Bliss!

Recording in-game footage is always a crapshoot, and I don't enjoy it much. It's hard to make things happen just so when you need them to, and usually, when the tape's running and you're in a rush, you screw up. It's a given. I spent a couple of hours today trying to commit ten minutes of Dreamfall to tape, and while the results were decent, they were in no way representative of how beautiful the game looks and how beautifully it plays right now. Luckily, we have plenty of time to get the process right: there won't be any actual in-game footage in wide release until next year - but when that does happen, God damn it'll kick arse. Guaranteed.

Tomorrow, with any luck, I'll get my new PowerMac and assorted accessories, and I'm as giddy as a little schoolgirl. I stopped being excited about PCs a while ago - one is very much like the other, give or take a few frames per second and crashes per day - but the Mac is unchartered territory for me. It's a toy, yes, but probably a very useful one. Motion in particular looks amazing. And I intend to get my grubby mitts on Final Cut Pro HD one of these days. More tomorrow. Hopefully.

In the latest issue of Edge, Doom 3 garnered a respectable seven out of ten; not a bad mark coming from a magazine that's notoriously tough on games, but far below what other magazines - print and online - have endowed upon the long anticipated first-person corridorer. They've mostly averaged in the nine plus region. Which goes to show that expectations count for more than facts. Yes, Doom 3 is a good game. Yes, it's beautiful to look at - but so was Far Cry and Riddick. Is it revolutionary? Not really. Is it an amazing and groundbreaking gameplay experience? Nope. Parts of it are rather dull. So the 'seven' is a reasonably accurate mark: well above average, but not a home run. Of course, you can expect the hardcore to cry bloody murder, but it's good to see Edge sticking to its guns (and opinions), even when it goes against popular opinion.

Lastly, in case you've missed it: the ice on Greenland is melting far faster than feared. If that's allowed to continue unabated, the sea level will rise several meters, which will be disastrous for - well, everyone.
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