Wednesday, December 04, 2002
Yet again, a long break from updates. But I'm back. Woo! Hoo!
Okay, so here's what's been happening over the last week. I went home for Thanksgiving break. Big surprise there. A few things happened that I took note of. First off, the word "shit" was said in an episode of NYPD Blue on ABC. Censors are slacking off it seems. Don't know whether that is a good thing or a bad thing. Second, I saw Harry Potter again, this time with mom. Lucious Malfoy was indeed halfway through the Avada Kedava curse when Dobby blasted him down the hallway. So he was going to kill Harry. Interesting, that. Well, we all knew he was bad anyway. And the scene after the credits was kind of cool. A nice neat little wrap up for Gilderoy's fate. On to Bong Water Bowl V.
In a last minute trade, I played for the Commonwealth Commies instead of the Pimpskinz. We had a large size disadvantage, especially considering Jason Northrop (he's 280), and we had continual quarter back problems. We just could not pass. Of the 6 touchdowns, 5 were rushing (I had three TDs: two rushes and one short pass). The Pimpskinz prevailed, 10-6. The biggest factor by far, however, were turnovers. We had 5 turnovers, not counting those due to running out of downs. FIVE. The Pimpskinz capitalized on this (damn capitalists) and they themselves had only one turnover. But all in all, it was good fun. Though I was extremely sore for several days afterwards.
We are nearing the end of the semester now. Two more days of classes left before exams. If we even HAVE class tomorrow. That remains to be seen. Chorus concert tonight, 8pm, Wilson Hall. It'll rock, so come.
Ahhh, I have forgotten something. On the Sunday before break, I picked up a computer game on a whim from Wal-Mart. It's Dracula: The Last Sanctuary. Apparently it's the sequel to Dracula: Ressurection, but not having played that I am still going along fine in this one. The graphics are amazing. Very good setting, with eerie background effects. The interface is a 3D first person, where you can rotate 360ยบ. And the cursor changes when you can interact with your evnironment. The only problem with this is that sometimes those areas are REALLY small. There have been several times when I knew what I had to do but for the life of me could not find the stupid "hot spot." Sometimes it seems like they're only one pixel in size. So that's annoying. The cut scenes and dialogues are very impressive. Except in one small case. The scene where one character dies is really cool, but they way they have blood coming out of her mouth afterwards is really poorly done. It looks lame and fake. Otherwise, it's awesome. It is rated M for Mature, containing blood, violence, and mature sexual themes. I have seen only two real scenes of blood and violence, but they were appropriately gorey. I have seen nothing warranting the mature sexual themes. And I'm almost done with the game. Maybe there's something in the end. As far as Dracula goes, he's somewhat cool. He looks more like a wrinkled old man than a vampire, and his voice isn't exactly reminiscent of the Lord of Darkness. However, in the opening scene he has some very nice transformation into mist scenes that are pretty cool. Some of the puzzles seem pretty pointless, as if they are there simply to fill space. And as far as death scenes go, they are lame. At least your death scenes. If a monster is going to eat you, its face will show up, and then you go to a game over screen. Sometimes you just go to the screen without even knowing what happened. Like thge stupid room with the staircases I am in right now. Apparently I just die if I don't step on the stairs in the right order. But there is no indication as to what that order might be. Whatever.
As far as the plot goes, you are Jonathon Hawker from Brahm Stoker's Dracula), and you have just freed your wife from Dracula's castle and returned to London. You are now trying to free her from Dracula's curse, and will have to finally confront the Vampire and destroy him for all eternity! w00t. It picks up seven years after the book ends, and a week after the first game ends. All in all, it's pretty cool. But there seems to be no playability factor. Once you beat the game, you know all there is to do. It would be cooler if there were several different paths you could take to victory, but whatever. If I can get past the stupid rooms with the staircases I might be able to finish it.
And now for your moment of Zen.
