This weekend was good. I got to chill a little bit, which I’d long needed. Had caviar for the first time ever; it tasted mostly of salt, and slightly fishy. I’ve heard it’s served on buttered toast, and I think that would improve it quite a bit.<\/p>\n
I also tried the Lord of the Rings online role-playing game. The first thing I noticed is that it’s certainly prettier than WoW (and therefore needs more video processing power than, say, my desktop can handle). I enjoyed the Minstrel class I tried – there’s something entertaining about whipping out a lute in the middle of a melee and dealing damage with a few bars of a song.<\/p>\n
But, when all’s said and done, I enjoy the slightly surrealistic graphics of WoW – they seem to fit with a world which has so many fantastic shorthands for everyday actions – and the LotR game takes itself fairly seriously, which also isn’t really what I’m here for. I might play it if there were a Mac version and no other competitors, but my subscription will stay with Blizzard for now.<\/p>\n
This week’s Doctor Who<\/i> episode brings the Series 4 average down to .667. Even discounting the goofy, thoughtless science – which is hard, since one element is a major<\/i> plot point – there wasn’t much special about it. Donna was great; her emotional arc about the future of humanity and our ethics, and the conditions of the Ood provided a welcome touch of development.<\/p>\n
But overall, the episode was fairly formulaic, including at least one completely gratuitous CGI death, and someone trying viciously to kill the Doctor for no reason at all<\/i>. One touch I did like: non-whites, in this future setting, portrayed as willing slavers. I already see far too many people, whose ancestors had no human rights a century ago, eager to deprive others of their human rights. I guess we forget pretty quick.<\/p>\n
Fun fact: the episode was filmed in sweltering heat – yay for fake snow. And I’m looking forward to seeing some old foes of the Doctor next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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