ill mcgoohan def..

Was meant to do fun stuff this weekend, like go to a barbecue and help a friend move house, but I started feeling kinda rough Friday, with a cold and sore throat, and I've been in bed instead. Doh. Still, I got through a gigantic stack of newspapers and magazines that I wanted to check out.

Oh, and in sitting and sniffling in front of the TiVo, I also got to check an obscurity related to Patrick McGoohan, who honestly hasn't been in the limelight much since The Prisoner. It was, bizarrely, his 1990 Columbo special Agenda For Murder, which McGoohan also directed and won an Emmy for. It followed the patented Colombo format to a tee, of course (we see the murder and the clever way it's done up-front, Colombo and the murderer are pitted in a battle of wits from the start as Colombo doggedly uncovers evidence), but McGoohan's direction frames some beautifully stark shots, and his acting has all the intensity it did in The Prisoner. I hear the early Colombo-s starring him (there are 4, apparently, due to his friendship with Peter Falk), are better, though, will have to dig them out.

Another recommendation before I go - the Def Jux DVD, with free CD, is pretty interesting if you want to check out dense, stylish independent hiphop from the El-P-headed label. Personally, I'm more into artists like RJD2 than El-P himself, but it's good to see a really nicely-done music DVD for cheap (only 15 bucks at Tower) - there's live stuff, a big documentary, a label documentary, a bunch of music videos, then a megamix and even a fun Mr.Lif trivia game (also on his website, sporting a GREAT ending CG movie from my super-talented ex-co-workers Norm+Mike Badillo, yay!)

Oh, and you're all still reading Slashdot Games, right? For those not in the know, there's an RSS feed at http://games.slashdot.org/games.rss too, good for the last 10 entries. Still trying hard to make it the best alternative games news source out there, concentrating on the big stories mixed up with the more unconventional stuff other people don't carry.. or that's the idea, anyhow.