And luckily it was employee discount day at Borders and so I got it for %35 off! It has 5 versions of the film: Theatrical cut, International Cut, Directors Cut, The Final Cut and the Workprint version alongside 2 Discs of extra features.
It's absolutely gorgeous.
EDIT: It's only missing a couple of extras from the upcoming US release. The sp
One of the best things about Valve's work since HL2 has been excellent sound production and mixing (sound-loop bug aside). The best examples are the mixing on "Meet the Demoman" and the wonderful work in the whole of Portal.
Rock Band needs to have a Mad Capsule Markets song in it in order to really destroy people playing the drummer parts. Maybe "All the Time in a Sunny Beach".
Since I've been low on cash I haven't bought any games, except I saved up especially in order to get the Orange Box package.
Team Fortress 2 is goddamn fantastic. I played a little of TFC a few years ago and couldn't get into it and from the 3 hours I've played 2 it's easy to tell the balance has been very, very carefully played with to make it much more fun. The graphic style actually also helps there too
That game is both broken and amazing. It's hilarious with it's bugs, yet thanks to a fan patch it's entirely playable now (with some patience). It's fascinating to see the seriously advanced ideas they had and how they tried to implement them and it came out in 1998.
When it lines up right you can see the brilliant potential it has; the Physics system,
Adam Phillips is a seriously talented animator who is using flash in ways most people can barely imagine. Check out the project at the top of the main page 30 Shorts in 30 days, they're damn short but his timing is just wonderful.
If you want to be seriously impressed check out these two. They're part of the
