June 14th… BUSY
Ever since I was a little girl I have loved alice in wonderland.
I’ve watched the Disney movie more times than I can count (and when I was in high-school I choreographed to All in the Golden Afternoon)
I wore out our recording of the special 2 part Alice that first aired in 1985
I would go over to my friends house (who had cable) just to watch the Disney TV show adventures in wonderland (we’ve long since lost touch, but if you’re reading this Lauren, you were much more than a TV to me… Promise)
I attempted to beat this game on my older brothers C64 more times than I care to admit… And (being that I had yet to blossom in to a fully functional gaming nerd) I don’t thing I ever succeeded.
This may be the only monologue that I can watch, out of context and still love.
My favorite ride at Disneyland? You guessed it!
I didn’t read the book until I was nearly 16, I know I kn0w… But seriously, I think had I read it sooner that I would have spoiled it. Knowing all I knew from all the different perspectives people have taken on Alice I was able to appreciate the genius and madness that takes place within the world of Wonderland and beyond the looking glass… MADNESS!!! That’s why I started this post in the first place!
“Alice: Madness Returns” comes out for PC, Playstation and X-Box Tuesday June 14th. This is the sequel to the game that changed the way I look at games forever. Up until buying this game (and I should mention I had fallen in love with the toys long before I knew they came from a game) I had played lots of adventure games, some pokemon, plenty of puzzle games. But games where you run around and kill things? Never…. Killing? Alice in Wonderland? Have I gotten confused? No… Go ahead and watch the trailer for the original game.
It was/is a seriously awesome game that has a whole new story attached to it. I really feel that what makes it great is how weird and strange it is. Although, I will admit that I had a ton of problems with some of the jumping puzzles (although I am still pretty terrible at jumping in video games, just ask Chris what it’s like to play little big planet with me). And the first time I played it through (and I’ve played all the way through 3 times) I had to have Chris help me beat several jumping puzzles, and a couple of bosses. But after that I started to get the hang of things.
So back to my point (oh you had a point? I thought you were just taking up space on the internets!)…
The sequel comes out on June 14th!!!! FINALLY!!! I’ve been waiting for SOOOOOOO long. There has been talk of a movie (that never happened) rumors about sequels (that never came to) but this time it’s real! YIPPEEE!!!!! I ordered my copy (for Playstation since along with getting better at games in general I have also gotten better at console games, and this means I can play it on the big screen in the living room), and along with the game code to download the original game (awesome), Amazon also has a special pre-order bonus of the soundtrack (can we say ring-tone?), throw in the fact that it only cost me $45 to buy it on Amazon, I can’t imagine pre-ordering anywhere else. There are tons of trailers on youtube (most of which give you some idea of what the game will be like) but my favorite is the most recent, rather arty, super awesome (awesome is another way of saying disturbing in this case) teaser…. ENJOY! (oh and in case you want to make plans… I’m going to be very busy starting June 14th)
