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Part 2 of 2 in HIGH DEFINITION. Classic Game Room reviews DEAD SPACE for the Xbox 360 video game console. This Dead Space review shows gameplay and footage from this amazing game in HD High Definition game play video. Wow! It’s like they made this game for Classic Game Room! It may not have huge Atari sized pixels or ninjas, but what it does have is awesome science fiction ambience, sound design and story telling! You play as Isaac and crawl through a space ship infested with horrible aliens or mutated people, all of whom are trying to decapitate you and rip your limbs from your torso. Gameplay is solid, fast and intense. The video game reminds CGR of Alien, Event Horizon and the video games Bioshock, Resistance and Fallout 3. All good things. Dead Space is somewhat of a horror style 3rd person shooter (should have a FPS first person shooter option) set in space and featuring an awesome Sci-fi movie inspired plot. Hours of boring cutscenes are abandoned in favor of in-game storytelling through some really nice stylized screens and audio logs. There are lots of weapons including cutters and flamethrowers, each gun has 2 different modes of fire. Dead Space is sure to please those looking for a top-notch A-list shooter on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 PS3 or PC. We use the 360 version of the game for this review but we’d imaging, from what we’ve seen, that the PS3 Dead Space gameplay and footage is very similar if not identical. The game is awesome.
Classic Game Room reviews MASS EFFECT 2 for Playstation 3 from Bioware and EA. (also available for Xbox 360 and PC). Mass Effect 2 can be downloaded from Playstation Network for PS3 or bought as a stand-alone retail copy. This massive RPG meets sci-fi action shooter is one of the finest science fiction epics ever created. Awesome characters and an engaging storyline keep the player hooked from start to finish, more than a light year of gameplay! This Mass Effect 2 review for PS3 has Mass Effect 2 gameplay from PS3 showing Mass Effect 2 game play in HD action. Watch Shepard drink, shoot, dance, get shot down by ladies and rock the universe with awesome. It’s MASS EFFECT 2!
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The name of the game in fiction writing. Can I do it? Can I develop an intriguing plot? Can I keep up my energy? Can I finish what I started?
I don’t know about you but these and many other questions like this are racing through my mind when I begin a new story. How can I wrestle myself to accomplish the goal that stands before me.
Well I have some answers for that. You shouldn’t have to wrestle yourself. OK, yes almost all goals are trying and testing. And anything worth having is worth working for. But writing a small 250 page book is so daunting. It seems like I stand at the foot of the Matterhorn. How can I climb such a beast of a mountain.
The answer may surprise you but it is really simple. Inch by inch its a cinch, by the yard its hard. That’s right and it does work. Break that monstrous goal into smaller and smaller steps. I’ll demonstrate.
Let’s say you have a two hundred fifty page book that you want to write. The average book whether you’re a fiction writer or not is about three hundred pages. So we do a little math. Two hundred fifty pages multiplied by three hundred gives us a total manuscript word count of seventy five thousand, that’s 75,000 for those that like to see the number written out. Now that for any new would be fiction writer is a daunting number. So let’s break it up.
If you wrote 250 words a day which is about as much as you talk during your coffee break, you can have 75,000 words written in 300 days. I know people that have spent over two years writing a book, namely myself. My book wasn’t nearly that long. Talk about a time waster / procrastinator. I was indeed. But if I had been smart and written 250 words a day I could have had a book written in
300 days and probably less time than that.
Why less time than that you say? It’s because its like everything else you try to do. You know what I mean don’t you? You know you need to start something but you just can’t get yourself to take action and do it. Then FINALLY, you muster the courage and slowly wade into it and within ten minutes of writing, you’re off and you can’t stop. So the reason I say less time than that is because you will usually write a lot more than 250 words in one setting. Which is good, but don’t let that give you a reason to stop writing on the next day like you should.
If 250 words is still huge to you break it up further. I hate having a goal like that personally. A word count goal I mean. I like time better. Here’s what I mean. Instead of using a word count goal use a specific time limit as your
goal. Let’s say you can type 50 words per minute. That’s 5 minutes of typing.
