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What with GTA IV being the single biggest game release of 2008 there's going to be a lot of reviews and opinions out there vying for your attention. So in this 360-centric appraisal we're doing things a little differently - cutting the fluff that surrounds most reviews and getting to what matters.
Like: What's new? What are the weapons like? How do the cars handle? What's the story? What are the best missions? How good a location is the high-def Liberty City? All that and more are included here and you can even skip to the bits that you want to read first, because no-one wants to read a paragraph of puff before they get to the meat.
If you've somehow ended up here and wanted a PS3-specific review click here to read the Grand Theft Auto IV PlayStation 3 review over in the PS3 channel.
Your central character: Niko Bellic, the Balkan difference
Drivetime: Getting around Liberty City
The visuals: Sucking in the atmosphere
The missions: Shoot, drive and steal
Weapons and targeting: Shoot to kill
The new stuff: Like the trailer said - things will be different
The bits you won't want to skip
The damage system: Smashing the place up
The cover system: Because you can't just pile in anymore
On the mobile: Your link to the criminal underworld
Leisure time: Kicking back and wasting time
Your central character: Niko Bellic, the Balkan difference
First up, Niko's not f***ing Russian, he's Serbian. That's important. And he's probably the coolest videogame character we've ever played as.
Forget the tiresome arrogance of Tommy Vercetti and the faux-bling gangsterisms of CJ - Niko has a depth of character which is extraordinary in the mono-dimensional world of videogames. Fresh off the boat from Eastern Europe, he's a man with a shadowy past: people trafficker and veteran soldier of the most recent Balkan war.
Niko comes to Liberty City, city of opportunity, after receiving an email from his cousin Roman, who claims he is rich and living in a condo with girls with 'big titties'. It only takes the first cinematic to show this has been one big lie; he actually runs a cab firm in fear of the Russian mob and lives in a cockroach infested hovel.
As you unravel the plot it becomes clear that Niko is a good man who has seen some very bad things. Initially, on arrival in Liberty City, his motivation is to make money, but the story soon introduces a second, more pressing issue - a quest to find that 'special someone' alluded to in the trailers.
He's loyal to his family (ie. Roman and his girlfriend Mallorie) and while it's down to the player to dictate some of his behaviour, he shows none of the traits of misogyny that other characters in the game drip with. A kind, innocent side to him is portrayed through his relationship with Michelle (the first girlfriend). Where does he take her on a first date? The fun fair. Put simply, he's a stone-cold killer, but you'd be quite happy leaving him alone with your kid sister.
It's not just through his intriguing back story that Niko becomes a more human character than previous anti-heroes; it's also down to the way GTA IV introduces more naturalistic body animation. You can see this in the lope of his walk, the way his feet touch every step when he runs down stairs – even in the movement of individual fingers.
Drivetime: Getting around Liberty City
As befits the title a large proportion of game time is spent negotiating the environs of Liberty City at breakneck speed in an admirable roster of vehicles. One of the single greatest inventions to assist you with this (in ground-based vehicles) is the new SatNav device.
If you need to reach a remote location and can't afford to get lost, just hit the map, set a marker point and the SatNav will work out the best route, indicated by an easy to follow coloured line. Without it, finding your way about would often be a nightmare given complexity of some of the freeway interchanges.
The only area we could fault it (and in fairness it mimics a real-life GPS) is when you take an alternative route (say, to avoid the police in the heat of a chase) and it has to recalculate the route. The second or two delay it takes to do this is enough to send you off course - and in extreme cases fail a mission. At least it never crashes or claims it's lost satellite reception...
If you can't be bothered to drive Niko can flag down a taxi using the left bumper and then jump in by holding down Y (just be careful not to tap it or he'll perform a carjack instead). Inside you have the option to travel to any location on the map including mission start points and markers via a scenic route or an instant skip (at an extra cost). Usefully, taxis can also be used during a mission.
For the impatient gamer these are indispensable when the difficulty ramps up and you start failing missions. Even better, if you get cousin Roman in your good books by taking him out enough you'll get the services of a private chauffeur who is only ever a phone call away.
However, driving around the city with the radio pumping often creates some of GTA IV's 'special' moments; cruising the streets of Algonquin in the driving rain with Miles Davis or speeding down the freeway at sunset to the sounds of Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene No.4. You'd miss out on this if you just took taxis everywhere.
In terms of vehicle handling, each vehicle's nuances and engine noises are exactly as you might expect for their type. If anything, Rockstar has given them a small dose of simulation-style control. It's not Gran Turismo, for sure, but where San Andreas's cars could feel lighter than air and bounce around with bizarre gravity, GTA IV's respond more authentically to bumps and smashes.
Most importantly they all feel different. Trash trucks and lorries are slow and cumbersome, sports cars devilishly fast and easy to hurl round corners with careful application of the handbrake button (x). Bikes are lethally quick yet irritatingly slow to pick up off the floor and climb back onto when you take a tumble. Which you will at least once in all of the bike chase missions.
The visuals: Sucking in the atmosphere
Like Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese, the creative minds at Rockstar have always had a love affair with the city of New York – it's where their HQ is based and home of ex-pats Sam and Dan Houser. The result is that Liberty City is an occasionally breathtaking homage to their city d'amour, rich with detail and stylised interpretations of famous landmarks.
