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Celebrate the 400th B-day of Rembrandt DDR fans delight in 360 release If upon hearing the name Rem- By Nathan Garcia brandt the first thing that comes to Staff Writer mind is the minty-fresh paste, then you should definitely take note. Konami’s first home release of In honor of the Dutch artist’s their popular dancing simulation 400th birthday, the Oglethorpe Uni- game Dance Dance Revolution versity Museum of Art will showcase (DDR) was released for the Playsta- a touring exhibition of Rembrandt’s tion and contained a mere 30 songs works Mar. 3 through May 13. Of- or so. Over the years, the console ficially entitled Sordid and Sacred: technology improved and Konami The Beggars in Rembrandt’s Etch- ings, the exhibition includes 35 rare was able to improve on almost etchings. Tickets are $5, and more every aspect of their Playstation 2, information is available at Gamecube and Xbox varieties of museum.oglethorpe.edu. the game. Now, Konami brings the party to the next generation of game Foreign film series consoles with DDR Universe for the Xbox 360. at High Museum The game works in a deceptively simple manner. Arrows scroll up to During March the High is host- a timing marker on the screen in ing two film series: Hong Kong Pan- time to the music. When an arrow orama on Fridays and From Royalty reaches the marker, the player must to Revolution on Saturdays. step on the corresponding arrow with Image Courtesy of Konami/ Konami.com Hong Kong Panorama showcases their feet. The simplest patterns only DDR Universe for Xbox 360 boasts an extensive playlist that promises to fit the tastes of a wide variety the depth and electricity of Hong follow the most prominent beats in of music lovers. Tech student Bill Shillito has a featured song under the name of DM Ashura. Kong’s vital film culture, while From the song, but the more complex ones Royalty to Revolution looks at life match up with almost every note and Universe provides an excellent array lito, a Tech student, also has a fea- will find that every song has a Begin- in the French court and the events may require tricky foot and body of tunes, ranging from popular hits tured song under the name of DM ner level so they can enjoy the full preceding the French Revolution. positioning. like “Run It” by Chris Brown and Ashura. No matter what the player’s experience. Experts will enjoy the All films are screened at 8 p.m. At the heart of every new release “Every Time We Touch” by Cascada taste in music, they are sure to find cleverly designed step patterns and in the Richard H. Rich Theatre. of DDR is the song list. This one fac- to remixes of other Konami games something to enjoy in this game. the challenge of the Oni level. Tickets are $5. More information tor truly has the ability to make or like Castlevania and Gyruss. The steps that go along with the at high.org. break such a game. The mix onDDR Interestingly enough, Bill Shil- music are very well done. New players See DDR, page 17 R E E L R E V I E W S 3 0 0 a r t i s t i c a l l y s h o w c a s e s s e x , v i o l e n c e , S p a r t a n s

By Kenneth Baskett for three days. The Persians aren’t two years ago. not care how faithful 300 is to the that it was as aesthetically pleasing and Daniel Griffin able to defeat the Spartans until a As a comic book adapted for the author’s book. as possible. Senior Staff Writer/ Staff Writer traitor tells Xerxes of a secret pass big screen, 300 excels. The film stays Thankfully, Snyder has trans- Shot on digital cameras, 300’s that will allow him to encircle the very true to its source, with many lated 300 into an epic that easily scenes have a grainy appearance that The story of the Battle of Thermo- Greeks. This little bit of history is the of the lines and images torn directly stands with the greats of its genre, often compliments the mood. pylae is perhaps the coolest in all of inspiration for the new movie 300, from the pages. Snyder could have like The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Sometimes, however, the limits of ancient history. If you have forgotten directed by Zack Snyder. relied almost exclusively on the novel Gladiator. digital film become apparent. your history classes, then I will give The film is an adaptation of the as a storyboard for the film. Fans Do not assume by this compari- At times the film is purposely ma- you a quick refresher. graphic novel of the same name of Miller’s work will be very happy son, however, that 300 is somehow nipulated to appear gritty from the King Leonidas and a force of 300 written and illustrated by Frank with the film. a new version of one of these films. digital feed, but instead it just looks Spartan soldiers manage to hold Miller, the