So I said I'd blog every day. Well I'm not doing anything interesting, so I can't be bothered. :-p

I spent ages today updating tedious parts of Jaffa Kree!, my Christopher Judge website. I don't know why I've got the tedious parts on the site anyway, I'm not sure anyone looks at them. Like the merchandise list which has all the DVD's and videos you can buy. And the TV listings. Who cares? *sigh*

I liked the e-cards thing I did though. I'll have to check and see if anyone's used it. Probably not. How sad.

The most exciting thing I've done today is play hours of Max Payne. Wow, that's a great game! I made John get the package that included it when he bought his PS2, but I hadn't actually played it. I'm fairly sure I actually own the game. Anyway, it's fantastic! It's like you're in this incredibly violent graphic novel. The transitions between game segments are all done like a graphic novel, you see. At the beginning of the game Max's wife and child are killed by these drug addicts. So he transfers to the DEA and sets about getting rid of the drug. He kills many people throughout the game. But he's in so deep that nothing matters any more. And you feel the emotion. I have a strange attachment to Max, even though he's not real. That's what should happen with a good game.

It's all very well talking about game engines and how well everything's constructed, but good games should have good stories too. That's how I feel, anyway! Maybe sometimes when you shoot people their heads fall through the wall in a strangely unacceptable way. But it doesn't matter! It doesn't have to be perfectly constructed, just well constructed. It has some cool features too - Bullet Time is a weird Matrixy slow motion thing that enables you to slow motion yourself into the perfect position during gun battles.

Maybe I'll never finish it, 'cos to be honest I rarely finish games (not because I can't, probably, I just lose interest), but I wanted to write down how extraordinarily pumped this game has made me feel. Heart workout time!

It's made up for the flashback episode of Alias that was on tonight. That's for sure.

posted by Fiery Fred @ 10:41 PM