- Vampire The Masquerade – Bloodlines
- Gizoogle
- That teacher-student sex scandal in the news
Bloody Bloodlines
Just finished playing Vampire the Masquerade – Bloodlines. In a nutshell, it sucked. Sucked is an understatement. It’s a pitiful excuse for a videogame… moreso for a follow-up to one of the best storylines that has ever hit the industry.
The graphics sucked. The whole engine was backwards. unnatural movements, laughable control/handling of character movement. A lot of graphical bugs. And the story… or absence of it. Might as well spoil it since I can honestly tell people beyond reasonable doubt that this piece of software will be an utter waste of money and time to play.
You start out being “embraced,” but instead of killing both you and your sire (that’s what they call the person who embraced you. The current head of the Vampire society (the Camarilla) allows you to live under his supervision and orders.
The whole middle part of the game is a bunch of sidequests which had a minimal amount of support to the whole plot… whatever the plot was. And basically you start noticing that there’s a whole world of politics involved in the different vampire clans, etc. etc. This is worth mentioning because the ending you’re going to get depends on which side you ultimately take… and trust me when I say it doesn’t matter at all.
Anyways, one major quest has something to do with a sarcophagus which was supposed to have contained the body of some elder vampire. Different motives and implications arise from each clan’s need to obtain (or control at least) the sarcophagus.
And in a totally anticlimactic development of events, the game simply makes you “win” by defeating the side you choose to go against. It doesn’t explain any other “interesting” mysteries you might come across in the game upon completion… including the sarcophagus itself. Or more articulately – it only sheds enough light on anything so that it has a semblance of relevance in the overall plot, that you can continue through the game.
It was a “much ado about nothing” game – literally the game, and the storyline exemplifies the previous statement. In fairness, it is arguably what the “real world” would be like… you know something like getting riled up about a nuclear bomb, only to find out it was an empty threat… something like that. But when in games, it doesn’t hurt to be a bit profound or dramatic because you’re already in a fictional setting… so might as well go all the way, otherwise it becomes a pathetic attempt – which is precisely what this game was. A pathetic attempt – attempt of what? I don’t even want to know.
Gizoogle
In tribute to Snoop Dog’s rapping style nowadays, some fans built a google-ish search engine which applies the gangsta slang on the results.
Check it out… moreso try it out I tried bukaspalad on it and it was funny as hell!
Teacher-student sex
Watched Larry King a while ago, where he featured the husband of a 24-ish year-old woman who had sexual relations with a 14 year old student.
Obviously the whole moral issue here need not be discussed, as I’m sure that everyone would agree that it was wrong.
What struck me though was the teacher was really cute! And amidst all the disappointment I felt as a human about the whole thing, the male-maniac in me was also thinking “what a lucky bastard” [that kid was]. Though on a leash, he can’t be punished to the full extent of the law since he’s a minor. Plus he got to screw a hot woman (who was hitting on him I might add). Knowing how shallow Americans can be, I’m pretty sure that in a twisted sort of way, this kid is actually feeling pretty good about this whole deal. Safe from the law, and some bragging rights to his buddies.
And before you people say “You’re sick! how could you say those things!” Bear in mind that I’m expressing my thoughts in a very George Carlin-ish manner – that though there is a bit of truth in there, it is overly exaggerated and meant to be taken lightly… So before you go on thinking that I’m out of my mind, listen to his material first so you can understand where I’m coming from.