vexed times
impressively unprofessional.
final fantaxy xiii international trailer released: epic.
Jan 14th
lightning is a hottie.
god bless the clean lines and technicolour world of final fantasy. and how about the trailer being set to leona lewis? granted, not really a fan of her, but it just works with this trailer. i hope you are reduced to a puddle of tears not seen since the kiss scene from the notebook after watching this HIGHLY ELECTRIC AND EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER OF A TRAILER.
i love everything final fantasy, and japanese console RPGs in general. i’m sick of the nerdfest that consumes western RPGs, with all the dungeons and dragons and lord of the rings motifs. instead, the nerdfest of unapologetic, upbeat but asskicking lolicons, insane hair designs, even more ridiculous weaponry, and a story that is so convoluted and rehashed that you know what’s about to happen but you don’t care because it’s fucking final fantasy. also, the lead female character in every final fantasy game is always such a damn hottie. which just reinforces the fact that in the hierarchy of womandom, video game girls are the hottest, followed by cartoon girls, and real life girls a distant and sad third place (hell, they probably haven’t even crossed the finish line yet).
spider-man 4 is dead in the water.
Jan 14th
spider-man 4, squished.
spider-man 4 has been killed off with a swift swing of the tried-and-tested money-over-art blade. sam raimi, the director of the previous three films, thought the scripts he received for spider-man 4 were complete shit, whereas sony pictures thought that he’s an asshole that doesn’t understand how important it is to make deadlines. all i can say is: THANK GOD. considering the box office success of the franchise, it never helped the fact that tobey maguire is painfully irritating, and that emo-strut he did in spider-man 3 really… i can’t describe it. i just can’t forgive him. my tobey hate aside, i’m happy that raimi has some integrity. any spider-man sequel, no matter how fucking terrible, will probably make a lot of bank in its first weekend due to the strength of its predecessors, but over all, will kill the franchise much like what happened with batman before christian bale came around.
political super hottie shoot out
Jan 13th
yulia tymoshenko
apparently, ukraine incumbent prime minister and presidential candidate, yulia tymoshenko, did something or other in ukraine. you can read about it here since i’m writing this up because i’m a shameless chauvinist and would prefer to post pictures of women than get into a political analysis of ukraine’s deeply divided political system and the heated exchanges taking place in lieu of the 2010 elections coming up later this week. however, with yulia in the news, this brings up a very pertinent and important question of our time. who exactly are (were) the best looking female politicians and political figures out there?
google declares war on china.
Jan 13th
in the fastest growing internet (and every other) market of the world, china, google has said it’s had enough with its long-time and well-publicised collaborative censorship effort with the chinese government. according to google, there’s evidence that the chinese government has been targeting dissidents and human rights activists in the mainland and abroad, and spearheading security breaches where intellectual property has been stolen from major tech firms.
The extraordinary announcement came this afternoon: Google has had it with China’s pervasive web of censorship and spying, and the company is done censoring its search results in China. The decision wasn’t made in a vacuum, but rather came after years of increasing cyberattacks from the Chinese mainland. A recent, massive infiltration attempt that targeted Google and 20 other tech companies was the final straw. Though Google stops short of naming the Chinese government as the party behind the attacks, the implication is clear.
esquire: can congress stop pot from becoming our prohibition?
Jan 13th
i doubt it’ll happen any time soon. i’ve almost lost faith in the concept of “progress” in america. since the 60s, government and the religious right who drive it have lost touch with any sense of civil liberties, and right now, lots of you are still fighting for the same rights that many countries have had for a while… it’s funny though, at the end of the day, pot legalization is actually one of the least important issues facing america right now. considering the economy, healthcare, gay rights, the environment — hell, you guys are still dealing with race relations. maybe that’s why pot’s even being talked about. legalization isn’t such a political balancing act like all the other issues. cynicism aside, hopefully this is not just a political play.
