Recent Blog Posts
More Movie Reviews
post a comment | posted Sep 7
Originally posted at HybridLogic Journal
It seems I've been to the cinema more times in the past 3 months than the 3 years before. With a combination of cheap student tickets and special offers, it's often cheaper than a pint of lager which definitely helps. There are a few more films I'm...
Post Round-Up
post a comment | posted Aug 1
Originally posted at HybridLogic Journal
I've been meaning to write a few blog posts for months now, but it's reached such a critical mass I decided to lump them all together into one big post. Some reviews will be one liners, others might be longer on how much I remember about the topic ...
The Mash
post a comment | posted Mar 20
Originally posted at HybridLogic Journal
I know. It's been three, nearly four, months since I posted on HybridLogic. Heck, these are the first posts of 2008 going up. Life's been kind of hectic lately, between Uni, Web and 360, so here's a mach up of all my stuff so far this year.
Xbox...
Not-So-Recent Blog Posts
10,000 B.C.
post a comment | posted Mar 20
Originally posted at HybridLogic Journal
If you were to read the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes you would get the impression that 10,000 B.C. is one of the worst films to appear this year. With an average score of 10% from the Critics it is well and truly in the rotten department. The Communi...
I Am Legend
post a comment | posted Dec 31
Originally posted at HybridLogic Journal
I Am Legend left me feeling unsure of how I felt about it. On the one hand it's another basic action film from Hollywood with heavy use of CGI, big name actor and a basic plot. But unlike the vast majority of the other drivel out right now, it feel...
Paranoia
post a comment | posted Dec 9
Originally posted at HybridLogic Journal
Paranoia is one of those unusual mods that seems to just spring up out of nowhere. While some mod teams for Half Life 2 delight in posting render after render, the old-faithful HL1 developers take decidedly longer but potentially release something ...
Residual Point
post a comment | posted Dec 9
Originally posted at HybridLogic Journal
To be honest, I should have finished this review a long time ago. I played this Half Life 1 mod back in October now and the only thing that's jogged my memory recently is the screenshots I put up on Flickr. And it isn't fair, because this is actual...
XP vs Ubuntu
post a comment | posted Nov 15
Originally posted at HybridLogic Journal
This post is just going to be one long list, detailing all the things I love and hate about both Windows XP and Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon in an effort to help me decide which one to use as my primary OS. You can draw your own conclusions and feel free to...
Ubuntu
post a comment | posted Nov 13
Originally posted at HybridLogic Journal
I'll be brutally honest; I've used Windows computers for most of my life, I use them at work and at home. I've dabbled in other OSs, using knoppix to partition drives, playing around on Macs and running many a live cd over the years. And yet none h...
30 Days of Night
post a comment | posted Nov 6
Originally posted at HybridLogic Journal
The artwork is reminiscent of the graphical novel
For thirty days every winter the small town of Barrow in northern Alaska sees no sunlight, only perpetual darkness remains. It's the perfect winter retreat for a bunch of vampires lookin...