That’s it 5 minutes a day and you’ve got a book done in 300 days. Come on, I know you can do that. So I like to set time limits for myself. Goal: I will type for 10 minutes on book “Moon Planet” – your book on how the moon was terraformed into an earth like environment. Of course insert your own title in there. That’s all there is too it.
The result is that if you type 50 words per minute and don’t feel bad and neglect your writing if you don’t type that fast. But let’s say you do. You type for 10 minutes a day at 50 wpm which results in 500 words. Hello, 150 days later you’ve got yourself a 250 page book that is ready to be edited into a finished book.
What is the name of the game in fiction writing? Stay at it and you will succeed.
Good luck and keep writing.
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Why does life seem so hard at times? Is it designed to be tough in spite of our best intentions, or is there another explanation for the pain and turmoil we often experience even as Christians? Is life a game to be judged on “wins and losses” or something much deeper?
Hebrews 11:1 describes faith as, “…the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”, and in the dictionary, the word fiction is defined as “…an imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality but has been invented, a lie, or a literary work whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.” The essence of our Christian conviction is manifested through the expression of our faith. We profess belief in a god who we cannot see, the occurrence of historical events in which we were not present to authenticate, spiritual truths we do not always understand, and complex aspects of Biblical interpretation whose results sometimes rub us the wrong way. While we can’t see or touch the Lord, we rest in blessed assurance that His saving grace is sufficient to redeem our innately sinful nature. Fiction, on the other hand, is imaginary, fake, or phony. It is based on feel-good emotions rather than the covenants with God.
Some sectors of society would have us believe living a life based on fictional principles and ideals is beneficial (note “The American Dream”), but it would do us well to not be deceived. Being faithful is an act of obedience because “…without faith it is impossible to please Him [God], for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him,” (Hebrews 11:6). In John 17:16, Jesus prayed for His disciples and defined truth this way, “They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is the truth.”
The dictionary defines game as, “an activity providing entertainment or amusement; evasive, trifling or manipulative behavior.” Therefore, faith stands for truth, while fiction represents a false, misleading sense of reality. Life is not a game to be toyed with or wagered on, rather a journey of faith that should be respected and approached with a sincere focus on pleasing God. With that said, let’s explore what happens when truth recognizes game?
Noah’s experience with God in the building of the ark provides a great starting point. God grew weary of mankind’s continued disobedience, and so decided to flood the Earth, and begin again (Genesis 6:5-8). Noah, however, found grace in the Lord’s eyes. God instructed him to build an ark in which he and his wife, his sons and their wives (Genesis 6:17-20) would ride out the flood until the waters subsided. God honored the faithfulness Noah’s obedience exhibited. Noah’s decision was not easy, though, because every person Noah knew would perish in the flood except for those who God allowed Noah to take onto the ark. What do you think would’ve happened if Noah had disobeyed God’s instructions?
Faith is not about ease nor is it about doing what we want, when we want. Noah could’ve operated from a place of doubt, fear, and immobilizing frustration when God told him of His plan to flood the Earth, yet he chose not to. Noah clung tightly to his faith, cast fear aside, and pushed forward in an effort to glorify God. Consequently, his life was spared and he impacted the world in great ways. Living an obedient life of faith is difficult, but it is also honorable before the Lord. We know God expects us to “walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). The enemy loves it when we make decisions based on a perverted sense of logic and comfort instead of sacrificial faith (1 Timothy 3:6-7). He doesn’t want us to succeed in Christ and in order to achieve his goal, we must move away from his influences and closer to our unwavering belief in the Lord. Therefore, when truth recognizes game, in the context of the aforementioned terms, God is glorified and well pleased with the obedience of our sacrifice.
It is important that we strive to exercise faith, diligence and discipline in all areas of our lives. We must believe the Father will honor our sacrifices according to His will and timing. Don’t let the attraction of society’s bright lights and empty promises of success and wealth trick you into doubting God’s abilities. The same God who has saved us from eternal damnation will also empower us through the Holy Spirit to remain faithful. We can count on Him like no one else because He’s “the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).
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