Movies To See

Casino

First up, in my “movies to see” category, “Casino” by Martin Scorsesse. I’ve must have seen Casino three times already. It’s a movie about how Las Vegas really works, about wise guys, about how the house always wins and, well, trust. If you want, it’s “Wall Street” but about the corrupt world of Vegas. Of …

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Games

New Steam In The Pipes

Quick update. It’s no secret that Steam is the most successful digital distribution network for the PC. Since the launch of Half-Life 2, Steam has done wonders in the field of digital distribution. Digital distribution should be the way of the future: you are no longer tied to a physical medium, updates are pushed by …

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Games

Mad World

A quick bite. You probably know this song very well. It’s “Mad World” by Gary Jules. I was just watching a trailer for “The Crazies” that used this song as theme. For me, this song is linked to the awesome “Gears of War” game. I can watch this for a while…

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Games

Ubisoft Must Be Getting Desperate

Issue: Stupid Ubisoft DRM Scheme Are your sales low? Fearing bankruptcy? Games not selling well? NO? Then WTF ? Just feel like punishing those who still play PC games and send them to a console ? You lost big respect points on this one, Ubi. And I don’t think you are going to make all …

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Games

Spaced

The game everybody is talking about this year is, well, Mass Effect 2. I loved the first Mass Effect but I admit I didn’t get much from the DLC which they offered after registering your game with a Bioware account. But DLC has come a long way since the first Mass Effect. For me, the …

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Life

The Departed

We keep in our minds many people who, in different ways, have left our lives either through the front door, maybe storming out, or silently, they just slipped away. They have left us willingly or we have forced them out. Some have left us unwillingly, by dying. This is the hard truth. We are not …

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