Too Tired To Think
I'm tired for reasons I really don't understand, and I mean tired deep down, so tired that I almost can't be bothered to think. I think most of it is down to the energy sapping effect of the heat, and the fact that I'm not sleeping at night (or during the day for that matter), but whatever the reason it's there, a tiredness that infects my very thoughts.Killer 7 then.
I think anybody with even a passing interest in video-games should play it, without question, simply because it is a completely unique experience. On the other hand, having hot nails pushed under your fingernails is also a unique experience and not one that I suspect you will enjoy. Killer 7 can be a bit like that. See, its about the presentation, the cut scenes, the style first and foremost, and the gameplay is somewhere far down the list in terms of the developers priorities, somewhere after what they were gonna feed their cat that night. In a lot of ways, its just like Resident Evil - so you walk along, shoot enemies with an awkward and unresponsive control scheme that is completely inadequate for the level of action the game wants to throw at you, and solve puzzles that make no sense at all - so turn off the air conditioner, find the magic ring (yes, given to you by a head in a dryer) and light the candles (in order!) to open the cupboard... And for some reason you keep playing it, cos you do want to know what's gonna happen next, you do want to know the secrets behind the characters and why they are the way they are... but you probably don't want to keep playing the game, you just wish somebody would make a short film you could watch, which seems to be what the designers wanted to do as well, so the fact that you're playing their half-arsed game must be as much of a shock to them as it is to you. Nevertheless, play it you must. You might like it.
Much more pleasing in terms of a weekend purhcase was the DVD release of Constantine. Now in so many ways it is completely and utterly wrong as an adaptation of the comic book - Constantine is now American, the action takes place in LA, his back story has been changed beyond all recognition - and yet it is also extremely faithful to the book in terms of style and feel. Sure Jude Law would've been utterly perfect as the REAL John Constantine, but Keanu Reeves is also perfect as THIS Constantine. In fact I watched the movie twice yesterday, and watched all the special features in between. I'm not saying its a great and classic work or anything, but its a really good Constantine movie and for that I thank it. And for some reason I find Tilda Swinton almost unbearably erotic in it - it might be the wings...
Next week I really need to DO something with my life, or at least start to do something. I know what I'm doing, I'm waiting for her, and whilst I know she's coming (and soon if all goes according to plan) I can't just sit here and do nothing. My life needs some purpose to it, some direction, so reason, and as its mine and mine alone, I guess its up to me to provide it. Wish me luck!
posted by BadMonkey @ 8:25 PM
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