::A Geek in Korea::

Since it’s the beginning of the rainy season, no picnics in the park would be possible this weekend. My wife was busy too, leaving me at home with the dog. I decided I’d surf the web for a little while, then make every effort to get out of the house.

I was multitasking, watching some videos via Democracy (soon to be Miro) and surfing the web. I stumbled upon Boxhead, which is my new favorite flash game ever. You are a heavily armed character that fights off hoards of zombies and devils throwing lightening while running around a level. You are granted upgrades, and can pick up boxes left by defeated foes containing more ammunition. There is a strategy involved in keeping your combo timer ticking upwards as you slaughter the undead. I wasted around a hour or more on this game alone today. It’s quite violent and unforgiving of mistakes at higher levels too.

After a nap, I was ready to leave the house. I hadn’t seen a movie at a theater in quite some time, so I was hoping to catch something playing down the street. I grabbed my umbrella and was out the door after putting the dog on the veranda. A little rain wasn’t going to stop me from enjoying myself.

I ended up seeing Hot Fuzz. I had heard some positive comments about it on the forums, so I decided I’d check it out. It’s by the “Shawn of the Dead” guys, which makes it a very easy sell. This is about the only movie in the theater not getting a heavy advertising campaign in Korea, so the theater wasn’t packed either.

I liked the film. It seemed like it was doing a few things at once. It was part “Scream” gory horror with a concealed killer running around, part comedy, part buddy cop flick. For being a comedy with a few action sequences, there were some extremely graphic deaths in it. I had spent the morning blasting zombies, but still.

There were quite a few red herrings, but I liked the fact that it rewarded you for paying attention to the details. I disliked the ending. The movie had an anti-climatic resolution, then did the horror “fake out” ending that left a bad taste in my mouth. It mixed genre well, but the second ending seemed forced into the story.

I’d recommend the movie, and I’m glad I got out of the house even on a rainy day to enjoy myself for once.