Part of the character of the city is dictated by the light, weather and cloud patterns which were captured using time-lapse photography over a period of six weeks. The effect is an ever-changing colour palette which shows Liberty City in bright sunlight, dense fog, dramatic thunderstorms (the neon reflecting off the wet tarmac are a high-def treat) and almost monochromatic dusks.
The trick they've pulled is to realise a distinctly mature, 'organic' and intelligent vision of New York. There's artistic license (they've sacked off the fifth borough of Staten Island, probably because it's so boring) but famous areas like Times Square, Central Park and Broadway fill you with a sense of excitement - like you're a tourist arriving there for the first time on a weekend break. Even if you've only ever seen Manhattan in the movies you'll feel like you've been there in the coolest way possible.
However, it's not just the neon lights, foliage and street furniture (Rockstar actually has a 'props' guy) that create the unique NYC/LC aura - it's what's going on in the background: the police pulling people over on the Algonquin bridge, the hot dog vendors, the drunken bums, the dodgy dealers lurking in the shadows of Bohan's run-down housing projects.
And while in San Andreas these bit part characters were like clockwork dummys, traipsing around on a never-ending loop now each one feels more like an individual. It gives Liberty City an eerie sense of the real - well, as far as any game has managed up to this point - and is the perfect location for GTA IV's story to play out in.
The missions: Shoot, drive and steal
As you might have guessed, the first 30 or so missions are a warm up to the main event, introducing you to new game mechanics like using the mobile phone, email and the internet, practising the new cover system in a few low-key stand-offs (one based in a warehouse with your Rasta buddy Litlle Jacob around mission 23 springs to mind) opening up the first three areas of the city - Broker,Bohan and Algonquin (the most impressive, visually) and making early enquiries as to the location of that 'special' someone.
The pacing is largely determined by the order you decide to attempt missions, and this will vary depending on the individual player. During the middle section of the game you'll have up to six contacts on the map - each with story relevance. This is one of the triumphs of GTA IV; always ensuring each of the mission threads carry you deeper into the plot, whether it's doing bank jobs with bickering Irish American brothers the McRearys or smuggling diamonds around in a waste truck for Mafioso Ray Boccino.
Even missions from characters like coke dealer Elizabeta Torres and reformed gangster Manny Escuela, who at first seem to be story deviations, all help in getting you new introductions and establishing your reputation across the cities underworld. The net effect is you're always caught up in a fascinating power struggle between any number of criminal characters, which combined with Niko's own personal motivation creates the most tightly-honed GTA to date.
But you probably wanted to hear about some missions? Well, it would be ruinous to give too much away, but the one we've all been talking about comes about 60 or so missions in and goes under the title Three Leaf Clover. It's a mission of epic proportion combining a botched bank job with a relentless gun battle through the streets and subways of Liberty City and an adrenaline-fuelled getaway across the Algonquin bridge smashing through roadblocks. Complete it and Niko's richer than kings. On a completely different tack, we also enjoyed the first helicopter mission with Little Jacob in which Niko has the pleasure of seeing one of his arch-enemies killed with a rocket launcher to the face while hovering over the Humboldt river.
Then there's a great sniper-based mission with hip-hop gangster Playboy-X which takes place on the construction site surrounding Ground Zero with you high on a skyscraper picking union officials off cranes and scaffolding from a lofty vantage point. There's a great surprise later on when Niko has to commandeer a Triad truck filled with contraband by jumping on the roof and holding on before jumping through the vehicles window and shooting the driver James Bond-style.
GTA IV takes the notion of open-world gameplay up another notch when it comes to variation of tactics used to complete a mission. So always look out for alternative entrances (like the back door of a building), alternative exits (maybe use a service lift?) short cuts not picked up by the SatNav and less obvious ways of killing enemies: like switching off their life-support machine. And no, you'll have to find that one for yourself. This sense of liberation from linearity (that many games try to fudge, badly) is a trademark of GTA and nowhere has it been more effectively achieved than here.
It's not all an easy ride though - some missions are just plain tough. To ease the pain of inevitable failure, Niko receives a text message asking if you would like an instant restart. In cases where the mission begins straight from the marker point this is literally an instant retry. However, it's not always that way. For example: in one mission you have to visit a house to get some information from a laptop computer and then receive instructions from your taskmaster on the mobile phone. If you fail the mission you have to do that bit again. And receive the same call. We did this mission three times. And heard the same call three times. Annoying when we already knew exactly where he was going to send us.
It's difficult to see how Rockstar can ever avoid the frustration factor inherent in restarting missions without messing with the fabric of the game, but it did lead to some cursing and silent shaking of the head when we realised we still had to go and buy all our weapons again as well as repeat the preliminary stages of a mission before we could attempt the bit we failed first (or second) time around. The one area that has been improved in this respect is that any character dialogue that occurs in a mission is different each time you play it, often giving you new insight into a character. So there's an argument to say failing gleans you new information, but we don't think you'll be thinking that as you're taxiing back to the gun shop for the third time in a row
Weapons and targeting: Shooting to kill
So has Rockstar really improved the targeting? The most straightforward answer is yes. But with a couple of caveats. Hitting the left trigger will lock onto the target in your field of vision and then you just pump away at the right trigger until the red bars that appear in the cross hairs have gone, indicating death. As if the blood and screaming didn't tell you that. That's all fine and dandy, until there's a few incapacitated and threatless enemies lying around. At which point the lock-on can waywardly choose to target them again instead of the guy behind the pillar shredding you with an SMG.
