,” he said, “but I would have thought the wizards, witches, trolls . . . would have given her a clue.” Hate mail ensued.

More here.