Raithe

Heh. "After last weeks episode of Game of Thrones, maybe they should change its acronym from GoT to OMG!..." I managed to snag a couple of episodes of NTSF-SD-SUV. It's a little weird with some amusing bits. Although seeing Kate Mulgrew wearing an eye-patch and coming out with such lines as "I'm going out, getting drunk and getting my freak on!" or "the war will never be over as long as there are japanese people on american soil!" with Captain Janeway style hair flicks does make me chuckle.

It's a Die Hard movie without a clear and engaging villian to have fun dialogue with. If Willis and the Villain can't be snarky at each other, or steal scenes with one liners.. It just won't work properly.

A Feast of Crows was where I gave up on the series. I just found myself supremely uninterested in the survival of any of the characters.

Now surprisingly, I didn't take this picture.. but dang I like it:

On your point about translation. Is there maybe some non-lexical flow imparted by the shape of the Chinese script which you could only get from a skilled translator? Just a thought. It's one of the things I've wondered about. The structure of written chinese is one thing. But also to consider, a lot of those texts were originally produced before the written language was "codified" and "reformatted" as it were by the first Emperor. So how much that caused shifts in the original structure and language, before someone attempted to roll it into English.

For a little geek story and humour.. via wil wheaton's blog.. To be soon followed by:

Yeah, it's either drop a pot over it to cut off oxygen, or throw the damp towel across the top of it. I guess those primal reactions hit you first..

Now that has me imagining Walls in a polyester superman suit swiftly being enveloped as a ball of fire as he runs along...

Trying to get my sleep cycle back in check, which is always fun. Felt totally shattered crawling out of bed. Ah well, on with the day. Currently trying to sort out my mother's drug supplies for the next 7 days. And being interupted by the dogs repeatedly...

Hm, So Eidos-Montreal have done a tweet and this https://vine.co/v/b3HdHDdj7zK.. So teasing over some future Deus Ex. Seems a wee bit late to be more dlc.. Whether it relates to the possible DE movie, or a follow-on "Prequel" game... Which, frankly with a subtitle of "The Fall" does make it sound more likely..

I've said it before and I'll say it again, while grabbing a quick shower can be nice.. It will never beat the sheer, decadent luxury of sinking into a hot bathtub for an hour to lazily soak whilst reading a good book... Especially at the end of a day.

Ran through a mission on XCOM EU, then got to shoot down the hidden overseer ship. Hm, that first Ethereal in a room with multiple heavy floaters, and a sectopod is a bit of a bastard. Need to sit down and get some decent game playing in. Haven't spent more then an odd half-hour here and there doing so lately.

Wilson and Tom are pretty much loathesome on their own. Hm, for those who don't know the story yet I'll throw this behind a spoiler to be safe..

It's always good to see biting sarcasm and 'hidden' bile come from the wit of a comedian... http://youtu.be/hxPRU5t_ajI

Oh, and the BBC have announced that BBC News - Matt Smith is to leave Doctor Who at the end of the year...

Hm, I have a few. I literally haven't uninstalled Alpha Protocol since it first came out. - Although I haven't had a run through in about half a year. Civ IV. Sid Meier's Alpha Cenaturi. VtM - Bloodlines. Deus Ex - That's one that gets reinstalled, played through, taken off, x months down the line, put back on, uninstalled, wash, rince, repeat ad infinitum.. Kotor I & II keep turning up on my machine for some reason.. ME series I do keep puttering with.. Tron 2.0. - Every now and then I just feel a need for that amusement. NOLF 2. Galactic Civilisations II. AvP2 - Although that tends to be when a couple of friends all get in the same mood together and that calls for an old fashioned return to student LAN parties.. I used to replay the Privateer and Wing Commander games in ridiculous amounts. But haven't played any of those in a few years now.

The Great Gatsby. It's a beautiful film, strongly acted, some incredible sets. But yeah, by the end of the movie you pretty much loathe all the characters in it bar one.

How. Do. I. Make. It. Stop? Wash it out with.. oh, maybe this? http://youtu.be/PxygOy3cEMY

Well the sun has come out today.. My mother's birthday, so there's that to deal with. Sitting down to push on with some work this morning and it's been one of those: 5 minutes of work, doorbell goes. Back to work, 5 minutes later, the phone goes. Back to work. 5 minutes later, something sets the dogs off. Back to work. 5 minutes later, the doorbell goes again.. Still, I was talking to my sister the other day and had that whole conversation in regards to mom's birthday: Me: "So, any idea what you're getting for mom this year?" My Sister: "Not a clue." Me: "I thought I'd keep it simple and get her the blu-rays of Les Mis and The Hobbit, you know what a fan she is." My Sister: - narrowing of eyes - "Oh, you bastard." Families. It's always important to keep the love flowing...

I wouldn't call it a problem with writing in a foreign language. I constantly find myself reusing phrases in follow-on sentences. Which is an incredibly bad writing habit I have to force myself to double check whenever I write something longer then a paragraph...

Righty-ho folks, I recently backed Posthuman Studios kickstarter project for their Transhuman Player's Guide.. Which means I get a free pdf copy of the Sunward and Rimward pdf's and hack packs... Now since I already have copies of those, is there anyone out there who'd like one or both of them? At the moment I've just got the coupon codes for Sunward and it's hack pack to be used at DriveThruRPG, and in the near future I'll be getting the coupon codes for Rimward and its hack pack. So if you're interested, drop me a note. For those simply curious: http://eclipsephase.com/game And they actually put the Core Rulebook out there for free when they started the game line.. So if you want to glance at a lightweight html version of said Core Rulebook: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7127699/EP_lightweight/ep.html

As Wals says, context can be an important thing. On the General Lee and Dukes of Hazzard, it worked.. but in other situations it can scream out on the links to racism. Although how much that gets developed due to racist groups using it, or purely it's historical context.. I can also see it for the way it represented a group of people who felt they had the right to withdraw from the Union because they disagreed with it's policies. Which always raises up a few interesting questions...