I just wanted to chime in and say that the slalom levels of SSX Blur were some of the worst things that I've ever experienced in a game. I was actually okay with the controls for the most part, but it did not work out in that case.

Both Witcher games had rather bad opening levels that would've stopped me right then and there had I not heard great things about the later parts of the game. The Witcher didn't end up improving enough for me to continue past chapter 2, but the second game was, fortunately, just as good as everyone had said.

As an addendum to this: even when a character closes a door, no one ever locks the thing. Even if they're in a situation where you REALLY don't want anyone getting inside.

This one is why I really appreciated the scene in Kill Bill where The Bride wakes up in the hospital and spends the next 20-ish minutes of the film trying to regain the strength to actually move properly.

This is the one that always gets to me. Seriously, sometimes things take time. You saying "but I want it done in THIRTY SECONDS" doesn't make you badass, it makes you sound whiny and incompetent.

Sondheim was the first final Jeopardy that I got in a long time. I guess watching that Rogers & Hammerstein documentary actually was useful for something!

I just want to express how much I love Rick Mercer. It can get a bit cheesy, but it works.

As a Canadian, I feel that I should watch an episode of Murdoch Mysteries at some point, and yet I just never want to. I'm not sure why.

I have to say, simply wandering around that world on my horse was one of my favourite parts of Red Dead. Though I can see how it would wear on a lot of people.

This weekend I'll be playing Thief: Gold, which has been a…mixed experience so far. I certainly see the appeal (and the basic mechanics are entirely sound), but I'm not sure the game has aged all that well. Navigating a lot of the levels, in particular, can be incredibly frustrating, as the clues given to you are…

I'd argue that Portal 2 is better (if more flawed), but I completely agree that Portal is about as close to 'perfect' as any game has ever gotten. Granted, one could make an argument for something like Tetris, but I classify those kind of arcade experiences differently.

I do love me some video-game-water, but my favourite things to look at tend to be lights and lighting effects. Which might explain why the caverns in Dear Esther are my favourite piece of visual design in a game.

Yeah, it's absolutely fantastic, its just so massive that I rarely find the time to really delve into it. I figure that sometime soon I'll just have to start it back up and try to figure out my place from context.

I'm in the same boat with P4G. I'm not sure if I'll be able to pick the plot back up again, but at the same time I came far enough that it would be a major hassle to start over.

RockPaperShotgun's review gave me hope for the new Thief, but the negative reactions people are having mean that I'll probably way for it to be steeply discounted before trying it.

I'll make Mellow Gold my next listen, then. Though I imagine I'll be experiencing it for the first time in less…unique circumstances.

I finished Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies (which was…interesting), so this weekend I'll be playing Thief: Gold on my PC and Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask on my 3DS. So far I'm enjoying both, though I find Thief to be a bit too vague at times, resulting in me spending most of each level circling the same…

1. Midnite Vultures
2. Odelay
3. Modern Guilt
4. Mutations
5. Guero
6. The Information
7. Sea Change

Modern Guilt is legitimately up there with my favourite Beck albums. That being said, I tend to like post-90s Beck much more then most people do.

She really stood out when I watched that movie last year, that scene in particular. It's unfortunate that she didn't (I believe) do anything else with Hitchcock, as she fit in really well with his style (and had great chemistry with Stewart).