I was at Emma’s last night. She’s house sitting while her parents are in Aviemore, looking after the cats and the Nintendo Wii…
It’s the first time I’ve used a Wii, possibly even the first time I’ve seen one up close and personal. The device itself is rather unspectacular. It’s a square box and the controllers look like old fashioned, square remote controls.
However, fire the thing up and start using it, it’s a whole different story. The controllers can sense which way up they are, you can use the controller to literally point at the screen, they can sense movement, and all sorts.
For games like boxing, you can literally punch and the character on the screen punches. Playing tennis you literally swing the controller like a racket and it hits the ball on screen.
I don’t know if it has the graphics power of the xbox 360 or the Playstation 3, and it may not have the range of games, but personally, it’s the most impressive games console I’ve seen in a long time. Top marks Nintendo. They have delivered the biggest innovation in home gaming I’ve seen in a long time.
Now I’m working on convincing my family to get one… 
I saw Ocean’s Thirteen this evening. If I had to summarise the film in one word it would be “predictable”. I don’t want to say it wasn’t a good movie, because I enjoyed it, but it was nothing compared to the first two. There was nothing unexpected about the whole film. The idea is great, the gig is funny, there are some good parts, but overall, it was just predictable.
I saw Shooter (new window) last night. Overall, I thought it was a great movie. It’s a typical action / thriller / conspiracy film, some interesting plot turns. There’s a great scene where the dog gets him a beer from the fridge, almost makes me think about getting a dog!
It’s not a clever film, if you’re one of those movie buff types you might not like it, but I found it entertaining and enjoyable.
No, not the day democracy died in Cuba, not that 9/11. September 11th 2001, the day the twin towers in New York City collapsed, apparently because two planes were crashed into them, allegedly by terrorists. The astute will have picked up the scepticism in my tone!
Having just watched Loose Change 2nd Edition (new window), I have to say I’m very sceptical. When you stop and think about it, the idea that a plane crashes into the upper floors of a building and then destroys the building 54 minutes later, in what appeared to be a perfectly controlled demolition, well it does sound a bit ridiculous doesn’t it?
The film can be downloaded for free, so go ahead, see what all the fuss is about, ask questions. It scared the hell out of me.
I’ve just finished reading The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki (new window). It’s a fascinating book on how groups of people make decisions.
I’m sure most people are familiar with the competition where you have to guess the number of beans in a jar. If you take a room full of people and take the average of all their guesses, the average will almost always be within 3% of the actual answer and the average will be a better guess than almost everyone in the room made individually. An interesting book to read on this Election day in the United States.
It’s a fascinating book with some very interesting insights into the behaviours of crowds and their decisions. There are some wonderful examples from arenas as wide as Zara (the fashion retailer) and the stock markets to sports betting or decision markets. An excellent read, highly recommended from the desk of me!
I saw The Inside Man (new window) last night. It’s an awesome movie. It’a almost The Usual Susupects esque, but with a slightly simpler story line. You spend the whole movie wondering how it’s all going to work out, and it blows you away when it does.
Clive Owen is fantastic as is Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster, oh my word, she’s on fire! You watch the three stories converge and finally explode, with some very cute twists. Not an action packed flick, definitely chick friendly, a definite must-see.
Just back from seeing The Pink Panther (new window) now that I’m in back in sunny Bangkok (it really was much sunnier than Singapore when I got back!).
It was absolutely hilarious. I felt a little for the Thais because there are a whole heap of jokes that you just won’t get unless you really understand English. There’s a hilarious line about 006 being one away from the big guy, and all sorts of other hilarity. I was expecting it to be rubbish, painfully bad, but it really was funny.
Jason Statham, Steve Martin, Jean Reno, even Beyonce rocks up. It’s an all star cast of hilary, top marks from me!
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