If you love X you'll like Y

I like the following movies

• Diabolique
• Gaslight
• Don't Look Now
• Three Days of the Condor
• The Parallax View
• The Conversation
• The Manchurian Candidate

I enjoyed Rubicon. I'm a huge le Carré and Sandbaggers fan. I thought The Lives of Others was amazing.

What television (including animation), especially foreign, would you recommend. Why?

Moving towards a social contract

Even in a game between partners there is a need for some set agreements, i.e. a social contract. Here's what we've been discussing.

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JJ Abrams on mystery in stories

Very interesting TED talk by JJ Abrams about the fundamental role played by mystery and the unknown in storytelling. I think he so misses out on the power of understanding, even partial, in stories. He probably needs to have a good sitdown with Tim Powers (amongst othjers) who understands the strength of having multiple possibilities all driving a story.