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How you guys doing out there? Fantastic, I hope. I've been going through a tiny writing slump as of late. I think it could be because of all the ideas I write down, but when it comes to actually writing them...I get immediately uninspired.
Or maybe its because its effing Christmas? In the midst of my slump and this season of giving [or taking depending on how you see it], expect more awesome/horrifying videos like the one seen above.
Finally, a trailer that has surpassed the immutable Executive Vice President Cat trailer. I'm glad to live in a world that you can play a game in Japan that has a table throwing peripheral. Hokkaido feel my wrath! Think about it, you too can be living the dream of throwing a table at a cafe, fancy restaurant, farmer's market, executive office, a doctor's office, Steven Siegal's house, and many more. Live the dream baby...live the damn dream.
How about that DJ? Damn those songs were perfect for a final battle! Props to Flo Mo Crew and Skill Methodz Crew. Two battle-tested crews doing what they do best!
I know trailers paint just about anything in a positive light. Especially bboy trailers. You don't see the hassle it is to get from home to another country. You don't see how cold or how hot said country and/or the city the event is in. And you damn sure don't see how much money these dancers spend in order to make it out to an event such as this one.
This hits me two fold. I've always wanted to go to IBE, but I've always wanted to photograph the events as well. Well...at least this trailer is well cut, functions as a dope consolation prize.
I live a life of no regrets and I try to keep minimal secrets. While shooting Season's Beatings this year and playing fighting games with some of the best people on the planet, the thought had entered my mind as to what else I was missing this weekend. Evolution is one of the bboy community's biggest events. There are other battles and competitions that rival it, but Evolution is a little bit more special. Much like Season's Beatings, Evolution still has a homegrown appeal to it, that I've been looking for in a larger type of jam/competition to travel to. Maybe next year right?
Thanks to Gamefly and a little luck with friends of this site, I've been able to play a handful of games I've been looking forward too this year. Go ahead, click the games tab on the left of the site and peruse my let downs and my surprises.
However, I typically like to keep games I want to be surprised by, out of my internet gaze until their release. The game above, Castlevania: Lord Of Shadows and the game after the jump, Enslaved are two games I've been interested in for two very different reasons.
Castlevania: LofS I've been interested in simply because I'm not a Castlevania fan [the only Castlevania game I liked was Symphony of the Night and I own most of the console released games]. The game looks powerfully Japanese [and how could it not? Its a Kojima joint] with the haircuts and gothic clothing, not to mention the overly expository 'talky' scenes, but it all works and looks appealing. Weird, considering, usually these are all things that turn me off and a contributing reason why I don't watch game trailers.
Enslaved is a game I've been keeping an eye on since Edge's interview of Ninja Theory earlier this year. That and I've recently caught myself up on the book the game is based on [Journey to the West]. Plus, I'm a fan of underdog games. Castlevania and Enslaved games aint gonna get the push a Gran Turismo 5 or Halo: Reach is going to get in the holiday season so, I figured a little post like this may bend the ear of a reader or two.
I'm going into these games knowing that they didn't have the money that a God of War or Devil May Cry may fetch. So seeing a couplereviews on 1up has me thinking that barring some minor annoyances, my want of these games could be justified.
For the people who know me in real life and think I 'do the spinny thing'. No, I don't, I use to. In this clip you'll see Aicha [Japan], Lazer [Korea] and my personal favorite Boom [Korea]. Three people [barring the legendary Storm] who are responsible for evolving one of the oldest powermoves in the bboy community. Enjoy.
Glorious. Magnificent. And possibly a result of some good ole fashioned animal torture in order to produce an anomaly in the world of animal sociology. Geez, that wasn't called for at all was it? This is kind of my double-edged sword for posting this.
Its easy to be a pessimist isn't it? Even something as odd and kinda cool as an elephant touching up a painting [one can only assume] he/she had been working on, could be the result of something negative. At the same time, its also double-delusional to think this creative little pachyderm dropped out of the womb with a the itch to get his Bob Ross on.
I'd prefer to think positive in spite of my cynical brain's negative leanings.
It would seem that I've been hitting you guys with a lot of heavy articles and even I'd have to admit, that I've gone full-blown nerd as of late. So, take this particular commercial break as either a piece offering and derailment of my writing milieu, or me digging myself into a further whole -- of which I couldn't possibly dig out of.
Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 3:18PM 
