It's strange that there is no custom map for Kane's Wrath out there. There are a few, but none of them are things like Art of Defense. Where have all the map editors gone?? It's boring to play the normal maps.
The Japanese are so damn creative at sexual fetishes. Now there is even a PC game that simulates a train molester. Holy cow! According to a certain forum discussion, the whole point of the game is to successfully have sex with 3 unwilling women on a train (not simultaneously though).
Apparently, the other passengers on the plane aren't going to scream, the girls are going to enjoy being molested/raped and it's actually possible to have sex in the crowded trains of Japan. What a wonderful form of public transport it is. Train sex! 100 years ago, it was believed that no one could have sex on trains, just like the way people thought that flying was impossible for humans. Look it this! Molest simulators FTW!
Also according to some of the members' translation, this game was really made as a practice for the game designers, and that if it sells, they'll include more ladies for the guys to feast on.
Oh, the perverts!
Oh, the genius!
Who needs enlightenment to get to Nirvana anyway?
Finished Ilium and Olympos again recently. Might have mentioned it before. This should be the 3rd time I read them. Seriously, Dan Simmons is the only writer I know who can successfully combine gods(Zeus!!), Greek heroes(Archilles!!), Shakespeare(The Tempest!!), robots (moravecs!!) and genetically modified humans into a single epic tale.
My belief is that Archilles, in this story, ended up as an immortal. His probability of dying at the hands of Paris was changed, at birth, to 100%. Meaning: there is no other way for him to die except by getting killed by Paris, lover of Helen. But Paris was killed by Apollo halfway through the war! Therefore, he cannot die!
His battle with Zeus at the end may be the best fight ever written. I don't know, but I thought that the characteristics of the fighters were the reasons for it being so memorable. One was arguably an immortal who cannot be killed by any means, while the other was the King of all gods, the most powerful god in the pantheon of Greek gods. The best part was when Zeus tried to shoot Archilles with Odysseus's best bow at point blank... and missed.
That really drove home the point that his probabilities of dying by Paris's hands was at 100%. There really is no way to kill him because the Universe will make sure he doesn't die. This power is far greater than that of any superhero ever conceived, except the God of several major religions, that is, if u consider Him a superhero.
Too bad some Greek heroes never appeared in the story. I'd love to see Heracles making an appearance, but I think he died before the Trojan War. I'm not too familiar with Greek mythology. It was nice to see Atlas making a short appearance in the story as a statue. According to some variations of the myths, Atlas was turned into stone when Athena showed him the head of the Medusa.
In the story, the only point where I got confused was when they revealed that the Mount Olympos where the god lived were actually on a different planet as Ilium. I had the impression that the Mars on the original Universe was the one that contained Ilium. Then they said they were on Earth. It was only till later when I figured out that Setebos switched our Mars with Ilium-Earth, and the Greek gods were living on our Mars that was transported to another Universe.
I guess the most memorable thing in this story is Archilles and his unique form of immortality. Most other immortals in fiction can be killed, but don't age(Highlander). Or they can be killed, but they always rise again(Planescape: Torment). Or they can remain alive and conscious no matter their physical state(liches in some stories). But Archilles cannot die simply because he cannot die!
I'm reading Nineteen Eighty-Four now.
WAR IS PEACE!
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY!
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH!
And never forget, Big Brother is Watching You!
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