same Miller who penned But if that is all the film had going Beyond the surface similarities of heavily grained and unfocused. off the Persian army of Xerxes the the Sin City series that was trans- for it, it would be far from successful. huge armies with spears and arrows, With close-ups and wide pans Great, which numbers somewhere formed (with the help of Robert The majority of moviegoers have 300 is quite the digital per- between 100,000 and 1,000,000, Rodriguez) into a very popular film never heard of Miller, so they will original. forms exactly as My first im- expected; it is the pression of the middle ground, film was that it however, about was beautiful. fifteen yards from Just like Sin 300 the camera, where City, the cin- Cast: Gerard Butler, digital cameras ematography Lena Headey are most limit- offers up visual Director ing. splendors that : Zack Snyder While 300 is would look Running time: 117 min worth seeing just more fitting in Rating: R for its stunning an art exhibit cinematography, than on the big that is not the screen. only reason. Snyder chose to film nearly the Gerard Butler, most famous for entire movie in front of a green screen his role as the phantom in The Phan- and then paint in the backgrounds tom of the Opera, plays Leonidas with with computer-generated imagery. a tenacity and confidence normally This creates a world that you truly reserved for more famous faces. His need to see to believe. calm, yet aggressive attitude makes From the open fields of the Greek his numerous one-liners all the more countryside to the waves crashing believable and allows him to steal Photo Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures against the cliffs near the Hot Gates, the screen in every shot. Shot on digital camera’s, many of 300’s scenes contain backgrounds that were later filled with computer- every second of film seems as though generated imagery. This creates a film that honors the graphic novel from which it was adapted. it was looked at individually to insure See 300, page 16 16 • Friday, March 9, 2007 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT

from page 15 puts you straight into the action, Asian comic tells of career mishaps 300 usually following one soldier as he hacks his way through dozens Eliot Chang visits during Asian Awareness Week Well, every shot in which he is of Persians. The way the blood is not accompanied by Lena Headey splattered, in slow-motion globules the goal of becoming a doctor. He comedian based out of New York. (Queen Gorgo). bursting from the speared enemies, graduated from S.U.N.Y. Binghamp- Chang is also the official spokes- Headey manages to pull off the is a fantastic touch to the rampant ton with a bachelor’s degree in biol- person for his A-Nation clothing revealing Greek outfits and requi- battle scenes. ogy before subsequently enrolling in line, which produces funky T-shirts site sex scene with a sophisticated In addition, the mythical crea- a seven-year medical program. and apparel. elegance which provides a wonder- tures are done very satisfactorily, But four years into the program, He has appeared on numerous ful contrast to the brutal Spartan and Xerxes’ voice is so jarring that despite his parents best wishes, he television shows, most notably as a warriors. if feels as if it’s thundering through dropped out and became a Wall featured comic on Comedy Central’s In addition, Headey delivers some your chest. Street broker for two years. Premium Blend. of the best dialog in the film in scenes The film also manages to work It was only after his time as a Since 1998, Chang has made with The Wire’s Dominic West. in scenes of eroticism in ways that broker that Chang finally took the annual, nationwide tours across But a lot of movies have good are sometimes beautiful and others plunge and decided to pursue comedy college campuses, entertaining acting, so why see 300? Because it’s vulgar. full-time. student groups cool as hell. Sex immediately becomes the H e e x - and presenting The battle scenes, of which there center of attention, no matter what is pressed the his post-show are quite a few, are some of the most happening in the surrounding scenes. difficulty of “I dropped by an w o r k s h o p , impressive I’ve ever seen. It steals the focus of the viewer for no breaking the open mic night and “Asians in the The fight choreography alone is apparent reason other than to show news to his Media.” amazing, but when combined with a sex scene, but I suppose this isn’t parents, who had an epiphany... The work- the slow, then fast, then slow motion such a serious complaint. wanted him You don’t choose shop is designed again technique used throughout All of these elements combine to pursue his as an interactive the film creates a rhythm that is to create one of the best movies of medical ca- your calling—it question and gripping to watch. And the way the year. By Jonathan Saethang reer. chooses you. I mean, answer session in which the battles are shown is As long as you’re not offended Staff Writer “My parents that discusses completely different. by excessive violence, make plans to were extremely no one becomes the portrayal Gone are the wide shot battle go see this movie. It opens today at Sporting a T-shirt with “ASIAN pissed…telling of Asians in the scenes showing entire armies. 