by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 14, 2014 | Game/Writing
I started a new Dragon Age campaign here in CA on the new XBox 360. For the first time I played the human origin story where you are the child of the Tyrn of Highever. I chose to play a son because I didn’t really want to try romancing Alistair, and I thought I would try to get through the sappy romance with Liliana this time. Anyway, I’m up to the point where you deal with the civil war and I’m finding myself actually giving serious considerations to the upcoming choices....
by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 13, 2014 | TV & Movies
This post is filled with SPOILERS about two different films so you have been warned. *************************SPOILERS************************SPOILERS*************SPOILERS*******************SPOILERS*************** This past week I’ve seen two movies that, while vastly different in tone, delivered the same essential message — BIG HERO 6 and INTERSTELLAR. I know people are going “seriously, Melinda? An animated light hearted romp and a deeply serious space odyssey? Yes, really because there...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 5, 2014 | Blog
I had a feeling last night was going to be depressing so read and watched Arrow and had dinner with a friend rather than watch the electoral returns. And it was what I expected but more so. I could understand Iowa and Colorado. I could even understand Wisconsin, but Paul LePage, a seemingly insane individual was reelected in Maine? Or this Hice guy who is a fundamentalist preacher who has declared that Islam is not protected under the first amendment — among other equally charming...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 3, 2014 | TV & Movies
I finally set down with the XBox and Netflix and started streaming the first season of Arrow. I finished season one last night after a number of nights of joyful binge watching. I really like this show. It’s got a great look, quite good scripts, a terrific cast and characters I’ve come to care about. It also doesn’t hurt that Stephen Amell is gorgeous and he frequently takes his shirt off. It’s nice to have some eye candy for the ladies. We are so often forgotten...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Oct 30, 2014 | About Writing
On Tuesday evenings I go over to Len Wien and Christina Valada’s house for dinner, and then Len and T and I watch three TV shows back to back — The Flash, Agents of SHIELD and Person of Interest. Len has dubbed it Action Tuesday which is a great name for it. Person of Interest continues to be the best show on television (more on that later), but it was a moment in AOS that caught my attention and made me think again how much easier it is to write a script where shorthand and...
