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I didn't think this was possible, but I now have shiny 'S's on every song on every difficulty in Elite Beat Agents. I think I'm going to let my hand rest from the carpel-tunnel gyrations. The only last goal I have is to earn 100,000,000 points and quite close, but trying to improve on an 'S' might be um... too... um... elite for me.
So since I've lost respect for Game Informer, as so many have, what publications are actually good (aside from HG and HGM - unless some hate that one as well...). Or if you feel like ranting (I welcome it), what publications should people avoid at all costs of humanity (which may not be a lot, but still).
Game Informer pissed me off today. It wasn't just because they gave Elite Beat Agents a 6.75 (I'm all for personal opinion within bounds after all). No, it's because the reasons the reviewer (of which will not be named) states are not justified. He acknowledges the quirkiness of the title, but then criticizes the game as such: "the circles can become hard to follow as the difficulty begans to ramp up and more and more of them pop onscreen." Since when is making things harder on a harder difficulty setting an issue?
So what has been going on with me lately? Academic projects and whatnot. Here I present a respectable (read: unnecessarily long) paper for Japanese court music class. However, perhaps it will open your eyes to a untapped world of music that has worked in game design but only for a spare few games, which just happen to be masterpieces.
Gagaku and Japanese Indigenous Instruments in Game Design
That's right. After a long and hard effort...
I have achieved the highest rank on Elite Beat Agents.
Umm.... no, I did not mean that... you dirty, dirty peoples... you read too much into my deceptive words...
I must say that I spent two nights which I should have been doing a take-home final for a class that I might be getting a 'C' in - playing this game instead. I actually haven't reviewed a game in who knows how long (I think at least a month) but I think I just found the one... if I can find the time.
Between the next two weeks of hell - aka finals and final projects - I hope that I can at least have a moment to breathe.
Intellectual nuance has its limits. Though Alan Bennett's play "The History Boys" garnered rave reviews and swept both Broadway and the Tony Awards, some of its winning charm and British wit are lost in its silver screen adaptation, directed by previous Bennett collaborator, Nicholas Hytner. For the first third of this very English, theatrical film, the dialogue overflows with British jargon, screenplays acted in French without English subtitles, and enough literary references to make its audience regret ever wanting to go back to school.
"I thought you were dead... no... you are."
"He he."
"Am I dreaming you here?"
"That... you took that from me... don't you want some ice cream?"
"What are you doing? Don't touch me with those bloody hands!"
"But they're yours, honey. Don't you like strawberry? I have some here."
"Take it! They're yours!"
"Don't you like dolls? Here, have two."
"Shut up!"
"And my, 'What a lovely tea set!'"
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
"Ms. Twinkle says 'Hug me. Pet me.... Have some cake.'"
"I swear. I'll kill you again!"
"No, you don't want any?... Oh, hi, big brother."
"..."
"You don't have anymore lollipops."
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