Havoc review: (+) filmed in Wales, (-) incomprehensible action, (-) horrible CG, (-) wasted cast, (-) the same guy who directed the awesome Raid 1 & 2??!, (-) derivative of much better films, (-) the same guy who gave us Merantau & Gangs of London??!, (-) I waited 4 years for this? 0/5

"We started a game we never got to finish..."

These are all amazing! Safe travels!

They're like toys from a parallel Earth. BT-BT. Space Destructor. Flakeracer.

A dear friend wrote a video game design proposal for SEGA. Spell correct turned "side-scroller" into "side-scribbler". SEGA thought a side-scribbler was interesting, but she couldn't really explain what it meant when it was brought up. Lol.

HI SETH ROGEN! My Kool Aid movie would be a non-linear story going from 1927 Oklahoma to the Electric Kool Aid Acid Test in the 60's to Guyana in the late 70's. The Kool Aid guy would bust through the third wall into Hastings, La Honda, Georgetown, and a future Mars Colony. Slaughterhouse 5 style.

YouTube video by Paul Barton Debussy "Clair de Lune" on Piano for 80 Year Old Elephant

I needed something sweet today to cut through all the noise and this is damn near perfect. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1qQ...

You could probably spackle a wall with it by this point!

After Miura's death, I was sure I'd never see Berserk continue, so it's amazing to be able to read a new volume today. The team at Studio Gaga has done an amazing job preserving and expanding on Miura's art, story, and vision. Also, huge props to Dark Horse for getting it translated so quickly!

YouTube video by RyC Ski Jumping Pairs -Official DVD-

Looks like a warm-up to Ski Jumping Pairs! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMDX...

Love interacting with pets in JRPGs.

While I'm reading Sarah Wynn-Williams' "Careless People", it's not so much the individual incidents that are so shocking, but the disturbing personality type that mark and sheryl exhibit. I've worked for and with people like them and their narcissism, greed, and lack of empathy are sadly not unique.

San Diego Pop Pie shop on Pi Day...

I was left off the credits of a game on the original release and its remaster. I've had to speak up other times to ensure that coworkers were included. Some managers are really petty about credits.

Just drove through a massive pile of poop in the rain. Strangely satisfying.

My Dad is totally hooked on that place now! I kinda miss the old days where they'd get angry at you if you didn't know what you wanted by the time you reached the counter.

Brought up Gerry Anderson vehicle design today in class. Generally, students don't care about my tangents and nerdy pop culture prowess. www.pinterest.com/jack_knoll/g...

YouTube video by Architectural Digest Inside Walton Goggins’s Enchanting 1920s New York Lodge | Open Door | Architectural Digest

If you need something delightfully positive to watch, look no further than a tour of Walton Goggins' upstate New York house. The house is amazing and Goggins is a great host with some beautiful perspective on life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiAG...

Some terrific student work submitted today in level design class! This is a student who's creative, hard-working, skilled, and takes the time to talk to me and seek out early feedback. I'm really looking forward to what they do after they graduate!

Lovely What's In My Bag? (Amoeba Music) with Richard Russell (owner of XL Recordings). His selections are all part of my musical DNA and his tastes continue to guide my journey with acts like Burial and Fontaines DC. I didn't know David Byrne produced Fun Boy Three?!? www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYs_...

When I was a kid, Phantasm was one of the most influential horror movies for me alongside Carpenter's the Thing and Halloween. Reggie Bannister is currently entering hospice care with dementia, but he'd love to hear from fans. Send him some love!

Reggie Bannister
PO Box 4387
Crestline, CA 92325

Looks like Piglet had a bad evening and fell over.

Wonderful to see Cheng Pei-pei honored tonight at the Oscars In Memorium. My favorite film of hers, Come Drink With Me, is included with Amazon Prime so check it out!

Presence review: (+) directed by Steven Soderbergh, (+) interesting POV, (+) great setting, (+) 90-minute runtime, (-) cheap VFX, (-) underdeveloped characters, (-) silly "villain", and (-) terrible music. 2/5

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I would have gotten rid of the romance which would have cut 20 minutes or so from the movie and tightened up the pacing. I also didn't like the Groot-style creature design. I also would've made the gorge a little portal to hell.

It had so much potential!

The Brutalist review: (+) beautiful cinematography, (+) neat opening credits, (+) Italian marble quarry, (-) unnecessarily long, (-) sad handjob scene, (-) not enough exploration of architecture, and (-) thinly written characters. 3/5

You're the 1st person I've heard say that!

That man is an objectively bad person. He's lucky I'm not the Governor of Maine because I wouldn't have been as reserved with my response.

Tonight's activity. They actually go together pretty well!