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13 October 2005

One Month to Go Until "The Movies" Arrives! 

I have no idea how long I've been waiting for this game, exactly, but it must be at least two years since I first heard about it, maybe even three. It certainly beats my waiting period for the first Sims game, which was a little over eight months. Anyway, Peter Molyneux, the guy who's brought us tons of exciting hours through his brilliant games (Populous and my own, personal favourite from my Amiga days (even though I never fully understood the premise, duh), Powermonger, as well as Syndicate, Theme Park, Theme Hospital, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White and Fable), is about to finish his latest creation, The Movies. It must be stated, quite expressively, that he hasn't done this on his own. He just has the idea and then the whole team of extremely talented and dedicated people embark on a huge journey together, probably through a lot of frustration, anger and hopelessness as well as happiness and great take-away meals. Meanwhile, we, the fans, are more than eagerly awaiting the next release, biting our nails and preparing by creating fan pages, making badges and t-shirts to wear to work/school, discussing the most minuscule detail in the forums and eventually almost going out of our minds.

And when a game like this, which sounds like the ultimate game for a film fanatic, god-game lover and strategy game addict hybrid like me, is being announced three or four years before its release, we can't help but feeling a little bit exciting as we are just one month away from a very plausible release date. I want to share this phenomenon with you, so read this FAQ and see if you wouldn't be the least bit excited too.

The great thing about this is that while waiting for this game I have quite recently bought a brand new computer which will be able to actually play the game. The future looked grim there for a while.

To celebrate the near release of The Movies, I will now put on Black & White 2, which the postman brought me earlier today. Won't be able to play for long, as it's Thursday and that means "write the theme tune, sing the theme tune", or "watch a programme and tape two others at the same time", as we like to call it, more or less all night. Channel 4 didn't help us out, either, by launching their new channel on Monday ("Mofo", as we call it, after a funny trail with Allison Janney and Richard Schiff (from The West Wing) trying to pronounce "More 4" in an English accent), so now we have to watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart every night. Cursed are Channel 4!

Current track: Humpty-Dumpty.

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