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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >Book Addendum:

> Heh. Time for a "What Have You Been Reading" (or maybe a CSIPGA Movie
> Reviews" thread?

Yes, but I am not doing books. I don't even read in games. ;)


> I worked my way through seven of Ian Banks "Culture" novels. I sort of
> ran out of steam before I got to the last book ("Hydrogen Sonata").
> It's not that I don't want to read it (well, re-read) but I really
> started yearning for something different. Bank's had his own unique
> style but there's only so much of it I could take.


> (oh, and with regards to movies, Star Trek Section 13 is as bad as
> everyone is telling you. I can honestly say I enjoyed "Borderlands'
> more... and that's saying something. It's not just a bad Star Trek
> movie, it's just a bad movie all around; terrible cinematography,
> awful story, tedious pacing, unexciting sets and set-pieces. As some
> wag wrote, the only good thing you can say about Section 13 is that it
> finally put to rest the question about which is the worst Star Trek
> movie. ;-)

I was going to watch it as a Trek(ie/er), but decided not to after 
seeing all the negative reviews and ratings. Even its trailers were bad. 
I have other better things to do like play games. Wait, I don't even 
play enough games these days. :(
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