And now the defence. It rarely locks onto random pedestrians when you should be shooting police but it's actually quite amusing when it does. On reflection, this might have something to do with the fact much of your serious shooting is done either indoors or in areas that have been cleared of innocent bystanders. The key improvement is that when it does lock onto the wrong person it's far quicker to readjust to the correct target with a quick nudge of the stick in their direction - that's really important when your getting savaged from all sides. As a secondary precaution, if you hold down the left-trigger half-way (and this is more difficult on PS3 for obvious reasons) you go into an accurate free-aim so Niko can carry on shooting the person intended even if the lock on refuses to budge.
When it comes to melee fighting, which is actually few and far between, a veneer of depth has been added by giving you separate control over kick, punch and block, but the more exotic makeshift implements of close-quarter murder that San Andreas relished in (screwdrivers, drills, chainsaws) are absent bar the trusty baseball bat and knife. Whether you miss them or not, the bullet-based weapons are far more potent than before (the SMG's in particular are the P90s of GTA IV) and combined with the tight *cover system* make sustained gun battles more precise, controlled and most importantly more enjoyable.
The new stuff: Like the trailer said - things will be different
As well as using your mobile phone to find out about new jobs and contact friends, Rockstar has slipped in a few other present day communication techniques and made them fundamental to the structure of missions. Shortly after arriving in Liberty City, Niko's cousin Roman sets him up with an email account which is used to alert him to jobs (most memorably to set up a gay date). The internet is put to good use, not just as another outlet for Rockstar's ongoing parody of American culture, but to help Niko prepare a resume to get him closer to a lawyer he has to hit, for example. It's not a deal breaker but it's the natural evolution of the 'ringing public phone' found in San Andreas and Vice City.
Niko is occasionally required to get access to police computers to locate a target. The most amusing way to achieve this is to phone 911 in a remote location, wait for the police to turn up and then hijack their car. As well as searching by name the computer can also link up to your phone to identify any pictures that have been sent to you via text mesage. Then you simply hit A and the computer will add the directions to your SatNav. Smart.
Cimematics: The bits you won't want to skip
Interestingly the stats section of GTA IV has a listing for 'cut-scenes watched'. It's doubtful you'll skip one during the first play through. The main thing that stands out in these scripted cinematics is the quality of the voice-acting and the lip-syncing.
Where some CG sequences can be a pain to sit through due to their ineptitude - fishlike mouths miming a completely different set of words to the ones being spoken, awkward body movements (usually too much use of the hands) skin tones of a burns victim - those in GTA are frequently funny, for the most part intelligently scripted and with fluid, natural animations.
The damage system: Smashing the place up
You might remember how frustrating it was when you failed a mission in any of the previous GTAs because your car blew up? That doesn't seem to happen so much in IV. It took us a while to work out why: the damage dealt to cars is relative to where they get hit. Furthermore, they tend to just come to a shuddering halt, rather than bursting into flames. Real-time damage basically means you can manually decide how to wreck you car. Put a dent in the front and the bumper falls off. Back it into a post and you smash the brake lights. Get shot at and you get free air conditioning and the distinct possibility a stray bullet might pierce the fuel tank and blow you from Broker into Alderney. Basically you've got the potential of Burnout's crunching auto porn transplanted into a GTA game.
And all that street furniture we mentioned earlier: hot dog stalls, dumpsters, cafe tables, piles of cardboard boxes, newspaper stands, lamp posts, parked cars, people, that's all fully destructible too. You don't have to try that hard to imagine the potential for carnage when you've got a five star wanted level and a parade of cops on your ass and you decide to take the pedestrian route. It's messy. Our personal favourite thing to smash into are the mailboxes which eject an impressive spray of papers into the air, all individually floating around in your wake. And we used to think these Rockstar guys couldn't do graphics...
Humans, too, take damage in a more advanced manner. Using free aim you can target different parts of an enemies anatomy and choose to, say, just wound a leg and then follow them around like a psychopath as they hobble away clutching their caved-in appendage. Even more brutality awaits enemies who you can perform executions on, a little slice of Manhunt hidden away in the nasty bowels of GTA IV.
However, the most shocking example of body deformation is far more commonplace (at least in real-life) and guaranteed to make you wince the first time you see it; having hit something solid at high speed Niko is catapulted through the front windscreen and hits the asphalt with all sorts of contorted body mangling. Gloriously unpleasant.
The cover system: Because you can't just pile in anymore
Already alluded to in 'Weapons and targeting' GTA IV's cover system is worth noting in isolation because it has paved the way to a new style of mission. That of the tactical interior shoot-out. What that means is where in old GTA gun-battles were often confusing, luck-based ordeals, Niko has the ability to take cover behind anything using the left bumper and then use the camera to look around or over objects and fire from safety.
He can even slide between areas of cover. This puts the outcome of a gun battle down to your patience and skill, rather than the lap of the gods, as without this sharp, tactical way of working your way through droves of enemy in confined spaces, you'd be a dead man. Make no mistake, it totally changes the face of the GTA experience and leaves you relishing the potential of duel rather than fearing it.
On the mobile: Your link to the criminal underworld
Roman gives you your first phone and promises one day you'll get a better one which will be a sign you've 'made it'. Well, you do get a new one, from Playboy X, and that's when the real fun starts. Yes, you get a gold camera phone innit. Not only is it your way of communicating with characters in the game in a totally uncontrived manner, it's your key to going on leisurely dates, dinners and days out, keeping track on time-critical missions (with the organiser function) and taking pictures of hooker's asses with the camera.
