Bioshock 2, Caprica and a list of songs

Having returned to London after reading week in my spare time I have been perservering on with Bioshock 2 but my heart really isn't in it. It's still a good game, but I'm completely underwhelmed by the story and can't help the nagging feeling that this game has no reason to exist. It's not sufficiently different from the original in terms of gameplay mechanics to warrant its existence, and I really have no idea what is happening in the messy and clumsily explained story that seems to be about as complex as the first Rush Hour movie. The multiplayer is so laggy and shallow compared to Halo and MW2 that I really don't feel any compulsion to try that out further anyway. Certainly won't be replaying this game and can't see myself getting any of the DLC. After Mass Effect 2's massive improvements this sequel seems a bit of a damp squib. It's still good, I just don't care. It exists because it will make money. Oh well.

I have also started watching the prequel series to Battlestar Galactica, Caprica. It's pretty good, all the things that made BSG such a guilty pleasure are there, the tribal soundtrack, cheesy acting, badly intergrated special effects, basic storylines with bluntly moralising messages and hilarious scientific explanations for implausable scenarios. Somehow all these bad individual elements manage to add up to a pretty glossy and addictive TV show. Also, it has naked ladies sacrificing each other in a virtual nightclub. Hot.

here's that chart you don't care about:

1. A Nomad's Retreat by Pantha Du Prince from Black Noise
2. Lay In A Shimmer by Pantha Du Prince from Black Noise
3. Stick to My Side by Pantha Du Prince from Black Noise
4. Atman by Rodrigo y Gabriela from 11:11
5. Xtal by Aphex Twin from Selected Ambient Works 85-92
6. Are You Receiving? by Clint Mansell from Moon OST
7. Skeleton by Bloc Party from Little Thoughts EP
8. Pray for Rain ft. Tunde Adebimpe by Massive Attack from Heligoland
9. Pin by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from A Fever To Tell
10. Downstream by Shira Kammen from Music of Waters