So I did, eventually, finish Ghostbusters, a truly satisfying finish, if I do say so myself, let’s just hope that the new movie has a few new jokes in it.  Dialogue was well thought out and executed, but during some points, I wished there was a button labeled “shut up, Venkman!”

Overall, I’d give the game about a 7. It was wonderfully nostalgic, and well written (considering it was written by some of the all time comedy greats). Gameplay was well paced, though I did find myself on more than one occasion running in circles saying “Now where the hell do i go?”. Controls were well though out, not brilliantly executed. The camera is a pain in the ass, as it tends to be with most 3rd person shooters, but when it (rarely) worked to design, it worked well. I played through the 360 version, which is visually stunning, but, I think I’m going to go ahead and grab a copy of it for Wii, as the idea of using the wii remote to wrangle ghosts just like a proton pack, brilliant.

I’m not a “hardcore” gamer, I played through Ghostbusters on the easiest difficulty, and don’t plan on replaying it on any harder settings. I’ll leave the “Hard” difficulty setting to people who enjoy it.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game = WIN

I’ll review it once I beat it. I’m playing casually, so it may not be immediate, want a review right now? check out gamespot, kotaku, or joystiq, they’ve all written plenty about it.

So the new firmware has been available to the public (albeit illegitimately) for a few weeks, and it was officially released by apple yesterday.

So far, I’m impressed. The first thing you’ll notice is the extra page in front of your home screen, that’s the spotlight search. Pretty handy if you have a ton of contacts or emails you want to sort through. Enter “John” and your greeted by every John in your phonebook, every email from the aforementioned John, and every John “Cougar” Mellancamp song in your library. Nifty.

The next Huge item for me was Push notification, I’ve been waiting for this since I picked up my first gen iPod Touch 2 years ago, before there was even an app store, or any plans for one. Basically, Push lets you receive notifications from assorted apps or service you may employ, for example, you no longer have to leave AIM open and running on the phone to be informed of when you get a new IM, seems simple, yes, but apple has been holding it just out of reach until now. Unfortunately as of this writing, none of my apps have been updated by their devs to support this feature, but it’s only a matter of time

Other notable improvements include the much-ballyhooed inclusion of copy/paste functionality, the landscape keyboard for email/texting, and the addtion of stereo bluetooth.

It’s pretty sweet, as far as I’m concerned, so everyone go out and get an iPhone with 3.0…. NOW!

I had to share this one, My amigo Ito has written a lovely eulogy for analog:

“Here’s my analog eulogy-haiku…

chrome plastic controls
aluminum foil signal
analog has passed

When remembering analog, I am drawn to the memory of my parent’s Panasonic Color(!) CRT with its chromed plastic channel-selection knobs. Each dial – UHF & VHF – had an independent “fine-tuning” sleeve that would allow the user to make subtle frequency reception adjustments. With patience, one could manually reset VHF channel 3, recieve channel 8’s signal, thus throwing off all subsequent channel’s reported number. That was the world that analog belonged in. The red (sometimes green) L.E.D. display, the advent of on-screen control panels, the demise of the Cathode Ray Tube were but backlit printed celluloid markers of analog’s dotage.

So, it is on this occasion that we commit analog to the ether, to forever broadcast the opening of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games in exponentially attenuated frequency to all of our interstellar neighbors. Rest in peace, analog. And try not to attract the attention of warlike alien races capable of interstellar travel. ”

Big thanks to analog for ensuring the continued demise of my optical nerves. It truely is like losing an old friend. Good night. and Good luck.

Continuing to fool myself into thinking anyone actually reads this… I’ve been delayed quite a bit after a busy few weeks,.

So Lifehacker is doing this awesome thing where the editors show us what they carry in their laptop bags. None of them seem to hold a candle to the catastrophe that is my bag, so after work tonight, I’m going to write a little something up on the contents of my bag, and post the results over on lifehacker. stay tuned!

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Ok, a few observations:

Finally, an explanation of Dr. Marvin Candle’s hand injury.

Anyone else notice that Sayid was wearing Roger’s “Workman” uniform? was the body Hurley found in the van a few seasons ago in fact Sayid?

Didn’t Jack realize the other repurcussions from blowing up the swan? What would’ve happened to Desmond when he crashed on the Island? if there were no button to push? he’d probably be long dead.

I have to agree with Miles, the “Incident” that Jack is so intent on preventing, is probably the explosion that he intends on creating.

Anyone else think Sayid rigged that nuke to NOT explode? He’s getting very shady, that Sayid. Also, what makes anyone think that Sayid actually gave Jack the Nuke part of that bomb? he could’ve given jack some sort of timer and said whatever he wanted… you think Jack knows what a nuclear warhead looks like?

Finally, as we all know, just because Juliet was pounding a bomb with a rock and the season ended with a flash, doesn’t mean the bomb went off…Lost has a tendency of making you think the worst, next time we see the Losties, I’m quiet sure they won’t be exploded.

Good God. What a finale! I’ve never been so happy to see a dentist! Love that Bernard! I nearly fell off my chair when Rose said “what is wrong with you people?” Those two really had the right idea, find a quiet corner and stay to themselves. also, Vincent, FTW.

Just heard from Russ that 3D Realms shut down. RIP Duke Nukem Forever…. I would’ve waited for you… you were going to be my first…

I’ve come up with, what I believe, is a relatively cool idea for a short film. Until I’ve spoken to the prospective crew, It’ll be kept top secret. For reference purposes, internally, this project will be called “Jackhammer”.