Did a sketch today in Brushes which lets you play back the process. It’s basically a massive ego boost. LOOK AT ME DRAW!
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New running route has some great views, sheep and killer hills. Starting to love living out here. There are owls. And deer who do that face like you walked in on them doing something embarrassing before running off. Even saw some huge bird of prey thing the other day which I’m going to say was some sort of eagle. Yeah, definitely an eagle.
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Well that was easy.
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There’s no doubt that this is a strong shooter. Gunplay is tight and responsive although it’s spoiled by some extremely psychic AI - creep around unseen behind cover and wherever you pop up the enemy are ready and firing.
But while it’s definitely a blast, plot and characterisation suffer because it’s all a bit of mess. There’s great Bond/Bourne style train opening then there’s… a bad man, a nuke, a massive war happening for some reason and people interviewing a soldier about it all. It doesn’t really tie in much and it’s hard not to have an occasional moment of clarity where you think, “What the fuck exactly is going on? “
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Ladies and gentlemen: rotate your owl.
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The White Birch - Seer Believer
There’s something both comforting and menacing about this track. Lonely, too. The video is made up of 30 odd year’s worth of home movies and photos of the singer from birth to the present (well, 2006 when this came out). The idea’s nice although it feels oddly intrusive at times, and watching the little kid lip sync to his future self’s words is disturbing and strangely otherworldly.
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]BALAM ACAB - WANDER / WONDER
Debut LP
Released on Tri Angle 29th August 2011This is my favourite ‘make everything alright’ track at the moment. It’s full of crackly loops that repeat and wash over each other at the wrong speed. Technically it shouldn’t be amazing but it is.
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Screw you Limbo. I fundamentally disagree with any game that presents ‘difficulty’ as a feature and this loves making you suffer a succession of deaths, inching through puzzles like a little monochrome Groundhog Day. Will it kill me if I… Yep. Okay, now what if I… Ah. Maybe if I… JESUS!
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“Has Anyone tried playing Doom yet ? It’s a huge file…” A guy in 93
