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MAX PAYNE

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By Philip Tharp By Kenny Phillips Senior Staff Writer Staff Writer

What raises Max Payne above other videogame adaptations are its spectacular visu- Hail to the chief! W. is about the man, the legend and in some lights the goof Presi- als and sumptuous set pieces. Although the new movie starring Mark Wahlberg and dent George W. Bush. Oliver Stone commemorates the Bush administration with a Atlanta’s own Ludacris is nothing Oscar-worthy, it is entertaining. Ludacris recently parting gift by putting one more egg on their face. introduced Max Payne at the movie’s red carpet event in Atlanta, and he said that if Focusing on what drove Bush to become the 43rd president of this nation, W. fea- you enjoyed movies such as Blade, you would have fun with Max Payne. tures many more events in Bush’s life than the cursory glance it gives his time in office. The movie follows Detective Max Payne (Wahlberg) three years after his wife and Although set when Bush is in office, multiple flashbacks keep the film rolling on the newborn child were murdered. Haunted by this unfortunate past, Payne has become president’s life before the 2000 election. The movie scrolls though the days from the obsessed with finding the man who disappeared, so much so that he has been reduced fraternity-pledging “Junior” to Bush’s early political career. to filing old, unsolved cases. Introducing the characters lacks any difficulty. Acting as Bush throughout his adult Things change when Max meets a young woman at a party, who is found murdered life, Josh Brolin does an astounding job of capturing the president’s mannerisms. The the next day, during one of his ventures in search of the killer. Max is pinned as the cast of the president’s cabinet (including Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney, Jeffrey prime suspect. As Max delves deeper into the case he encounters the murdered young Wright as General Colin Powell and Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice) also takes woman’s sister, an assassin named Mona (Mila Kunis). Max also has several run-ins their roles with a measure of salt. The cabinet members succeed on striking the perfect with internal affairs agent Jim Bravura (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges). level of acting authenticity between satire and canon. With each successive scene in the film, the plot becomes progressively more trans- W. is not far removed from Stone’s previous voyeurism of Nixon in his 1995 film. parent. This lack of captivating sequences was amplified by poor acting by almost The Watergate Scandal in Nixon was not given much detail, making it a twin to the everyone involved. Wahlberg played Payne with far too little emotion, Kunis was a portrayal of the Iraq War in W. Many other disasters of Bush’s presidency are cut. The poor casting choice for the role of Mona and Chris O’Donnell (where has he been the World Trade Center attack was reduced to a footnote and Katrina was not motioned at past few years?) does little with a throwaway role. The only light at the end of this dark all. Even the details of the Iraq War were minimized. tunnel filled with boring actors was Ludacris, but his brief appearances on screen only The only thing the film does very well is put a visually pleasing timeline to Bush’s left me (and the audience) wanting more of his character. legacy. Despite these drawbacks in acting, the highly stylistic and brooding shots that per- This film is very innovative for being released during the Bush presidency, but his- vade almost each and every scene of Max Payne add a wonderful neo-noir tone to an torically it will just be a mediocre film. Although I still recommend the movie for its already bleak film. The director, John Moore, was also successful in translating much acting and the insightful ending, I caution those that are looking for many cheap of the spirit and style of the videogame on screen. laughs at Bush’s expense to look somewhere else. Overall, Max Payne is a fairly successful, visually appealing adaptation of a the- matically dark videogame. And yes, the ending leaves things open for a sequel. See Films, page 20

