The Matrix 10 Year Anniversary

It's been accused of plagiarism all over the shop, imitated at least as thoroughly, and apparently wasn't the first movie to use bullet time. But I don't think it's ever left my top ten movies. 

Green on Games

As a hippy who's also a gamer, this metre hits a very particular niche with me. I used to keep the two lives separate, my gamer friends didn't know I was a hippy and my hippy friends didn't know I was a gamer. Then one of the hippies bought a PS3 and I guess the gamers finally noticed the dreadlocks. 

Of this list I own and regularly use a Microsoft product (Xbox 360), an Apple laptop, and Nokia mobile phone. My television's brand didn't make the list (Celestial). So I have one in the red, another in the yellow, and one in the green. After this add from Apple I did expect to find them further up the list, but I can still be happy enough with my own laptop, maybe iPods are made from baby seals or something. Microsoft wasn't such a surprise. The Xbox, when on, sounds like it's connected directly to the Bill Gate's Doom Fortress where it's powered by the souls of the living. It's good to see Nokia leading the charge too. Cell phones and their batteries that end up in landfills are still a considerable problem.

I couldn't say how widespread the concern is amongst gamers about the environmental impact of their dream machines. Gaming is, after all, a form of escapism. Personally though, I would not buy a Wii or any further DS games based on this information.

Greenpeace's full report here.

Peace.

First of the Fourth

I may have fallen for an April Fools joke within 5 minutes of being out of bed, but this smelt like bullshit as soon as I read the title.

Grand Theft Auto: Harbour City Leaked

Last year IGN put together a trailer for a Legend of Zelda movie, complete with making of videos. Even some interviews where an actor claimed that "I will not refer to my character as 'Ganondorf', I will only refer to him as 'Ganon.'" I thought that the devil was in the details there, but how convincing it was is hard to tell in hindsight. At any rate it seems that a lot more effort went into last years.