Dean

Rocky rocks!

It's a rainy, Saturday afternoon in Vancouver, and I've just been shopping (if we can call it that). I've come back with four DVDs, one being the latest Rocky flick.

We've just got to about half way through, and we're watching the 'training montage'.
Its fantastic, and it hasn't changed in thirty years. Same music, same locations, same cuts, same actors, same "look at me i'm running" scene with a fade out at the end.

For my money, its one of the most cinematic experiences you can find; and it begs the question - "Why the fuck doesnt this exist in videogames?"

The closest thing that I can think of, are the last few Metal Gear Solid's. Those first few notes of the MGS theme as you watch Snake do whateverthefuck it is he does, are possibly the most notorious in Videogames.

Its just a shame Metal Gear Solid plays like a retard at a MENSA meeting.

The difference between good cinematography and good gameplay, is that gameplay is always evolving. We can sit back, and watch films from the 70's and they stand up as well against the movies of 2007 as they did back in '77.

Can the same be said of games from '77?
What about '97?

By all accounts, Final Fantasy VII has been heralded as 'the' game of that year, yet its fucking terrible today.

Are we ever going to see mainstream games reach the same heights as Star Wars, The Godfather, and The French Connection? Are we going to be able to show our kids in 10/20 years time how fantastic games were 'back in the day'?

Obviously, Monkey Island is a stand out exception.

That game, will not age!