It probably also helps that at its heart, Chinese Ghost Story is just a pretty classic, universal setup: star-crossed lovers. Except it's not just that her "house" or whatever would never agree to them being together, she's also a ghost. And I absolutely agree that with HK cinema (and, in fact, a lot of cinema not…

Aw, Master of My Make-Believe is my favorite so far. I'm severly hurting for quality 2016 releases so far, though, so it looks like I'll be able to afford to give 99 Cents a lot more tries to win me over. Glad you enjoy it!

I ended up liking John Carter of Mars quite a bit, albeit in the kind of way where you don't necessarily pause the movie when getting up to grab more food. I think a lot of that is simply due to the fact that its look hasn't really been tried a lot since, I don't know, early '90s PC games? I definitely won't disagree…

I have (shamefully) never seen any of these, and furthermore never even heard of The Last Laugh, so thanks for that list.

Hmm, Chinese Ghost Story is one of my absolute all-time favorites, so… probably!

Well, I know what I'll listen to now. The real… hip-hop! MCing, DJing. From your own mind, you know?

Caligari is indeed wonderful. I still haven't seen anything quite like it. Does anyone have recommendations?

Weird! I don't recall Bride with White Hair being all that outlandish. Reading your description, though–what the hell were the other movies I was watching at the time?

I'd recently watched Breakfast at Tiffany's for the first time, and I'm shocked to say I was a bit underwhelmed. Apart from said racism, I thought Mickey Rooney's character was plain unfunny. In general, the jokes that landed were mostly confined to the party scene. In terms of wealth porn, I tend towards real estate…

Started with Barravento. This was my first Glauber Rocha, and I enjoyed it a lot. Kind of reminded me of what little I remember from Cassavetes. It's a pretty raw movie; shot mostly on location and aided by the people whose life it depicts, it sometimes blurs the lines between fiction and non-fiction. The editing can…

Any idea whether Sunless Sea plays well with touch displays? It seems like something I'd want to play in bed rather than at my desk, so I'm wondering.

VC recommendation: Skip VC for now, get SEGA 3D Classics. Can't go wrong.

Sound cool, thanks! I'm not yet decided if I'll go do something game-ish with my time or make music or stick to CONSUMPTION, but it looks interesting.
Coding, well, there's no way around it. I've tried a bunch of programs promising drag & drop but always ended up coming up against its limitations and having to convert…

That looks pretty cool. I'll have a bit of spare time to dedicate to personal projects next month. I wasn't particularly thinking about making a game, but I may be interested. Is there a steep learning curve or is it something where you can jump in fairly quickly if you've messed around with other game-making tools?

I thought it was Sam & Max Hit the Road.

Uh, I agree that the orchestrations by the WDR Rundfunkorchester were kind of spotty… and I guess now I'm happy Itzhak Perlman doesn't work there?

I'd recently seen it again at a local art house/repertory theater and apart from her performance (both on film and on the soundtrack), the storyline involving the bamboo wives was the only thing that I found really remarkable. It certainly doesn't benefit a lot from being on the big screen.

Rune Factory 4 is excellent, that's all I can say.

You could just test the controllers on your PC, couldn't you? It's become pretty painless if you use ScpServer.

I've gotten back to playing bits of Return to Popolocrois every now and then. It's servicable enough as a way to just wind down in the evening, but is that really all I want from a game? It's funny and charming, but—and while I'm not that far in I don't feel like this will change—Rune Factory does the farm aspect so…