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Carl-E:
So I just rewatched the trailer posted up there. Forgot how funny it was. That man was a genius.
By the way, the little thing at the end of the trailer's true - during the first run of the movie, latecomers wouldn't be seated.
Carl-E:
So, I followed a very old link from a very old page to a webcomic that's been finished for about 6 years, called Bruno. It ran from 1996(!) to 2007, eleven years, six days a week.
I read the first year that evening. I've read three more in the two days since then. I'm not getting any work done...
The artwork is fantastic, right from the beginning. Some of the characters are (artistically) caricatures, but they are all witty, mostly likeable people that remind you of someone you know. The central figure, despite the name, is a young woman - very intelligent, full of angst, and from what I've seen so far, probably bipolar. The comic revolves around her, her experiences, and the people she meets/lives with/loves/misses over the years. It also is a real-time comic, so every halloween there's a costume party, the seasons change, etc.
If you like smart banter (this is the QC forum, isn't it?) You'll love Bruno.
The two links I'm providing are the original homepage, from which you can access the main archives, and another page I found is where the author (Chris Baldwin) is re-running the strip. He's about 2 1/2 years into it, so there's another good 8 years or so to go... one advantage is that he's cleaning up the images as he goes along.
More people should know about this. Give it a look!
Emmyisnotcool:
So I recently played "Spec Ops: The Line" and it really fucked with my head. But in a good way that shows that the medium is maybe maturing just a little bit.
Without spoiling the whole thing, it was basically advertised as another Call of Duty clone but it ended up being so much more than that. It's very reminiscent of "Apocolypse Now," only there is an extra, major layer of satire of military COD-type games, but also of gaming in general and what the culture thinks of as "heroism."
The gameplay is really nothing to write home about, but that ends up playing into the game's narrative. The actual gameplay isn't bad per se, it's just nothing special. But that's not really the reason that you keep playing. It's the way that the story subverts stereotypes and gamer expectations.
It is also very disturbing and even though I was sure that I would be too jaded for the game to have an impact on me, it did really mess with my head and it stayed in my head for a long time after I played it. Without spoiling it, it gets very meta about half way into the game.
I can't really adequately talk about the game without spoiling it because what makes it great are the narrative elements of it. But it is definitely worth playing if you want to see something new and innovative in how games handle story telling.
ackblom12:
Spec Ops is a fantastic deconstruction and satire of the genre and our culture of hero worship. You should definitely come join us in CLICK!. Join the NERDS.
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: ackblom12 on 02 Feb 2013, 01:52 ---Spec Ops is a fantastic deconstruction and satire of the genre and our culture of hero worship. You should definitely come join us in CLICK!. Join the NERDS.
--- End quote ---
OR you could just read Heart of Darkness, or watch Apocalypse Now, cause it's the same thing. Not saying it's not good, just throwing that out there.
Recommendation of the now: Bodacious Space Pirates, winner of my prestigious 2012 "Anime that Badly Needs a Rename" award is a fairly awesome anime about space, and pirates. Really if you need much more then that you're beyond help. Also the OP features the unholy merging of an idol group and a former guitarist from Megadeth which is really worth a listen just for the spectacle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZmNRLvycNQ.
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