Yesterday was the second Harry Potter movie at the Orpheum, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra doing the soundtrack live. Spectacular as always, and very lively — it’s always fun having everybody cheer and boo at the screen!

We are very sad that Manzano, one of the few good local bakeries, has now closed 😞 (not 100% sure but apparently from the owners retiring, not from financial trouble)

Happy birthday, Ziggy, you handsome alien.

Sinners was a great and beautifully shot movie about black people in 1930s Mississippi, a decent movie about the power of music as cultural tool, and a rather mediocre vampire movie. I found the ending pretty lame, but the epilogue is great. The “twins” VFX are amazing.

We missed it but a couple months ago was the 10th anniversary of #UE5’s Sequencer tool! Next June will be the anniversary of when it came out of the alpha preview you had to explicitly enable. Maybe we’ll do a little celebration for the occasion?

Despite a premise that feels doomed to fail due to being too predictable and, like, just one chapter in a bigger book, “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” was actually a very enjoyable movie. It manages to be beautiful, creepy, and surprising at times. A nice addition to the Dracula movie canon IMO

How come I had never heard of “Mind Hunters” before now?!!! A movie with a ridiculous premise, an even more ridiculous story, an absolutely ridiculous cast, and an outrageously ridiculous last couple lines of dialogue… Amazing.

I am so happy to start the year with something I’ve wanted for years: a whole bunch of Ultima maps framed on my wall! (for now: 3-9 and SotA… still looking for 1-2 and U:O!)

Now I’ll be able to dream a little bit about Britannia every time I walk into the bedroom.