GOD OF WAR: Collection
Purchased here for £17.99. Never played any in the series before, but all that critical acclaim and a recent interest in Mythology and such has forced me to have a look.
But I bet, I just bet, that some “Ultimate” collection of the entire trilogy is released soon. For £16.99.
Just wait.
Drunken HALO Ramblings
Extracts from an Instant Message conversation which veered dangerously into speculation over a HALO film, inspired by this, and spawned these observations/ideas from me. Without the context of the conversation most of these won’t make much sense.
I was/am slightly drunk.
- Raymond Conlon says (01:43):
Formula for great movie: An extraordinary character + his family getting killed + seeking revenge + going to incredible means to acquire his revenge X fantastic music = Great Film.
- Raymond Conlon says (01:48):
Interesting. "Master Chief: Earth…. Earth is gone.." "…………… General, alert the fleet: we’re going to the Covenant’s Home World"(cue HALO music) OH YEAH OH FUCK YEAH. See? Revenge!
- Raymond Conlon says (01:49):
Yep. But I’d like to see some…. improvements, you know? Not a carbon copy.
- Raymond Conlon says (01:50):
I’d just like to see the soldiers with a little bit more advanced/impressive tech. And the Master Chief maybe using that suit’s, you know, obvious superhuman abilities.
- Raymond Conlon says (01:50):
Oh my god! The Master Chief just outran a warthog!" Etc etc
- Raymond Conlon says (01:57):
Anyway, back to HALO… What I’d LOVE LOVE LOVE to see is some kind of duel between an Elite Commander (The yella ones) and the Master Chief with ENERGY SWORDS. None of the knocking off eack other crap, but actually locking the swords together, pushing against each other.
- Raymond Conlon says (02:00):
"You would dare to wield a holy weapon against it’s makers? (activates own energy sword) With true mastery, witness my defeat of you, Demon!" This or other horrible dialogue will be satisfactory.
- Raymond Conlon says (02:00):
I’m telling you, it’d be American Awesome!
- Raymond Conlon says (02:01):
But I don;t know: maybe they should just remake the first game.
Unless the Reach story is REALLY good
Is it?
- Raymond Conlon says (02:02):
Lots of Spartans would be nice to see, with good ole’ master chief front and center
- Raymond Conlon says (02:03):
Who’d play Sgt. Johnson (is that his name? I forget.)
- Raymond Conlon says (02:04):
Ok. Chris Rock?
PERFECT
- Raymond Conlon says (02:04):
ha ha
Just get the voice actor
I think the Master Chief should be CGI or partially computer rendered.
- Raymond Conlon says (02:05):
TROPIC THUNDER Robert Downey Jr? Ha ha
- Raymond Conlon says (02:06):
I’m thinking…. but all I’m getting is "oooo, potentially seen as being a bit racist"
- Raymond Conlon says (02:07):
As long as there is SOME kind of Orbital drop from space involving a Spartan/Master Chief, I’ll be happy with the choice of actor.
- Raymond Conlon says (02:10):
Adam Sandler voicing the MC?
- Raymond Conlon says (02:10):
WHAT?
- Raymond Conlon says (02:11):
A black MC?
- Raymond Conlon says (02:11):
I’m sure the original voice actor could be persuaded to come back…
Sure, we won’t be seeing his face.
- Raymond Conlon says (02:14):
His albino, bald and vein-strewn face
He ain’t the prettist in the bunch.
- Raymond Conlon says (02:14):
But he makes up for it in his raw, ass-kicking appeal.
- Raymond Conlon says (02:15):
Whatever happens in the first film I don’t think they will/should add the Flood.
- Raymond Conlon says (02:16):
Need to keep the MC’s victims confined to non-extra galactic organisms for the time being. (Yes, I read a bit of Halopedia and, what do you know, the Flood do not originate from our galaxy!)
- Raymond Conlon says (02:18):
I like the Flood but they can have the sequel.
- Raymond Conlon says (02:19):
Because the first film HAS to end with some kind of Energy Sword duel or near enough.
- Raymond Conlon says (02:20):
Sgt Johnson is British
- Raymond Conlon says (02:20):
The voice actor, David Scully, is
Give a Game (+ £10-15), Get a Game!
In yet another example of the simmering hatred I secretly hold for the medium, I will now be trading in game(s) whenever the getting-rarer desire to purchase a new one rises in me.
Sadly, stupid STUPID spending (besides the PS3… and the comics… and the DVDs… and the CD’s… and the–) has reduced me to pinching my loose pennies together and becoming feral when asked to ‘borrow’ money: GET AWAY FROM ME I’M POOR!
Ok, it’s not at that stage yet but certainly the need to save is with me now certainly ’till next year. So, serious thought will be going into any big things I wanna buy.
Unlike other entertainment products, games open up the nice option of trading in ones which you don’t play anymore, either getting money straight back into your lonely hand or reducing the amount you need to get one there and then.
I did the latter quite recently. It felt good, better than the game anyway!
Joke joke joke joke joke… and hopefully a good one.
RIP, DEAD SPACE REVIEW
No big surprise here. The review? Yes, it was never written.
Lack of interest and lack of time were its downfall!
So, unlike the deep space brethren in said game, DEAD SPACE: The Review goes peacefully and non-deadlily-to-living-humans (THATS A WORD NOW, RIGHT?) to it’s final fate.
….as in Death.
(Another thing, I traded it in for one of the newer and shiner games just out. Which one? Well, I’m sure I’ll write a review for it……eventually.)
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