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Month: October 2017

  • The C64 Mini Computer

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    I know it’s a bit of a silly thing, but I’m lusting for this mini-version of the Commodore 64. No info yet on the price or when it’s coming out (other than “coming soon”).

  • Sweryism

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    Gamasutra has a good piece up interviewing Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro about The Good Life — the game he’s currently crowdfunding — and how he approaches game design.

  • Haikasoru Humble Book Bundle

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    Storybundle did a Haikasoru book bundle a while back that I bought (Haikasoru is Viz’s imprint for Japanese sci-fi novels), and this time it’s Humble Bundle with a differnt selection. I have a horrible track record when it comes to reading books (I spend too much time reading comics and magazines), but I’m still going…

  • Ubiday 2017

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    Hey, I get to put on my employee hat, and write something that relates to Japan today. On October 9, at Shibuya Hikarie, is Ubisoft Japan’s annual “Ubiday 2017” fan event. Lots of details here. Why no sign of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle? The game’s Japan release is set for early next year.

  • The Beguiled

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    I was looking forward to watching this because I’m a big fan of Sofia Coppola’s films, and it felt like forever since I’d last seen one — looking up IMDB, I see that her last film was The Bling Ring, back in 2013. As for this, I’ll say that I didn’t much like the story,…

  • The Little Hours

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    I was really looking forward to watching this — the trailer they released for this film was one of the funniest things I’d seen. Having watched the full movie, I can’t help but feel disappointed. It was still mostly fun to watch, but the vast majority of the big laughs were all featured in that…

  • Pumping Iron

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    This is it, the film that gave us Arnold Schwarzenegger. As famous/infamous as this documentary is, I’d never seen it, and so didn’t really know much of what to expect (other than the famous scene where you see Arnie smoking a joint after he wins the title). I did enjoy this, although you have to…

  • Exorcist II: The Heretic

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    As I start winding down my 1977 movie marathon (when I started, I immediately picked the 10 movies I was going to watch), this is definitely one of the weirdest of the bunch. The original Exorcist is of course a classic (but to be honest, one that I haven’t revisited in years), and I think…

  • Alias Grace

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    Yeah, I kinda went full on Canadiana last night, and the final piece — also watched through the CBC app — is the first episode of this adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s acclaimed novel. I think this is a co-production between the CBC and Netflix (so on Netflix outside of Canada). I didn’t really know anything…

  • Baroness Von Sketch Show

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    Another find through the CBC app (or rather as highlighted in Apple’s Television app) was this all-female comedy series that is currently on its second season. Reading up about it afterwards, it gets described as the best thing in Canadian comedy since Kids in the Hall, and I think I agree. I’ve watched the first…