New things that actually impress you
 

Is there anything out there in the world that actually impresses you? Anything that shows some originality and gives you hope for the future of entertainment? any new or up-and-coming movies, shows, games, books, foods, ANYTHING that doesnt make you say "Oh jesus, here we go again..." but actually makes you think "Wow!"?

I have at least one thing, and i am sure many of you saw this coming:

Half-Life 2. i have never been so impressed by a game before, and i am easily impressed (in some cases). The environment is beautiful, there was a LOT of love put into the world itself. The charcter animations are great. not quite on par with what pixar puts out in theaters, but that level cant be too far off.

By far and away, the most fun i have had with a weapon in a video game so far was playing with the gravity gun last night. You can interact with almost any object using it. I just started in Ravenholm, which is a zombie-infested gothic hell, just after you get this marvelous weapon. There is nothing like firing a giant circular-saw blade at a zombie and watching it shower the area with blood as it's torso is cut in half, or firing a barrel at one and smashing it inot a wall.

Ohyes, and if you happen to catch one on fire? It screams, a lot. Apprently, the human hosts to the headcrabs arent quite completely dead yet.... it is unnerving.

Maylox (spelling ?)

it actually works.

CGI .. when needed. It has made the impossible possible.

MP3s. Walkmans, Wireless networking...

I'm lucky in a sense to be old enough to have lived half my life when these things didnt exist ...
To see dreams come true (sci fi movies that actually look real)
has been something wonderful .. I dont take them for granted.

And to share Vod's game entheusiasm which spurned him to post this topic in the first place ...sure, the well made PC games that turn your screen into another world with creatures, danger, gorgeous alien landscapes and architecture from hell ...
yeah i'd say i'm pretty impressed with those too .. even if i dont have the time to play them now ...

Re: New things that actually impress you
 

I would be impressed if kpro or arioch or bllodrayne banned amk

I'm impressed by the ever-flowing supply of reality shows.

Maaan, they just trot them things out every 5 minutes!

FANTASTIC!

:rolleyes:

Gain laundry detergent, it works and smells fucking awesome. I'm so domestic this actually makes me giddy lol

You're serious, aren't you?

lol

Well it does smell really good, and i like smelling good and ....well....it makes stuff really clean too. I even do Kelli's laundry when she comes over lol. She likes the fact i fuss over her. She calls me a sluttly version of June Cleaver:p

June Beaver :)

Hehe... Gives a whole new meaning to "ward, I think you were a littlehard on the beaver last night...."

Okay, so it isnt new, but its still funny....

Another cool thing about HL2.... There is actually a soap-opera style cat-spat at one point:
http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_eli_010017.jpg

I was cracking up.. I was just waiting for one of them to ssay "Oh no you di-int!"


I also like that they had the balls to make parts fucking gruesome:
http://scaredyet.net/pics/hl2/d1_town_010014.jpg

how abou that new reality show where the winner become CEO of Virgin enterprise??

is that for real? i cant believe the guy would just give up his empire like that LOL