African Scream Contest rules. The guy who put it out is focusing on old Beninese stuff now, but he also put out a couple of Zimbabwean/South African comps that I've heard are really good. The Green Arrows and the Chicken Run Band, I think.

There's a black Michael Stipe?

Just like an Uruguayan to say that.

Prodigal-son drama set in Spain: Llego

I almost drowned in drinking water when I read the bit about the dead screenwriter.

Ever since seeing that name, I've wanted to know how to pronounce it.

Clearly the point was the drive, and not the beach …

Are you implying that a hateful view of life needs an excuse?

mbs, do you ever stop commenting?

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World uses that structure, too.

and don't have kids yourself.

Manchester accent
British AVCers: do Thewlis and Sharp pull off a Manchester accent? Ever since I heard that Mark E. Smith got made fun of for his accent, I've always wanted to hear one.

I love how we're going to split so nicely along state lines.

Commentary Tracks of the Damn Your Eyes!

Now, westward travel is OK in Pirates. Eastward travel is one of the most boring things in video games (unless your crew about to rebel or starve, in which case it's nerve-wracking).

I like SSB for what it is, and you can prove your skill with consistent victory, but it's a bit chaotic.

Well, I'm a casual player, but I'd rather play something the competitive players like. Why play checkers when you can play chess?

Yeah, I do. I might need a couple of joysticks to play it right, though. The PS2 controller sucks (or, more likely, I do).

The War Game is also a traumatic fake nuclear-war doc, if a little less personal.

I have a morbid urge to watch this movie, but not if there's some horrible Pynchon-style shit going on in the scene Robuttnik's describing.