Media

February 27, 2025

This week’s earworm: 140 OST. 🎵

An album review for 140 (OST) by Schmid from 2018. Rating: Liked It. Review: If you’ve seen the game before, it’s clear that the composition took game-play as priority over the needs of making a song-like song. That is the right decision, but it does make the music laking in consistent themes for those that want something to listen too. But it’s still a good listen if you like EDM music.

February 6, 2025

Recent earworm: Samplextra, by Lee Rosevere. 🎵

Quick review of Samplextra, by Lee Rosevere. Rating: good. Review: I’ve only recently discovered this album a couple of weeks ago, and although many of the tracks are yet to grow on me, the 1st and 3rd are great.

February 2, 2025

My latest YouTube binge has been Drew Gooden, and his videos on YouTube and Instagram influencers and trends: an area of online culture I know nothing about. I’m kinda glad that I stayed well away from that area of the internet. Seems like more drama than I can handle. 📺

January 5, 2025

📺 Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)

I can't help feeling that less could be more here. It might be a bit much to ask for fewer references to past films, seeing that this could almost be described as a sequel to The Wrong Trousers. But I do wish they'd toned down the callbacks a bit. They felt excessive and unnatural at times, as if they were shoehorned in (the 'cracking toast' line, for example). That said, it was still a decent watch.

December 16, 2024

Finished Mind Over Magnet. It’s been a joy watching this come together over at GMTK, and it’s wonderful to see it finally released. Such a fun and delightful game. Two thumbs up: 👍👍

December 12, 2024

📺 House of the Dragon: Season 2 (2024)

November 23, 2024

📺 House of the Dragon: Season 1 (2022)

Title: House of the Dragon Metadata: Season 1 (2022) - Ryan Condal Score: Good Review: Ah, nice to be back in Westeros again. I was late to this, but people said it was good, and they were right. This was an enjoyable watch. Stunning cinematography and sound design. The acting was decent, although maybe a little too dramatic. And the plot was excellent. I can understand and believe everyone's motivation, and it didn't descent into fan service (it would've been so easy to have Mr. Stark show up for no good reason. I'm glad they resisted). Looking forward to starting the next season.

November 21, 2024

This week’s earworm: Electric Light Orchestra, especially Livin’ Thing. 🎵

November 10, 2024

If anyone’s interested in the history of Melbourne transport, I can recommend this YouTube channel. He has a few videos on the “forgotten freeways” — freeways planned in the 1960’s that never got built — that I found quite interesting. 📺

November 6, 2024

📺 Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

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