Monday, May 10, 2004
...continued.
Went to see 'Capturing the friedmans' the other day which is a film about a pederast who may not be a pederast, his victims who may or may not be victims, and his sons, who had a videocamera on hand. I'd like to think that if ever a terrible situation was destroying my family from the inside out, I'd have a camera on hand to catch it all. Those jews think of everything. Anyways, this guy admitted to purchasing kiddieporn (since it arrived at his door in an envolope with his name on the front) but steadfastly denies buggering any of the children who came to his computor classes after school in his basement. The situation sounds dodgy, yet the way the evidence was collected, and the behaviour of those involved made it a really difficult one to call. It threw up an awful lot of questions, not only about the mind of sick pedos, but about the nature of hysteria and the way the justice system works.
Videogames now, and I got a couple of doozies offa e-bay the other day.
First up, Gitaroo-man, which is a 'beamani" game (japanese rhythey-action based shit) its extremely colourful and entertaining, yet with an absolute bitch of difficulty curve. The version I got came with the soundtrack on CD, so when I've tired of listening to the tracks for the 1000th time playing the game, I can play in to myself while I do something else. Genius, no?
Next up, Vib Ribbon. A name that should mean something to Playstationers the world over. From Japan again, this time you play a rabbit running along a chalkline on a black screen. The line loops and bumps and vibrates and changes in time to the music, and it is your job to ensure that vibri the rabbit negotiates all the obstacles successfully. The real gimmick here is when you have finished the game, you can use it with any of your own music CDs to create new levels. This game is genius, and I was thrilled to finally track it down (its ultra rare, and I've been hunting it for donkeys now) it allows you to totally re-appraise your music collection in terms of how they translate into the gameplay. eg- hip hop is surprisingly easy, since the music normally only has 1 'layer', but putting on a Mozart string symphony is a whole different story yet. I tried playing 'Yoshimi battles pink robots' by the flaming lips on it, but that, frankly was impossible.
Finally, I got 'freedom fighters' which could have been good if just alittle bit more thought had gone into the control mechanism. You play an average joe in manhatten the day those damn reds invade america (alternative history, you see, ruskis won WW2, and subsequently the cold war) and you have to recruit a team of rednecks to go and kick some commie butt. So I'm told. In truth, the simple task of gunning one of these bastards down is rendered all but impossible by the absurd camera and hilarious first person view, I've played it on and off for about a week now, and am still not far enough into it to recruit any monkey to do my bidding. I'll probably trade this piece of EA shit in the first oppertunity I get.
Toodles
Went to see 'Capturing the friedmans' the other day which is a film about a pederast who may not be a pederast, his victims who may or may not be victims, and his sons, who had a videocamera on hand. I'd like to think that if ever a terrible situation was destroying my family from the inside out, I'd have a camera on hand to catch it all. Those jews think of everything. Anyways, this guy admitted to purchasing kiddieporn (since it arrived at his door in an envolope with his name on the front) but steadfastly denies buggering any of the children who came to his computor classes after school in his basement. The situation sounds dodgy, yet the way the evidence was collected, and the behaviour of those involved made it a really difficult one to call. It threw up an awful lot of questions, not only about the mind of sick pedos, but about the nature of hysteria and the way the justice system works.
Videogames now, and I got a couple of doozies offa e-bay the other day.
First up, Gitaroo-man, which is a 'beamani" game (japanese rhythey-action based shit) its extremely colourful and entertaining, yet with an absolute bitch of difficulty curve. The version I got came with the soundtrack on CD, so when I've tired of listening to the tracks for the 1000th time playing the game, I can play in to myself while I do something else. Genius, no?
Next up, Vib Ribbon. A name that should mean something to Playstationers the world over. From Japan again, this time you play a rabbit running along a chalkline on a black screen. The line loops and bumps and vibrates and changes in time to the music, and it is your job to ensure that vibri the rabbit negotiates all the obstacles successfully. The real gimmick here is when you have finished the game, you can use it with any of your own music CDs to create new levels. This game is genius, and I was thrilled to finally track it down (its ultra rare, and I've been hunting it for donkeys now) it allows you to totally re-appraise your music collection in terms of how they translate into the gameplay. eg- hip hop is surprisingly easy, since the music normally only has 1 'layer', but putting on a Mozart string symphony is a whole different story yet. I tried playing 'Yoshimi battles pink robots' by the flaming lips on it, but that, frankly was impossible.
Finally, I got 'freedom fighters' which could have been good if just alittle bit more thought had gone into the control mechanism. You play an average joe in manhatten the day those damn reds invade america (alternative history, you see, ruskis won WW2, and subsequently the cold war) and you have to recruit a team of rednecks to go and kick some commie butt. So I'm told. In truth, the simple task of gunning one of these bastards down is rendered all but impossible by the absurd camera and hilarious first person view, I've played it on and off for about a week now, and am still not far enough into it to recruit any monkey to do my bidding. I'll probably trade this piece of EA shit in the first oppertunity I get.
Toodles
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