First off, allow me to apologise for not being able to update this since like… friggin’ Monday. This week has been rather hellish in terms of free time. What with my C project finally getting done last night, the Film test this morning (for which I had to watch Minority Report for)… I actually pulled my first legitimate all-nighter this semester on Wednesday night. I’m wiped - after this lecture I’ll probably call Tricia and sleep. Sleeeeep.
I’ll start with Minority Report. I really didn’t expect it to be just THAT good. Tom Cruise may be batshiat crazy sometimes, but he was perfect for this movie. If you’ve lived under a rock in terms of mainstream movies from 2002 (I just dunno why I didn’t see it sooner - no excuse, really, I guess I just fail), go see it. It takes place in 2054, where Cruise plays Jon Anderton, the head of the Washington, DC, Department of Pre-Crime. The department is a test, using “pre-cogs” (humans who are gifted with foresight) to know where and with whom a murder takes place. Interesting plot.
So the other day it occurred to me that school is out in about a week for me as of now. A week from Monday is my first and only exam, and the day after I leave for home… the same day that GTA 4 is released. I cannot wait - the more and more I see about this game the better it looks. To quote IGN:
“Multiplayer is accessed from the single-player game via Niko’s cell phone and supports up to 16 players. Oh, and the entire world runs at the same time. That’s right — all the pedestrians, traffic and cops are there. The entire city is open to you and your fifteen friends in apparently every mode.
And that’s what it feels like to have your mind blown.”
Just…. damn. And the multiplayer modes seem just as awesome:
“Cops N Crooks puts players on two very different teams. One team spawns as crooks, with one of its members randomly selected to be the crime boss (or VIP). The other team spawns as cops in squad cars. The crooks need to help the boss get to a randomly selected escape points so he can flee the city. Most of these are along the water for a boat escape, though some have you extricated from a roof via helicopter. The cops win by either killing the boss or destroying the escape vehicle.
There are a few twists that make this the most interesting version of VIP I’ve ever played. The cops can see the crooks on their radar (with the boss getting a unique icon), but they don’t know where the escape vehicle is located. Remember, all of Liberty City is open, so it’s not going to be easy to immediately guess where the crooks might be headed. While the cops spawn in cars, the crooks start on foot and must find transportation. This gives the cops an early advantage, unless TeamXbox’s Andy Eddy is driving. Even my grandmother can escape a pursuing Officer Eddy.”
Adding this to the older appeal of GTA…. this will be amazing. And 2 weeks until my job starts is amazing too. :3 To which I found out this morning I don’t have to do the 8 hour “dear Christ that hurts” orientation lecture again. Yes. It was 8 hours. Ouch.
Sooo… “Ghost Ride da Whip”. What. A. Dumb. Trend.
Christ. This is what humanity has come to. MLK fought for your rights and this is how you repay him. Darwin had better claim him, and soon.
Anyway, Super Mario Brothers was an amazingly bad movie, but I think this guy nailed it. I’ll definitely be watching more of his reviews. He has a lot of charisma for the role he takes on:
And that’s all I have for now, but I might be adding more later to make up for my absences.