Finally got around to trying contacting Microsoft to verify I made the wrong choice of gaming consoles (which they confirmed). Once I did get my Netflix account streaming over my XBOX 360 though, I was pleased. The audio isn’t great and the video can be a bit choppy while panning, but overall the ability to stream to my TV live was awesome.
Posted on Jul 13, 2009
Posted on Dec 3, 2008
Viking Quest the Game
There is no way to explain how awesome this is. An even better thing than the faux Mediellin movie site. Someone actually built a game where you play as Torvald the Viking, from Viking Quest. A fictional show featured in Entourage:
Posted on Nov 24, 2008
Mark Wahlberg talks to animals
In honor of an outstanding final episode of Entourage, here’s a rare funny recent SNL sketch about Mark Wahlberg:
And Mark’s response:
Posted on Jul 18, 2008
Good call not cancelling cable
There is little to do between vomit sessions when you have no cable. Last night’s lineup between 11pm and 5am:
V for Vendetta – perhaps the best comic book movie there is (haven’t seen Iron Man or Dark Knight)
Rush Hour 3 – more a lack of options than a choice. Predictable and occasionally amusing
Mallrats – hadn’t seen this in years. Forgot about Ben Affleck’s career best line:
Yeah, who’s your favourite New Kid. Yeah, call me Joey. Oh, come on. Don’t make me get loose. Yeah, that’s right. Call me Donnie. Oh, girl. Oh, please don’t go girl.
Also caught The Natural and No Country for Old Men to round out my longest run in front of the TV in many years.