300 regular theaters and IMAX. SOUL” printed across the front and them that I was a taxidermist by mass media and armed with a barrage of witty jokes giving up my chance.” the necessity to and delightfully crazy facial expres- education and break stereo- sions, Eliot Chang supplied over an a job was like Eliot Chang types and pro- hour of laughter to Tech students telling them Comedian mote cultural February 27, 2007, as a featured part I was coming awareness. of Asian Awareness Week. out of the closet “In the me- “How many people have seen a or something,” dia, Asians are male Asian comic who did not make Chang said. only cool or accepted when they fun of Asians, was assertive and kinda Chang stressed the importance have assimilated into another cul- cute?” Chang said. of passion and interest in one’s ture…and have fallen victim to the Indeed, Chang’s humor was profession, citing it as the key to ‘wannabe syndrome,’ which stems smart, raunchy, risky and fearless, satisfaction and his reason for pursu- from a lack of cultural self-aware- eliciting roaring laughter from at- ing comedy. ness,” Chang said. tendees. “I dropped by an open mic night It was indeed notable that the “You know, my philosophy on life and had an epiphany, a moment of topic of Chang’s comedy did not is that I just don’t give a [expletive]! clarity. I saw the microphone and reinforce any typical Asian stereo- I say and do what I want, what feels crowd and thought, ‘This is it. This is types; rather, it was backed up by right. My advice to you guys—let what I’m supposed to do.’ You don’t quick wit and lots of energy. loose, don’t be a [expletive] giver,” choose your calling—it chooses you. “I’m not here to use stereotypes to Chang said. I mean, no one becomes a taxidermist make fun of my own culture—any- And Chang has clearly lived his by chance,” Chang said. one can do that. I’m here to have a Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures life by this motto. Like many other Chang is a boundary breaker. He good time and promote awareness,” Persian King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his massive army of 1 students, he attended college with is a Chinese-American professional Chang said. million fight to the last man against the Spartan army in 300.

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well and animate smoothly, and from page 15 the background videos are exciting Assassins opens at DramaTech DDR and attention-grabbing, but some Universe does not stop at a single players may find them distracting. game mode, either. Quest Mode tasks Too much action on the screen slows Comedy tells of presidents’ murderers players with going around North down the frame rate by a noteworthy America to establish themselves as amount. The announcer also starts By Arcadiy Kantor the dancing master. to grate after a while. Fortunately, Senior Editor All of the unlockable content is these issues can all be addressed in accessed through this mode as well. the option menus. Full of gunshots, delusions of Challenge Mode This game grandeur and insanity, Assassins is requires the play- can be played a comical musical take on some of ers to clear songs Xbox live also allows with the stan- America’s greatest tragedies: the as- under specific dard controller, sassinations of a number of American conditions. players to challenge but playing the presidents (and attempts at such). Party Mode others from all game with the DramaTech originally presented boasts several included pad is the play in 1993 and decided to revive modes of play for over the US and the best idea. it for their 60th season based on its multiple players, download new songs Still, people past popularity. even those who may find it a little It is easy to see why it enjoyed suc- wish to play on for a nominal fee. difficult to pass cess at the time of its Tech premiere, three or four the harder songs as the play’s blend of dark humor pads at once or without the pad and insightful perspectives into the Photo by Ben Keyserling/ Student Publications dance through a five-minute long moving around. They are durable, minds of some of the most notable mix of songs. but here is hoping that Konami