Underoath unloads musical mayhem at Masquerade By Hamza Hasan of listeners rapt with attention. Following TDWP, Saosin per- Assistant Online Editor Though almost all of the audience formed for the hundreds. members were hardcore listeners, Like TDWP, they were per- Underoath, the metalcore/ most approved of his message and sonal in their interaction with the post-hardcore band from Florida, recognized his immense talent, crowd, keeping true to the roots toured with contemporary bands especially from his song “Stand of their performance history, like The Devil Wears Prada and Saosin Up.” Afterwards, the hardcore most hardcore bands do. as well as rapper P.O.S. Their stop bands made their appearances. Their popular songs “7 Years” at the Masquerade last Thursday The Devil Wears Prada and “We’re Not Alone” had many and Friday provided their hard- (TDWP), a relatively young fans singing along. Seeing Saosin core listeners an extremely memo- band (active since 2005), is a perform their meaningful and rable show, as they played both well-known Christian metalcore intelligent songs is different than new and old songs, and created an band. With powerful breakdowns watching the live rehash the nor- environment only available from and exceptional musical ability, mal pop stars usually perform. artists of the hardcore genre. TDWP is known to give the audi- By speaking to the audience With plenty of moshing and ence a show as good as the mean- and appreciating the audience’s jockeying in an intense and zeal- ing and quality of their songs. own performance (complete with ous crowd, the Heaven room of After seeing them live, it’s ob- moshing, crowd surfing and water the Masquerade was alive with a vious that TDWP is a band more spraying), Saosin’s personal and vehement audience. Though the concerned with their performance garage-band feel combined with tour just started, the expectations – their CD doesn’t sound as good their impressive set list left most were high – the audience was con- compared to hearing and experi- viewers breathless. fident in the ability and aptitude encing them live. With major hits Both TDWP and Saosin took of the forthcoming bands. like “HTML Rulez d00d,” a new about twenty minutes to set up, First to perform was P.O.S., song that they performed only for but Underoath took nearly for- a relatively up-and-coming rap- the third time and closing with ty-five minutes to set the stage. per from Minneapolis. His re- their epic “Hey John, What’s Your When they did, however, the wait freshing and inspired lyrics were Name Again?” it was no wonder was completely worth it. transfused with solid beats and why fans were chanting the word See Underoath, page 19 accompaniment to keep all sorts “Prada” repeatedly. Photo by Michael James / Student Publications

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Underoath from page 17 New Hi-Rez creates Global Agenda By Andrew Ho Contributing Writer

The chances are that if you buy a video or computer game today from a retail store, it’s been published by huge companies like Elec- tronic Arts, its recent rival Activision-Blizzard, or THQ. While companies like these make up a majority of the video game market, the industry has more than enough room for small- er, independent studios to make a name for themselves. The state of Georgia certainly has aspirations to stake a claim in this burgeoning frontier with a slew of incentives and benefits for game studios based in the state, whether it’s to attract bigger com- panies to Atlanta or for local talent to form their own companies. One notable example on the rise is Hi-Rez Studios, founded and stationed in North Atlanta. Founded in 2005, Hi-Rez Studios was created as an indepen- dent game studios based in Alpharetta and currently has over 40 people on their team developing for their sci-fi shooter MMOG (Massively-Multiplayer Online Game), Global Agenda. Photo by Michael James/Student Publications Last week, I attended a tour of Hi-Rez Studios for a look at what Hardcore fans of Underoath, Saosin, The Devil Wears Prada and P.O.S. enjoy jumping, dancing and goes on behind the scenes of an upcoming video game. Though it moshing at the Masquerade’s back-to-back performances of the metal medley on Oct. 16 and 17. was situated throughout a rather large office building, my first stop in the studio was the workspace for the artists. Standing in the middle, about knew this was a special moment. because this was a one of a kind Most of the people working there were too focused on the level twenty feet away from the central The lights flashed, the music performance. The band provided and character design to take much notice of visitors, either keeping microphone and the stage, recu- erupted, flooding forth, and the an array of some of their great- their attention on a character model in their 3ds Max software or perating from the performances of audience moshed and jumped est hits, including “Writing on scribbling new designs into a Wacom graphics tablet. That wasn’t the previous bands, it was discon- with more vigor and intensity the Walls” and “In Regards to the case with all of the artists, of course. certing how long the band took than with any of the previous Myself.” Underoath did not dis- Coleman Bryant, a Computational Media alum who graduated to start. That sense of impatience bands. Even with musical ability appoint their already attentive in May ’07, currently works at Hi-Rez Studios as a level designer. and restlessness reinforced the ex- and technique discarded, the per- audience, and with the previous He’d taken an internship with them for a semester and had heard perience that was Underoath. formance by Underoath was by performances from TDWP and of a job opening from his cousin. Their performance began with far the best and the most epic, but Saosin as well as P.O.S., hardcore “Working for free in an internship isn’t a bad thing, since ex- a mini-film on the stage’s projec- this is easy to understand as they listeners left a concert to talk about perience is a really good thing,” said Bryant. “It’s nice to be able to tor. The film revealed a grim and were the main focus of the bands for a long time. With an exciting, work in Atlanta, rather than have to move to California to find a daunting scene with a man wear- present. personal venue and strong list of job at a game studios.” ing a gas mask who approaches a It was difficult not to dance performers, last Thursday and Fri- My tour through the facility continued into the offices, where girl in a field, stating “I am the and jump along with the method- day marked incredible events at more design work was going on, though the grouping of team messenger.” The lights went out, ical yet brutal progressions Under- the Masquerade. members seemed very relaxed and informal. One particular block and six shadowy figures snuck oath blared through the speakers. It’s easily recommendable that of cubicles consisted of a mix of programmers and designers in onstage into position with their Everyone was lit with fervor, even the next time these bands are instruments in their hands. At those who were less impressed town, there should be no hesita- See Hi-Rez, page 20 this moment, even novice listeners with Underoath musically, simply tion; just go. 20 • October 24, 2008 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT

