Portal

Portal has recently been getting a lot of accolades as one of the best games of the year. It would fit perfectly into my style too...short, inventive and fun. Unfortunately I don't have a system to play this on! My computer is shit for games and I don't own a PS3 or XBox360. I'm forced to be content with Portal: the Flash Version. It's not the same (I think).

But in the same vein, a creative, short and fun game is Cursor*10. It'll take just minutes to play so give it a try. You'll be playing with yourself....literally It reminds me of the episode "All Good Things" from Star Trek: TNG.

*spoilers ahead*
Check out Floor 16:



Beat my score, this was just my first try.

Now they could extend this type of gameplay to a FPS like Portal. Just imagine if the game starred Hiro from Hero and the game mechanic was that you can travel back and help yourself complete levels. Then you could work in the other heroes too, especially Peter. It'll sell millions. Make it so.

PS how long did you figure I could last before blogging about games?

Heroes/The Departed

Does anyone watch Heroes? I started watching the show a few weeks ago and so far it's been a really good series. I just hope they are able to keep up the momentum. The last episode, which aired on Sunday for some strange reason was especially good with some emotional impact.

SPOILERS AHEAD:
I think the easiest solution to concealing Claire's ability is for the Haitian to just erase the memory of Claire's father's boss. And if necessary erase Parkman's and Ted as well as needed. Also, Hiro and Ando's side quest with Hope seems completely pointless, doesn't it? I also think they are setting up a showdown between Peter Petrelli and Sylar, their abilities are about equal, so that'll be interesting.
END SPOILERS.

Has anyone noticed a recent influx of users in Facebook? Recently, people that I didn't expect have been popping up on Facebook. Perhaps it's really expanding now. SO if you're not on, join now!

Oscar's was this past Sunday. I usually organize a pool and this year I didn't realize it was approaching so quickly! I'll try to catch it next year. I only caught a tiny bit of it on TV at work, where I happened to catch a bit of the Heroes episode and therefore knew it aired on Sunday. I haven't watched many of the Oscar movies this year, but I have watched the Departed. What ticked me off during the 5 minutes of the Oscar's I watched was that it was introduced as a movie from Japan.

I really liked The Departed, but I'm not sure if it is deserving a Best Picture. It's a very entertaining movie, with well developed characters and very polished, but is that enough for Best Picture? It seemed like a very commercial movie without enough depth for Best Picture.

I watched the HK version and I liked both, but I prefer the Scorsese one. So many (chinese) people say the HK version is far superior, but I think it has something to with which one you experience first. They also say they stole everything from Infernal Affairs, but it's suppose to since it was based on it and had bought the rights to it. It's a remake, so it's good that it doesn't drift too far away from the source material. So what if they copy scenes/lines, I don't see any reason to not copy scenes when it worked well in the HK version - I see it more of paying homage to the original.

I found the HK one too hurried and the characters were a little underdeveloped. The Scorsese one took more time to develop the characters and setup the story which made it better. I like how they combined the gf in one person as well. Plus, it was enjoyable to watch so many superstar actors go at it. Actually, the same could be said of the HK version, which I also thought was superbly acted as well. My only complaint in the Scorsese movie was that the Chinese mainlanders were speaking Cantonese...a gross oversight. And Jack Nicholson overacted just a tad.

Tim's favourite Director, Scorsese finally won for Best Director, which perhaps not his greatest work, but good enough. Anyway, I'll probably pick up the DVD since I liked it, even though I downloaded it this weekend and watched it again on sunday :)