Game Reviews

I recently posted a list of games that I have beaten on the side of my blog. The list sometimes grows a little longer. I tried to remember all the games that I have beaten, and I think I got most of them although there are definately some I've forgotten over the years. I've realized that my list is well over 100 and may someday reach 200. Typing up the list gave me a bit of inspiration I suppose. I realized that I'm a semi-closet video game nerd and I don't really talk much about games. I used to talk about games with my friends back in the 90's, but after that I didn't talk too much about them anymore. There are some people out there interested in games and who might be interested in hearing a different perspective on them. I'm like a semi-casual game player, so while I'm familiar with a lot of things having to do with games I'm not like a profressional or anything.

However, I've decided that I will start posting game reviews from now on. I will mostly talk about games that I've beaten lately or about games that I am particularly fond of. They will most likely be really old games. Just to clarify something-- I will do my reviews based on the fact that there is plenty of information about the games all over the internet. In other words, I won't go too into depth about the stories or too into detail about gameplay mechanics and the like. Rather, I will spend time talking about how I percieved the game. I will talk about their impact as well as how other games released in a similar time period compare.

So that's the idea-- an occasional game review here or there from a guy who used to like games.

Watering Can (Original)

This is a song I wrote about 4 years ago. I recorded it and simultaneously filmed it a few weeks back. I used a pair of Rode NT2A microphones and an old M-audio firewire 410. I used a bit of software EQ and reverb on the two tracks and panned them softly left and right. The effect on the film is just something I found when playing around with the video software. As a side note, I'd like to say that I don't want to dedicate this whole blog to just talking about the Sunshine textbook, although that's been my deal for the last month or so. Anyways, here are the lyrics:

I'd planned on leavin' here hours ago
But you've convinced me to stay for a while
As the daylight trickled through the blinds
As though being poured in from a watering can
I just wanted to say:
"You're the only reason why I've stayed this late."
But I held my tongue
For I knew that it could only make me a fool

You began to cry for a while
About how your friend was gonna fly back home (tomorrow)
Behind the tears, though, was a certain sense of joy
That you owed to the friendship that you'd shared
To which I cannot relate
In the reflection on the glass from which you drank
I caught a fleeting glimpse of sadness
As you stumbled to it for one last drink (that night)

And you were beautiful for just that moment in time
And as you gazed at me, your eyes said now's the time
But that doesn't work unless there is love

With make-up smeared under your eyes all black
And the sky illuminated by the sun
You said with feelings of regret
That it's time... for bed
Heading west for a short drive home
Back to my bed with the other side all cold
But that's OK 'cause I won't sleep there anyway
'Cause you're still gazing at me in my thoughts (I just couldn't--not with you in my thoughts)

But you were beautiful for just that moment in time
And as you gazed at me, your eyes said that that was the time
But that doesn't work unless there is love