The Loehdown

I can’t think of any time where I have wanted to see a movie more than once in a theater. After all, movie-going is about the newness of a film and the crowd experience. However, with I Love You, Man, starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, I can honestly say I would go back to the theater to watch it again.

In I Love You, Man, Paul Rudd has just gotten engaged and suddenly finds himself on a quest to find a best man and wedding party to match his fiancee’s six bridesmaids. Friendless, he is forced to attempt to meet men in the wild. Awkward and hilarious moments follow.

Sadly I can usually predict the plot elements of most movies; something I like to think of as a skill, and my friends think of as an annoyance. Thus Duplicity deserves a recommendation from me as I was totally off base, not something that has happened in a while.

In late 2008 I wrote a preview for the single Broken Promises by the newly-created band Phoenix Effect, which has strong ties to one of my favorite bands, Poets of the Fall. The single proved a strong starting point for the band, and the first album has been eagerly awaited. Now we’re able to bring you a review of the full album, Cyanide Skies, which has finally been released.

If you like zombies, shooters, multiplayer games, or gaming in general, Valve’s latest release, Left 4 Dead is definitely worth picking up (especially if you can get it on sale, as it recently was for $25).

Available on PC and XBox (although I have a personal preference to PC), Left 4 Dead is a game that focuses on having fun in a multiplayer environment. There is a single player element, but I’ve never played it and I don’t know anyone who has, because that’s not what this game is about. It’s all about getting together with 4 friends (real or virtual) and surviving the zombie apocalypse.

520vs90 is a little Twitter app I wrote based on a concept by Margaret. The premise behind it is to get the travel times across Lake Washington via either SR-520 or I-90. Obviously, this is useful to a very small subset of people, but I have expanded it to cover most of the Puget Sound region