I’ve been hearing a lot about this low-budget ‘horror’ film that brings back the memories of ‘The Blair Witch Project’ back in 1998. It cost $11,000 to make and could be on course to make a crap load of cash, just as TBWP did; turning $25,000 into nearly $250,000,000. It is due for release in the UK on November 27th, and I’ll definitely be going to see it. Check it out after the cut, and let me know what you think in the comments.
Posted on Oct 24, 2009
Posted on Oct 23, 2009
Nick Griffin and the BBC’s dilemma
Well, I’ve just spent an hour watching one of the most cringe worthy yet compelling pieces of television I have seen for quite some time. I swear I had several flashbacks to when I was viewing series one of ‘The Office’ during ‘Question Time’ this evening.
Posted on Oct 23, 2009
Update on university life
This week is officially ‘Week 4′ of teaching at the University of Leeds, and including Freshers Week I’ve now been at University for a month. Huzzah! It’s been a very mixed couple of weeks in all honesty, with highs and lows, but I’m happy to report that I am starting to really settle into University life, both socially and academically.
Things in the house are good, we’re not going out all that much due our individual commitments but that should change over the next month or two as we have a few things planned. The place is clean, everyone is chipping in and I’ve definitely landed on my feet with a cool bunch of guys and gals. Having three pubs within about a minute walk of the house is something we need to take more advantage of. Plenty of time yet.
Posted on Oct 21, 2009
Get World of Goo
I don’t play video games anywhere near as much as I used to. Other than Football Manager 2009, I don’t have anything else to play, or really all that much free time to spend playing games. However, it’s nice to have a quick blast of something fun and easy to get into, which has led me to find the wonderful World of Goo, described by its creators ’2D Boy’ as:
…a physics based puzzle / construction game. The millions of Goo Balls who live in the beautiful World of Goo don’t know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious.
World of Goo essentially asks you to build a structure made of Goo Balls to get as many of the rest of your Goo Balls from A to B, overcoming challenges and obstacles along the way. The less Goo Balls you use to build the structure, the more points you score due to there being more Goo Balls left at the end of the level.
This is from one of the early levels that are featured in the demo of the game that you can download. I urge you to try the game, even if gaming isn’t something you’ve traditionally been all that keen on. You’ll soon get addicted and want to get those Goo Balls across each level and continue to harder levels with more complex challenges. It doesn’t take a lot of skill with the mouse or keyboard, just a lot of thought!
Oh, and it’s currently available on a pay-what-you-like-for-it basis as the creators celebrate the game’s first birthday. So go and buy it now! I paid a few dollars for it myself.
Posted on Oct 21, 2009
Button (over the) Moon
I found this photograph while browsing the BBC Formula One website earlier today, and it I think it’s a cracker. Well done Jenson Button and Brawn GP, you’ve made Britain proud. Click it to see the bigger version and read the accompanying story:
Photo courtesy of Darren Heath, one of the finest Formula One photographers I’ve seen.