This is a bit of a tie-in article. Given that I have a Youtube channel that is called Be a quirky writer, you can understand why the blog has a similar name. Recently I did a video about Waterworld for the Haunted Shores 2023 online conference. The theme was “Aquatic Surfaces & Depths” and I…
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Dredging through memories
In an era where most triple-A game companies are not concerned with delivering a good product but rather prefer to just perfecting a formula for a standardized gaming experience that will in turn make them money, where would a gamer search for something more? I found myself more and more invested in smaller indie companies…
History of the World, Part-II-ally bad
It has been more than 40 years since History of the World Part I came out in 1981; this movie has somewhat of a deserved cult following, representing one of the many masterpieces in the career of beloved movie director Mel Brooks. It had his trademark comedy, his type of quips and sketches; now, with…
…but some prefer it steamy
Some like it hot is a 1959 comedy directed by Billy Wilder and starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe (and no, it’s not the one with the white dress scene). Sincerely I do not have much to say about this movie: it’s simply hilarious. The story is about two jazz players who have…
Incongruent plot points
I have one or two issues; well to be fair I have quite a few of them but these one in particular are about the latest episode of The Mandalorian. A bit of a rant, some personal thoughts and some spoilers; read at your discretion. Now I consider myself a big enough Star Wars fan,…
More awkward than life
Stranger than fiction is what I would call a slice-of-life movie, one where a character starts hearing his life being narrated by an omniscient voice as if he would be the protagonist of a novel; he ultimately succeeds in meeting with his creator. Directed by Marc Forster in 2006, it stars Will Ferrell and Emma…
Of androids and men
There are several significant differences between robots and androids: while the former tend to be conceived only as mechanized (sometimes humanoid) constructs with specific functions and no capabilities for emotions, the later tend to be more advanced (thinking for instance about A.I.). We might think of androids as a new stage in technological evolution, constructs…
The worth of a life
I sold my life for ten thousand yen per year or more simply Three days of Happiness is a novel written by Sugaru Miaki; it received a manga adaptation illustrated by Shoichi Taguchi that I recently had the pleasure to read. I wanted to share some thoughts (without spoilers) on the manga since, in my…
A Philly scoop
The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic comedy directed by George Cukor; if the director is not enough to convince you that it’s a good movie, just look at the cast (Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart and Ruth Hussey). Plot-wise it is fairly straightforward and I won’t waste your time giving too many details….
Keeper of graves
This is the story of a man, a graveyard and a talking skull. There is an indie game out there that has you doing exactly this: you manage a graveyard, deliver sermons and from time to time you resurrect the occasional zombie to help you in your chores. Graveyard Keeper is a pixel-art indie game…