News Round Up 25th December 2014 - the "Is it this time of the year already?" Edition

Tuesday was my last day at work until the 5th of January - and yes, I am very happy about it. I am quite looking forward to doing as little as possible until I have to get back to work. I have a trip to France planned, films and series to catch up with, chocolates to eat and 3 games (Shadow of Mordor, Assassin’s Creed Unity and Dragon Age) to finish. Talking about Dragon Age Inquisition, it has been a month of squeezing in as much play time as possible, and I still am not bored of it and still in awe of how huge, beautiful and rich the game is. I complained to one of my friends (who worked on the game) when he asked me if I was "Enjoying DA?" that it was a "Stupid game killing my social life!"

I also was in Lucerne for a meeting a few weeks back, and Lucerne is damn pretty, and there was cheese, chocolate and mulled wine everywhere. Does this sound like paradise to you too?

In the news in the past month:

• This made me giggle. China bans puns.
• Talking about puns, I can’t find the original post, but this also made me giggle.
• The 10 best pirates. I have a preference for Anne Bonny, being the only woman on the list and all. She was particularly bad ass.
• The trend of over violent villains in kids films.
• Would you like to get makeup advice from your employer? Well, work for the SNCF and you will. “Don’t wear too much perfume” is a good piece of advice, though, in any circumstance.
• The film saga of the past week or so goes to The Interview, which was first banned (And Peter Bradshaw’s analysis, and President Obama stepped in) and now apparently got limited and online release.
• Wacky film assassination attempts! Because why not?
• On a completely different topic, 30 great Jane Austen quotes. Why? Because Jane rocked!

Oh and as everyone is doing their top (x) at the moment, here are mine (in no particular order): My 3 favourite games of the year: Child of Light, Middle- earth: Shadow of Mordor and Dragon Age Inquisition. My 3 favourite films of the year: Boyhood, Calvary and Guardians of the Galaxy.