Xmas Re-post: Desperately Seeking Santa
Dec. 25th, 2009 | 10:59 am
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fromthemorgue
(from 9 November 2004) Voiceover man: In a world (Santacorp high-rise on the Arctic wastes) Voiceover man: where Christmas means business (interior Santacorp CEO office. CEO reading a child's letter) CEO: "Dear Santa, blah blah, I've been very good all...
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A Christmas Message
Dec. 23rd, 2009 | 08:33 am
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fromthemorgue
Hey everyone! This is David Hasselhoff, multimedia star of the new generation! My fans call me The Hoff and you can too (I like that name - snap!). And don't forget that I was the first and best Nick...
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Dan O'Bannon (1946-2009)
Dec. 22nd, 2009 | 07:53 am
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fromthemorgue
Stan Winston (born the same year) passed away in 2008, and in 2009 it's Dan O'Bannon's turn. Dude was one of those do-it-all guys from 70s cinema, a special-effects geek, screenwriter, actor and director. He's in my pantheon for...
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Avatar (USA, 2009)
Dec. 21st, 2009 | 08:35 am
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fromthemorgue
I will remember the opening moments of Avatar as one of the greatest cinema experiences of my life. Seeing Jake Sully emerge from cryo-sleep and move in a zero-gravity space, with a deep well disappearing far beneath him, astonished...
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Santa Linky
Dec. 18th, 2009 | 07:23 am
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fromthemorgue
First: sign the Avaaz petition for a deal in Copenhagen. Several world leaders asked Avaaz to do this to lend weight to the negotiations; so far over 13 million people have signed. That's a lot of people. They're aiming for...
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Madagascar Kartz
Dec. 17th, 2009 | 09:11 am
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fromthemorgue
Another game I worked on for NZ's finest game company Sidhe Interactive has been released, so I can talk about it: Madagascar Kartz I worked on this one in parallel with the Hot Wheels game, and it's good to see...
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Grad
Dec. 16th, 2009 | 09:01 am
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fromthemorgue
Thank you parents! Graduation last night. I can now put MSc after my name. Nice. Way back when I last graduated, I had no interest in going to the ceremony - the pomp struck me as, well, pompous, even...
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Sending Malc Home
Dec. 15th, 2009 | 12:43 am
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fromthemorgue
Speaking of going home again... in a few hours, Oor Scottish Friend Malcolm hops on a wee plane and flies back to Scotland. It seems like only yesterday that we ordered him off of Amazon.co.uk: Scotsman (Falkirk), housetrained, scribbles words....
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Coming Home Again
Dec. 14th, 2009 | 08:08 am
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fromthemorgue
I never expected Shihad's anthem to be "Home Again". NZ's mightiest live act released their third album in '96 and it was a departure from the heavy intensity of their first two releases, defiantly poppy and restless. (It's a...
