This is a decent critique and an interesting way of looking at the new film that I never considered in light of my inability to get past the fact that it's basically a re-imagining of episode IV.
Spoilers ahoy!!!
Desert planet. Misguided kid with the potential to be a Jedi from that planet. Bar scene with funky aliens and music. A Death Star. A Death Star rescue sequence. Wise, older character cut down by the big bad during said rescue sequence. Potential Jedi kid uses new found force powers to save the day.
From afar, episodes IV and VII are nearly indistinguishable. Minus the boatloads of gratuitous nostalgia and tributes to the originals thrown into VII. I won't be surprised in the least if episode VIII ends with the tragic reveal that Snoke is Rey's father.
The majority of VII's appeal lies in the fact that it's basically IV all over again. Abrams is good at telling compelling stories that go absolutely nowhere. I really hope he can pull something substantial (and original) together for episode VIII.
Very happy to see Axiom Verge on here. It's the only game of 2015 I've actually played since my backlog continues to be massive. It takes something pretty special to get me to pay full price near release for it these days, and AV did not disappoint.
I'm guessing acoustic absorption stuff is in the boxes since Googling Auralex brought me to their site and that's what they sell. Read: foam you put on your studio walls to prevent bad sounds from happening.
These blogs are a real trip down nostalgia lane. I played through VIII when it came out and never went back to it. Now I remember why. I've re-played almost every other Final Fantasy over the years, but never felt inclined to do VIII again. And now I know why.
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