The Summer Slump

Ryan's still a bit under the weather, so we're going to start up our film podcast next week with Inception. I can't think of a Chris Nolan film that I haven't loved (ok, maybe Insomnia), so I have high hopes for this one. He knows how to manipulate the structure of film and story resulting in the altered perceptions of the audience. Memento is a great example of this, but even The Prestige and The Dark Knight do it as well. It's a masterful technique of the art of film.

The summer slump is fully upon us, with only a few scattered games to amuse us along the way. September cannot come soon enough, but we'll manage. I've even tossed around the idea of picking up DQIX to break the tedium. I've made that mistake before and learned a valuable lesson. In a week and a half, I'll have a review up for Arc Rise Fantasia.

Without many games to talk about, Carlos and I are planning a retro podcast for the end of the month, focusing primarily on the Sega Genesis and Sega Dreamcast. The both of us truly thought of ourselves as Nintendo fanboys. However, in retrospect, our love of the Sega consoles was pretty vast as well. That's not to say that I would ever take a Genesis and it's entire library over a SNES and it's entire library. It's not a very difficult choice, but it is a win-win situation. Both offer a fantastic lineup of games.

Oh, and by the way, anyone who compares Wii graphics to N64 is a moron. Kotaku has the evidence here.

Wes and I are also working on a few articles to fill the void of content left by the summer. Keep your eyes open.