(why should he be allowed to meet with his attorneys? Oh yeah, you know, that thing called THE CONSTITUTION)
Okay, so here's what's been happening over the last week. I went home for Thanksgiving break. Big surprise there. A few things happened that I took note of. First off, the word "shit" was said in an episode of NYPD Blue on ABC. Censors are slacking off it seems. Don't know whether that is a good thing or a bad thing. Second, I saw Harry Potter again, this time with mom. Lucious Malfoy was indeed halfway through the Avada Kedava curse when Dobby blasted him down the hallway. So he was going to kill Harry. Interesting, that. Well, we all knew he was bad anyway. And the scene after the credits was kind of cool. A nice neat little wrap up for Gilderoy's fate. On to Bong Water Bowl V.
In a last minute trade, I played for the Commonwealth Commies instead of the Pimpskinz. We had a large size disadvantage, especially considering Jason Northrop (he's 280), and we had continual quarter back problems. We just could not pass. Of the 6 touchdowns, 5 were rushing (I had three TDs: two rushes and one short pass). The Pimpskinz prevailed, 10-6. The biggest factor by far, however, were turnovers. We had 5 turnovers, not counting those due to running out of downs. FIVE. The Pimpskinz capitalized on this (damn capitalists) and they themselves had only one turnover. But all in all, it was good fun. Though I was extremely sore for several days afterwards.
We are nearing the end of the semester now. Two more days of classes left before exams. If we even HAVE class tomorrow. That remains to be seen. Chorus concert tonight, 8pm, Wilson Hall. It'll rock, so come.
Ahhh, I have forgotten something. On the Sunday before break, I picked up a computer game on a whim from Wal-Mart. It's Dracula: The Last Sanctuary. Apparently it's the sequel to Dracula: Ressurection, but not having played that I am still going along fine in this one. The graphics are amazing. Very good setting, with eerie background effects. The interface is a 3D first person, where you can rotate 360ยบ. And the cursor changes when you can interact with your evnironment. The only problem with this is that sometimes those areas are REALLY small. There have been several times when I knew what I had to do but for the life of me could not find the stupid "hot spot." Sometimes it seems like they're only one pixel in size. So that's annoying. The cut scenes and dialogues are very impressive. Except in one small case. The scene where one character dies is really cool, but they way they have blood coming out of her mouth afterwards is really poorly done. It looks lame and fake. Otherwise, it's awesome. It is rated M for Mature, containing blood, violence, and mature sexual themes. I have seen only two real scenes of blood and violence, but they were appropriately gorey. I have seen nothing warranting the mature sexual themes. And I'm almost done with the game. Maybe there's something in the end. As far as Dracula goes, he's somewhat cool. He looks more like a wrinkled old man than a vampire, and his voice isn't exactly reminiscent of the Lord of Darkness. However, in the opening scene he has some very nice transformation into mist scenes that are pretty cool. Some of the puzzles seem pretty pointless, as if they are there simply to fill space. And as far as death scenes go, they are lame. At least your death scenes. If a monster is going to eat you, its face will show up, and then you go to a game over screen. Sometimes you just go to the screen without even knowing what happened. Like thge stupid room with the staircases I am in right now. Apparently I just die if I don't step on the stairs in the right order. But there is no indication as to what that order might be. Whatever.
As far as the plot goes, you are Jonathon Hawker from Brahm Stoker's Dracula), and you have just freed your wife from Dracula's castle and returned to London. You are now trying to free her from Dracula's curse, and will have to finally confront the Vampire and destroy him for all eternity! w00t. It picks up seven years after the book ends, and a week after the first game ends. All in all, it's pretty cool. But there seems to be no playability factor. Once you beat the game, you know all there is to do. It would be cooler if there were several different paths you could take to victory, but whatever. If I can get past the stupid rooms with the staircases I might be able to finish it.
And now for your moment of Zen.
(why should he be allowed to meet with his attorneys? Oh yeah, you know, that thing called THE CONSTITUTION)
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