The Lair of The Dark Knight

The music from games made for the Commodore Amiga line of computers played a huge part of my childhood, and some tracks still get my toes tapping. Microprose Formula One Grand Prix is one of those, which a fantastic variation on Fleetwood Mac's song "The Chain", which has been used for the BBC Formula One coverage for as long as I can remember.



Just fantastic. <3

So I decided to have another shot at ActRaiser and now that I'm starting to get the hang of the controls and little nuances I'm actually enjoying it quite a lot. Tis a shame that it took so long for me to get used to it. :P

It's interesting how violence in video games plays with my feelings. For example, when playing Crackdown or GTA I have absolutely no problem with running over random civillians, or that they might get caught in an explosion from a grenade, no remorse at all. And why should I? They're just virtual people, two dimensional.

However when playing Fallout 3 I find it very hard to actively go out and kill civillians. Sure I have absolutely no problem in defending myself, but when it comes to killing civillians in cold blood I found myself unable to do it. I actively went out to have a bad character, and slaughtered everyone in Megaton, stole everything, and then detonated the nuke at it's centre. Surprisingly I actually had quite a deal of remorse for what I had done; it just didn't sit right with me. I stopped playing that character and went back to my good character.

But why was this? Why did I have no problem killing civillians in Crackdown but I did in Fallout 3? I think maybe it's because Fallout 3 does a much better job of engaging with the player, dragging them into it's world on a massively deeper scale than "Sandbox" games. Even the random NPCs in Fallout 3 seem much more real that those in other games.

One of the most disturbing things that I encountered during Fallout 3 was how Moira had turned out after the destruction of Megaton. I actually felt sickened by my actions and felt incredibly sorry for her.

I think this shows (at least for me) that video games aren't "Murder Training", as Jack Thompson would have one believe. If anything games like Fallout 3 help reinforce my morals.

...you start picking up bottle caps when you're at a party with the intent of using them to purchase ammo. >_<

I wonder where my copy of Fahrenheit went. I've got a desire to play it again.

I've just seen this video (thanks to worcana).

All I can say right now is "Holy fucking shit!".

I mean Kelly Hu, Jonathon Pryce, George Takei, and TIM CURRY?!?! :D :D

<3

(And yes, I am aware this may be old news to some. I'm behind on the times. ¬.¬)

wolfos, have a hint to what I finally got my hands on...

"Isn't that the Steel Samurai's motto? 'For great justice'?"

A cookie goes to the first person who can tell me of the video game reference in the above quote.

In other news, EVE Online is pretty damn awesome. :>