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Cave in the Snow (2002)
In the 1970s a strange visitor walked across the remote paths in the far north of India. Young English woman Diane Perry ventured into the snow-laden peaks of the Himalayan Mountains. Her search for perfection had led her to Tibetan Buddhism, where she took on the name Tenzin Palmo. But she found that there were few opportunities for women to study the teachings, and so, in 1976, after battling with blatant sexism within the monastic order, Tenzin Palmo isolated herself in a remote Himalayan cave, engaging in 12 years of Buddhist meditation.
She faced unimaginable cold, wild animals, near starvation and avalanches. Subsequently, she decided to build a nunnery in India, where women would have an opportunity to study Buddha's teachings. She travels the world as a fund-raiser, giving talks, writing books and serving as a model for the many young women who wish to dedicate their lives to a spiritual path.
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I would concentrate on the spiritual journey of Tenzin Palmo instead and the lovely cinematography. Change will come but ancient institutions are like aircraft carriers - they take a long time to come about.
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Beautiful film. Women everywhere have similar problems being accepted. Slowly but surely it is happening. So grateful women can now study and live as nuns. With time more will be ordained.
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Not only inspiring but reveals the plight of women in Buddhism. It's going to be interesting to see how, 10 years later, His Holiness & the Buddhist community are going to handle gender bias.
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Her story is compelling and inspiring. The overall story is eye opening because we find that in even in the most "enlightened" religions and leaders there is still such blatant sexism. I really enjoyed this doc.
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A fascinating look at a woman who has taken this path with the goal of enlightenment.

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Some put their
faith in the hands of the medical profession, others, it seems prefer
more natural remedies.
When flu-season
comes around to any city it brings with it coughs and sniffles,
tired faces, and red-rimmed eyes but this year these signs are possibly
the harbinger of something worse: Swine-Flu. Blic newspaper estimated
over 20,000 cases in Serbia earlier this week.
this is the Balkans, fighting Swine-flu is not just simply a battle
launched by Health Officials and a vaccination campaign, but a fight
that involves something a bit more mystical.
Folk remedies
here tend to carry as much, if not more weight, than conventional
medicines, and everyone and their 'granny' has a few tricks
up their sleeves to avoid getting sick this winter.
We took a trip
around to some markets in the city and dug around in the kitchens
and cupboards of some locals to check on their preparations for
the new flu bug.
It was reported
this week in the local media that Swine-flu had caused a surge of
garlic sales in the country, and that garlic prices have gone up
in local markets.
We hit Kalenic
and Zeleni Venac markets to find out, and discovered that the price
had indeed gone up by a few dinars. As we bought a few bulbs, we
were inundated with advice on how to use it, how much to eat, and
also told how smart we were for buying it.
As you look
around you notice that alongside the garlic, ginger and lemon and
one or two more interesting items are being pushed as a 'cure
all' for what ails you, and most of these items are staples
of an already hearty and organic Serbian diet.
So far, face
masks are not too evident, but there do seem to be worried shoppers
searching for ingredients to boost their immune system. In the Balkans,
garlic has long been seen as a charm against evil, a 'blood
cleaner' and a cure-all for an endless list of strange illnesses.
public transport system is never the most fragrant of places but
it's become more of a challenge of late as more people, it
seems, are carrying around the aroma of the little white cloves
on their person.
Raza, a market
trader, told us that vaccines can't be trusted, that his ancestors
had been treating sicknesses with local produce and herbs for centuries.
He says he has never been ill, and that the only side affect is
his 'oniony' breath, which he says, laughing, his wife
never gets tired of complaining about.
In times like
these, Serbians cannot stay away from the white onion. Guaranteed
to clean the blood, and make you strong as an ox, the further south
you travel in the country, the more onion appears in local dishes,
often just raw and chopped as a side dish.
Among the many
the medical claims for the onion are its use as an antiseptic, a
pain reliever, a hypertension cure, to regulate blood sugar and
help with elevated cholesterol.That's a lot for a little vegetable
that usually brings you to tears.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post115634747808386826..comments2014-12-17T23:11:25.079-05:00Comments on The Panopticon: How to Survive a Lousy Business PresentationFranklinhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-57494393204457037362012-02-22T01:26:50.663-05:002012-02-22T01:26:50.663-05:00i appreciate you from my heart & sole, nice jo...i appreciate you from my heart & sole, nice job.
latina t-shirtsemail@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-8247626362019728082010-07-08T03:27:08.999-04:002010-07-08T03:27:08.999-04:00Tiffany not only explored the various jewelry proc...Tiffany not only explored the various jewelry processes of the time, Silver Tiffanybut also branched out into new metals, such as platinum, Tiffany Jewelrywhich at the time was considered very hard to manipulate.Tiffany BraceletsIt seems to be the case that unusual colorations appealed to Tiffany, like the opal.He also preferred gemstones that were either opaque or translucent. Tiffany EarringsTurquoise, jade, carnelian, lapis, moonstones, and opals were all chosen for their ability to filter light. Tiffany NecklacesEmphasis based on color was very prevalent in his email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156964691315739142006-08-30T15:04:00.000-04:002006-08-30T15:04:00.000-04:00Franklin, I know a young lady whose name is Matell...Franklin, I know a young lady whose name is Matella. Lord. I don't think her mom knew.

