When Microsoft’s XBox 360 launches this fall, the expectation is that the system’s must-have game will be Perfect Dark Zero, the prequel to the best-selling first-person shooter Perfect Dark on the Nintendo 64. But wait! some fanboys are saying. Isn’t there already a prequel to Perfect Dark? Wasn’t it called GoldenEye, since Perfect Dark wasContinue reading “On the Literary Perfect Dark”
Tag Archives: James Bond
On The Living Daylights
Don’t ask me why, but I decided to watch a James Bond film today. Maybe it was a thread on TrekBBS where I defended George Lazenby’s work on On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Maybe it was another thread on TrekBBS about voting for Worst Bond Video Game. Maybe. I like the character–I’ve read the Flemings,Continue reading “On The Living Daylights”
An offense to the ears
I heard today Madonna’s theme song to the new James Bond film, Die Another Day. It’s utter crap. I’m not sure where to begin in describing how truly terrible a song this is. It’s not even a song. It’s just some sort of electronic syncopated rhythm with Madonna chanting over and over again, her voiceContinue reading “An offense to the ears”