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R.I.P. Scotty, Rainbow Islands
Fri, 22 Jul 2005

(resisting 'beam me up' and 'final frontier' references)

Was ol' Scotty the reason so many people got into IT? Or was Mr. Doohan a poor actor who was typecast into oblivion? Well old chum, happy trails. (Anyone who brings up the obligatory "He's dead..." will be fed through the nearest 16-year-old anorexic.) After quickly reading a few obit's, I've found he was Canadian and one of the potential causes of his Parkinsons was exposure to chemical weapons on Juno Beach during World War 2. Man.

Aside: I need to find some old old game reviews - like the original reviews for Space Invaders and Pacman. They were new, and were The Shiznitz for their time, but really.. how much is there to say about gameplay in Space Invaders? (And trust me, I know all the cheats and hacks and inner workings ;) I was about to say, comparing to say, Halflife 2, that todays reviewers have it easy since theres a lot of gameplay to discuss. But then I realized about HL2 that like Space Invaders, theres a player and some bad guys to shoot. Still, I'd like to see those original reviews...

This came up since I've been tempted, as en exercise in shutting down the mind before bed, to write reviews for older games that I liked. Some new content for the web, and maybe a way to ease down the mind. But I already know - if thats how I ease my mind down someone might as well put a bullet in me now ;) (In case you're curious, I was thinking of reviewing the Bubble Bobble early games, like Rainbow Island..) (Normally I read for half an hour before hitting the sack. I'm a big fan of newspapers, but they're too grimy and full of sensationalist muck to fall asleep to.. so any good pocket novel will do.)

And yes, I'm very proud of the fact no one else alive would group those words together in a title.

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