Same difference...

For my Compare and Contrast essay in class I'm going to be comparing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time the movie and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time the video game.

The Game

Now I'll be honest, most of the reason I chose to do a comparison with a video game is because I get to play said video game and it counts as "studying". But I really am taking notes while I play it. Honest!

I've already watched the movie once through and I'm about 65% of the way done the game already. (Good grief, I forgot how quickly I finished the game before. I was only playing it for about five hours so far this time.)

The Movie

I think I've got plenty of evidence to write my differences paragraph, it's just things that are similar I might have a little problem with. I had forgotten just how different the two were. Did they even play the game before making the movie? I mean I like both, but I don't consider them part of the same universe. And it's funny, but even though the storyline for the game is straightforward and simple and should be cliche, I found myself enjoying it more. It's probably one of the best games I've ever played if not the best. Goes to show that you don't need to formulate a complicated and twisted plot for a story to really pull someone in.

Anyway, I'm off to get ready to see the latest Harry Potter movie, hoping it is as awesome as the trailers I've seen are.


~Twethereal

Second Media Review

So for my second media review I thought that I'd give you a little insight on my favorite TV show.

What show you ask?

Wait for iiiiiiiiiittttt...

Psych on USA Network.

Shawn Spencer (James Roday) has convinced the Santa Barbara Police Department that he is psychic. With his keen power of observation and his unsurpassable deductive skills, he and his best friend Gus (Dule Hill) start their own psychic detective agency and are hired as police consultants. Expect hilarity, plenty of 80's references, and maybe a little crime solving.

If you've never seen it, go watch it now. For some unknown reason this show tends to go under the radar. But I think it to be one of the funniest shows on TV. If you love parodies, this show has plenty of them. They are not afraid to poke fun at just about everything. The cast is fantastic and all are very suited for the roles they play. James Roday and Dule Hill in particular have a wonderful chemistry that makes them completely believable as best friends. Their relationship really makes the show. It's on season 5 now and no sign of jumping the shark in sight.

USA also has a good commercial campain going. They make original commercials starring their actors to promote their respective shows.

Here's a couple of my favorites from Psych:

If you want to tune in, new episodes of Psych are on Wednesdays at 10/9c on USA.

Anyway, I'm off to do the rest of my homework so I can tune in at 10.


~Twethereal


And on a completely unrelated note, they decided to keep my Wikipedia article. The author of The Dreamer even backed me up. So I win. Take that Wikipedia.

Wikipedia article

I wrote on the class wiki that I was going to do my Wikipedia assignment on Star Ocean: Til the End of Time, which is a video game I talked about a few blog entries back. But I did some more research on the subject of creating articles and decided to create a different article instead.

So I created an article on one of my favorite webcomics, The Dreamer.

Right now it is pending deletion, so it might not stay. I was having a hard time putting enough in there to get the article started without it being full of uncited information.

I posted it under my usual username Twethereal.

~Twethereal