Should I tell her?Saharahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156536038641691972006-08-25T16:00:00.000-04:002006-08-25T16:00:00.000-04:00Franklin, I am a little behind, so this comment re...Franklin, I am a little behind, so this comment really goes with a previous blog. I was the woman who mouthed "I love your blog" in line at the Thursday night Stitches preview. Thanks for the thanks. I kept catching glimpses of you throughout the weekend, but was afraid if I approached you, you would think I was either a) a stalker or b) insane. It was lovely to meet you, if from afar. Your blog often helps keep me sane.
RenéeRenéenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156461621140841662006-08-24T19:20:00.000-04:002006-08-24T19:20:00.000-04:00Wow. This is so sad.The Spinning Shawl DoctorWow. This is so sad.

The Spinning Shawl email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156438834995152532006-08-24T13:00:00.000-04:002006-08-24T13:00:00.000-04:00Name for Franklin's font: Habit Forming.CarolName for Franklin's font: Habit Forming.

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156429869626233142006-08-24T10:31:00.000-04:002006-08-24T10:31:00.000-04:00Yes, indeed. The Panopticon Shop needs a Dolores ...Yes, indeed. The Panopticon Shop needs a Dolores shirt with the legend Ovis Omnia email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156428648683000152006-08-24T10:10:00.000-04:002006-08-24T10:10:00.000-04:00Here I was thinking that you had not been posting ...Here I was thinking that you had not been posting and it is my bloglines that hasn't updated you...sigh, I have to catch up on the Dolores adventures.Isela: Purling Spritehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156427433445296962006-08-24T09:50:00.000-04:002006-08-24T09:50:00.000-04:00You need an alpha-numberic pager. I used to spend ...You need an alpha-numberic pager. I used to spend boring meetings paging other people in the room or out of it. The group of us had a code word which meant "I'm going to go postal, so please leave the building before I shoot everyone on site." PARAMICIUM. In fact, it meant, "Please Page me back so I can claim an emergency and leave this stupid meeting."Mary Peedhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156427370571581082006-08-24T09:49:00.000-04:002006-08-24T09:49:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mary Peedhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156426645467323042006-08-24T09:37:00.000-04:002006-08-24T09:37:00.000-04:00My absolute favorite letter of resignation is, " I...My absolute favorite letter of resignation is, " I hereby resign effect Mumbleday, Month, Date, Year."

