Sarah Et Cetera

I like Mac people. I know plenty of Mac users who unapologetically use Macs to do things. I’ve used Macs to do things. I prefer Macs to do something things. The idea of trying to do non-linear digital video editing on a PC kind of makes my skin crawl. For no good reason, really, but it crawls nevertheless. So I don’t hate Macs or Mac-users, really; I often don’t even vaguely dislike them. But I do find anonymously scorning Mac evangelists to be a zesty enterprise. Just like Charlie Brooker, who writes after Gus Serrola’s own heart:

The only way to have fun with a Mac is to poke its insufferable owner in the eye. For proof, stroll into any decent games shop and cast your eye over the exhaustive range of cutting-edge computer games available exclusively for the PC, then compare that with the sort of rubbish you get on the Mac. Myst, the most pompous and boring videogame of all time, a plodding, dismal “adventure” in which you wandered around solving tedious puzzles in a rubbish magic kingdom apparently modelled on pretentious album covers, originated on the Mac in 1993. That same year, the first shoot-’em-up game, Doom, was released on the PC. This tells you all you will ever need to know about the Mac’s relationship with “fun”.

via Vox Populi

Speaking of games, I’m lately really enjoying BioShock. That shouldn’t be a surprise, as it’s an Underwater Objectivism FPS. I like electrocuting things, then beating them the rest of the way to death with a crowbar.

I also signed up to write Left 4 Dead fic for the Yuletide Rare Fandoms ficathon. Or I tried to. I haven’t received my confirmation email and I’m a little worried. Anyway, if I get assigned a person with a Left 4 Dead request, I’m going to build a whole story around the phrase, “Now that’s what I call a big-ass machine gun!”