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[cherrymilk]

Every time I have a lot of work, I always want to play video games. Thank GOD I don't have my PS3 in Davis with me, or I'd be on that thing all the time. (Haha, just kidding, I would feel way too guilty and I'd get really hard on myself for not studying instead.)

Anyway, breyzyyin wrote a huge, long (amazing!) entry about the Mass Effect triology, and that

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[pete_thomas]

Oh absolutely. I'll definitely finish it up, because I still have a lot of unanswered questions about what's going on at this part in the game anyway. There's still some major cliffhangers I'm sitting on from Revelations (though the Desmond missions, as annoying as the first person view was, were absolutely excellent for giving us more about the backstory). I think my absolute only gripe with the Ezio trilogy came in the middle/endish, when you could play some of the Altair missions which allowed you to get more insight to what happened to him, and they CHANGED HIS VOICE. I get it, they were trying to give him a more middle eastern accent since that's where he was from, essentially, but you can't go from an American accented Altair to a Middle Eastern one! It just doesn't work that way. So I was miffed through all of those missions. Voice actor/ress swaps are my worst enemy.

It is surprising that you don't know much about American History as it seems that most people outside of America know a lot about other countries in general, but then again, I know very little about the history of other countries myself, so I can't really say anything. I think it's expected for Americans to be ignorant to everything around them save for themselves. I, on the other hand, love digging around on Wikipedia alone just to read the vast amounts of history that are bred with each country. Italy in particular piqued my interest thanks to AC, and I admittedly looked to see if there was truly a war between assassins and templars anywhere in the history of the world (not so much, it seems).

[cherrymilk]

I hated, hated, HATED that they changed Altair's voice actor. It's funny, because I never really minded that he happened to sound more American versus more Middle Eastern (I think he's meant to be Syrian, but it's never really confirmed) - in fact, I got used to it. It was just awkward hearing him speak with another language. I don't know if Ubisoft knows this, but keeping voice actors constant helps keep things smooth and continuous. It sometimes feels like you're dealing with a completely different character when their voice actor has changed.

I actually know a lot (maybe too much) about European history, which is what I was taught in school instead. They hit on all the small American things like the New Deal and certain assassinations, but we were mostly focused on what was happening in Europe. Even as children, when American kids were being taught about presidents, we were being taught everything there was to know about Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. I think it's because the primary schools were mostly British, really.

Wikipedia is a rabbit hole for me. Once I click something, I NEVER leave. That's why I know so many useless things. Oh, the hours I spent reading about the Borgia scandal. At least AC is good for something. :p

[pete_thomas]

I'm glad I'm not the only one. My face literally dropped when I heard his new accent, and I wanted to throw my controller and be all "DONE!" with it. But I refrained. If they don't know, then they need to be told. Because that was devastating. As for his nationality, you're correct on him being Syrian born.

That makes sense. I wished our schools had options for more diverse history classes. We never had the option to delve into World History.

Oh gosh, I know! No sooner did I finish mentioning that I was on a aeronautics kick. I spent the last half an hour of work reading about various types of jets, helicopters, the Wright Brothers, diseases that were prevalent in their ages, speeds of planes, what happened to the Concorde, etc. It's just so fun to learn that stuff. I think that's why I enjoyed school so much.