The posters for "Trotsky" were posted today, and I am being credited as "The Fantastic David McGee." I like the sound of that!
The "uber-book" I'm reading currently is "Godel, Escher, Bach"- simply an amazing book. But due to the length of the chapters it's impossible to read just a short amount. If I happen to have a fifteen minute break in which to read (fifteen minutes are a blessing in my schedule) I'll have to stop in the middle of learning a concept, so when I get back to the book I'm totally lost. I've taken to reading "mini-books" as well, that I might have some entertainment in my short breaks. I have now read "Dave Barry Turns 50" (by Truman Capote (just kidding)), and I am currently reading (amendment- just finsihed reading)"Equal Rites," the third in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
The Dave Barry book was hysterical (as his works always are). This book is unlike his past volumes in that it is basically a walk-through of the existence of Baby-Boomers from the late 1940s until now. I would recommend it to anyone that happens to be a Baby-Boomer, those whose parents are Baby-Boomers, those who have ever heard the term Baby-Boomer, and just generally those that know how to read English words. Dave Barry rocks!
Terry Pratchett amuses the heck out of me. If you're into Douglas Adams-ish storytelling but have read all of his books 42 times, pick up something by Pratchett. The first in the Discworld series is called "The Color of Magic" (at least that's the publishing title here, I highly doubt that the British version shares this title- so you could also check out "The Colour of Magic"). I would also strongly recommend "Good Omens", a joint effort between Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. It just so happens to be one of the funniest books I have ever encountered.
Finally, for this week's videogame review, we have "Batman: Vengeance," which somehow manages to be fun despite its plethora of shortcomings. The camera is terrible, the graphics are sub-par for the PS2 (though there are some good animations), the controls need major tweaking. The control scheme is the most frustrating aspect of the game. It is often very difficult to do the simplest tasks, and it lacks the freedom offered by the PS1 Spider-Man games. Somehow, despite all of this, the game is really fun to play. It seems that they got just the right mix of fighting, puzzle solving (even if they are mind-numbingly simple puzzles), and running around Gotham that it's keeping my interest. This seems to be the first fun Batman game since the Genesis incarnation of the first Batman movie. It turns out to be tons of fun (especially when your roommates are all sitting around yelling "You're the best in the biz, Dave!" and "Way to go Batman!" and "Boy do you suck, want me to do this part for you?").
Go Mariners!
The "uber-book" I'm reading currently is "Godel, Escher, Bach"- simply an amazing book. But due to the length of the chapters it's impossible to read just a short amount. If I happen to have a fifteen minute break in which to read (fifteen minutes are a blessing in my schedule) I'll have to stop in the middle of learning a concept, so when I get back to the book I'm totally lost. I've taken to reading "mini-books" as well, that I might have some entertainment in my short breaks. I have now read "Dave Barry Turns 50" (by Truman Capote (just kidding)), and I am currently reading (amendment- just finsihed reading)"Equal Rites," the third in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
The Dave Barry book was hysterical (as his works always are). This book is unlike his past volumes in that it is basically a walk-through of the existence of Baby-Boomers from the late 1940s until now. I would recommend it to anyone that happens to be a Baby-Boomer, those whose parents are Baby-Boomers, those who have ever heard the term Baby-Boomer, and just generally those that know how to read English words. Dave Barry rocks!
Terry Pratchett amuses the heck out of me. If you're into Douglas Adams-ish storytelling but have read all of his books 42 times, pick up something by Pratchett. The first in the Discworld series is called "The Color of Magic" (at least that's the publishing title here, I highly doubt that the British version shares this title- so you could also check out "The Colour of Magic"). I would also strongly recommend "Good Omens", a joint effort between Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. It just so happens to be one of the funniest books I have ever encountered.
Finally, for this week's videogame review, we have "Batman: Vengeance," which somehow manages to be fun despite its plethora of shortcomings. The camera is terrible, the graphics are sub-par for the PS2 (though there are some good animations), the controls need major tweaking. The control scheme is the most frustrating aspect of the game. It is often very difficult to do the simplest tasks, and it lacks the freedom offered by the PS1 Spider-Man games. Somehow, despite all of this, the game is really fun to play. It seems that they got just the right mix of fighting, puzzle solving (even if they are mind-numbingly simple puzzles), and running around Gotham that it's keeping my interest. This seems to be the first fun Batman game since the Genesis incarnation of the first Batman movie. It turns out to be tons of fun (especially when your roommates are all sitting around yelling "You're the best in the biz, Dave!" and "Way to go Batman!" and "Boy do you suck, want me to do this part for you?").
Go Mariners!
posted by Dave @ 10/22/2001 07:57:00 PM
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