Captive of Babel.

Phew, I am now finally starting to feel a bit more alive than dead. Hopefully soon I'll have the energy to take care of other things apart from uni work. The dissertation might be done and over with (Wohoo~~!) but there is still a lot to do the next week or so. So bear with me until I make a proper comeback... 

Anyway, I had to write here today just to inform everyone how I am totally hooked on Nana's 囚われのBabel today. Why didn't I pay much attention to this before? I love it. Can listen to it from [here] if interested. The first two seconds of the song remind me of Michael Jackson (Songs like Dirty Diana and Another Part of Me, start with a similar sound!) and then it turns to a game-ish style which makes me reminiscence the great times I had with Megaman X4 - I need to play that game again!  I love the lyrics as well, very powerful song. Definitely would be nice to see live. 

Which brings me to another point. I saw the set list for the concert she had today and it was amazing. Very strong start with songs like SCARLET KNIGHT, ETERNAL BLAZE, 恋の抑止力-type EXCITER- and HIGH-STEPPER. Can't really get much better than that! Later on really great stuff too like DISCOTHEQUE, 囚われのBabel (yay, fun coincidence!), Zankou no Gaia, UNBREAKABLE among others and the place of last song went to POP MASTER, as was to be expected. I always did say it would be a very good encore song. Really can't wait to get a combination like this on Bluray! Hopefully the set list among concerts does not change too much, since this combo kicks ass. :)

Michael Jackson: The Experience

Okay, I'm going to keep this rather short as my eyes are about to pop out of my head as a result of over-usage.. 

I was going to write about something really random today, but alas, the game store had other plans for me. I was walking through town minding my own business, when I happened to pass the game store and it dared to lure me in by having a large stand full of Michael Jackson: The Experience right at at the entrance. There are just some things one can't resist, not even when virtually broke. So in I marched and without hesitation bought myself a copy.

I have to admit I wasn't expecting much out of this even though the idea seemed fun, but man did it rock! Playing it was just so much fun. Okay sure, the dances could never be as complex and great as what MJ really did, but they've done a good job of combining signature moves with some simple ones in between. It can also be counted as proper exercise - man we were sweating buckets!

I totally loved the difficulty level system (easy -> medium -> hard -> inhuman), though they should still add the ultimate level called MJ! Anyway - the curious thing about the levels was that I got my best result when I was playing on inhuman. Guess that just proves that I am..... not human?

Fun fact: Since our living room is rather small and the only free floor space is in front of the video projector, we played the game while standing on the sofa and armchairs. The sight was rather hilarious, but I guess it was all a plus since it gave us a chance to train our balance.

The verdict: Thriller had the best dance, definitely.

Now - Good night!