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Saturday, May 21, 2005
New Model | Well, I finally received my Nintendo DS and Electroplankton yesterday.
Although I've had an interest in Electroplankton, actually experiencing it in the flesh makes a whole lot of difference. The physical act of interacting with the little plankton and the kind of sound you can produce is pretty remarkable.
I'm not sure if I have a favourite game yet (within Electroplankton), as they are all pretty fun. A couple are relatively boring for me (Lumiloop is probably my least favourite), but the others are all very good. The one I spent the most time with so far would have to be Beatnes. When you see it demonstrated at GDC, I think it seems somewhat boring. But when you play it yourself, it's highly addictive.
Playing Electroplankton is almost like meditation. Some plankton put you in a complete trance, where the outside world disappears and where you only notice colour and sound. It's truly not like any game I've played; it's truly a "media art" experience. The extremely high quality of the sound samples, combined with the precision of the stylus really help to make that so.
I will have to take some photos to show you at some point; even the book for Electroplankton is incredibly cool. It's said that Toshio Iwai (the creator) spent as much time on the book as on the game itself. I can definitely see why; the book is gorgeous, every single page is beautifully hand-drawn. None of the instructions even seem to be printed as such...the whole layout and everything has a very artistic, hand-made feel to it.
In any case, now that I have a DS, I'll be ready to visit your Animal Crossing towns and play against you in Mario Kart later this year. I really look forward to that. ~_^
Today I also picked up Super Mario 64 DS. I'm enjoying it; the changes are pretty cool. In regard to control, I'm so far preferring the D-Pad over stylus control. The latter is nice, but it seems a bit too "slippery" for me. Having said that, D-Pad control's biggest drawback (apart from the fact that Mario now controls just a bit more like a truck) is that it hurts my thumb. I mean, it puts a great deal of strain on it. No good.
Nevertheless, it's a fun game and I enjoy the fact that I can now play that game on a handheld system. The mini-games are also rather good, from what I've experienced so far.
Anyway, this style change was kind of random. I decided to go for something very light and washed-out. It's based on the Mechanical Animals album, as many of you will probably already be able to see. Right now I'm deciding on which song from that album I should put up here. In terms of raw sound, I love The Dope Show. But the lyrics in I Don't Like the Drugs are amazing. There are a number of other songs on that album that I really like (User Friendly and New Model No. 15 are my other favourites), but eh, I don't know. In any case, I felt this'd be a good temporary change, until I feel like coming up with something totally different.
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