Barry, Angels and a week of overnights.
By trulyalive 2 Comments
I'm very tired right now. I finished work 5 hours ago and have spent 4 hours of that time plowing through Alan Wake. It almost feels like the game was written for me.
I'm an absurd fan of the notion of 'meta' which can most simply be translated as self-awareness. This game has it in spades and uses it to it's best potential. Kind of like Bioshock but without the shock of a big reveal. You'll get used to the notion quite soon into the game, in fact you can see the Quick Look posted on the sight for the first real taste of it in the game. In regards to the rest of the game...well, I'll save that for a review. After two sessions with the game so far I'm halfway through chapter 4 of 7. Sorry, Episode. Episode 4 of 7. So only a day or two until I hammer out a review.
(By the way, despite what you may read anywhere else, Wake's agent Barry is easily the best thing about that game. He's like Enzo from Bayonetta. Except...not rubbish.)
Other games on the horizon are Prince of Persia and Blur. Both look...interesting at least.
The hour I haven't spent playing Alan Wake was occupied mostly by cigarettes and as bad for my health as that might be I did find that my new favourite band How to Destroy Angels have posted a new song on youtube, accompanied by a fairly twisted albeit awesome music video. I suggest you check out The Space In Between here for all your Industrial/Dark Ambient music needs.
Aside from that, this tiredness looks likely to continue. I have a week of overnight shifts to enjoy this week. That's 9pm until 6am for those unaware of how McDonalds works its Shift Managers to the ground. Tiring stuff.
B[o]ut.