What I'll Remember Most About This Week...

The snow was quite thick too - the last time I woke up to snow like this was 15 years ago(!). I think when snow falls these days in the UK, it's something of a rarity which needs to be cherished. Of course, this was One Day Snow which was almost all gone the next morning. There's nothing worse than hearing the sound of melting snow. It's been a bit of week... I also spent a bit more time looking over what possible options I have with either renting or buying. I've had some good advice from several people and sources though the next fortnight will give me (hopefully) the information I need to make The Right Choice (TM). Is there a right choice? I haven't a clue.

"Is It Time, Mr Bubbles?"

I got back into playing BioShock and it's totally clicked with me - the point where I got the Hypnotize Big Daddy plasmid.. yep, that'll be it. I completed Blacksite as well this week - and sadly you can tell it was rushed through the door. I did enjoy a lot of aspects to it - the weapons were great to use and there were some pretty impressive set pieces - but sadly there were some seriously awful moments of slowdown and jerky unpolish. The Drudge also lost the seriously impressive shaders I saw on the company twiki - translucent skin with blood flowing through the veins of the aliens. I think the reviews I've seen are all fair - in that it's not fantastic, but it's not terrible either. BioShock though... set pieces mixed with some fantastic atmosphere. As a cohesive whole, it's incredibly impressive.

Ker-Powell! (Sorry)

I also got round to watching The Bourne Ultimatum and really, really enjoyed it. The only thing which surprised me was that John Powell's soundtrack wasn't half as good as Supremacy. In fact, there were a lot of repeated themes in Ultimatum which sounded like they were swiped straight from Supremacy with no real changes. Some of the soundtrack worked brilliantly though - especially with the Waterloo track when the orchestra's string section goes loopy with the signature theme and made the scene all the more intense. I think I still prefer Supremacy though for the fact that the start of the film brilliantly sets up Bourne's motivation for the rest of the movie. Plus the car chase stuff in Supremacy is simply untouchable.

To end with - my next DVD purchase!

Stop Press!

Blu-Ray's won the "war" of the HD formats as Sony lines the pockets of Warner Bros. The funny thing is that I never bought into the HD format because not only is DVD fine for me (even though I own a HD television), but I knew deep down that Blu-Ray would win it because Sony shoved it into their PS3 consoles and there are people buying the PS3 just for Blu-Ray. The stupid thing is that it's all going to be HD downloads in the near future anyway. Already Xbox Live Marketplace has HD downloads - albeit stupidly DRM-ed to the eyeballs - and Bill Gates even publically admitted they were heading in this direction. Me? I'm still sticking with DVD. HD formats are just a novelty for me.