Hi-Rez from page 19 Films from page 17 what was termed the “A-Line,” Image courtesy of DreamWorks joking around with one another amidst their work. It’s not even re- ally fair to label their workspaces as cubicles though, given that team members had decorated and set up their own space to their per- sonal liking. The next stop brought me to Hi-Rez Studio’s motion-capture room, where the movements of ac- tors are recorded and then trans- lated onto a digital model. Here, actors (mostly team members at the studio) can put on the required equipment and then get to run, dance, jump, roll and kick in order to add to the ani- mations of the in-game character Image courtesy of Miramax Films models. Though a demonstration would By Chris Ernst By Chris Ernst have been thrilling, all the equip- Contributing Writer Contributing Writer ment and work that went into the process was impressive enough. Blindness is based on a novel written by the Nobel Prize wining The director of Eagle Eye was also the director of last year’s thorn in Finally came the point where I Portuguese author, José Saramago. my cinematic side, Disturbia. The writers of Eagle Eye have not written had an opportunity to experience Blindness makes great statements about humanity and what it means much at all. This really shows in the lackluster lines, ridiculous plot, the progress of the studio’s work. to be human. That said, it felt long, and long movies generally are not heavy-handed morality speech to humanity and general unoriginality. I sat down with testers to spend plagued with the problems short movies. The style of the movie is grainy Eagle Eye brings nothing new to the cinematic table. The only reason some time playing the alpha build and gritty. The snap zoom and wondering focus is reminiscent of a doc- you should see this movie is to watch Shia LeBeouf take unimaginative of Global Agenda. umentary or reality show. lines and transform the dry words into lively emotion. In one of his first Drawn mostly from high Blindness is a film about people. It does not answer any of the ques- serious roles (when compared to Transformers or Indiana Jones), LeB- schools in the area, Hi-Rez Stu- tions the audience should have. What causes the (Sickness? Disease?) eouf really keeps the movie going, even when the plot is lacking. dios allows students to participate blindness goes unexplained. It may or may not be spread from person Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson and Billy Bob Thorton could in the alpha testing for the pur- to person or it may be some kind of reaction to environmental factors. not seem to light up the screen as well as LeBeouf, given equally mind- pose of bug-finding, feedback and Also, the setting is not clear at all. Additionally, none of the characters’ numbing lines. getting ideas on content. names are revealed. Eagle Eye is so ridiculous no one should (or could) take it seriously. Though I can’t say much in de- The movie gets interesting when the Ministry of Health decides to The pacing is set to ludicrous speed and there’s hardly a moment to tail about the game, Global Agen- quarantine the blind. A blind ophthalmologist is picked up at his house ponder the how, when, where or any other questions. da is certainly shaping up to be a to be quarantined, but his wife wants to go as well. She says, “You Of course, there is a big twist to set up act three. Frankly, the twist competitor in the growing market have to take me. I’ve just gone blind.” As the only visually capable one was disappointing, and the few flashes of originality are all spoiled in of online gaming. among blind people, the she takes on all of the duties to keep her ward the previews, as usual. The future remains uncertain of the quarantine functional. The last act of the movie was heavily important. The end is the one as to whether Georgia will become From this point, Blindness really excels at showing the ugliness of place Eagle Eye could have stood apart from all the movie’s previous a new focus for the video game in- humanity. One man in ward three proclaims himself king, and every- iterations, however, the almighty dollar won (which really isn’t surpris- dustry, even with economic incen- one accepts this because he has a gun. This sparks an a war between the ing). Towards the end, the plot gets especially painful. Everything plays tives and colleges starting to offer wards, which ends up rather one-sided, as there is only one person who out exactly as you would predict, so if you have to go to the bathroom, studies in video game design like can see. feel free. You can pick back up easily. the Computational Media major Blindness is almost like a filmed experiment. What would happen If you keep your expectations low, like I did, then you will not be too here at Tech. if modern people were put in an ancient time without laws and without disappointed. However, you will neither be pleasantly surprised. Take Though local studios like Hi- rules? this movie for what it is: an out-of-season summer movie. Rez will have difficulty matching Blindness really succeeds in holding a mirror up to society and point- My intelligence was never fully insulted. However, my eyes got a larger companies for resources and ing out how ridiculous, silly and materialistic we are. The film puts the good workout from rolling so much. These characters were supposedly recognition, talent and resolve are audience very much into the movie, making the frustration, anger and the best two Americans for the job, yet any audience member could do not in short supply. helplessness come to life. just as well. And maybe some of them could drive a manual.

