I'm still playing Mass Effect (on PC) in between the MMO's and really am loving it. I'm coming to the end of the game now with all the big reveals just past me, and have made the decision on which party member would bite the dust. For the person who hasn't played Mass Effect, there's a point in the game where you have to select between two of your party members: one lives, one dies. As I'd been leading things to hooking up with the blue alien, Liara, it was with relief that I decided the human girl was going to be the sacrifice. Thank god I don't have to feel guilty about spurning her advances now that she's dead! As you would expect, blue alien sex was something new to me but was preferrabe to plain old human sex in the absence of a hunky man-dude to get jiggy with. I'm just kidding, I'm still deciding if having this kind of the thing in a game makes it any better. Oh wait, I remember why I decided to post now. I was playing earlier today and had reached the part where Saren and the Geth were just arriving at the Citadel and it was coming under seige. When the game gave me back control I was still in the Mako and as I approached my doorway to the citadel it suddenly said I'd failed my objective - I have no idea what I did or didn't do. I shelved the game for the day as that moment quite ruined the experience for me.

Yesterday I went to B2S at Central Chitlom with a Thai friend of mine visiting from Sydney (Tan) who wanted to buy Love at Siam on dvd. When we reached the counter he asked if it had english subtitles and the staff told him that no, it was in Thai only. I really love this movie and was considering buying it myself, but I'd never have thought to ask if it had english subtitles because I assume everything has english subtitles (it had english subtitles at the cinema after all). To my surprise Tan didn't want to buy it after hearing it didn't have english subtitles, which is weird because he is Thai and can speak and understand Thai perfectly, but... well he's just like that. After a little more investigation we were told that you cannot buy the film in Thailand with english subtitles so obviously they want people like me (and Tan, but I'm not like him) to pirate it. As we were walking away from the counter Tan said "That's an uncompromising vision', but I corrected him: "That's an uncompromising Thai vision".

Due to IMAX at Paragon being somehow broken the night I wanted to see it I had to put up with the normal screens, but it was still worth it. Loved it, just like practically everyone else. The only criticism I would have is that it seemed unstructured. Despite that, it still ended up being awesome.