Monster's Ball

6:30 PM Australia might have a new Prime Minister in half an hour. Nearly three years after Julia Gillard assumed power in Australia by ousting sitting Prime Minister Kevin Rudd from her own party, we are now having the third and final leadership spill from Kevin Rudd.  After two previous unsuccessful attempts to spill the leadership, Rudd has agreed to ...

Shivilization

Nice day for a red wedding

The Mediocre Gatsby

For the past three years, I’ve been writing about my excitement leading up to annual Electronic Entertainment Expo and then followed it up with my subsequent disappointment in what I saw.   From 2010 to 2013, E3 has rolled out the red carpet for the Nintendo 3DS, the Playstation Vita and the Nintendo Wii U.  All three consoles have had ...

Mother of God, it looks amazing. Day One.

Over the long weekend Jen and I built the Palace Cinema, Lego’s modular building for 2013 in its Creator series.  Clocking in at 2196 pieces, its actually a tad smaller than some of its counterparts like the Grand Emporium.  Clearly influenced in design by Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, I thought the set was aesthetically quite pleasing and a lot ...

Next week is E3, the video gaming equivalent of Christmas!  This year is shaping up to be one of the most exciting E3s in recent memory with both the Xbox One and Playstation4 expected to have a big showing.  What does the PS4 look like?  What will Microsoft’s DRM policy be?  What are the actual games like on these consoles?  ...