Re: What I have learned today

"Ashikaga" <citizenashi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Eek! Lord Vashnu Dragon <lordv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "Polychromic" <macecil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 04:16:09 GMT, Ashikaga <citizenashi@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Silent Hills and Resident Evil are both very scary FPS style horror
>>>>stuff.
>>>>They are alright, but they are too scary to play for me.... But for
>>>>good
>>>
>>> Too scary? Do you walk around in your creaking apartment in the dark
>>> late
>>> and night and then (thinking of things like scenes from The Sixth Sense)
>>> go scrambling in delicious fear into a lit room, certain that imminent
>>> horrific death follows you? Cool!
>>>
>>> I haven't tried those yet. Putting them on the list.
>>
>> I still remember the first time I played Resident Evil on the
>> Playstation,
>> silly dogs jumping out of that window/mirror just as I passed it in the
>> corridor. Scared the crap out of me. Other than that, I can't really
>> label
>> the game "scary".
>
> That's one of those cheap shots copied from horror movies. I hate those.
> Usually I am too obtuse to be scared by those, but I don't like the
> anticipation part of it. Usually it's the atmosphere that scares me.

When I need to go to the lil boys room at McD or Wendy's, it's usually the
stench and the color of the walls that scare me. The atmosphere is nice tho.

>
>> But, people are different. My wife punched me, asking me "why the hell
>> did
>> you take me to see this scary movie"... after we had just seen War of the
>> Worlds. Now this is a movie that can you can put maaaaany labels on, but
>> again - I wouldn't put the big red scary one on it. But that's me.
>
> Didn't know you have a wife.... Usually I am not the kind who get scared
> easily by movies.

I used to not know that either... but then I woke up one morning, 10 months
ago - and there she was!
Life is strange. I suppose The Lord Vashnu Dragon works in mysterious ways,
eh?

LVD


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