Zappers and CSI
My cold's still keeping up. With any luck, it'll be gone by Friday, since I'm having some minor surgery and I'm not sure what'll happen if I'm ill.
Anyway, it's been another passable day in the wonderful world of Alasdair Corbett. What to do for a post... how about some notes?
First off, I've been watching some more of CSI: New York and I've now got into the third series. I'm slightly worried that there hasn't been a single episode without girls in skimpy outfits. I'm not necessarily opposed to the basic principle, it just worries me when a show I like starts showing similarities to CSI: Miami. A show I most definitely [put on glasses dramatically here for no reason whatsoever] don't like. The introduction of uninteresting love interests and apparent mummy issues that appear out of thin air don't help either.
What does help is that mentioning CSI: Miami means that I can link to the everyday happenings of Justice Shades and sometimes Justice's friend, Boberto Consuarlez.
Other amusing things that I feel like sharing are this video, showing a 360 game that gets you a full 1000 achievement points for all of 2 minutes work. What do you reckon the rentals on that go up a bit in the next wee while?
Sticking with a game theme, the Washington Post's views on the Wii Zapper (follow the link on the GamePolitics article) seem a little... odd. I've read the article through and, while it does seem to give the views of some extremely paranoid people (“Why don't they enclose an application to the NRA in every box as well? ... The marketing person who came up with this brainchild of an idea should be fired,” quipped one member of the public) and the usual video game article suspects (a couple of teenagers who like FPSs and don't like trying to string together sentences), it concludes rather well.
Of course, that doesn't explain the big long section about the history of toy guns, particularly water guns being filled with ammonia and other dangerous substances. Since the Zapper is, as one person interviewed pointed out, a bit of “plastic that clips to a video game controller”, you'd have a hard time filling it with any liquid, let alone getting it to fire out of the infrared receiver. I didn't really need to highlight “receiver” there but it does help point out the absurdity of the whole thing.
Hmmm.... I seem to have started off a rant on one of my larger pet peeves, the idea (and the people who support said idea) that video game and simulated violence instantly translates into every problem the world has ever faced.
I'll have to cut it short for now. Maybe once I get out of this depressing little routine of late night posting that I've worked myself into, I'll write something longer on the whole subject. Hell, I could probably write a book on it.
But for now, I need to pack my bag for the morning, move some files around, watch some more CSI and then go to bed. Have a nice day.
Anyway, it's been another passable day in the wonderful world of Alasdair Corbett. What to do for a post... how about some notes?
First off, I've been watching some more of CSI: New York and I've now got into the third series. I'm slightly worried that there hasn't been a single episode without girls in skimpy outfits. I'm not necessarily opposed to the basic principle, it just worries me when a show I like starts showing similarities to CSI: Miami. A show I most definitely [put on glasses dramatically here for no reason whatsoever] don't like. The introduction of uninteresting love interests and apparent mummy issues that appear out of thin air don't help either.
What does help is that mentioning CSI: Miami means that I can link to the everyday happenings of Justice Shades and sometimes Justice's friend, Boberto Consuarlez.
Other amusing things that I feel like sharing are this video, showing a 360 game that gets you a full 1000 achievement points for all of 2 minutes work. What do you reckon the rentals on that go up a bit in the next wee while?
Sticking with a game theme, the Washington Post's views on the Wii Zapper (follow the link on the GamePolitics article) seem a little... odd. I've read the article through and, while it does seem to give the views of some extremely paranoid people (“Why don't they enclose an application to the NRA in every box as well? ... The marketing person who came up with this brainchild of an idea should be fired,” quipped one member of the public) and the usual video game article suspects (a couple of teenagers who like FPSs and don't like trying to string together sentences), it concludes rather well.
Of course, that doesn't explain the big long section about the history of toy guns, particularly water guns being filled with ammonia and other dangerous substances. Since the Zapper is, as one person interviewed pointed out, a bit of “plastic that clips to a video game controller”, you'd have a hard time filling it with any liquid, let alone getting it to fire out of the infrared receiver. I didn't really need to highlight “receiver” there but it does help point out the absurdity of the whole thing.
Hmmm.... I seem to have started off a rant on one of my larger pet peeves, the idea (and the people who support said idea) that video game and simulated violence instantly translates into every problem the world has ever faced.
I'll have to cut it short for now. Maybe once I get out of this depressing little routine of late night posting that I've worked myself into, I'll write something longer on the whole subject. Hell, I could probably write a book on it.
But for now, I need to pack my bag for the morning, move some files around, watch some more CSI and then go to bed. Have a nice day.
Labels: alasdair, notes, rant, videogames
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