Posts for February 2002
I find it very odd that Ive become very actively involved in the forums for the upcoming MMORPG City of heroes. Specifically what I find odd about it is that, while Im definitely interested in the game, Im not overly passionate about it. Im chomping at the bit for games like Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars Galaxies, but in truth I dont even go by their message forums. For City of Heroes though I go by the forums daily and make several posts a day. Its just odd to me that I would become so active in a game Im only moderately interested in.
Ive been enjoying the new thrill of the computer game Aliens vs. Predator over the last few days. I have to say the first person shooter genre as a whole has seen some of its best games come out in the last year by far. Between AvP2, Max Payne, Deus Ex, and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, theyve managed to impress both in the technological arena and on the creative end as well.
One aspect of AvP2 that Im very impressed with is that in playing as a Colonial Marine I found I was actually jumpy at a few points in the game. They really captured the atmosphere of the title very well and when playing in any of the roles you really get a feel for the creature/person youre suppose to be playing.
Is this total computer geeks stuff? Well yes. Although I have to say it isnt only that. I find Im impressed with how well a something is put together weather it be a computer game, movie, poem, or painting. In my mind the creator has something they are trying to get across to the person interfacing with their medium. When someone is able to take something impersonal and craft a method for you to become attached or immersed in it, I find Im just damn impressed. The most shining example of this kind of thing is with the director Peter Jackson and his translation of the Fellowship of the Ring to a visual medium. Anytime that level of talent is displayed I find myself a bit awed.
Am I saying AvP2 is the FOTR of computer games? No, dont be silly. It is a great game but it doesnt move me in the way a great ... (Read More)
One aspect of AvP2 that Im very impressed with is that in playing as a Colonial Marine I found I was actually jumpy at a few points in the game. They really captured the atmosphere of the title very well and when playing in any of the roles you really get a feel for the creature/person youre suppose to be playing.
Is this total computer geeks stuff? Well yes. Although I have to say it isnt only that. I find Im impressed with how well a something is put together weather it be a computer game, movie, poem, or painting. In my mind the creator has something they are trying to get across to the person interfacing with their medium. When someone is able to take something impersonal and craft a method for you to become attached or immersed in it, I find Im just damn impressed. The most shining example of this kind of thing is with the director Peter Jackson and his translation of the Fellowship of the Ring to a visual medium. Anytime that level of talent is displayed I find myself a bit awed.
Am I saying AvP2 is the FOTR of computer games? No, dont be silly. It is a great game but it doesnt move me in the way a great ... (Read More)
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Politically Incorrect (A show I'll probably refer to quiet a bit) had it's annual Grammy special on last night. Maybe I'm getting old (actually, I definitely am) but nothing makes me hate pop culture musicians more than seeing them interviewed. They are the worst kind of entertainer IMO in that they buy their own bullshit more than just about any other entertainment icon.
Actors can have a terrible air about them but it seems to me deep down they seem to have a sense they are 'on stage' and projecting a character. Musicians on the other hand are in the business of passing a character off as themselves, and after a very short time I believe these people come to believe they are actually the characters their PR people have created. I think they believe they are the center of cool, as if they are the first people to think of it and that they are actually deserving of the worship fans lay on them.
Seeing this kind of thing doesn't actually make me mad but it gets difficult to control my urge to laugh and roll my eyes. I guess I do have somewhat of an urge to shake some sense into them but I guess my true sense of outrage isn't directed at them. I suppose my real revulsion is directed toward the mindless 'mall-oids' that prop up the self promoting idiots and buy their bullshit in mass quantity and watch every E entertainment special glorifying it.
It just goes to show that we need more chlorine in the gene pool.
Actors can have a terrible air about them but it seems to me deep down they seem to have a sense they are 'on stage' and projecting a character. Musicians on the other hand are in the business of passing a character off as themselves, and after a very short time I believe these people come to believe they are actually the characters their PR people have created. I think they believe they are the center of cool, as if they are the first people to think of it and that they are actually deserving of the worship fans lay on them.
Seeing this kind of thing doesn't actually make me mad but it gets difficult to control my urge to laugh and roll my eyes. I guess I do have somewhat of an urge to shake some sense into them but I guess my true sense of outrage isn't directed at them. I suppose my real revulsion is directed toward the mindless 'mall-oids' that prop up the self promoting idiots and buy their bullshit in mass quantity and watch every E entertainment special glorifying it.
It just goes to show that we need more chlorine in the gene pool.
Well I've decided to give this journal a try. I've thought about it for some time but have particularly occupied with various thoughts of late and I thought instead of mentally ranting it may help me a bit to try to journal my mental ping pong. My biggest concern is that I'll either do it for awhile and let it trail off, or just plain not do it at all. (So if this is the only entry you see, I guess you'll know what way I went.)
