Experienced Points column<\/a>, because the events here don’t just fail to cater to women, but will repel some. Like I said in the article, if you reversed the genders in the game I’d enjoy it a lot less, because building a harem of pliant hunks isn’t very high on my agenda. Perhaps the game is satirizing me in some way that’s too subtle for me to detect. Maybe Pratchett is making fun the male drive to “get girls”. I dunno. <\/p>\nOn a completely unrelated note: Mistress Kelda was my favorite. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/td><\/tr><\/table>One thing that struck me was the music during the jungle section. I kept feeling like I’d heard it before, in another game. It was some sort of ambient… electronic… jungle… synth… thing<\/em>. Descent<\/a>? Hmmm. I don’t think so. But something old. Eventually I found myself picturing the jungles of Na Pali. No, not the real N\u00c4\u0081 Pali<\/a>. I’m talking about the planet from Unreal<\/a>. Sure enough, both games have the same composer<\/a>. I’ve never read the name Michiel Van De Bos before, but his work has always appealed to me on some deep, atavistic level. He’s behind music from Unreal, Unreal Tournament, and Deus Ex. These are all games where I would listen to the soundtrack on its own, and his style is distinctive enough that I was reminded of his work from a decade ago without realizing there was any connection. I think it’s all those synth strings he uses. <\/p>\n
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<\/td><\/tr><\/table>It’s also interesting that this game was written by a woman. The “mistresses” you collect in the game are what inspired me to write my most recent