Marcus McCurdy's Blog

The hype about the Dark Knight is true it really is that good. The movie is nearly 3 hours long, but it doesn’t feel like it. Not a moment of the movie is wasted and every scene advances the plot. The Dark Knight’s Joker is the most diabolical villain I have ever encountered both in the cinema and literary worlds. Whoever thought up some of his plans frightens me and so does Heath Ledger in several parts of the film. It is the must see movie of the summer.

I’m so excited for the Dark Knight I’m going to watch it right after work. I really wanted to see it in Imax first, but even as of two weeks ago the Universal City walk Imax theater was sold out for all showings this weekend so I am just going to see it non Imax first then catch the Imax version later. In honor of Batman I’ve been reading some funny blog postings and compiled my favorite here. (more…)

The upgrade to Wordpress 2.6 went smoothly and is complete. Now I just have to update the other two blogs I manage and update all the plugins.

I’ll be upgrading to Wordpress 2.6 today so the site may be inaccessible temporarily during the upgrade. I’m going to try doing it now since traffic should be pretty light.

According to this post at Shacknews not only is Blizzard working on Wrath of the Lich King, Diablo III, and Starcraft II, but they are also working on a 4th yet to be announced next gen MMO. The internet is buzzing with speculation as to what this 4th title could be with many people hoping (and praying) that it will be World of Starcraft. At first, I thought this would be a bad move for Blizzard, but then the more I thought about it the better the idea started to sound. (more…)