The graphics (and Miss Croft) look good as usual. Um, and there's some under-water swimming with, um, bathing suits. I got only a very quick look.... everything I saw so far looks good.
Plus the developer's cryptic comment - "she's also going to a location in the north... in the very far north". How far north can she go?
(about the 1:35 mark)
Killzone, a PS3 exclusive, should be out in Feb 2009. I saw a demo played at E3 - I wish it was on the 360! Killzone looks really awesome! Lets not look for gory special kill moves, weird targeting systems, just a really really solid shooter with Hollywood level scene setups.
Hmm, I might buy a PS3 after the next price drop.
Fracture, from Lucas Arts, is looking good. The character models seem like Quake-lites, (where, of course, Quake copied from Gears of War). Ok, so they look A LOT like the Gears guys, with red armor with the same blue lighting.
It looks quite good, and the main idea of the game, terrain deformation, looks quite cool. Essentially, its 2090 and you have weird new guns that can help you deform the terrain, and attack enemies in different and weird ways.
Looks like a solid buy; after I finish with Gears of War 2, play GoW again for the umpteenth time, Fracture can help me get a little more of the juju. I'm hoping I can get away with just normal gun-play once in a while.
So first of all, whats with the name? I've put an explanation taken straight from the restaurant's website at the bottom.
Now on to the food - it is really good! If you find a menu item with "curry" in its name or description - order it. If you find one with "garlic" in its description - order it. If you find one under appetizers - order it!
This is really good Thai food.
As for the ambience: it was a little loud in there. Thats great if you're in a partying mood. But there were 5 of us, and only the two people in the middle seats could hear everyone else.
The decor is quite nice, though. Definitely worth a visit.
Here's the explanation from the restaurant's site:
Koh Samui & The Monkey is a Thai restaurant. The name Koh Samui & The Monkey comes from the two people behind the restaurant: Chalermporn "Aom" Phanthong, the owner operator, and her husband Chris Foley, the primary investor. Chris and Aom met on a boat while scuba diving off the coast of Koh Samui, Thailand. While Aom was taking a break for her graduate studies in England to visit her family, Chris had just sold his business in San Francisco and was taking a sabbatical traveling through Southeast Asia. Aom chose to honor their relationship by naming the restaurant Koh Samui.
The "Monkey" portion of the name is two fold and refers to the small Thai antique store that is attached to the restaurant. First, Monkey in Koh Samui (the island, not the restaurant) is everywhere and treated as friends. Second, Aom is very proud of the fact that she was born during the Year of the Monkey.
Location
415 Brannan St San Francisco, CA 94107-1703
Phone: 415-369-0007
Ok, this is where the Wii-mote is quite fun to use, with a bit more precision added in. The Clone Wars demo, while not live, did look quite good.
I'll buy this one!
Independence Day was one of the best movies of its time (still is pretty good). Sure, we all forgave Hollywood for dumb stuff like, uh, just uploading a random virus into a very random alien supercomputer.
But I don't think too many people could stop gagging during the 4th of July speech by Bill Pullman. One of the most bombastic speeches ever.
Well, it just got a little better with some translation into...English!
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