-jane-
-who sees no reason to drag it email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156424603067517332006-08-24T09:03:00.000-04:002006-08-24T09:03:00.000-04:00Blog tuum mihi placet, postque hoc verisimile omni...Blog tuum mihi placet, postque hoc verisimile omnium dilectissimus est.

Urrgh. Old memories. Anyway. I tremendously enjoy yur blog. Especially today.Klarihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156414920644234152006-08-24T06:22:00.000-04:002006-08-24T06:22:00.000-04:00Ahhh, another thing in common. I took 3 years of L...Ahhh, another thing in common. I took 3 years of Latin in HS and another 3 in college...can I remember much of it without a reference...absolutely not. The last thing I tried to translate was some "greek" text. You know lorum ipsum....Seanhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156408852162510652006-08-24T04:40:00.000-04:002006-08-24T04:40:00.000-04:00Dear Franklin,It looks pretty good to me, except t...Dear Franklin,

It looks pretty good to me, except that "flumen" is neuter so that "into the river" would be simply "in flumen".

The weather threatens cool here, so I may bhave to wear my beloved Panopticon sweatshirt to the Games instead of my brand-new "The New Yoga" tee-shirt.

Love JeanJeanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156399760364255442006-08-24T02:09:00.000-04:002006-08-24T02:09:00.000-04:00You have beautiful handwriting... you should desig...You have beautiful handwriting... you should design tattoos to go on the chests and arms of big, beefy sailors that says things like 'Mother', 'Sally' and 'Gravy'.Jayhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156396697948779852006-08-24T01:18:00.000-04:002006-08-24T01:18:00.000-04:00My pass-the-boring-time game is this: write alphab...My pass-the-boring-time game is this: write alphabet in a column, one letter per line, then randomly write down a letter in front of each. The challenge: to think of a famous person with those initials, that's 26 famous people in all. You can make the game harder (or impossible) by initially limiting it to living people or artists or writers or whatever.

It's kept me awake for 35 email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156395631379068492006-08-24T01:00:00.000-04:002006-08-24T01:00:00.000-04:00Okay, since nobody else has asked, which tabloid c...Okay, since nobody else has asked, which tabloid celebrity did you fantasize about?

As for writing the letter, I'll say it again - pearls before swine.Melhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156388921743277672006-08-23T23:08:00.000-04:002006-08-23T23:08:00.000-04:00There are places you can have your handwriting mad...There are places you can have your handwriting made into a font. Unfortunately they're spendy. So ladies if you want a F.Habit font, prepare to shell out the shekels.

I took Latin in college. All I can remember is mare nostrum (my horse doesn't play the ukulele).FiberQathttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156385906893111542006-08-23T22:18:00.000-04:002006-08-23T22:18:00.000-04:00I'm with carol - I looooooooooooove your handwriti...I'm with carol - I looooooooooooove your handwriting. I would be so entertained just by writing random words if I had handwriting that nice, that it wouldn't even have to be latin!

I can see the F.Habit font now! All it'd take is all the lower and uppercase letters.

Oh and numbers.

And maybe some of the symbols above the numbers on your keyboard. That wouldn't be hard for you to jot down now would it? Pretty please? :)Nancyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156385506635907112006-08-23T22:11:00.000-04:002006-08-23T22:11:00.000-04:00My husband sells a line of Latin t-shirts on Cafe ...My husband sells a line of Latin t-shirts on Cafe Press... does Dolores speak Latin? Ovis omnia vincit.Luciahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156385190411872712006-08-23T22:06:00.000-04:002006-08-23T22:06:00.000-04:00Hackers can bust passwords with scripts that refer...Hackers can bust passwords with scripts that reference dictonaries from other languages (as well as med/science dictonaries), so still mix it up with numbers and symbols!Sherry Whttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156381090376919712006-08-23T20:58:00.000-04:002006-08-23T20:58:00.000-04:00I too love your handwriting.The last sentence is m...I too love your handwriting.

The last sentence is my favorite, lol.

