That's my weekend spoken for

The lovely people at Play sent out my special edition of God of War II to arrive on the release date. Goodbye mortal realm, for a short while at least. Pizza, port and Playstation... Mmmmm.

[Update] Actually, not the whole weekend, as it turns out. Six hours on Friday night and 8 hours on Saturday were enough to complete it. Of course, my hands were like claws by the end, and my eyes like coals and, most painful of all, my right elbow like that hot point on a wire coathanger that's been bent repeatedly until it's on the verge of stress fracture, but it was worth every twinge and whinge. In fact, I'm going to play it through again now, in Bonus mode, so excusez-moi, s’il vous plait...

A Dark Materials movie trilogy

Oh happy day! Now let's hope they don't do a Narnia on it.

Webclippings

I just have to share these:

• Something to remind you just how irretrievable every day of your life is
• Something to help you escape the fact
• Something to fuel the inevitable nightmares (nsfw!)
  

And the award for cunning use of visual elements in a music video goes to...

Just caught Star Guitar by Chemical Brothers on Sophie Ellis Bexter's MixTape on E4, and was quite blown away by the neat use of visual elements that tie in with the song construction. Easier shown than explained:

It's almost as fascinating to see the principle being developed for the pitch to the producers:

In case you're wondering how it is I would even be watching a MixTape session on E4, well, you try to find something worthwhile on daytime television when you're on your back recuperating from major surgery!