Game last night
I've been trying to set up a new gaming group with my old friends Neil and Michael (what a sparse webpage) to replace the PGA when that folds after Pat leaves for England.
Last night we played the ultimate Knizia game Tigris and Euphrates. I came first, but Neil came a close second (there was something like two points between us.) Both Neil and Michael enjoyed the game, and next time we're going to do Knizia's Lord of the Rings.
T & E is considered one of the most complex of the new boardgames (or arthouse games as I call them) but I thought Neil and Michael would quickly catch on, as they're both used to the rule of RPGs and Games Workshop games.
Thursday, December 11, 2003
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Tuesday, August 05, 2003
Apology
It's been almost a month since I last posted. I know I've been sick, but this is ridiculous. I've been spending too much time on the Net buying stuff (predominately DVDs) than creating content. John Howard will be pleased.
Travelling Birds
[movie] I saw this last weekend in Canberra. The film makers film migrating birds (the original title is "Winged Migration" which is much better) from a distance of, oh, about a metre. To make the film they raised the birds from chicks and had them adopt an ultralight as part of the flock. So they could get a lot closer to flying birds (amazingly close) and film them flying under the Brooklyn Bridge, or through the Grand Canyon, or over Arctic ice. Almost pure cinema, if they could scrap the annoying voiceover and the euro-pap soundtrack. And they do cheat, with a couple of scenes using computer graphics that are, to my mind, unnecessary. Despite those little niggles, it is a fabulous film to see in a cinema, a throwback to the idea of cinema showing what exists but cannot be seen otherwise.
It's been almost a month since I last posted. I know I've been sick, but this is ridiculous. I've been spending too much time on the Net buying stuff (predominately DVDs) than creating content. John Howard will be pleased.
Travelling Birds
[movie] I saw this last weekend in Canberra. The film makers film migrating birds (the original title is "Winged Migration" which is much better) from a distance of, oh, about a metre. To make the film they raised the birds from chicks and had them adopt an ultralight as part of the flock. So they could get a lot closer to flying birds (amazingly close) and film them flying under the Brooklyn Bridge, or through the Grand Canyon, or over Arctic ice. Almost pure cinema, if they could scrap the annoying voiceover and the euro-pap soundtrack. And they do cheat, with a couple of scenes using computer graphics that are, to my mind, unnecessary. Despite those little niggles, it is a fabulous film to see in a cinema, a throwback to the idea of cinema showing what exists but cannot be seen otherwise.
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Friday, July 11, 2003
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Too cool
[Net] (I'm going to use genre headings from now on.) Now NASA has the first blog from space.
[Net] (I'm going to use genre headings from now on.) Now NASA has the first blog from space.
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