While your phone is the single most important piece of kit you'll get in the game you can also purchase ring tones for it off the in-game internet, buy new 'themes' or just dial up 911 for kicks and watch the police arrive and bumble around looking confused.
Oh, and should you want to know what that tune is playing on the radio, just dial up Zit on 948-555-0100 and the service will text you the name back. Told you it was useful.
Sound: Music to your ears
The funniest line in GTA IV comes totally at random on the Integrity 2.0 radio station when stalwart radio presenter Lazlow interviews a Central American hot-dog vendor about the plight of being an immigrant worker. After establishing it's a non-story as the hot dog vendor reveals he is, in fact, quite happy with his lot, Lazlow gets a bit mouthy and in response the incensed interviewee retorts, "Hah, why you called Lazlow anyway? That's like some kinda clowns name."
Honestly, it's funnier when you hear it for yourself. The point is, the talk radio stations of Liberty City are as alive and full of biting insight as they were before. And, as featured in San Andreas, Rockstar has pulled that clever trick where when you commit a crime, it appears on the radio news show reinforcing the sense that Niko is having an effect on the way a living world evolves.
Equally, the music, one of the most crucial elements of the GTA experience is as varied as it is full of surprises - Goodbye Horses by Q Lazarus finally makes its game debut. Not being tied to one specific era has meant the sound designers have gone to town and selected music from Miles Davis through to Deadmau5. It's up to you to have your own personal 'moments' but so far we've enjoyed crawling the streets of the posher parts of Algonquin in the driving rain to the ponderous shuffle of Jazz Nation Radio, speeding down Plumbers Skyway in Alderney with Oxygene No.4 by Jean Michel Jarre at sunset and cruising through the neon-lit Times Square to the handbag disco sounds of Gino Soccio's Dancer.
The cops: The bacon factory
The bastards. All they want to do is cause you trouble. This time round the police are less sensitive over you scraping past them in a traffic queue, but they still take issue with you carjacking a vehicle when they happen to be in the vicinity. In fact, reflecting their conservative politics, the police have changed the least in the transition to GTA IV.
That's not to say they aren't still a massive pain in the ass and have a major influence on the difficulty level of certain missions. In once incident that springs to mind, Niko is required to kill a load of Albanians at the Alderney hideout. Having arrived we attempted to take out the guards on the porch from distance with the sniper rifle. Which was working until a passing squad car got involved. Of course, things quickly spiral out of control, there's two dead cops and suddenly we've got mission impossible, being lasered on all sides by angry Albanians and legions of cops. The next time we simply made sure no cops were about, went in the back door and mission complete.
Leisure time: Kicking back and wasting time
To be honest we still wonder why these side-missions make the cut, but if we're pushed we will say that bowling, pool and darts make decent mini-games in their own right and the cabaret acts are worth a look - especially the Ricky Gervais cameo. But in the main going to a strip bar and watching a CGI stripper's crotch being rubbed in our/Niko's face is still a bit weird, even when the graphics are so much improved. Once it's acceptable to include full nudity in videogames and all the girls look like Shay Laren, then we might see the point.
The motivation to give in to these distractions is that making friends and calling them up for dates unlocks benefits which actually assist you in the main story mode. Which is kind of cute. As one example, wine and dine Roman enough and he'll open up a personal chauffeur service for you that'll pick you up wherever and when ever you want. Great when you're stuck on the other side of the city to where you want to be and can't be assed to drive.
Multiplayer: Crime Online
We've already gone in depth into multiplayer at preview stage, and to be honest there isn't too much we can add here except to say that the process of getting into an online match from the game itself is a seamless experience. When tested on 27/4/08 on a home connection we found the service quick and were able to take part in an unranked multiplayer deathmatch with between three and seven people (it supports up to 16) and found no devastating loss in quality, bar the odd bit of pop up.
The way you can easily drop into multiplayer via your mobile means you're more likely to dip into it when you get tired of beating missions, instead of just going off on a mindless rampage round the city. Just hit up your mobile and within seconds you can be doing the same thing only with real opponents.
In our view it's the straight-up deathmatch that will kick off the most as it's basically the online GTA everyone was pining for back when consoles first went online (and that PC owners have been playing for years) it's basically the normal game only you have to take out your human opponents in any manner possible.
Final summary
If Rockstar had simply given us better graphics, a new city and a bigger set of missions we'd have been happily acceptant and this game would have been an easy eight out of ten. Good, but try harder. Rockstar did try harder, though and we get GTA IV.
We hope we've explained why this is deserving of a maximum score (maybe you should go back and read it eh, wise guys) but in essence it's because it's the best of GTA, evolved and matured and bettered. Not only does it go a long way to fixing the problems of previous games but it maintains a level of 'class' and true innovation that other game designers in this genre strive for but never quite reach.
Part of this is in it's visual flair (hats off to Aaron Garbut and his team) but also the level of sheen applied to all aspects of the experience, whether it's the car design, a well-observed piece of dialogue, a snide cultural reference, a great theme tune, the engrossing storyline or even something as seemingly unimportant as the credit sequence, GTA IV speaks on a level with an adult player rather than dumbing down for the lowest common denominator.
