Recorded ADR for Steven. Ate a Famous Star burger. Had sex.
What I'm Reading: The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. After completing Princess, enjoying it, viewing John Carter, and being curious about the plot's accuracy as regards the Holy Therns, the missus and I decided to begin plowing our way through Gods, the erstwhile sequel. Call my tastes simple, but I really vastly prefer the hack-and-slash, pseudo-political maneuverings of the original. All this afterlife, expository stuff is beginning to bore me. I can guarantee there's no scene in Gods where Carter takes on an entire army by hisself.
What I'm Listening To: Zelda Step by Ephixia. I ain't that much into that step-dubbery them kids is listenin' to, and I've been made to understand that this particular sample is an awfully solid selection, but shit this shit is hot. Combining already-midi riffs off that ol' titan the 64 with crazy batshit breakbeats creates a strangely soothing spectacle. If you're a fan of Zelda or dubstep, check this shit out.
What I'm Reading (PART DEUX!): The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes. Ostensibly straight up my alley (a Victorian tale about a magician/consulting detective and his enormous, albino, hairless, mute bodyguard/confidante who doesn't bleed with the eponymously badass handle The Somnambulist) the book continues to get fucking weirder and weirder. Deformed prostitutes, human flies, weird temporal displacement, nonsensical fucking sections about some weird-ass old man evidently asleep under London and having some equally nonsensical fucking dreams - this book unnecessarily has it all. I'm finishing the fucker (because WHAT THE FUCK), but the book started out so promising.
I'm making a concerted effort to read more. It's a little inexcusable how little I actually do read, considering my profession.
Showing posts with label legend of zelda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legend of zelda. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Franchise of Time
Three hour drive out to San Luis Obispo. Apologies for the lateness of the post.
Beat Skyward Sword this afternoon. As a longtime Legend of Zelda fan, I must admit that, while I enjoyed playing the game immensely, it fell comparatively low on my list of favorites among the five modern Zelda games (those being Ocarina, Majora, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess and Skyward.)
My personal order goes as follows:
1. Wind Waker
2. Majora's Mask
3. Twilight Princess
4. Skyward Sword
5. Ocarina of Time
Innovative worldbuilding and non-linear or non-standard storytelling are very important to me, so obviously the more divergent iterations of the series would be my favorites. Twilight Princess has an elaborate and involved plot, with anti-heroes and complicated villains and almost three-dimensional supporting characters, which rewarded me greatly, as well as some guilty-pleasure mechanics (swordplay from horseback.) Ocarina, largely considered the opus, I respect immensely, but find more personal enjoyment in the progression of the series than in its classics, necessarily.
Skyward Sword, barring it's occasionally exhilarating and occasionally infuriating Wiimote controls, I found to be sorta lacking in story elements. I suppose I'd unfairly anticipated a true prequel to Ocarina, where much story time would be devoted to setting certain arcs and characters into motion, but instead, I felt as though the game was set in a strange window of time between eventual occurrences in the mythos. Too late to see the Triforce formed, too early to see the Deku Tree planted, if you catch my drift.
It's unfortunate how closely Nintendo guards their star franchise - the idea of a perpetually re-incarnating story has enormous narrative potential. They're unlikely to really shake the branches too much and risk financial loss with an unpopular or experimental version of the tale, so I'm not holding my breath, but still. I'd love to take a crack at a Zelda story but, outside the bonds of fanfic, I doubt that'd bear much fruit. Alas.
Beat Skyward Sword this afternoon. As a longtime Legend of Zelda fan, I must admit that, while I enjoyed playing the game immensely, it fell comparatively low on my list of favorites among the five modern Zelda games (those being Ocarina, Majora, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess and Skyward.)
My personal order goes as follows:
1. Wind Waker
2. Majora's Mask
3. Twilight Princess
4. Skyward Sword
5. Ocarina of Time
Innovative worldbuilding and non-linear or non-standard storytelling are very important to me, so obviously the more divergent iterations of the series would be my favorites. Twilight Princess has an elaborate and involved plot, with anti-heroes and complicated villains and almost three-dimensional supporting characters, which rewarded me greatly, as well as some guilty-pleasure mechanics (swordplay from horseback.) Ocarina, largely considered the opus, I respect immensely, but find more personal enjoyment in the progression of the series than in its classics, necessarily.
Skyward Sword, barring it's occasionally exhilarating and occasionally infuriating Wiimote controls, I found to be sorta lacking in story elements. I suppose I'd unfairly anticipated a true prequel to Ocarina, where much story time would be devoted to setting certain arcs and characters into motion, but instead, I felt as though the game was set in a strange window of time between eventual occurrences in the mythos. Too late to see the Triforce formed, too early to see the Deku Tree planted, if you catch my drift.
It's unfortunate how closely Nintendo guards their star franchise - the idea of a perpetually re-incarnating story has enormous narrative potential. They're unlikely to really shake the branches too much and risk financial loss with an unpopular or experimental version of the tale, so I'm not holding my breath, but still. I'd love to take a crack at a Zelda story but, outside the bonds of fanfic, I doubt that'd bear much fruit. Alas.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
It Smells Nice Too
Deep characterization. Fully orchestrated score. A boss battle so intense I had to literally stand on my own fucking legs for it.
No time to blog. GOTTA FIND KUKIEL.
No time to blog. GOTTA FIND KUKIEL.
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