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The Year in Games
The Year in Videos
Communion (1989; Didn't work for me. Walken an odd choice, and it was more humorous than tense.); The 400 Blows (Criterion Spine #4) (1959; Truffaut's first feature; I'm looking forward to the Antoine Doinel followups.); Silent Rage (1982; Great beginning and Norris-appreciation, but slow and meandering ending.); Dakota Bound (2001; An actual plot, good cheesy action scenes, and lesbians. Amazingly good.); One Dark Night (1982; Mausoleums, reanimation, and spark-shooting eyes, good. A bit slow.);
The Year in Books
Batman: The Dark Night Returns (Holy crap: excellent! Up there with Watchmen.); Jenny Finn (Same old, same old; Mignola is "eh" to me.); Batman: Hush Volume 2 (The conclusion, and the mastermind, is quite nice.); Batman: Hush Volume 1 (I've always liked Batman; this collection was no exception.); Cathy's Book (Prepping for this ARG's sequel, Cathy's Key.);
x264 can achieve smaller filesize at the same bitrate as XviD, I've found in my experiences in video encoding.