Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Manhunt 2
I could post pages of media about this game, from news stories, to press releases, to interviews all about the controversy behind this game. It gets an AO rating, then banned, now it's an M but basically neutered. So is this game any fun? I picked it up last night for the Wii and have enjoyed the atmosphere and storyline thus far. The gameplay is pretty repetitive, sneak, hide in shadows, kill. My biggest issue is that when you're furiously moving the wii-remote to mimic the killings you can't see whats happening on screen. The filters are so bad it's like comitting a crime while having a stroke. It kinda adds to the whole mentally fucked up story bits but c'mon, the first game was brutal and now this one is....blurry. So this is what happens when the government interferes with art (yes, games are art, deal with it) How do you feel about censorship? Is there a line that shouldn't be crossed?
The Mothman
I am not an easily scared person, I can sit through horror movies without jumping, I believe in ghosts and aliens and all that stuff and that doesn't bother me. My achilles heel however is one member of the cryptozoological family: The Mothman. Ever since I saw the Mothman Prophecies have I been scared shitless of this creature. I'm not sure why either, maybe because I researched the legend and read and seen the reports of his alleged existence and it just struck me as creepy as all fuck. If you don't know the legend, the basic story is that people witness this man-like creature with wings and glowing red eyes and afterwards something horrible happens, usually death of some sort. These sighting have gone on for decades and still occur today. Unlike Bigfoot or Nessie, the Mothman seems to have actual interactions with people... creeeeeepy!
Read more about him at these sites:
What Scares You?
Urban Legends: The Clown
A couple with children were trying out a new babysitter. About an hour after they left for a night on the town, they realized they had forgotten to give her their cell phone number, so one of them called her.
After she wrote down the number, the babysitter asked if she could watch satellite TV in their bedroom. She had just put the children to bed and wanted to watch a particular show. (The parents didn't want their children watching too much garbage, so the living room TV did not have satellite channels.)
Well of course she could watch TV in their room, they replied. The babysitter had one other request: could she put a sheet or blanket over the clown statue that was in the bedroom? It kind of made her nervous.
Take the children and go to the neighbors, said whichever parent was talking to her. We'll call the police. We don't have a clown statue.
The police caught the clown as he was running through the neighborhood.
After she wrote down the number, the babysitter asked if she could watch satellite TV in their bedroom. She had just put the children to bed and wanted to watch a particular show. (The parents didn't want their children watching too much garbage, so the living room TV did not have satellite channels.)
Well of course she could watch TV in their room, they replied. The babysitter had one other request: could she put a sheet or blanket over the clown statue that was in the bedroom? It kind of made her nervous.
Take the children and go to the neighbors, said whichever parent was talking to her. We'll call the police. We don't have a clown statue.
The police caught the clown as he was running through the neighborhood.
via: snopes
Silent Hill 5 Trailer
I've always loved the storylines in the Silent Hill universe, the games themselves tend to be really creepy but the controls are far too clunky for my liking. Still though, there is nothing better than hopping on gamefaqs and checking a plot analysis or two, might just be the writer in me. Psychological horror totally gets me off...in a nonsexual way
Why We Should Fear The Press
Ahh the complete idiocy of the mainstream press. What better way to scare people around Halloween than with a story about vampires....well vampire electronics. The Associated Press is reporting that apparently BRAND NEW research shows that electronics consume energy when they're in standby mode. OOOOoooooooohhhhhh, Scary!
This is perahaps the scariest bit of news we'll see all day, that journalism is so caught up in scare tactics that they find themselves so fucking behind the times on any bit of technology news. I bet tomorrow we'll hear more on how lighting only strikes people wearing iPods, ignoring the statistics that most people own an iPod so there is a greater chance that a person struck by lightning will have an iPod on them. Stupid ass media
Bloomington Pantagraph Article
This is perahaps the scariest bit of news we'll see all day, that journalism is so caught up in scare tactics that they find themselves so fucking behind the times on any bit of technology news. I bet tomorrow we'll hear more on how lighting only strikes people wearing iPods, ignoring the statistics that most people own an iPod so there is a greater chance that a person struck by lightning will have an iPod on them. Stupid ass media
Bloomington Pantagraph Article
Happy Halloween!
So today we're going to be focusing on the darker side of things, internet crimes, Hollywood murders, certain extra violent/scary videogames. All to celebrate this magical day!
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