sliver www.nique.net its about to get nasty up in this joint..... i solemnly swear that i’m up to no good Finding Common Ground! FCG. Skiles. Oct 29-31 “If you could talk about one thing on campus, what would it be?” www.fcg.gatech.edu the dow is OVER 9000!!!!! Stop walking in my way. I’m not going to check you out. All you are to me is something that I have to go around and makes me late for class. Max Payne was actually a decent movie. Girl working at the CRC, you’re hot. stock trading I guess the nice police officer who said I wasn’t in trouble... didn’t mean it. i thought they said the construction noises at north ave were over... thanks to the north avenue construction- suicide, transfer, and dropout rates just doubled... McCain-Biden ‘08, anyone? Sail away, SS Putley! I would really appreciate it if the people above me would stop having such loud sex!!! We need a loyalty system for football tickets. It’s convenient for frats to go to games now that we are doing well. Wow I never realized how annoying us guys are here at this school. Just listening to some make me want to rip my ears off. Paul, have you considered a quadruple option? I’m Blue da ba dee da ba dai! Da ba dee da ba dai. Da ba dee da ba dai? Good day students: PLEASE Lather, Rinse & Repeat. So my roommate’s a democrat, which means he’s a socialist, which means he’s a terrorist. What should I do? You should take him moose hunting. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • October 24, 2008 • 21

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Album: AC/DC’s Black Ice TV: Chocolate News DVD: The Incredible Hulk Lead guitarist Angus Young and his crew of Comedy Central is Everyone’s favorite summer superhero movie music-makers are back in black…ice. Serving up well known for its hilari- is fi nally on DVD! No, not Th e Dark Knight. their fi rst record since their 2000 Stiff Upper Lip ous, politically-incorrect No, Iron Man is already on DVD. Your other and their fi fteenth studio album, the legendary and insightful news favorite. Th e Incredible Hulk may have been rockers return with another helping of rock and programs Th e Daily overshadowed by Christian Bale and Robert roll. In fact, “Rock ‘N Roll” appears in three of the Show and Th e Colbert Downey Jr., but those who saw Edward Nor- song titles on the album. Although they may not be Report. Jon Stewart’s ton as the mean, green fi ghting machine were the most rel- team of smartly satirical impressed at just how fun the evant band correspondents has kept movie was...especially a n y m o r e , viewers informed on in comparison to the A C / D C what’s important. Ste- original. Th is past can still phen Colbert’s gravitas Image courtesy of Comedy Central Tuesday, Th e I n c r e - d make some and truthiness have been ible Hulk was released fun tunes. keeping Americans free and safe from bears. on DVD in both Black Ice Hopefully, a new team member can soon be accepted to this cast of standard defi nition was released clowns. David Alan Grier, comedian and former cast member of the sketch and Blu-Ray, so now on Oct. 18 comedy In Living Color, is now the host of Chocolate News, a parody- you can watch the and is now news show that tackles a variety of pop-culture topics. Based on Comedy big guy in the com- available ex- Central’s track record when it comes to news shows, Grier’s program should fort of your own Image Courtesy of Universal Pictures clusively at garner some guff aws. Chocolate News premiered Oct. 15 and airs Wednes- home if you missed Image courtesy of Columbia Records Wal-Mart. days at 10:30 p.m. him in theaters.

