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| Madonna, Assasin's Creed. |
| Friday, November 24, 2006 |
Here is Madonna's video, 'Jump.' It features the exercise/activity Parkour. Parkour is basically discovering your physical strength and abilities and then testing them by jumping off walls and climbing things. I think Parkour is a particularly interesting sport. David Belle is the founder of parkour and is the sports' most famour practitioner. Parkour seems to be spreading as it is now seen in films such as James Bond, 'Casino Royale.' I've heard there is a chase scene in which they portray elements of parkour. Anyways. Here's the video:
Something else that uses parkour is the new game, 'Assasin's Creed' by Ubisoft, (Creators of the Prince of Persia series). It is similar to Prince of Persia. It will be released on PS3, Xbox 360 and Pc. The game is during the Third Crusade. (Which was during 1189-1192. European leaders attempted to take the Holy Land from Saladin.) The character is named Altaïr. He is a member of the assasin sect Hashashin. There are three cities to travel to. Jerusalem, Acre and Damascus. Now this game is very interesting. The buttons corresponds to different parts of the body. I'm not sure if this is just an example or the actual controls, but here it is: X will control the feet, square will be arms with weapons, circle will be arms without weapons and triangle is your head. When walking in a crowded place (doesn't have to be crowded...) you can shove people out of your way, using the circle button. (arms without weapons) However, if you violently shove them, they may shove you back. And if you kill a random person in the crowd, the crowd may gang up together and attack you. Also, when you are doing your cool parkour movements, if there are many people around, they might gather and watch you in amazment, and this will attract unwanted attention from gaurds. Now, you may be wondering why you would have to use Altaïr's "head." Well, when you are in the different cities, you can hear the people talking in the language, of that city. If you use Altaïr's "head" (triangle) it will translate to english. If you're like me and trigger happy, just blasting your way through things and not at all steathly, you may dislike this game. It's all about stealth. Still, I'm really interested in this one and I'm going to give it a shot. It looks really good, exciting, clever. I can't wait. Also, you have stamina. It's more realistic than normal. Let's say uh...not being able to take repeated sword blows? Ya, you and your oppenent, will block fatal blows, but will also lose some stamina. Once stamina has been lost, you'll die. Or at least just be really, badly wounded. It seems as though this game is more realistic, in a sense and the character is much more interactive with the surronding environment. The release date is still to be announced. Here's the trailer.
Sincerly,
DirtyVelvet |
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