or American anti-heroes makes for a Based on a book by John Weidman, Assassins, a new musical comedy, some other company make a reliable, addresses the attacks on seven of America’s former presidents. Those who wish to make their highly enjoyable evening. own step routines can use the Edit stiffer pad. Based on a book by John Weid- Mode. Xbox Live also allows players The Xbox 360 also only has two man, Assassins paints a lyrical picture few, like the infamous John Wilkes Rob Abraham, portraying John to challenge others from all over the USB ports, so plugging in more than of the attacks on Presidents Lincoln, Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald, Wilkes Booth, and Jayme Holmes, US and download new songs for a two pads is not possible. However, Garfield, McKinley, Roosevelt, gained notoriety. portraying Lynette Fromme, are nominal fee. to get the most enjoyment out of Nixon, Ford and Reagan. The DramaTech production is particularly outstanding. As mentioned earlier, the music the game, two pads are generally Each of these presidents’ assassins outstanding, particularly in light The play’s music and lyrics are and gameplay is wonderful, but the most needed at any point in (successful or otherwise) is repre- written by one of America’s most there are a few flaws in the graph- time. Anyone who loves music will sented in the play, and the audience prominent stage musical compos- ics. The characters are rendered certainly enjoy this game. is treated to an exploration of what Based on a book ers, Stephen Sondheim, notable for makes these people tick through a by John Weidman, writing the lyrics for classics such as series of interrelated vignettes. West Side Story, and the quality and The motivations of these assassins Assassins paints a variety of the songs impresses. ran the gamut. Some, like Booth, lyrical picture of the The opening and final song, believed they were acting to protect “Everybody’s Got the Right,” is the nation, while others had particu- attacks of Presidents particularly amusing when placed larly outlandish motivations, such as Lincoln, Garfield, in the context of planning assas- Giuseppe Zangara, who attempted sinations. to kill Franklin Roosevelt because McKinley, Roosevelt, The liberally sprinkled insanity he was convinced that Roosevelt Nixon, Ford and of some of the characters provides was somehow responsible for his a humorous backdrop to the more excruciating abdominal pain. Reagan. serious examination of the motiva- One link that ties all of them tions of assassins like Booth and together is the urge for recognition, Czolgosz. whether by the masses at large or by of the limited resources of a student Overall, however, despite its a specific person (like John Hinckley, theater troupe. gloomy theme and lofty aspirations, who believed killing Ronald Reagan Each assassin is excellent in his the play is very clearly meant to would lead Jodie Foster to fall madly or her own right, smoothly belting entertain rather than educate. Image Courtesy of Konami/Konami.com in love with him). out the various songs and deliver- Luckily, the DramaTech produc- Dance Dance Revolution Universe’s party mode has a five-minute long Unfortunately for them, only a ing jokes. tion is quite successful at that. mix of songs and lets up to four players compete at once. Join the j Better Ingredients. 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theater-goers | engineers 18 • Friday, March 9, 2007 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT Sudoku puzzle 10101010TWO BITS01101010 Fill in the grid so that every row, column and Two Bits revels in life’s simpler things 3x3 box contains the digits one through nine. I, Two Bits Woman, have a love/ supposed to have made “simplifying with internal angles that add to 180 hate relationship with Tech (except assumptions” or “remembered the degrees or less are inherently tastier 5 6 for the physics department, that’s a integral form of the step function than foods with total internal angles mutual hate/hate relationship). from a previous course.*” greater than 180 degrees. I love Tech during the first week of Boobs**. Ladies, rest assured, Discovering the class average. 1 7 4 3 fall semester, before all of my classes regardless of your boobs’ shape, color, We’ve all been there. You took the really get going and everything feels texture, size***, volume or mass, men exam, everyone thought it was hard. like rainbows, are still obsessed You feel pretty good about it…until 2 9 puppies a nd w it h t h e m . you get it back. Those four sheets bright, shiny, Your underarms They’re the one of paper are dripping bloody red 1 8 7 5 new pennies. wave more than body part that pen and there’s a nice, big, fat 45 The fresh- can never go percent scrawled across the top. men a re a ll Miss America? That’s wrong. And you can’t really afford to drop 8 2 6 bright-eyed and okay, because one A t l a n t a the class, as it’s required and you’re wandering like weather makes trying to get out of here in less than lost orphan ur- of the fundamental your hair resem- 14 semesters. 