Archive for October, 2008

Old and wrong, but not forgotten

October 08th, 2008 | Category: Games

My girlfriend doesn’t like any computer games. Any computer games? Well, there’s one she does like and in fact went to the trouble of installing herself: the 11th Hour. Yes it’s old^H^H^Ha classic. But playing it together - which I have to admit is an altogether different experience on a widescreen TV with a decent stereo and a fast computer - we ran into something I missed on the first time through. Read more

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Hellboy

October 01st, 2008 | Category: Movies

Hellboy (2004) - **

After watching Hellboy II on the big screen, I felt the need to rewatch Hellboy, since I’d missed the middle part the first time I watched it and never gave it a good look. One thing I immediately noticed is how much Hellboy and Hellboy II are the same. The story, the characters and even some of the visual jokes and action scenes are so much the same that, in retrospect, I should really lower the score (3.5) I gave Hellboy II. Read more

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