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| Friday, December 30, 2005 12:14 PM |
| Dollops and Donkeys |
 by Fëanor |
- The latest rumor on the next Trek movie is that Tom Hanks might star. Crazy. I don't know if poppy's dislike of the man is infecting me, but the idea of him in a Star Trek movie just sounds all wrong to me. Then again, I've seen him be a good actor in good roles. Maybe his involvement will help get Trek back on its feet. I remain, as ever, cautiously optimistic.
- I don't know why exactly, but I really enjoy this site that celebrates the strange preponderance of crates and barrels in video games by hosting a collection of screen captures from games featuring said containers. Check it out, and then maybe contribute some crate and/or barrel pictures from your favorite game. (Via Joystiq)
- You know everybody's doing their end-of-year round-up lists now. Well, a particularly amusing entry in CNN's list of the 14 most outrageous ads of 2005 is the Italian ad for the Playstation that Joystiq pictures here (CNN's helpful translation is included). I think it's pretty great. Seriously sacrilegious, but great!
- The Phantom just won't die! Maybe I've just got Penny Arcade's hilarious comics on this topic lodged too deeply in my brain, but news stories about the insane, imaginary game console The Phantom always make me laugh. This particular story is about how the developers are trying to salvage something they can sell out of the whole debacle with the "lapboard" - a combination wireless keyboard and wireless mouse with built-in mouse pad. It sounds kind of cool, but at the same time also kind of unwieldy and pointless. Those crazy Phantom people...
- UPDATE: I meant to say, that earlier today, with equal parts excitement and shame, I finally completed and uploaded the final episode of my diary of this year's Philadelphia Film Festival (which ended in April, btw). Maybe next year I should set myself an earlier deadline than December 31st...
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