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Two Bits Man speaks out onnation ofMonster dirt and rusty cars be- Truckinga ramp, and let gravity and run its withother a stick. sports fore landing on a school bus that course. Approximately half the Now think about lower-class looked like it was salvaged from a time the trucker is at the complete sports. Although horribly tainted post-apocalyptic world; in fact the mercy of gravity; that fact alone by the sweating, un-deodorized entire “arena” looked like it could makes me think monster trucking bodies of 50,000 rednecks, the double as the movie set for the on the moon might be the number typical NASCAR event is the cul- next Mad Max movie. one reason to go back there. mination of decades of automobile What happened next was After watching the program, research manifesting itself into a something I had not adequately it got me thinking about cur- race, pushing man and machine prepared for: I actually sat through rent “sports” that are enjoyed by to the absolute limits and the out- and watched the rest of the pro- Americans. Come to think of it, come can be decided by fractions gram, and I have come to the con- the level of technology present in a of a second. Somehow this sport clusion that monster trucking particular sport is inversely related is seen by millions as simply unfi t is nothing more than redneck to the education level of the audi- for the praise of its fans, and some fi gure skating. While “cho- ence. Monster trucks are marvels dare say lower class. reographed” might loosely of engineering, each truck repre- So how do you get racing ac- describe the graceful act of sentative of the complete mastery cepted by mainstream Ameri- jumping 50 feet over piles of of automotive physics, metallurgy cans, and dare I say the upper wrecked cars, monster truck and many other complex sciences. class? Simple: add balls and sticks. drivers do have their fair share of Despite this, the average viewer What better way to spice up mo- specialty moves they can perform works with technology no more torcycle racing than to give the to woo the crowd. sophisticated than a pocket calcu- drivers chains and pipes and tell One particular specialty is lator on a day-to-day basis. them that in addition to racing, that of the double axel, which is On the fl ip side, sports en- they must also hit little plastic performed by the truck gaining joyed by the fabulously wealthy balls into a goal. enough speed to jump so high usually involve the most primi- While the notion of hitting that the landing rips both axles tive of devices: sticks, balls and a ball with a stick is a draw for from the truck’s gargantuan chas- smaller sticks. Just look at golf, a those with names such as Mont- across the Speed sis. Th e completion of this move is sport where the instructions can gomery or Fenwick, the potential channel and what ap- usually met with thunderous ap- be summed up as follows: hit the for complete annihilation of both So how exactly does one win at peared to be a three-story truck proval from the audience. ball with a stick until it goes into motorcycle and driver will draw monster trucking? Th is question spinning in circles while being Th e main thing that bothered the hole. How about croquet? Hit those with names such as Jeb or has been keeping me up at night cheered on by a stadium-packed me was the nagging question in the ball with a stick until it hits Buford; it’s a compromise we can lately, and it all started a couple crowd. I knew it was a monster the back of my mind: how hard another stick. Polo? Hit the ball all agree on. days ago when I was watching TV. truck rally, and I was intrigued. can monster truck driving be? with the stick while riding on a So remember, the more you I was bored and desperately trying After doing doughnuts for about Th ere are three steps to being a horse. Most sports enjoyed by the act like a Neanderthal when you to fi nd quality mid-Monday after- 20 minutes, the monster truck professional monster truck driver: upper class can be boiled down to play sports, the wealthier you ap- noon programming when I came proceeded to vault off a combi- drive in a straight line, jump off some derivation of hitting a ball pear to be. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • October 24, 2008 • 23

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