I haven't been excited about any up-and-coming video games for a while. There are a couple, however, I find now that I am quite looking forward to. And they're both fighting games...hmmmm.
Dissidia
A fighting game starring Final Fantasy characters for the PSP. Sounds pretty silly, right? That was more or less my thought, at least, until I read up on it and caught the opening video. I guess I'm just a sucker for crazy epic cross-over madness. The main hero and villain of each of the first ten Final Fantasy games brought together with enough Final Fantasy-grade storytelling to justify whatever it is that's going on?
...well, what can I say? Sign me up.
Tekken 6
I've always been a fan of the Tekken series. It's on the opposite end of the flashy spectrum as the above game. For as colorful the characters and outrageous the storyline, Tekken is ironically pretty much the most down-to-earth major fighting game franchise out there in terms of the actual fighting. The characters use mostly legitimate forms of martial arts and don't have crazy projectile attacks, magical powers, or the ability to jump three times their body height and exchange a few combos in the air. There is a bit of supernatural flare thrown in for the narrative here and there, but they make a big deal of it; it's just not the norm as in most series.
It'll be fun to see how the King of Iron Fist tournament continues on seventh generation consoles.
There are a couple grammatical abominations that have been growing increasingly popular over the last few years, and I feel the need to bring them to attention, as they need to stop.
1.) "To grow" is not to be used transitively with an abstract substantive. You can grow a plant; you can grow a beard. Power can grow; your confidence can grow. But you do not "grow your career" or "grow your profit". STOP IT!
2.) The word "power", when used as a verb, means 'to provide energy to', not "to clean". You do not "power away grime and mildew". That doesn't mean anything. STOP IT!
In other news, maybe we should have done Paragon last night. It was actually an inhabitable temperature upstairs, for once. Instead, though, I finally went and saw the new Harry Potter. Not too bad, aside from the theater having audio problems the entire time. And, as I said Jenz, I hope the book lent more substance to the subtitle, as in the movie it seemed all but arbitrary and tacked-on.
Things are awkward at the house, and I grow weary.
