Video Games
Whenever I think “3D”, I still have visions of an episode of SCTV, when comedian John Candy, during a sketch involving a Monster Chiller Horror Theatre movie, stares at the camera asking the audience, if they want any … Pancakes?!? He then proceeds to move a stack of pancakes back and forth with eerie music to match. It’s still one my favourite moments of that show, mainly because even after all the years that 3D has existed, it’s still a great way to explain how gimmicky and useless the technology is.
Final Fantasy. The series has been going along as long as Zelda and Mario, and longer than Sonic and Master Chief. The series that deals with topics of life and death. Whether’s it’s on one cartridge, or four disks, the game demands hours upon hours of play of turn-based combat. With many hours of interactive storytelling, many characters have walked down the beaten path of defeating evil, and learning of the meaning of life.
On August 24th, 2006, Pluto was demoted as a planet in the solar system. Since then, the dwarf planet has been plotting and scheming to get revenge on the planet that ruined it’s reputation, Earth. In February 1991, an N.E.S. game called Metal Storm predicted that it takes almost 500 years to execute this revenge. The planning stage is the longest, it seems.
Sadly, the game doesn’t have Vegan police, nor some bass battle. But it does have kick-ass-ery.