The Tao of Gaming

For someone who writes a game blog, I don't play many new games. Just to bring that point home, Bruno's nominees for game of the year. Of the 12 games listed, I've played -- Three. And I only have a strong desire to play Tribune.

So this is a Zen game blog. We think about playing games. Om.

Clearly I do not love Age of Steam enough, since my 7 odd expansions feel like too many, when another 16 are coming out at Essen.

Om.

Just a note to indicate that I finally got past Suffragette City (Hard) on Rock Band. Needless to say, the next 10 songs were all beaten on the first try. Enter Sandman and that Smashing Pumpkins song are the new stumbling blocks.

Boom Blox? Never heard of it. Enjoy the 4th.

Kung Fu Panda -- Pretty good if you can stand the 'Jack Black fanboy' schtick.

Wall*E -- An OK Pixar movie, which makes it better than most, but I we're not sold on getting the DVD.

And, if you want a full paragraph or so.

KFP -- No pop culture filler (yea!), some really good actual (non-CGI) animation ala Samurai Jack, decent action sequences (given that it's CGI). Jack Black. You should know whether you like that last part or not. Several good jokes.

Wall*E -- Not nearly as much of a kid flick as I expected. My son (5 years old) was begging to leave with 30 minutes to go. I think it probably could have been trimmed a bit, although I enjoyed the length it didn't feel as tight. I suspect my daughter enjoyed it, but she wasn't raving. Action sequences weren't as strong as the Incredibles, but how could they be? (Ditto Character Development/Ratatouille or Monsters, Inc or Nemo) On the other hand, I'm comparing it to the other movies by the greatest animation studio of my lifetime .... and the short was pretty good, too.

BTW, you Koldfoot should do a passenger poll for every movie.