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Inception

Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by Connor Beaton.

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Christopher Nolan reportedly began developing the universe of Inception nearly ten years ago, and that’s not hard to believe; with all it’s intricacies, paradoxes and innovative ideas, Inception is undoubtedly his masterpiece and well worth the ten-year development period. Set at an undisclosed point in the future, Inception sees a team of skilled extractors – thieves specializing in extracting information from a subject’s subconscious by entering their dreams – attempt a seemingly impossible task: injecting an idea into a subject’s mind in a manner convincing enough that the subject believes the idea came from himself and not a third party.

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How the Gamer Changed from Hero to Villain

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by Connor Beaton.

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I’m not going to talk about gaming as an art form, or how hardcore gamers are no longer the target market; no, I’m going to talk about how the morals of the gamer – you and I and everybody else reading this – have changed.

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The Importance of Trash Talk (and Originality in Trash Talk)

Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by Connor Beaton.

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As long as there has been multiplayer gaming, there has been trash talk; we can shout and swear at computer-controlled enemies on pixellated screens all day, but it’s nowhere near as satisfying as knowing you’re shouting at an identical series of pixels that can actually understand what you’re saying.

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I Still Miss Invasion

Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by Connor Beaton.

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If you read the title of this post and instantly know what I’m talking about, you’re awesome. Invasion was a television show that started back in 2005 on ABC; the premise was simple, and something of a twist on the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

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Amie Street and Minor Kingdom

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by Connor Beaton.

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I’m back, and right now I’d like to talk to you about a little website called Amie Street. Amie Street is one of my favourite websites, because I like to think of myself as quite the music lover. Amie Street is the perfect outlet for that love, as it lets me discover new bands (mostly indie) and download their music.

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NaNoWriMo

Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by Connor Beaton.

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The reason I haven’t been posting many rambles recently is because I’ve been swamped with work, both on my own website and with school, so the fact that I’ve entered into a challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in a month seems more like a venture into the world of self-harm than a simple test of my writing skills.

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I’m disappointed with Vodafone

Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by Connor Beaton.

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Vodafone are my mobile phone service provider, and generally, they’ve been great: I use a pay-as-you-go system, so I top up regularly, and they give me all kinds of promotional offers… they treat you like royalty. That is, up until a couple of days ago, when I started becoming assaulted by their text messages. Apparently the quality of their service has declined to the extent where they send me an alert, retract that alert, then retract the retraction of that alert. Observe.

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I have a super new Facebook

Posted on 23. Oct, 2009 by Connor Beaton.

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Any Facebook users here on Likes to Ramble? You might be interested to know that my Facebook seems to have undergone a strange transformation.

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Connor Beaton’s (500) Days of Summer review

Posted on 23. Oct, 2009 by Connor Beaton.

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Joseph Gordon-Levvit and Zooey Deschanel star as hopeless romantic Tom and the titular Summer respectively in what’s surely the most true and heart-warming romantic comedy ever released.

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Film release dates suck

Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Connor Beaton.

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If you’re an American, you have it easy; films come out, stay in the cinema for a couple of weeks, and they’re given ridiculous age certificates meaning you can enjoy any film regardless of your age. Some people aren’t quite so privileged.

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