My Sims

This is a really fun game for anyone that likes the sims and anyone that doesn’t, one trhing that bothers me though, is it the game or the wii thats slowing down? cause the game is really starting to lag for w/e reason.

Video Game Violence: The Scapegoat

In a country so based on Christian beliefs and ideals, it seems these days that most people are forgetting the definition for “Scapegoat”. As defined by the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, a “Scapegoat” is:

a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur

Basically the goat has all the sins of the populace placed on him, and then is sent out to die. Traditionally with rocks, sticks, and curses thrown at him to drive him on. Such things have been common in all societies, such as dragging a lonely old woman out and burning her at the stake for a witch when some of the town’s populace came down with sickness or sinful acts, whether she had any blame or not.

It does my heart proud to see these age old traditions brought forth again today with Video Games. Games in general have been blamed for years, whether it was claiming that Dungeons and Dragons (a game in which you commonly destroy evil, fight demons, and protect the innocent) was at blame for Satanic rituals and domestic abuse, or claiming that all Renaissance Fair enthusiasts are degenerate drunken rapists. History shows that Americans don’t seem to have much of a love of the imagination, even if that was what our country was founded on.

While some of these claims, sadly, can prove true, it is completely besides the point. Video Games are being blamed for the bad actions of bad people. While inspiration may come from violent video games, it’s true, can it not also come from television, books, or possibly even the newspaper itself? Violent acts are not uncommon in history, and sadly neither is attempting to pass the blame.

Old game, still scares the crap out of me: Alien vs. Predator

Remember that time before it was all about photo-realistic graphics, cinematic special effects, life-like physics? This is a game from that time, but it sets itself apart by actually excelling in the areas just listed, albeit with slightly subdued adjectives.

Alien vs. Predator (Gold) is the first in a series of FPS games and was revolutionary in the detail and quality it displayed. Despite the now outdated graphics, the sheer atmosphere created sets you in the centre of the Alien, Predator, Human conflict. You simply cannot go wrong when DARKNESS is the essential style element. Slipping into the role of any of the species, each with their abilities faithfully recreated, you stumble into convoluted bases and caverns, always anticipating to have your skull torn off by the next enemy. This game is scary, you are always on edge, the encounters are not preprogrammed, so you cannot just hide somewhere and destroy until they stop coming. No, you have to push forward, realize that you are vastly outnumbered, and survive.

The game is so well thought of that even the fish-eye vision and their ability to walk on walls is recreated. Strategically sophisticated players can even shoot out lights to disorient enemies as you lay in ambush.

Where the game especially shines is in multiplayer mode. There is nothing more fun than turning on your heat vision as a Predator, and destroying pesky humans limb by limb, especially if your helpless buddies are those humans.

This game can be found for mere cents in an used games store. I strongly recommend it.