10.07.2015 Views

Memory-Insufficient-spec-alt

Memory-Insufficient-spec-alt

Memory-Insufficient-spec-alt

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

years, and I only noticed the setting because I wasbored. With the generic names like Fairfield andNewburg I never realized it was Pennsylvania.The camera at the beginning of Blood Harvest pansover a sign that says “Allegheny National Forest,”but I must have been goofing off with my friends orskipped the cutscene. I’ve never been to the forestin person, so it’s not like I would have recognizedit, but the name “Allegheny” is so Pennsylvanianthat I should have known sooner.Instead, each new locale wasLorem Ipsum, USA to me: a quietplaceholder meant to not distractplayers from their objectiveof survival.After the zombie slaying session I become slightlydisappointed at this new information. Granted,Pennsylvania isn’t the most exciting state, but Ifeel as though Valve could have thrown in moreunique environments. Imagine cutting throughhordes of undead civil war soldiers on the fieldsof Gettysburg, running up the stairs of the PhiladelphiaMuseum of Art like Rocky to get to shelter,or knocking a corpse off of one of Pittsburgh’snumerous bridges. Six years later I get the leveldesign I’m looking for.* * *Everyone on Twitter can’t stop talking aboutThe Last of Us and I give in. Rather, my Playstation3-owning friend, who I also convinced to getJourney so I could experience it, gives in. I watchthe Hank Williams trailer from Gamescon overand over to sate my desire as he plays. When thecredits stop rolling he calls to me from down thehall. The eerie guitar of Gusatvo Santaolalla, thegame’s composer, pours out of the subwoofer aslight from the TV illuminates the otherwise pitch-

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!