bless the french

What's with all le parkour in video games lately? I shouldn't say "lately" because, you know, Prince of Persia, but I mean Assassin's Creed came out in 2007 and Mirror's Edge a year later, and Ubisoft and EA DICE have announced sequels for both, respectively. And it looks like Ubisoft is doing it again with Beyond Good and Evil 2. I actually forgot a sequel was coming out - I have the first one and I liked it - but there's this Mysterious, Recently Leaked Footage purportedly from BG&E 2. Certainly looks like Jade, anyway. And it looks great.

Looking up the wiki page for BG&E 2, the detail that jumps out at me is that it was first announced by Ubisoft at a press conference in the Louvre. The Louvre! Fancy! France is a country that takes its video game industry seriously. Imagine Activision holding their press conferences in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Mirror's Edge is frustrating, but I'm mostly enjoying Assassin's Creed. It takes me back to good old platforming days, the kind of gameplay I enjoy the best - I find the combat in both games to be a pain in the ass and I'd rather just run and climb and jump around.


It is interesting that as I'm currently expressing an interest in library science and archives, I keep meeting people who work in libraries or have friends who are archivists. I guess I just have to keep talking to people.

The sun is coming up and it's past 6 am. I've gotten myself into an ill-advised sleeping pattern, where I stay up until the sun's up and then sleep well into the afternoon. I'm going to have to train myself to go to bed at a normal time again.