There will be detractors, for sure, but we're convinced that 97% of the gamers who purchase this whether they're existing fans or not will find themselves hooked on it at least until the release of new downloadable content (currently 360 exclusive) later this year. As for the future of the series? This bodes well. And we've been assured the next instalment will raise the bar even further...
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Dec 02 2008 - PC
Apr 29 2008 - Xbox 360 (US)
Apr 29 2008 - PS3
Dec 03 2008 - PC
Apr 29 2008 - Xbox 360 (UK)
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Dear Blossom thanks for the photos of the roses it inspired my story.Once upon a time there was a little girl who believed in magic but as she grew her faith started leaving her until as an adult despite the many magical events she forgot the love and light that she was,and as the darkness engulf her she cried out and denounced God.Well Guys that was me. until 2 years ago I had a vision of Jesus ( I know cliche' but true) It started the transforming, I read books from Deepak Chopra, Echart Tollee,Gregg Braden etc. stopped things like alcohol,watching TV,started meditating ect. No I didn't turn into some religious weirdo that is soooo not me, this stuff is NOT religion it is soul truth, it is the magic of who we are pure love energy.The joy of spirit.LIGHT (light is information) raise your sword of light and cut through the illusion of fear.My soul started communicating, I started to feel energies, beautiful blissful energies, One day I couldn't stop thinking about a UFO experience I had in 1989 this repetitive thought led me to researching UFOs I didn't really get all that interested,however one morning I woke up with a thought in my head which led me to Blossoms website as I listened to White Clouds voice on the demo tape tears ran down as I said I am home, an energy of love so huge went through me.After reading The Message I was activated as FOL calls it. I connected big time, how I would explain it is my heart beats in time with theirs.On a Friday I got it in my head to send roses to Blossom but I thought she is fine now FOL has explained the no show but Saturday it kept up, but I was so busy with my business as this is my busy period I ignored it, come Sunday my heart was ready to burst as so much love energy was being sent, but I thought I don't even know her address.By Monday afternoon I knew what I had to do.I rang a florist in her home town and half an hour later she got back to me she found out her address through her publisher. I said do you have any feathers and to my surprise she asked me what one would I like. I knew what I had to write as I had read White Clouds books, I knew I had to do it anonymously and see if the universe did its magic, if we were meant to connect somehow I would find out, two days later I heard her mention the roses to Brad in a interview, when I heard that she had ask White Cloud for proof that the FOL were of light and he sent a rose in her head, Blossom said ok if I see a rose in 3 days I'll know (she would have gotten the roses that day) as it was she got them on the Monday but she said she would accept that as the florist was closed on the Sunday:)) We are one !!!!! BELIEVE it is happening..... Love and Light Kerrie
From Blossom after she decided to stop channeling them (she has resumed again,thank God) blessings Kerrie (Zoolithe)
* A few weeks after Oct 14th 2008 I was really struggling what with one thing and another! I asked White Cloud for a sign ( I don't do that very often) . I HAD to KNOW that The Federation of Light were who they said they were. I FELT I wanted to TRUSt them, but did not want to fool myself or anybody else after what had ... or should I say ... had not taken place. My soul was in a miserable place . I closed my eyes and was shown a beautiful rose. So I said to White Cloud that if within three days I saw a rose that carried his energy I would know it was from him and know to continue communication with The Federation of Light. I told no-one of this. At 4pm on the third day ... there was a knock at my door and the local florist delivered three dozen roses .They had a beautiful ostrich feather in them and a card which simply said ...
'Walk boldly as the Light and the Love. All is as should be . Adieu. Kerrrie ( a petal).
These words as many of you know are what White Cloud always says.
Within moments I clicked and sobbed uncontrollably ...vowing I would never doubt them again. My heart was so grateful to White Cloud for this Truth.
I did not know Kerrie then. I do now. When I asked her what made her do such a thing ... she said she felt nudged by White Cloud all weekend to 'listen to him'. (She had his books) So she did and felt the urge to send me some roses ... only knowing that I lived somewhere in Noosa.
My summery of what has happened~ White Cloud~The Feathers~The Roses...
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Thank you Aurora, that is beautiful ! :)
OMG Aurora it is called White Cloud rose!
Yep...White Cloud Rose
love it!
Aurora Blossom said she asked White Cloud about sending out that last channel and she said she didn't get anything,well I sent her your White Cloud rose on the 25th! thats something I recon:)
Bless you Kerrie, I love and respect you and Blossom so very much. I do have to tell you what my thoughts are asking, and that is, "now that Blossom has bid us adieu, who will White cloud choose as his new vessel?"
White Cloud is still going to work through Blossom Aurora,Blossom is just not going to communicate with The Federation of Light
Well, what is happening is very interesting indeed!!! This is a dawning of a new day :o)))
Aurora it is interesting how everything is changing I have stopped crying for now,hopefully all that is past,the tears kept flowing as a deep sadness shifted,I felt as if we had abandoned them or perhaps rejected a consciousness that was offered to us that we choose not to embrace,I pray this is not the case for I love the divinity that is that consciousness, it is my heart, it is my soul and ...oh dear here come the tears again...I pray that this small self can somehow bring that light into it,I'll just keep saying what The Federation of Light said to say 3 times and often 'I am an anchor for the Christ light' I have asked Ellie from Crystal connections about my visit with Claud - Adama from inner earth and she said she doesn't have access to that grid, so my understanding then is that we are all connected to different grids or consciousness,so if I am seeing visions of Jesus,Mary,Ashtar,AAMichael and Claud-Adama I am therefore connected to The Christ Conscious grid so I am learning slowly,we just need to activate the grid that we want in our New Earth and this is not about Christianity or any man made religion I don't feel.