Now I'm wondering why on earth I never thought to set my passwords to words in random languages that I know... sheesh!Annehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156377842674694622006-08-23T20:04:00.000-04:002006-08-23T20:04:00.000-04:00That was fun. I only had 1 semester of Latin in co...That was fun. I only had 1 semester of Latin in college, but I loved it. Very nice!Jenniehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156376478490946342006-08-23T19:41:00.000-04:002006-08-23T19:41:00.000-04:00Ooh, resignation letters are fun! The bad part is ...Ooh, resignation letters are fun! The bad part is working through the period of notice you have to give. I've got 9 (business) days down, 11 more to go...email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1156375672767067392006-08-23T19:27:00.000-04:002006-08-23T19:27:00.000-04:00i can't comment i'm about to fantasize about sex ...i can't comment i'm about to fantasize about sex with a tabloid celebritymarie in floridahttp://email@example.com


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January 10, 2012
Martin Luther King Remembrance event set for Jan. 16
A ceremony to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will begin at 6 p.m. Jan. 16 at St. James the Greater Church in Eau Claire. Youth from Lakeshore Elementary, Locust Lane Elementary, Delong Middle and Memorial High schools in Eau Claire, along with UW-Eau Claire students and community members, will participate in the Martin Luther King Remembrance ceremony.
"This is going to be a wonderful celebration that brings together people of all ages from throughout the community and the campus," said Dr. Selika Ducksworth-Lawton, associate professor of history and UW-Eau Claire's Campus Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Fellow. "The messages shared through song, Dr. King's speeches, videos and photographs will be powerful."
During the ceremony, area youth, UW-Eau Claire students and community members will read from several of King's speeches, including "I Have a Dream...," "Maladjusted" and "The Drum Major Instinct." They also will read from Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise."
Music during the event will be provided by Memorial High School's Freshman Orchestra, University Lutheran Church, St. James the Greater Catholic Church and UW-Eau Claire's Black Student Association. David Jones (associate professor of English) of Jones Tones, Glen Eastman (a UW-Eau Claire graduate) of the band Radio Drive, Catya, and David Sprick (UW-Eau Claire's police chief) will provide musical accompaniment.
The Martin Luther King Remembrance ceremony is part of the National Day of Service activities.
The ceremony is sponsored by University Lutheran Church; city of Eau Claire Police Department; UW-Eau Claire's Office of Multicultural Affairs, history department, University Police and Black Student Association; Schmitt Music of Eau Claire; the city of Eau Claire; and the Memorial High School Orchestra.
For more information about the event, contact Dr. Selika Ducksworth-Lawton at 715-828-2019 or firstname.lastname@example.com; University Lutheran Pastor Alan Buresh at 715-834-8026; or the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 715-836-3367. For information about the National Day of Service, contact Ann Watson at 715-836-5283.
UW-Eau Claire will be closed Monday, Jan. 16, in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
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Survival horror is pretty much dead. Silent Hill has been spun off into a Gauntlet-type dungeon hack, Fatal Frame's nowhere to be found, and the Resident Evil series mutated into a Call of Duty/Gears of War action clone in a weird cyclical cannibalistic situation – Resident Evil 4 spawned Gears of War which spawned Resident Evil 5 and, well, the rest of this generation. Ironic, I guess, that it didn't … survive. Resident Evil is very much a product of its time, when pre-rendered graphics and static camera angles were the height of sophistication. And c'mon, how long could monsters jumping out of windows stay scary? Things are different now.
So when I replayed Resident Evil 2 recently on the PlayStation Vita, I was pleased to see how well it held up after nearly 15 years, and how possible it is to trace Resident Evil's transformation into an action series back to this title. Beyond a few jump scares it's almost a straight-up shooter with only a few puzzles sprinkled on top. The game's packed with ammo and weaponry despite the rudimentary aiming system — you hold R1 to aim, swivel in one spot to select a target and mash away on the X button. However, the ammo increase comes with a rise in enemy count. There are many more zombies per screen and they take more shots to put down, so it's still possible to get overrun. You're also limited to a set number of items to carry at once. Spatial memory plays an important part, too, knowing which rooms connect to where and where you need to find and use specific items. Exploration and discovery are key factors in Resident Evil 2.
