So, in an effort to write more, here I am once again for another post already. Sure I could wait to write another, but if I feel like writing I should go ahead and write, right? Right.
Mumford & Sons recently released an album called Babel. I believe it was last Tuesday in fact. I have been listening to it quite a bit over the past week and I can say it is wonderful. I also love the word "babel." There is just something fun about that word. They say it differently on the album than what perhaps you are reading it as. They say "bay-bel." Odd right?
I assume it is simply because they are from London and, well, they say words differently over there.
I read a tweet this past week that said something like "Mumford & Sons can just keep writing the same song over and over again and get props for it." It was not exactly like that, but I believe you get the point the tweet is trying to make.
Many of their songs do sound quite similar, but they are all very different, and I love them.
This album has a wonderful mix of slow and quick songs, even a few slow then quick ones. It has a wonderful rhythm to it and really keeps you engaged. If you pump up the volume and really rock out to these songs, whether it be in your car, in your dorm, or just in your headphones... CRANK IT UP. This music really moves when you can hear all of the different acoustic instruments working together to create some amazing melodies.
It isn't a Sgt. Pepper or Abbey Road to be sure, but it is still a wonderful album. I love their sound and if you have found any of their songs even remotely good, you should definitely check it out.
According to dictionary.com, babel means "a confused mixture of sounds or voices." The sounds on this album come together in a way that isn't confusing at all. A long time ago now I had this ranking system for different forms of media I was reviewing, from books to video games. If you remember that system at all I definitely give this album an A.
Sometimes we are all caught up in a babel of emotions. I am very thankful to not be in that situation right now. I dealt with that this summer and am very happy where I am right now. No babel of emotions in my life. If you are caught in one right now, maybe step back a moment and look at your life. Like I said in my last post, if you are not happy, do something to change that. It might be hard, and the road to happiness may be rough, but in the end, happiness is what is important.
Thanks for reading. Check back daily this week, I'll see if I can keep this up.
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Post 188 | Unleashing the Force
As of late I have been on what some people may call a Star Wars kick. It is more of an obsession than anything else what with the music and the movie watching and the review reading and video game buying. Wait video game buying? Yes! I bought the first Force Unleashed game from Game Stop. And boy, was that a game...
A CRAP GAME. Like extreme crap. Really, all kinds of bad. The concept is amazing. Really. Being able to be in control of this all powerful force-wielding being is simply awesome. Lightning and light sabers and lifting objects up and all of that all sounds great in theory. The game looks great too. It all looks fairly real and decent for 2008 and the physics engine is decent with all of the glass breaking really well and the Storm Troopers grabbing on to one another. But when actually put together into a game, it kind of fails.
Overall it feels like they worked really hard on making the engine great and the story decent that they did not spend nearly enough time making the game perfect. It is almost like they did not throw this game into any testers' hands at all. There are just so many frustrating moments and what could be awesome but gone wrong moments that the game just suffers so much.
I found myself more than a few times being killed in strange ways, or not being able to figure out how to beat a boss, or getting stuck and not knowing I had to lightning strike that engine and force push that out of the way that it was just extremely frustrating. And that is really disappointing.
I had mediocre expectations for this game and it failed them in nearly all accounts. The story was ok, but there were one to many instances of Darth Vader changing his mind to make it completely believable. That and skanky british pilot did not show any real feelings until the end when they kissed and I was like "Where was the set up for that?"
It is really sad that what could have been a great game wound up being so utterly terrible. After watching Jeff Gerstmann at Giant Bomb give a video review I have to agree with everything he says except for the three stars. At most I would have given the game two.
But there is a little bit of hope for the second one, after watching a video for that one it looks significantly improved and I look forward to playing it as well. After my friend Cody is finished playing the first one here.
Well that is all for now, we have a bit of a three day weekend so I am looking forward to getting out of here and sleeping in my own bed and getting some actual girlfriend time with Tasha. Along with giving her the present I bought for her today. Well thanks for reading as always, I'll be writing more soon I expect so keep on coming back!
A CRAP GAME. Like extreme crap. Really, all kinds of bad. The concept is amazing. Really. Being able to be in control of this all powerful force-wielding being is simply awesome. Lightning and light sabers and lifting objects up and all of that all sounds great in theory. The game looks great too. It all looks fairly real and decent for 2008 and the physics engine is decent with all of the glass breaking really well and the Storm Troopers grabbing on to one another. But when actually put together into a game, it kind of fails.
Overall it feels like they worked really hard on making the engine great and the story decent that they did not spend nearly enough time making the game perfect. It is almost like they did not throw this game into any testers' hands at all. There are just so many frustrating moments and what could be awesome but gone wrong moments that the game just suffers so much.
I found myself more than a few times being killed in strange ways, or not being able to figure out how to beat a boss, or getting stuck and not knowing I had to lightning strike that engine and force push that out of the way that it was just extremely frustrating. And that is really disappointing.
I had mediocre expectations for this game and it failed them in nearly all accounts. The story was ok, but there were one to many instances of Darth Vader changing his mind to make it completely believable. That and skanky british pilot did not show any real feelings until the end when they kissed and I was like "Where was the set up for that?"
It is really sad that what could have been a great game wound up being so utterly terrible. After watching Jeff Gerstmann at Giant Bomb give a video review I have to agree with everything he says except for the three stars. At most I would have given the game two.
But there is a little bit of hope for the second one, after watching a video for that one it looks significantly improved and I look forward to playing it as well. After my friend Cody is finished playing the first one here.
Well that is all for now, we have a bit of a three day weekend so I am looking forward to getting out of here and sleeping in my own bed and getting some actual girlfriend time with Tasha. Along with giving her the present I bought for her today. Well thanks for reading as always, I'll be writing more soon I expect so keep on coming back!
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