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Replacing precedent dating back to 1892, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled [5/2/13] that contracts entered into with mentally incapacitated individuals will no longer be considered automatically void.
Under the new standard, those contracts will be voidable, as opposed to inherently void. According to the ruling, a contract will be binding unless the incapacitated person or someone approved to act on his or her behalf takes steps to cancel it. If an incapacitated person or the representative does want to cancel a contract, they can only do so if it would be fair to the parties involved.
Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, writing for the court, said the new standard, which is used in the majority of jurisdictions in the United States, "better comports with modern contract law and modern understandings of mental illness."
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Our TV Watch message boards are down temporarily (sorry!). so if you're dying to comment on last night's finale of Gilmore Girls, post your raves, questions, criticisms, and tearful farewells below.
What did you think of the 'Gilmore Girls' finale?
I was pretty disappointed with the finale. I thought that I would either laugh, or cry, but I did neither. Just noticed it somewhat drive by. I agreed that they wrapped everything up nicely, but I would have appreciated either more witty banter, or poignant moments.
I cried and cried and cried. No, actually I wailed. I had to call a friend to calm me down cause I was taking this break up hard. Thanks Melissa! Although it was a bit sappy at times (look who's talking)it ended great! I was moved by Richard's apology to Lorelai but felt Emily could have at least hugged her just once…I will miss you so every Tuesday night. I still can't bring myself to erase you off my DVR. I've not been this emotional since Alias ended.
I liked it. As messy as this season has been, the finale did what it was suppose to do. I especially like the last shot. Lorelei and Rory chatting away in the diner as the camera pulls back. Just like the very first episode.
You know MY arse is going to have opinions…
I seriously think those behind the decision to cancel the show should be place in a room alone with CatKirk! I mean, this was a great ending to a season, NOT a series. There were still loose ends that need to be tied together (uh, hello! Luke and Lorelai!). The only thing I like about this ending was that at least Rory was well on her way to being a journalist. After NOT going to Harvard, after NOT being with Logan, we at least got what we were promised from the beginning with her. I was well prepared to see this show end, but not as sudden as this. I mean, we know that the show was ending TWO weeks ago? That's not enough time. Especially since the season had already wrapped. Writers aren't given a chance to resolve things. Faithful viewers are barely given a chance to say farewell.
MIKE – I at least agree with you. Ending on the girls chatting away in the diner was the most appropriate last shot. From the start of the show to the end.
My wife and I watched the finale, and thought it was a great send off. The first time we watched the pilot episode, we were actually on our honeymoon relaxing. as such, she was in a tears for part of the show. have to say, the scene where they pull up to the tent, and see everyone gathered with signs was very touching. Not quite as perfect ending as six feet under, but pretty close.
Dawn Frizzi
I loved the final episode. Please bring them back once in awhile as a made for TV movie.
I thought it was frustrating at times. The story needed the huge events like Rory getting her dream job and Luke and Lorelai but the best series finales are the ones without the big events. That last shot was fitting but I found I was more bitter about the episode then I expected to be.
Plus no Paris, no Mrs. Kim. Thankfully Michelle got to be rude at the beginning.
I posted a complete review of the episode on my personal blog at:
I loved it. All the mother-daughter moments absolutely killed me, from "It's too soon" to "You've given me everything I need." And I think Luke-Lorelai was wrapped up – We know they're starting over and we know they're both happy, so I'm okay with just knowing that and not seeing it. Although I would love to somehow see their wedding someday.
I was pleasantly surprised that the finale was good. I know that we didn't get complete closure on some story lines, but I really like that they ended with the world being wide open for Rory (affirming that she made the right decision about Logan). I do wish though that they would have decided sooner that this would be it so that we could have had some farewell specials…when Friends was ending we were inundated with farewell specials and interviews, etc. With GG it would have been nice to have at least one such show to acknowledge all that the series had been.
I thought that it was a good send off. Of course, I like everyone else was upset at the announcement that they were cancelling but it was time to say goodbye. I think the only thing I wish was done differently was having Luke and Lorelai get married and be starting their family. Marrying Christopher was a huge mistake because she never really loved him. It was always Luke and I felt a little cheated by the fact that they had teased us for 7 years and we didn't get to see a final conclusion. Now what? Is Lorelai and Luke ever going to get married and live happily ever after? Anyway, I thought sending Rory off to conquer the world like that was great. That is what she always wanted to do and I was happy to see that the writers gave her a proper send off. We will miss you Gilmore Girls and all of Stars Hollow!
This last episode looked as thrown together as the re-enactment party for Rory. The only slightly touching moment for me was when Lorelai was looking down fondly on a sleeping Rory. You could almost hear what must have been Lorelai's silent thoughts. I didn't think the writing was very good this season, and feel the same about this episode.
you said it all….thank you and thanks to the writers on the show..I felt the same as you said to see them go, but as a mom myself I also cried for what is just so very true and right to do "give our kids roots & wings"….thanks again for summing it up.
