Oct
24
Prestige
October 24, 2008 | 2 Comments
Click on David Bowie’s Mugshot or the play button for a link to “After All, my favorite Bowie song. Leslie, I’m sorry Nolan is unbelievably wrong about Tesla…but you gotta enjoy yourself at the movies…pretend a little bit. “Wouldn’t it be cool if the world were like this…” I Loved The Prestige…much more than The […]
Oct
22
Interaction
October 22, 2008 | 1 Comment
First off, I stumbledupon this article today. I know most of us are seniors and possibly interested in the job market, and although I don’t believe it’s possible to completely eradicate negative information about oneself, it’s good to take steps to control it. So give it a shot…it’s got good preventive and damage control advice. […]
Oct
16
Ideas for a Paper and Followup from Class
October 16, 2008 | 3 Comments
Alrighty – just some random followup from class today and some paper idea proposals. I’m thinking about a few paper ideas here, but don’t really have anything super concrete yet… Initially, I’d like to do videogames…the most recent of which I’ve beaten are Soul Caliber IV, Peggle Nights, Psychonauts, Metal Gear Solid IV, and Grand […]
Oct
16
Thoughts
October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I just read Brett’s blog and thought her idea for a research paper was quite good. I started writing this response on her page, but it got too long and I didn’t want to clutter it, but I’m pretty sure she’ll get an email because I just linked to her blog. The iconography, typography, and […]
Oct
15
The world doesn’t just disappear when you close your eyes
October 15, 2008 | 2 Comments
I really like Memento. I like how instead of tricking you, it teaches you how to watch it from the very first shot of a Polaroid in reverse, and the detective work is in the audience’s hands for every single scene. Leonard solves his problem at the same time the audience does, and even though […]
