The Best Of The Rest: Dick O’Clock Edition
The only image I could find of Spartacus: Blood and Sand that didnt contain nudity. Was fun looking though.
Ah Sunday evening. A time for reflecting on the previous weeks activities and denying the upcoming week. We cling onto every precious moment of the last few hours of the weekend, trying to fool ourselves that we don’t really need seven hours sleep and that every minute less with our head on the pillow is another moment more of pure blissful weekend freedom. Unfortunately I can’t do much about the impending daybreak but I can reflect upon the last week’s blogging shenanigans…
- Ever fancied contributing to a MMO blog? Chris from Game By Night is looking for more authors for his site!
- Spinks, the kind goddess that she is, suggests five ways to help out new players.
- Brad McQuaid answers some questions that were posted on his blog. Interesting stuff.
- Andrew from Systemic Babble highlights the dangers of taking MMOs offline.
- The awesome Brian “Psychochild” Green is looking for some volunteer help on a secret MMO related project.
- Ixobelle takes a look at the iPhone WoW Auction House app. As does Tobold.
- Would MMOs be better with less of an emphasis on combat? Keen ponders.
- Petter from Don’t Fear The Mutant wants to better understand the RMT economy.
- MMO blogger extraordinaire, Wolfshead, writes a powerful piece about the MMO industry needing it’s own cataclysm.
And if you’re wondering about the title of this week’s link love post it’s because I wanted to give special mention to an article by, probably, Britain’s best writer, Charlie Brooker (or simply C-Brook to his friends). In an article for the Guardian newspaper he takes a brief look at the premiere of Spartacus: Blood and Sand on UK TV and lavishly describes it’s full-on blood, sex and nudity. I’m incredibly curious to watch the show now although I’ll take his advice and refrain from watching it with my mum.
-Gordon
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Spartacus: Blood and Sand, which already finished its run in the US, was far better than I expected it to be. It starts off very basic and violent, but if you can get through the first few episodes, the story and intrigue are great, and the finale is fantastic.
I enjoyed Rome quite a lot and quite liked the look of Spartacus. Unfortunately it’s airing on a cable/satellite channel here so I can’t watch it
I watched it through Netflix via my PS3. Not sure if you have anything like it over in the UK.
Hmm… don’t think so
Spartacus was my families number one show this year. Have not seen anything like it on TV in quite a while.
Like everyone says, as the series progresses, the events lead to a great ending.
Cheers
I’ve been watching Mad Men lately and am now in the mood for something with some violence and craziness
I concur with Jason. Spartacus is/was a great show. The first episode was dreadful, I almost completely gave up on it half way through. At the end of the first episode it took my several weeks to give the second episode a shot.
Simply survive the first episode… Let the story build and by the fourth, you’ll be hooked.
Thanks for the advice. If I ever watch it, I’ll remember to stick it past the first episode!
You get to see Xena warrior princess’s tittays too in Spartacus. lmao