Fuck the State Fair

You guys were right. I'm sorry I ever said a nice thing about the Minneapolis State Fair.

Alexis is assisting in the surgery theater there today, so we had all kinds of special passes and whatnot to get backstage so she could park and prep for the surgery. We got in with little problem, but trying to find where we were supposed to park wasn't so easy. And, I guess, we inadvertently drove past the "Tiger" lot where we were supposed to be. When we turned around we were confronted by a pair of security douche bags. One jerk, a Russ Tamblyn-looking loser with a sack full of rotten teeth between his lips, immediately gave us trouble. He took our security pass and made us turn around, essentially kicking us out of the fairgrounds without even the tiniest effort to help us. The flabby uniformed cop stood there backing him up. I don't know how much Mr. Meth mouth is making, but even if he's volunteering he's making too much.

I don't usually get mad about this kind of thing, but when you fuck with my wife (who was already pretty nervous about working in a surgery theater in front of dozens of gawkers) the gloves come off. I hope that asshole working by Tiger parking gets kicked in the skull by a horse.

Trek Reboot

Moriarty from Ain't It Cool news is tossing around some nifty rumors regarding JJ Abrams' take on the Star Trek franchise. More questions now than answers. Will Pike be the Enterprise's captain? Will Nimoy be involved. In his post Moriarty seems to imply some time travel hi-jinks. Imagine Romulans finding themselves transported back in time, where one well placed phaser could alter the Star Trek universe for ever. Think they'd try to kill Kirk? Think future Spock could save him?

You are lucky! Full moon tonight.

www.nethack.org

I am the kind to say I told you so.

I told you so back here. I also understand that what I am about to say may be like saying, "getting kicked in the nuts is a real bummer." FFT again. The JP version doesn't have any voice overs. The NA version does and it actually does take away from the art. They are cool but not in a way that makes the game better. Anyway, check it out and make the call for yourself. If you so desire.

Still on pre-order. Still going to actually take a day off work for this one.

What Could Have Been

Microsoft had a script, a director and even Peter Jackson on board to help produce a live action film based on Halo. The one thing they didn't have was a movie studio willing to do all the heavy lifting and actually release the movie.

It's my believe that these live-action shorts surfacing lately are proof-of-concept pieces from when they were hard-selling the picture. Neill Blomkamp may be unproven in feature-length, but his bad-ass shorts, Alive in Joburg, Tempbot and Yellow are a taste of what the Halo picture could be like.

Who knows? According to IMDB the picture is still in production. Maybe they're in a holding pattern until the studio suits get an eyeful of the zillions Halo 3 will rake in next month.

More Spore

The latest from the game convention in Leipzig. Dig them German subtitles.

Greetings, Program.

If this clip, Tron Vs. Depche Mode, doesn't inspire you to ask yourself, "why haven't I seen this awesome movie?" then there's very little chance you can be helped. To add insult to injury, the movie's original soundtrack was written by America's greatest transsexual composer.