After hearing Devotchka's "How It Ends" for the Everything Is Illuminated film trailer, I officially added it to my mental list of music that makes any trailer awesome (also on that list "House, Concrete, and Stone" and "Where Do I Begin?"). Having never played Gears of War, my impression from videos/reviews is it is a standard, albeit well-made, third-person action game featuring a unique chainsaw bayonet machine gun. I guess they are trying to class-up the sequel by featuring "How It Ends" alongside a bunch of pensive, non-action related scenes. Are video games trying to go where movies have gone to become a critically acceptable art-form? After playing Bioshock (hopefully more on that later) and Half Life 2, I can say they are on there way.
Yes, I watched it.
15 years ago
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Gears of War designer lives in Raleigh!
http://www.newraleigh.com/articles/archive/cliffyb-and-epic-even-more-rich/
Oh yes, I already saw Cliff B lives in Raleigh. Do you ever see him drive around in his 1337 sports car? Are game designers like athletes in Raleigh? If so, I am ready to move.
Did you read the article? "You may also have seen [CliffyB's] Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder riding around town; Blezinski is known for being showy, just like his games."
That was indeed the article I saw! I was on your blog and out of the corner of my eye I see "CliffyB" making me do a double take (Acree writing about video game makers? wahhhh!?)
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