Doug’s Blog

Looking Up

…And looking down. I was playing some TF2 today, as I have been seemingly 24/7 since the Spy/Sniper update came out, and I was greeted by a rather unpleasant black screen while the sound of a heavy dieing looped over and over again through a frozen TF2. I manually rebooted the computer to find out that my graphics card was running at 112°C. Ouch. So yeah, my graphics card’s fan isn’t working anymore. Doesn’t spin at all, no matter what I do. Gunna call the manufacturer tomorrow to see if they can replace it VIA warranty, and if so ask if I can upgrade to a two-slot card, out of my own pocket of course. In the mean time, I’m gameless and renderless. Anything remotely graphically-intensive will shoot me back up to over 100°C, and I have to have all my case fans on high or else it’ll just slowly climb up on it’s own. And if they do allow me to send back my card to get a new one, I’ll be graphics cars-less until I get my new one. The mere thought of that brings chills down my spine. Maybe I’ll just get a new one off Newegg…

Anyways, I saw Up on Friday. Amazing movie, really, just like every other Pixar movie. However, this one nearly made me cry, so I’d say it’s way up there on my arbitrary list of favourite Pixar films. Got the soundtrack on Amazon too, and as always Michael Giacchino is one to impress. If you haven’t seen Up yet, go see it now. I saw it in 2D due to my natural feelings that 3D is gimmicky and deteriorates the cinematography, though I may see it in 3D later. My short review: Story is extremely touching, just the right amount of humour and action, never a dull moment. Did I mention that I nearly cried?