Below are the most recent 11 friends' journal entries.

Friday, December 11th, 2009
craigoxbrow	12:09a	I knew The Descent Part 2 wasn't a patch on the original according to its critics, but I thought it was okay and in places pretty good. Until the end, which was so nonsensical it pissed me off intensely. Trailers: yes-please-want-now The Wolfman, new black-and-white post-apocalypse parable The Book Of Eli, entirely-impractical-world-of-vampires thingy Daybreakers, and Elektra-remake-with-a-boy Ninja Assassin. New Orange ad was shit too. Current Mood: annoyed (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
craigoxbrow	2:51p	DOCTOR! Doctor Who reaches shops. I buy the first Black Lion copy. (Chris having ordered it from C7 direct through me, so I feel my karma is spread evenly.) Since Liam is curious, I open it up. Shiny box. Shallow... probably wouldn't have room to add the screen, as it's a four-way hardback screen. Playtester credits: "Thanks to everyone who took part in the playtest - too many names to print, but your help was invaluable." Excuse me while I burst into tears and run to my room. Oh well. Pressing on... ( This is bigger on the inside ) Current Mood: okay (11 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
craigoxbrow	12:57a	"I was on the phone!" "And now you have lost a hand!" Okay, so I just saw the Vampire LARP episode of Being Erica. Which bizarrely enough features London from Never Let Go as the romantic interest guy looking entirely out of place. (Never mind the show being about our heroine working with a Time Lord called The Psychotherapist.) It was... oddly right about several things. Not least the overdramatic vampire shouting. Other than it being a boffer LARP, yeah. Current Mood: amused Current Music: Voltaire, The Vampire Club (Comment on this)
Monday, December 7th, 2009
craigoxbrow	7:59p	Sincere flattery Kammerice's Johnny Cash Serenity episodes Current Mood: busy (Comment on this)
craigoxbrow	7:46p	That's that. Or not, as the case may be. As I type this, Mark should be on a plane to London and thence Sydney. Naturally he's actually waiting on a plane to london, being put up in a hotel there and then thence Sydney. Still an' all. Current Mood: blah (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
craigoxbrow	7:45p	It's Saturday, it's 7 o'clock, it's time for Doctor Who. Doctor Who: 30 Episodes With Retro-Pulp Titles On a related note, Dreamland was fairly amusing and nicely voiced but looked dreadful. Compare this fan toon as plugged by the Guardian Technology. (What I wouldn't give for crossing the streams of Christmas on the Beeb and getting an Aardman Who story.) Current Mood: busy Current Music: Dum-da-dum... (Comment on this)
Friday, December 4th, 2009
craigoxbrow	5:20p	Hustle In Spaaaaaace Via Varyar, via Kai Tave on RPGnet Slingers teaser trailer example thingy A TV show? Or something. The hologram effect is v. nice. (One thing I like about the attempted Lost In Space film as I was reminded last week, and a good use of CG to do something that normal effect wouldn't do well at all.) GUN is fun. Current Mood: curious (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
craigoxbrow	11:21p	Brian Blessed Is Henry The Eighth. In The Present. Using The Net. Yes, obviously. Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
grahamrobinson	8:27p	Watching Me, Watching You Yesterday, I wrote a long blog post, then managed to delete it before publishing it. So you'll never know my thoughts on Robert Holdstock's passing, or how wonderful his "Mythago Wood" series is, or the sparrow hawk that was watching me through the study window. *** Christmas is fast approaching, and like everyone else, I'm in the middle of buying presents. I'm well aware that I'm difficult to buy for, and kind thoughts are more than enough. But if people are determined to part with money, could I suggest making a charitable donation instead? I've made a couple of suggestions below, but there are thousands of others, just as deserving. Greyhound Gap - the charity who rescued Alfie, and nursed him through his hernia operation and recovery. Marie Curie Nurses Amnesty International (1 Comment |Comment on this)
craigoxbrow	1:11a	I think I might have figured out what to do for the Nationals. Contain your enthusiasm. Yeah, it's another year of Action And Adventure, so something Adventure!-ish with two-fisted heroes punching villains and off-road chases and ancient relics and all that good stuff. And basically not being a good category to run Buffy in. Again. Grrr. (Sure, it's an okay game for the category, but I don't want to run something okay for twelve paying customers just to say I did it.) But I can borrow a bit of Buffy style simply by setting it in the present. So I'm thinking less Raiders and more Uncharted. Adventure pulpy but not set in the classic pre-WWII era. Still hopefully giving the players something they'll enjoy, which is more important than amusing myself at their expense by running a game that doesn't really fit the catch-all-ish category, but not repeating myself entirely. Yes, No, Maybe, Shut Up You Stupid GM? Current Mood: uncertain (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
craigoxbrow	11:01p	Overheard in a Camarilla classroom. (Or: remember when the Sabbat were an unknown?) "Why were the Anarchs even fighting us? Why wouldn't they look to be more civilized?" "I hear they're diablerists!" "That's only Sabbat." "Sabbat aren't real!" "Full well they are!" Current Mood: amused (4 Comments |Comment on this)