I'd give it a 6 out of 10. Major points off for SPOILING THE KISS IN LAST WEEKS PREVIEW. Then there was the kinda lame reunion/send-off between Lane and Rory, Rory suddenly over Logan, no Paris (phone call even?) and no Mrs. Kim. But there was a lot to like in the ep – the final scene with Lorelei and Emily about the Friday Night Dinner was the best by far. Giving each of the supporting characters one last moment to shine was also great. The way the necklace was worked in was also top notch. But even with all that, I can't help feeling somewhat deflated by the ending. Wish I could place my finger on it – oh wait that's right, it's because THEY SPOILED THE KISS IN LASTS WEEKS PREVIEW!!!
My last comment reviewed my complaints. Now I'm going to voice my LOVE of the show – which hopefully was obvious. I'm going to miss the Girls. And Stars Hollow. I will always have the DVDs – of which I own every season, but it won't be the same. But at least in
every cup of coffee I drink,
every Star Trek episode I watch,
every snide remark I make to my boss,
every Metallica song I hear,
every hotel I sleep in,
every ugly baby christmas card I receive,
every cat hiss,
every poodle that crosses my path,
every London-themed party I attend,
every Paul Anka picture I view,
every prophetic dream of me and Luke,
every dinner I have with my parents,
every obscure indie musical group's show I'm dragged to by my friends
every Joan & Melissa Rivers tv-appearance
every creme I brulee and inadvertantly set the table ablaze
every cake I eat
and so on…I know the Gilmore Girls will always be there smiling and ranting. As I will be…
Here's to seven great years of tv-watching.
Gail Ballard
I think it ended very well. Beforehand I thought, "I'm sorry it will be off the air, but it's a good time for it to end." After watching the episode, I'm REALLY sad! I'm really going to miss it!
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Writing Advice from John Steinbeck
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"5. Beware of a scene that becomes too dear to you, dearer than the rest. It will usually be foundReplyDelete
that it is out of drawing."
I found this one puzzling too. Usually those scenes, the ones that really grab you, are the ones you go back and re-read and think to yourself "Wow. That's some really good stuff!"
I need those moments, especially since the greater majority of scenes I'm thinking the opposite--"Oh man, what drivel. This stuff sucks!" LOL!
On the other hand, John Steinbeck was once quoted: "The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business."ReplyDelete
Where might this fit into Steinbeck's writing advice?
Seriously, this is good writing advice that needs to fit the writer in order to work. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for these, James. I hadn't seen them before. I pretty much agree with you on all points,particularly on #1 and #5. With regard to #5, I recall times when Steinbeck didn't seem to be following his own advice, to the benefit of the story or novel.ReplyDelete
Safe journeys to you as you travel today.
Great advice, and great interpretations.ReplyDelete
I particularly agree with #1 and writing one piece of the puzzle at a time (not without a previous plan, of course), until the draft is finished. I used to be a victim of my constant pre-editing, until I realized that it's not adding anything to my work, but in fact preventing me from it.
Thank you very much for the great post, James. Always love to read your opinion. :)
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I've resorted to writing the first draft on a myPad. That's pen on paper. It's the only way I can stop myself from constant editing, changing and obsessing. The flow of words from the end of a good pen is amazing.ReplyDelete
I have had to cut scenes I love that didn't add to the story but my favorite scenes that fit... Why would I want to kill those? The rest of the advice is good, though.ReplyDelete
Great advice!ReplyDelete
I agree with most but like you have never found thinking of a specific reader all that helpful. I am more likely to reach page 100 or so in the first draft and refine that as I really find establishing the voice early on helps me get the rest of the story flowing - so that's where I focus most of my early revision. I don't wait till I have the entire first draft.ReplyDelete
Number one--writing a page a day--really resonates with me. I get spooked when told I should be writing thousands of words per day. And in fact, I'd argue that concentrating on quantity of output often results in books that read like a rush job. I read so many books (and have even written one) in which it is clear that the writer raced through it, or was on a tight deadline. The writing suffers.ReplyDelete
I have no image of the potential reader, specific or general, when I'm writing. All I can see is the story, and that flowing fast until the draft is done. I do take the advice though not to edit anything until the first draft is done. As a percussionist one thing you never do is break the rhythm in the middle of the song, likewise with writing I feel the music popping along all full beat and gotta go till the fat lady is done.ReplyDelete
love this advice! especially working all the way thru and leaving out the difficult or too dear pieces!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the reminder kick in the pants!ReplyDelete


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While everyone else was leafing their way through the Williams report to discover the optimum, i.e. reduced number of councils (and councillors) in Wales, Rosemary Butler was talking about the need for more AMs.
Speaking as a witness to the Welsh Affairs Committee, Ms Butler told MPs that the present figure was insufficient as only 42 members were available to sit on a "relentless cycle" of committees.
She also felt that the position of Presiding Officer should be re-christened Speaker in light of the legislative burden soon to be undertaken.
Could there be a pattern emerging here?
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My recollection is that the Presiding Officer of the House of Commons is called Speaker because he or she speaks for the Commons to what was often an overbearing monarch or that monarch's ministers. It seems strangely inappropriate to use that term for the National Assembly for Wales, whose main oppressor seems to be an elected UK Government :-) I understand that this was not your main point.ReplyDelete
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After his split from Davy, Harry was linked to recently divorced singer Natalie Imbruglia. The paparazzi claimed to have caught them in several cozy situations, such as dinners and concerts. The pair both said that they were only friends, doing what friends do. In related news, the song "Torn" will now be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. [Celebrifi]
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MILWAUKEE — The son of U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson was caught on video suggesting voters this fall should send President Barack Obama back "to Kenya," but later apologized through the campaign.
