11.10.08
Progress with Metal Gear
Metal Gear took some of my time today, and I have to say that every time I spend more time playing the game I enjoy it more than before. That game reminds me in my highschool days with the guys always keeping up with Rehab complex and the new games.
I reached a point in the game where Old Snake watches those three modified machines/humans killing and bashing the militia. Since yesterday I have been trying to find a website or something that lays down the story of Metal Gear from the first one on PS1. Trying to follow up with the story of Metal Gear 4 I really want to remember the story from the beginning and I want to know it in details.
When I first played the game (MG4), I didn’t get the best impression and I found it a bit difficult to use the weapons and aim at the enemy; but now I’m getting a grab ofit and I keep figuering out new techniques that helps a lot.
Metal Gear is the only game that I wouldn’t need any review, gameplay clips, advertising or anything else to persuade me to buy it; all what I need to hear is that Metal Gear is out in the market, and I’d go buy it just like that.
11.09.08
Japanese bathrooms
In my last post I mentioned how Metal Gar nailed the research by figuring out stuff about mid-easterns and bathrooms. However, I might be totally wrong. Neoark mentioned to me that the Japanese also have the same kind of thing bathroom-wise. When I read that, I had to go search for it.
Apparently the Japanese do have the same kind of people and the same kind of bathrooms there are in middle-east; check this out. This is an American guy (I think) who lives in Tokyo, and he just burst in tears from laughing at the way he described this Image you see above.
It’s fair to say that there is a big chance the producers of Metal Gear were just pointing at the Japanese and not the mid-easterns. Yet it’s either a freaky coinsidence or they DID go to deep research.
Thanks Neoark for the heads up.
Metal Gear knows a lot about Arabs
I remember a while ago when I was having a talk with one of my friends about how some people in the gulf are still living like it’s the 1800s; and then he mentioned to me this funny thing about how those people use the toilette seat as if it was the old Arabic toilette—a fancy hole on the ground with sewers involved. Anyways, he told me that it isn’t that those people don’t know how to use the toilette seat, but they actually think it’s better to use it their way; which is instead of sitting down, they would stand on the seat!
Don’t be surprised that people would know such information. While I was playing Metal Gear, I reached a palace which is located in Iraq; trying to find my way through, I walked in a wrecked bathroom and I noticed this hilarious picture.
The picture is not very clear, but there is an X on the drawing on the left side—the wrong way of using the toilette.
Great research Konami!
Deciding what game
So I want to enjoy the rest of this nice evening playing PS3 but I’m still deciding what to play:
1-Metal Gear
2-COD4 (online)
3-GTA IV
4-Winning eleven
I’m feeling closer to a metal gear night, but I might choose something faster than metal gear.
Update: Metal gear it is.
“Role models”
Yesterday I went to see “Role Models” with no pre-plans for watching it. I’m so glad that I did go see this movie. It was one of the most hilarious stuff I’ve watched on the big screen after “the 40 year old virgin.” The movie is starring Sean William Scott and Paul Rudd, who are both working as a sales reps for an energy drink company. While trying to promote this energy drink, they misbehave and they go to court where the judge orders them to do a community deed to avoid jail.
They then join this association of taking care of children and each of them is assigned to be a companion with a child. The kids are Christopher Mintz-Plasse (from super bad), and Bobb’e J. Thompson. Very cool combination of kids and old kids. Seriously funny stuff, and if you liked Paul Rudd in “the 40 year old virgin” then you’ll love him even more in this movie; thus you’ll see how good this movie is.
Many thoughts are coming to my mind to describe the type of comedy in this movie, but I can’t help not seeing Paul Rudd in my mind every time I remember this movie. Therefore, it is a Paul Rudd-in “40 year old virgin” type of comedy.
Overall rating:
11.08.08
“The lazarus project”
Ok, so I have been looking forward to watch this movie since I got it from blockbuster. What interested me in the movie is the trailer and thet Paul Walker is starring in it. Almost everything about the movie makes you want to watch it, even the plot.
Paul Walker is a guy who had a half-bad history, has a wife and a daughter. Thye fire him from his job for his criminal history (burglary). So his brother, who recently got out of jail, give him a chance for a burglary operation and when they got in it all turned bad and his brother died with another cop. That lead Paul Walker to be sentenced for death by lethal injection. However, while he thought he is dying, he wakes up to see a different world and he was given a job as a ground keeper. Afterward he starts to wonder whether he was dead or if he never had a life before.
Still interesting, right? Well from this point, the movie just keeps getting downhill to crappy land. The ending was one of the worst copied idea from other movies ever. The ending is supposed to be one of those “wow I never thought of that,” but it doesn’t fly. Good beginning, and after about 45 minutes the movie just goes more and more rotten and boring.
If you want to see that movie I recommend that you watch The village, The sixth sense, or The usual suspects [instead of Lazarus project]. Those are very good great movies if you haven’t watched them before; and if you did, then just stay the hell away from “Lazarus project,” because it will waste your time and it will make you lose confidence in how good the Mystery & Suspense genre is.
Overall rating:
11.06.08
Tonight’s project: movie “Lazarus project”
Today feels like a long day and a heavy one. I can’t wait till it’s done and I come back home at about 9:30 PM to enjoy the rest of the night. Tonight I have to do a presentation in class that should last 30 minutes, and it is still a while before the class time. There is also this break I’m getting tonight from this diet that has been taking a part in my daily life; and also I am going to watch “Lazarus project” at last, because I rent it like four days ago and I couldn’t find a perfect time to watch it, and reviewing it later.
11.03.08
Senator Obama’s grandmother dies before the election
Obama’s grandmother dies one day before the election. Unfortunate loss to Obama since his grandmother is a huge influence on his life and the biggest supporter for him.
I wonder how is this going to affect (or not) the elections.
11.02.08
The Happening
Most of us already know who is M. Night Shyamalan, and if you didn’t know who is this guy, then at least you’ve seen one of his great movies; the sixth sense, unbreakable, the village. All these movies were a big hit for it’s unique spookiness and surprising, mouth-dropping endings. Read the rest of this entry »
