saw a comic clip today where a character asked his sister how does his vampire outfit look and she proceeded to comment on it basically saying that it doesn't look like anything from the movie Twilight.
Heh.... with all the movies and new perspectives of how horror characters should look like, do you think there will be a change in the costumes that we will see for Halloween?
food for thought :P
Life and death. Its part and parcel of our existence. We face it everyday and in essence, most games revolve around this concept. Characters in games often die to be revived later on (either via save game or respawn mechanism). After a while, dying in a game doesn't seem that much of a big deal any more (other than the loss of gold/currency/items).
However what happens when real-life deaths cross the threshold and into the game realm? There have been several cases where the gamers themselves have met with unfortunate demise and in turn, their ongame characters are no longer "alive". A common response to this now has seen friends made online and real life friends hold memorial services for their fallen comrade in the game itself. Some game companies create game items to immortalise their clients/customers/fans.
Someone should do a study or paper that investigates and research on life and death between the real world and the game world. Interesting no?
As I enjoy my latest hobby of Boardgaming, i find myself drawn to the creative side of this. That's right, there's a creativeness when it comes to this hobby. You see people creating their own sets, boards, figurines or beautifying out-of-box pieces. I did that too with my Galaxy Trucker spacemen. That probably increased my geekdom by 1 point. When i get my Chaos of the Old World, i wonder, will i indulge in my geekdom and paint the figurines?
here are some cool things of the boardgames i have that pple do *BRAVO fellow boardgamers* ;p
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/images/boardgame/all/page/1?sort=hot&tag=Components&gallery=creative&date=alltime
simply amazing....
i was looking around at stuff i would like to buy when i go to japan when i came across MACROSS toys.
Now macross (or Robotech) is about aliens and humans and robots which totally memerized my generation (well most of us anyway :p ) and spawned many toys and series.
One interesting to note is that the timeline it was set was in 2009. In the show, on 7th feb 2009, we would have launched our FIRST Space Defence Fortress spaceship. Instead, where we are now, we are still thousands of years away.
Some series of Gundam is now set in 2034... so 25 more years to go before we see giant robots and epic space battles? I think wait long long more....
I guess the next generation of animes must set a further timeline than before and hope and dream that we will make it there by then....
we can only hope and dream i guess? :)