So I think I'll just spout out what I love about it.
Raccoon City, before it blew up, remains one of the best settings in video games. I love the way it's introduced, too. Depending on which disc you pop in (or boot up on post-PS1 systems), either Leon Kennedy or Claire Redfield, you watch them drive into town to find it deserted. The CGI intro movie's dated now (artifacting and blobby shadows!) but keep in mind it was state-of-the-art for the time! A well-done CG intro was an accolade back then, as each new game tried to one-up the last with a new show of technical superiority. RE2′s set the stage with perfect, moody music, creative angles, and editing. The moment Claire opens the diner door to find Leon standing there, gun drawn, was iconic enough to reappear in the CG movie Degeneration. Not that a reenactment in a dopey movie means greatness, but it does show that first meeting between the two heroes left a lasting impact on players.
The voice acting gets a bad rap, which I always found unfair. I figured Resident Evil 2 to have one of the better voice casts in video games. It's Saturday morning goofiness, sure, but it works! For me anyway. Jubilee from the '90s X-Men cartoon voices Claire Redfield for crying out loud, and she did a good enough job to come back for CODE: Veronica and the Degeneration movie, which must make her the only consistent voice actor in the series. Most other characters were recast between games, like Leon. I always liked RE2's wimpier version of him more than his replacement in RE4. He sounds like such a doofus, which fits well since no one in the damn game ever listens to him, no matter how much authority he tries to assert — at one point late in the game, he actually asks aloud to himself "Why doesn't anyone ever listen to me?" Poor guy. He's still a doofus in RE4, albeit with a gruffer replacement voice, which I suppose makes him an even bigger doofus given it still feels as if he's always at the butt-end of some joke. I think it's that vulnerable, doofy-yet-capable quality that's made him such a popular character.
RE2's conspiracy plot holds up, perhaps better than before. Revealed in short, infrequent cutscenes and well-written little notes sprinkled throughout the game — a secretary's diary, a police report, a memo from a sewage plant manager — the story that unravels cuts through a few American fears, mainly the corrupt practices of big corporations, the dubious actions of authorities sworn to protect us, and the fragile bond of the nuclear family.
In one night, Leon and Claire find out that the all-American Raccoon City (seen through the always-entertaining lens of the Japanese — a Taxago gas sign is a favorite Easter egg) has been bought by Umbrella Pharmaceuticals to be a testing ground for their bizarre genetic experiments, and that the threat behind the outbreak is the obsessed patriarch of a scattered family. That father, Umbrella scientist William Birkin, injects himself with his own creation, mutates into a monster then seeks out to impregnate his own daughter to propagate a new species of monsters. Perhaps scarier (on a more it-could-really-happen level) is the still-human chief of Raccoon City Police, an insane sadist who shoots his own men and abducts the mayor's daughter for, ah, purposes.
That's one hell of a night. It also includes Umbrella spies, sleazy journalists (sigh), unlockable scenarios if you beat the game under certain conditions, a gas mask-wearing merc named Hunk, and a hunk of tofu named … Tofu.
Let's go back to the father of the Birkin family, William. The guy injects himself with his own creation, the G-Virus (superior to the first game's zombie-creating T-Virus), and rapidly and grotesquely mutates into a hulking behemoth of muscle, bone, and bulbous eyeballs. Each time you encounter him, he undergoes a new mutation, looking less and less human. By the end of the game, the guy is a multi-limbed mass of teeth and sinew and one of, or rather, several of the best monster designs I've seen in a game. Pyramid Head from Silent Hill always gets a lot of love. I always thought it was unfair Birkin got left in the cold.
