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the essence of losing

Game 6 [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Game 6 [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Still recovering from this year's "spectacular failure", I watched a movie that "captures the essence of losing", recommended by fellow AEK FC fan and friend Dimitris.
Game 6 based on a screenplay by Don DeLillo (of Underworld fame) is the ultimate movie about addictiveness to defeat and how the team you chose (whatever choice that is) shapes a big part of your life. I highly recommend it despite the low ratings has received.
If you haven't watched the legendary failure, you can through the magic of YouTube, albeit a bit twisted ;)


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Enrico IV

Enrico IV
Enrico IV
I'm generally reluctant to go to greek theatre productions, as their quality is generally unpredictable (maybe this has to do with the fact that we are have more theaters per citizen than any other city).
But the production of Pirandello's Enrico IV was a masterpiece! Working through the complexities of Pirandello's text, which works multiple levels with a lunatic-come sane acting as a lunatic in a re-enaction of Henry IV 's life made by his family who thinks he is insane. He continues to play along, as merely acting as another is an act of freedom; freedom to escape the constraints imposed by the immediate context.
Very good work in scenery, lighting and video is used by director Mavrikios
providing a baroque, overstimulating spectacle. In the same vain the acting is over-the-top, but compliments with the production's character.
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A Little Sunshine...

I've spent my whole day listening to the same album all day long... Can Cladders! It's as great as their last one Beet Maize & Corn, although this is a more upbeat affair. It's the perfect record for the sunny days of January in Athens (20 C!!). The record is graced with beautiful background vocals and the arrangements are as always top-notch (it's the Llamas' strong point anyway). Fav tracks for the time being: Winter's Day, Bacaroo, The Old Spring Town...

I think I'm begining to see a pattern in the Llamas' releases:

Snowbug (low-key)

Buzzle Bee (upbeat)

Beet Maize & Corn (low-key)

Can Cladders (upbeat)

 

Now if that Louis Philippe, Sean O'Hagan, Bertrand Burgalat collaboration would ever see the light of day...

 

 

 

 

Can Cladders
Can Cladders
High Llamas

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Rebirth of the Adventure genre?

I've just finished Sam & Max Episode 1 in one sitting and it was great!! The writing was spot-on and full of pop culture references (even though I only got about half of them - as a non-American guy).
The game was pretty easy, but I guess that this is due to the fact that it is made for a new generation of gamers that

SamAndMax-CultureShock
SamAndMax-CultureShock
are not familiar with the genre (I think it's almost ten years since the rapid decline of adventure games). I believe that one of the reasons for the decline of adventure games, apart from the obvious ones (rise of 3D FPS, overlapping of RPGs and FPSs with adventure style elements), was that the genre was becoming overelaborate with increasingly developing puzzles and plots that lead to overly complex games, which alienated most gamers. This led to the genre to obscurity and I think Sam & Max is on the way to fix that. It may not be the new Monkey Island (which along with Sierra's games, got the genre to the mainstream), but it seems to do everything right and seems especially suited to the episodic format.
Hey couldn't you get Grumpy gamer do the 3rd part of Monkey Islad and tell us the secret at last?

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