7 9 4 2 chins, and those truths of the ble a particularly Then there’sthat kid. You know of us that are endearing Q- him: he usually sits near the front, returning feel universe...is that tip? Your un- badgers the professor about margin- 1 5 optimistic and boys like boobs... derarms wave ally relevant subjects and wants to prepared for a more than Miss know the exact format of the exam. new year. America? That’s He is annoying, spastic and the only 8 4 2 5 At the moment, though, Tech okay, because one of the fundamental day you like him is the day you get hates me. And since my midterms truths of the universe (other than the exams back. This dude is brave 3 4 of death and/or eternal torment, fire velocity ≤ 2.99*108 m/s) is that boys enough to ask, “What was the class and brimstone, I hate it back. like boobs, including yours. average?” Bingo! The class average So it’s the little things that get Sandwiches cut into triangles. was 39 percent, so you have a B! me through the day. Everybody knows this is true, but The moral of today’s story is that Here is my tribute to the finer nobody knows w h y . Tech rates about 10 on the Moh’s things in life. Sandwiches cut scale****, but even hard Diet Dr. Pepper. It’s a refreshing into triangles things can be beautiful change from Diet Coke (come on—I taste better than (and if one of you know I’m not the only one addicted). sandwiches cut says, “That’s what Yet, it’s still full of fizzy, calorie-free, into rectan- SHE said,” I will end caffeine-laden goodness. gles. you). Warm paper. There’s nothing One theory * B i t e like getting a freshly copied test, holds that it is me. still warm from the copier. It helps because you eat ** Hey, me know that my procrastinating the sandwich if men get professor has just finished creating from the middle to talk about their the exam that is about to own me. out so you get to wangs, then I get This also means that the exam the guts of the to talk about my will be riddled with mistakes and sandwich first and boobs. problems that could only be solved get less bread crust ***I knew you were By Jamie Howell / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS with five extra pieces of information taste. I prefer a gonna ask. 34 DD. ashion on campus exists? Anees Awani and Marc Maier, both because the professor didn’t have more geometrical argu- ****Moh’s scale—one of Tech students, modeled the newest styles Wednesday during the time to look it over. Not that ment, which I have formalized into several definitions of “hardness,” FashionF Focus, a show held in the Ferst Center for the Arts. he or she will care, because we were the Twobitsian theorem: all foods diamond rates 10 on Moh’s scale.

sliver www.nique.net/sliver -Dan J JP ask Luisa out already. W I really hope my 2020 lab is not due this week The klaus, the klaus, the klaus is on fire News flash to all you “studs” out there looking for “attractive Tech girls”; you’re not so hot yourselves. Try going outside once in a while. PDT - 16-0-1 english nerds piss me off Quality album, eh Poole? High quality or poor quality? Awful writing makes me sad. Quality - n. Definition # 4 - high grade; superiority; excellence. Before insulting my writers, why don’t you try consulting a dictionary? WTF mate??? RPGs are confusing. Sometimes I mix up Role Playing Games and Rocket Propelled Grenades ... talk about a serious difference of pwnage factor stupid Macs has winnie woken up and asked you out? am i winnie? who are you? more slivers on page 33 So one of my group members is trying to boss me, a bossy person, around, but I can’t say anything because I want the group to get along.....the rage is slowly building up inside. jazzman’s needs longer hours! Roxy is foxy! - luv Yuki People need to stop complaining about the Technique and actually get off their asses and contribute to it already. Turns out that if you constantly accuse your club officers of conspiring against you that *surprise* they WILL conspire against you “It’s a backwards attraction to your forward eyes” Callie, you really should break up your submissions so they’re not all in one place. Huhueee~ After 40 days going through the desert, the One Patriarch will come back stronger! I heart Paul Byrne :) See page 25 for more Slivers! ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, March 9, 2007 • 19 THEME CROSSWORD: MEN OF LETTERS

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