The game as a whole is incredibly well-designed — visually (Claire's pink jacket!) and mechanically. It flows so effortlessly, from the burning wreckage of the beginning, through the city, to the ridiculous police precinct where you need to rearrange statues to find red gems to shove in half a suit of armor to grab keys and Unicorn Medals and African animal Legos… or something. Yes, it's silly but well-designed silliness . From room to room, the scenery refreshes every few minutes to keep the adventure from getting stale. The pre-rendered CG backgrounds stand the test of time. The lab, infested with enormous plant roots and vegetation in some parts, is a real standout.
There are a lot of other little things to mention. I love how Sherry Birkin, William's wayward daughter, hugs her knees when Claire gets too far from her. Her Japanese school girl outfit is so wonderfully out of place. Claire and Sherry's relationship clearly mirrors Ripley's and Newt's from Aliens, too. In fact, you can find a lot of Aliens in RE2 if you look hard enough, right down to chest-bursting impregnation creatures, self-destruct countdowns, last-minute rescues, and a bigger-than-any-before monster that attacks the evacuation vehicle right at the end when you think everything's safe. It may sound a little unjust to call RE2 an Aliens copycat since that movie influenced the entire video game medium, but the James Cameron influence continues further with Resident Evil 2's B-side scenario.
After you beat the game once as one character, you can replay it as another character in a whole new scenario in something Capcom called "the Zapping System." The setting's the same, but some events, characters, items and monsters get rearranged. There's also the important addition of a brand new monster, Mr. X, a bald Terminator-like mutant in a trench coat that follows you around the whole game. He bashes through walls, grabs you by the neck and keeps you on your toes just when you think you have the game all figured out. It's a blast, and the endgame for Leon's and Claire's B scenario has one of the all-time best pay-offs. It involves a vat of molten lead (hello, Terminator 2), a Tyrant, a last-minute rocket launcher rescue, and that aforementioned "Queen Alien returns one last time" moment. Of course, all these moments and motifs have been repeated to varying success throughout the series' long life. Nemesis from Resident Evil 3 basically grew out of Mr. X, and Resident Evil 6 spawned a new Follower as well, the Ustanak.
The series never had a soundtrack as good as this one either. The score nails the feeling of desperation and malaise that Resident Evil signifies. The sinister "Police Station" theme is probably the best example of this, though supposedly calm, soothing tracks like the "Save Room" theme and "Leon and Claire" also carry an undercurrent of unease. Listening to those, you get the sense that even though you're safe now, you know the respite is only temporary and you have to leave eventually to face the horror outside. Then you have the various boss themes that combine various motifs heard throughout the score and build layer by layer with each new encounter. In the final battles, a synthesized opera voice similar to the one used in fellow horror classic Parasite Eve appears to add an extra level of drama and tension. The sound effects add plenty of that, too. When you enter a room and hear the throaty moan of a Licker, well, hope you got ammo left.
As far as pure content goes, RE2 got the series started with a few standards. In addition to the Zapping System that allows four possible scenarios (I prefer to go Claire A/Leon B myself), the Dual Shock edition of the game (the most complete version of RE2, and the only one available on PSN) features an unlockable mode called Extreme Battle, a precursor to the Mercenaries mini-game later introduced in Resident Evil 3. Chris Redfield and Ada Wong show up as playable characters in that time-attack diversion. RE2 is also a perfect game for speed running since the game grades you based on time spent playing, the number of saves you make and the amount of healing items used, among other invisible factors. Perfecting a run-through can be extremely satisfying, and better times unlock secret weapons, costumes, and events (helicopter pilot Brad Vickers from RE1 can make a cameo) to keep the game fresh.
Even after so many play-throughs over the years, it remains a tense, effective game. I still jump, my heart still races, and though I remember where every monster and item can be found, that doesn't take away from the experience to this day. Scrapped and remade several times throughout development, the team headed by series creator Shinji Mikami and directed by future Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya strove for survival horror perfection. They very nearly found it in Resident Evil 2.