press lines SUCK

Posted on | July 23, 2009 | No Comments

Torgo is hallucinating beside me. He’s speaking to an imaginary Jeff Bridges about Tron and what doesn’t make sense to him. Something about grid bugs. I’m afraid to acknowledge him.

You see, the Press Line was not the experience was expected. Not in the least. We got in easily enough. Our tag was placed on the red carpet, as were many other tags, from many other web media outlets. In fact, they were placed about 6 inches apart, forcing us to jockey for position with each other. The PR wranglers directed the talent to certain outlets and skipped many others, including ours. Talent? Well, that’s an overstatement. There was not much talent there. Tim Burton and the cast of Alice in Wonderland skipped the line entirely. The stars of Tron never came out. Eventually, we left.

We wandered into a room that we woudl be in later, and lo and behold, there were the stars of Tron, being interviewed in a air conditioned room, by the big name broadcast press. Well. Interesting. The online press outside in the heat were clearly snubbed. Soemtimes it sucks being online press.

Anyway, that’s it for us and press lines. It’s one-on-ones and THAT’S IT. We cater to geeks. Geeks need air-conditioning, and so do we.

Torgo is dreaming of riding lightcycles with Jeff Bridges. Wistfully. It’s time to get him some food. His blood sugar is low or some bullshit. Maybe a hooker.

Comic-Con report: day 0 done, day 1 beginning

Posted on | July 23, 2009 | No Comments

As usual, the Wednesday preview night was insane, packed with sweaty nerds clamoring for free shwag from Twlight and Astro Boy. And yes, The Twlight nerd girls were out in force, already camping out in line for tomorrow afternoon’s preview. We ducked out early, tried from travel.

After a nice breakfast at the Cheese Shop, Jeff, Todd, Deb and I will be hitting the interview circuit this Thursday. On the lineup is Alice in Wonderland, Tron, James Cameron’s Avatar, and a Wired magazine press event at the Omni. And of course, lots of gawking at cool geek stuff.

Check out our photos of Wenesday (and every day of the con) right here!

SIMs 3 gets a Muse

Posted on | July 18, 2009 | No Comments

I was combing through Escapist Magazine and found this video.  I’m not usually a filk guy, but the song is really good, funny, and somewhat deep.  And catchy.  And sung by an english beauty… I think I’m in love.

I mean it’s not “Bake a Pretty Cake” catchy, but I guess that’s a good thing.

Torgo out.  To buy her flowers.  Or an expansion pack.

rock-afire explosion does NIN

Posted on | July 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

This is truly the greatest thing that has happened ever.

Rock-afire Explosion covers Nine Inch Nails. Seriously. This is what the word “awesome” was coined for.

watch it