Lyric Video And Game Review

Finally Finished

So I spent the last week (half an hour a day) working on this lyric video for the song Can't Hug Every Cat and for the first time ever I was able to finish a lyric video.

You see, the thing with kinetic typography lyrics is that you have to type out every single word, then find the first frame of every word that is sung, and then you have to animate the words. Along with straining to hear words along
with the music, you also get really sick of the song (I never want to hear Can't Hug Every Cat). It's a tedious process, but the outcome looks great. Anyhow, it's good that the video is finally done.

If you're wondering what a kinetic typography lyric video looks like, the video will be right below this paragraph. I was hoping to take requests, but I doubt anybody except for friends will ask for any.

Cry of Fear

The title speaks for itself. Cry of Fear is a horror game that has gone far since it was released. Developed by Team Psykskallar, it was a Half-Life (yes, the first Half-Life) mod. The thing about Cry of Fear was that it was completely original and only ran on the engine for Half-Life. The game has since then been developed into a stand alone, which means you don't need Half-Life anymore.

Although the graphics aren't what we are used to in "modern" games, the voice acting and cut scenes satisfy and compliment the actual horror of the game. As I loaded up the game, I couldn't help but feel confident that I wouldn't be easily scared by this old game. I cannot tell you how wrong I was. After the beginning of the game, I was already scared as hell. I honestly felt like throwing my headset and computer out of the window and never seeing that game again.

Fortunately I came across a bug in the game (however it took me four more jump scares to find out that the bug didn't have a fix).

The game is really just unsettling and just hammers at you until you break and scream. It uses a lot of subtle gestures of horrors (I personally find that very "nice" in a horror game) and the warning at the beginning does not joke around (except for the suicide part, but hey, it's an old game): "This game contains violence and gore, and can cause fear, depression, heart failure and suicide." The warning also has the background of a guy with a shotgun pointed at where his head used to be and what I assumed was the remains of his brain splattered on the wall.

Cry of Fear is completely free to play (I try to keep it this way so anybody can try out any games) and is available for download on Steam (the link on the official site isn't working as of now). Seriously though, if you were genuinely scared by Slender, you should not try out this game. But hey, I'm not responsible for any scarring.

I've Written A Lot

A lot of the posts that act as a game review as well are really long and it feels like I'd be killing anybody who is still reading after the review, so I'll end it here. It seems I just get carried away and try to jam every single aspect of the game into a few paragraphs. Whoopsies.

It's been a pretty relaxing weekend so far. I'd have to give today a 8. My hands smell like chlorine.

"In fair weather prepare for foul." - Thomas Fuller