Fri 9 Jun 2006
2:46 pm
Ever since recieving it yesterday, I’ve been daunted by the mystique of the entire title. I made some lame attempts at reading the book, I read the jacket of the one my Mom got from the library and put it down. Then, I downloaded ( Oh, shut up. ) the eBook and transferred it to my PSP. So, I shuffled through the pages and perhaps got to the ninth or so chapter. I figured it made sense to read the book before playing the game and/or seeing the movie.
Because why take on a title like that without any actual knowledge of the background? I mean, sure I know that Paul Bettany plays a crazy-ass albino in it. Anyone who watched the trailers knew that. And anyone with a brain and eyeballs knew that Tom .. is it Tom? Tom Hanks is in the movie as well as some chick that kinda looks like Catherine Zeta-Jones, but isn’t.
Oh, and there are tricksy little codes that everyone was all up in arms about. Actual theories and such that were developed over quite a long time, which has the church all insane and everyone else mad at the churches which makes the churches mad at us. And Dan Brown. EVERYONE is mad at him.
So anyways, I popped in the disk and completely tossed away the thought of reading it first. I figured, hey.. it’s best to be a LITTLE surprised. That’s important, you know? Because in the first twenty minutes of the game, I pretty much Harry Potter’d my way around. As with any game that’s from a movie franchise, if you knew about the books that came out beforehand — you’re not surprised at all by the movie and you sure as shit can figure out the games.
So it all went very simple-like, where I looked for evidence, called the number, went to the bathroom, threw the soap and like every single chapter come to life, I listened to what my book would sound like with top-rate actors playing it out.
Weird.
Anyways, more on this as it develops. Also, more on this when I can find that stupid black-light that someone might’ve dropped somewhere around the goddamn museum. Ugh.
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On another note entirely, I’m really tired of being censored because I’m told it speaks more professionally. I can’t curse and whoop it up because it could possibly make me viewed as immature, possibly a loose-cannon. Does anyone here think of me that way? Who here thinks I should just shut up with all the cutesy kisses and such and move back into the opinionated, overtly enraged gamer girl that I was once upon a 1up.com?
Anyone? Anybody?


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June 9th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
The girl is Audrey Tatou, this really cute French actress…the only reason I want to see it.
So are you censoring yourself? I say whoop it up, just do it with poise. Cursing, as George Carlin or Chris Rock might attest, is an art form. But it can also be conveyed as immature as you said. I think it’s all in the delivery. But man, we def need edgy cynicism in the videogame realm.
The latest Esquire has an article on this very subject — that there is no true social critic for the videogame industry. Someone who is taking games out of their element and bringing them into society and being real about it. I say, be that voice, it’s just a tough card to play, cause some people won’t get it and some will think it’s just an act or immature. But some of us will find it refreshing. There’re far too many stale, censored videogame writers out there…
June 9th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
Go you. And you know what? Go me. Thanks for the understanding!
June 10th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
Nice article there. Di Vinci never caught my interest, but I’ve felt the same way with other games tied into other things before (alas, none spring to mind…oy). As for feeling censored, don’t! Be free! As ssbomberman said, just don’t do it for the sake of profanity. Instead, just be yourself. ^^ I don’t think you’re be running into anyone here who will mind at all. ^^
June 10th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
My two cents: on the blogs — I definitely don’t mind. On reviews; exercise moderation or just avoid it completely.
Oh, and SSB — get an avatar!!!! >D
June 11th, 2006 at 12:24 am
Damn, I was coming in to say something and Chris said it already.
Blog = casual
Review = professional
That’s how I think of it, anyway.
James