03Mar2010 1745: At the End of the Tunnel

Oh goddammit. My only out would be that they haven't planned these DLC too far in advance, so maybe we might possibly finish up General Knoxx and have time to move on to another game.

Mass Effect 2? Still rockin'. At I'm guessing 80% into the storyline I finally got my hands on a decent sniper rifle -- as opposed to the first game, where one is constantly neck-deep in somewhat similar sniper rifles that all may be pretty decent. And I didn't know this until Monday, but there's an achievement for hitting guys with two psychic powers at the same time. I'm hardly using bullets any more, I just have one of my posse force-lift a bunch of dudes and I force-bitch-slap a couple of them.

[Fedro - Solo un Dia] is both generic and androgynous pop music. There should be an emoticon for a dismissive wave of a hand.

[Holiday Shores - Phones Don't Feud] plays us some indie rock from the other end of an empty arena. Imagine if you went to a Killers concert in a subway tunnel and you were the only guy there, but you still had to sit waaaaaay back in the cheap seats. Indie rock distinguishes itself with at least a little artsy pretension, but this gimmick is over the line.

[Lifehouse - Halfway Gone] skews too far in the other direction, pursuing a radio-friendly look and sound with a fervor that kind of scares me. It's just a bunch of people pretending to have fun in a park while stupid camera tricks happen. Although...does that cute redhead in the flannel have a band? I'd watch that video.

[Vita Chambers - Young Money] has forged an unholy alliance between modern pop (which I hate) and 80s pop (which can be okay). The structure and content of the song is all modern diva-look-at-me, but the instrumentation and especially the backing dude chorus are pure 80s nostalgia. I have to delete this file before I start to like it.