Journal of record

Clarification re: "The Interpretation Of Murder"

The back-cover blurb painted Freud as a Holmesian protagonist when he was actually a secondary figure in a physical sense (yet ever-present through the constant psychoanalysis). Also, the body count was deceptively low - ignore my use of "serial" in the previous post.

Videoslave

The Plug & Play Controller threw up another doozy in the form of "Space War". Not an adaptation of Steve Russell's seminal 1962 shooter "Spacewar!", it's a vertical scroller in the "Star Force" mould that was allegedly programmed in 2000. The power-ups are vaguely reminiscent of "Slap Fight" and it suffers the same problem as that game and "Flying Shark" in that dying results in a crippling loss of speed and firepower. There are eight areas of "SEUCK"-esque landscapes and hideously ugly, flickering bosses. Between each, you can purchase upgrades and even order bombs for collection further on. That ain't necessary. I conquered it on "easy", with multiple spare ships and explosives up my hangar-sized sleeve...and got a crap ending.

Ear-heart co-ordination

"OneLifeLeft Presents...Music To Play Games By" (2008), imported via Amazon UK.

Betraying my sources

Bloggery I missed, a regional rag, "Data Extract #199", "Oh My Goddess! #27" (thank ye, RS), "Hyper #184" and, currently, "Born On A Blue Day" (2006) by Daniel Tammet - underline: "A memoir of Asperger's and an extraordinary mind."

Americana

Fruit Roll-ups - Batman Battle Rolls. Cherry Orange Wildfire's my favourite flavour of these sheets of sticky, pear-based, rainbow gloop.

Isn't YouTube wonderful?

The brand-spankin' "Doctor Who" Christmas special, "The Next Doctor", was recorded, subdivided and uploaded by a kindly soul. Then eagerly viewed by me :-)

Solar bear

The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2008 exhibition at the Australian Museum should be a no-brainer for Emerald City folk. To borrow from an e-mail I sent my sister EM earlier, "soul-stirring pics and amazing factoids in the captions". Miguel Lasa's winning shot in the Creative Visions Of Nature category, "Polar Sunrise", is an incredible artistic achievement. Please go see it.

Philosophy for 2009

"If you land someplace awesome, it doesn't matter if you jump the shark" - X-Entertainment's Matt Caracappa

HAPPY NEW YEAR!