Monthly Archive for October, 2005

Space Mountain

Published 4 years, 4 months ago. Closed

More Parallels

Apparently, Tycho handles roller coasters in about the same way that I do.

Also, I am right on board with this statement (once I’ve corrected the typos):

I don’t like rollercoasters, not anymore than I like other careening chunks of metal not under my direct control.

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Narnia Book Order

Published 4 years, 4 months ago. Closed

Important Considerations for First-Time Readers

I agree with Miller here that reading the Narnia books in the order that they were written is indeed the best way to experience them. If you are reading them for the first time as a result of the upcoming film, or if you are suggesting them to people, please encourage them to — at the very least — read The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe first.

The article explores the reason behind the re-ordering and makes arguments against it. It contains some mild spoilers, but nothing that you don’t know from seeing movie previews, I’m sure. (It does restate the quite-generic last line of LWW, but I think you can survive that.)

Here is the order in which the books were written (borrowed from the linked article so that I don’t have to look in my copies just now):

  1. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)
  2. Prince Caspian (1951)
  3. The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader” (1952)
  4. The Silver Chair (1953)
  5. The Horse and His Boy (1954)
  6. The Magician’s Nephew (1955)
  7. The Last Battle (1956)

On a related note, here is A Family Guide to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for anyone interested in some discussion (at an all-family level) of the symbolism in the first book. (Oh yeah, free PDF while you wait for mailing on credit card orders!)

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Shadow of the Colossus

Published 4 years, 4 months ago. Closed

“Otacon, what do we know about Shadow Colossus?”

I was waiting until I finished Shadow of the Colossus to post about it, so that none of my theories about what was actually going on would seep through and possibly spoil the plot, or at least make me look foolish.

Of course, now that I’ve finished it, I’m not going to say much for fear of letting out the spoilers… but if you’ve finished it, and crave discussion, maybe hit me via chat client?

Here’s what you need to know:

  • Made by the ICO guys, with a new take on the ICO engine, and it shows
  • Totally new gameplay concept and execution, even more so than ICO was
  • Pulling in great reviews, so you don’t have to worry about the usual problems with my unique tastes :)
  • If you need hints, here’s a relatively spoiler-free guide complete with videos, but use it SPARINGLY or you’ll be ruining the game for yourself — it’s probably even better to ask me or Dave, as we’ve been playing it and can be appropriately opaque

Do play this game. It won’t take long… I did it in under 12 hours (maybe under 10?) and I wasn’t rushing it. It’s fresh enough that after playing it for two days straight, I’m ready to play all over again. Part of that is because I want K to see it, and part of it is that, when you have less than 20 enemies to defeat, your game doesn’t get nearly as repetetive.

And it just may blow your mind. (It did mine!)

P.S. Do you think the horse’s name is Agro or Ahro? I prefer the latter, although it’s been out there both ways, and the weird moonspeak of the game’s universe seems to put it somewhere between the two.

update 2005.10.21 @17:26
And now…

A few wallpapers, if anyone wants to see what the game looks like or decorate some desktops.

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Clan [pf!]

Published 4 years, 5 months ago. Closed

Just a quick note

Game On.

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Shining

Published 4 years, 5 months ago. Closed

Feelgood Movie of the Summer

I’ve seen people take good things and make them seem creepy (see also: clowns), but this is the first time I’ve seen someone take something creepy and make it all right again!

Worth a watch (it’s short).

(via Lileks)

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