where do we go from here

Nine consecutive boss battles -- four cakewalks, four tedious grinds, and one absolute pain in the ass -- with nary a savepoint in sight. Lose one, and it's time to start all over again at the beginning.

FUCK YOU, ROGUE GALAXY. If I hadn't already invested three days of my life in playing the game, I'd have snapped the disc in two.

Soft Cell - Frustration (from Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, 1981) - Marc Almond feels my pain. Why do I find that so disturbing?

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I seem to know a lot of August babies. Is there something about November that makes it especially conducive to human fertility?

If I remember correctly, friend and fellow blogger Dave Lartigue of Dave Ex Machina celebrates his birthday today. Since I know Dave is a big fan of games (boardgames, that is) and music, I gathered together a handful of relevant tracks in honor if the occasion.

Rubella Ballet - Games of Life (from At Last It's Playtime, 1985) - The fun side of anarchopunk.

Pop Will Eat Itself - Games Without Frontiers (from Peace Together, 1993) - I'm still waiting on the grebo revival movement, complete a new line of mass-produced cyber-pirate-yeoman wear available from Hot Topic.

The Cardigans - My Favourite Game (from Gran Turismo, 1998) - I was this close to posting the bemani cover version of this track, but I was able to pull myself back from the Eurodance abyss just in the nick of time.