Jason Thompson, the son of the former governor, made the comments Sunday during a brunch hosted by the Kenosha County Republican Party.
"We have the opportunity to send President Obama back to Chicago — or Kenya," said Jason Thompson, an attorney at a large Milwaukee law firm.
The comment drew laughs from the crowd, with one woman jokingly adding, "We are taking donations for that Kenya trip."
was taken by a Democratic Party operative and posted at BuzzFeed Politics Sunday.
President Obama's father was Kenyan, but Obama was born in Hawaii.
Jason Thompson, 38, has been involved in his father's efforts to win a U.S. Senate seat, representing the campaign at some events.
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Spring Mortgage Limited has gotten a new date for its quotations meeting with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Ifeanyi Onuorah, Managing Director (MD) of the Primary Mortgage Institution (PMI) confirmed this to Proshare NI today in Lagos Nigeria.
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What Winter's Meant to Be
In recent years, winters here in the northern foothills of New York's Adirondack Mountains have been characterized by fluctuating cold and warm temperatures that prevented a deep build-up of snow in the woods. This year has been more typical of the winters I remember from childhood, when winter seemed to be one endless parade of snowstorms and gray days, with snow so deep by March that we could tunnel like moles through the blanket of white stuff overlaying the lawn. With one exception this year, the days this season have been gray, and the temperatures cold enough that the snow has not melted back.
As a youngster, I was a hot-blooded adventurer into the snowy world, and dreamed of vast sub-Arctic winters where the only sounds were the distant howls of wolves and the rustle of snowshoes passing through the snow. A year like this one comes close to the kind of conditions I hankered for as a kid. While my internal furnace doesn't burn as hotly as it used to, and my yearning for a subsistence life in the far north have abated, I still enjoy the stark beauty of the woods and waters in winter.
I know my readers who live in temperate regions of the world feel deprived because they don't have to swaddle themselves in layers of insulating clothes, or pull on ice creepers like Yaktrax just to keep upright when they step outside the door. If this describes you, I feel forya. You're missing out on the pleasures of winter as winter's meant to be. You can't fully appreciate being warm unless you've been cold. Really cold. Nose- and finger-numbing and teeth-chattering cold. So that you're not left out of the cold, come along to see what zero-degree temperatures, slick ice and deep snow is like. And if you're looking for a dose of reality, you could drop an ice cube down inside the back of your shirt every now and then to simulate a snow bomb taking you by surprise and to stimulate your reflexes.
Let's begin at the coldest time of day, pre-dawn. The night shift is on the move, heading home to let the day shift take over. The photo is fuzzy because I hand-held the camera and shot through the double-glazed window at full telephoto, but you can tell this cottontail is alert for predators as he makes his way back to his form:
This is his kind of place, a woodland with low shrubs and hidden small hollows where he can hunker down and sleep with snow for insulation and cover against prowling predators.
The snow is dry and fluffy, and insulates wildlife the way a goose down sleeping bag insulates us.
Every morning one chickadee flies in as scout to see if there are sunflower seeds waiting for his clan. If he finds any—and he always does—he returns to the roost and comes back with the family, chattering all the while. This morning is frosty, and every limb and twig is coated with a fine crust of ice.
Down at The River, in the swift reaches the water is running ice. Mounds of ice and snow top each exposed boulder like frosting on a cupcake.
Ice. It's everywhere.
The trail-side weeds—important sources of seeds for birds, insects, and small animals—have collapsed under the burden of snow, but one seed remains on this upside down head of queen anne's lace. A hungry critter will appreciate the seed some frigid day when food is scarce or hard to find.
Every few days more snow falls, sparing no exposed object, and making even the least aesthetic manmade structures artistically attractive.
I keep returning to the water in its ever-changing guises.
Even when the water's cold enough to form skim ice in the current, the reflection of an incandescent light lends warmth in the flurry.
And here's what cold looks like early in the day, when the open water smokes and the trees crack like rifle shots:
Here's another view of what a frigid morning looks like:
People used to the cold leave no bit of themselves exposed to the slicing claws of the lightest breeze. A gap in the ruff around your nose and mouth lets out the steam of your breath, which freezes in a filigree on the edges of your hood. You hunch over, mittened hands jammed as deeply into pockets as they'll go, as if the cold is a heavy object pressing down on your back. And as I move about the winter woods on such days, I marvel at the animals who live there, who weather the short cold days and long frigid nights. Like them, I look forward to the warming days to come, even as I enjoy the harsh glory around me.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A jail inmate was reportedly urging state officials to take custody of his children when his toddler died.
The TBI said 18-month-old Somara Smith's mother was also in jail when her boyfriend brought the girl to a family member's house early Thursday, already dead.
Authorities charged 26-year-old Edward Benesch of Dickson with reckless homicide and child abuse.
Nina Overton, who is related to Somara's father, Edward Mays, told The Tennessean Mayes had written and called the Department of Children's Services over the last three weeks, saying they needed to get his children. Overton said Benesch had been left with Jill Smith's six children when Smith -- Somara's mother -- was also jailed.
DCS interim Commissioner Jim Henry said his agency is investigating and is cooperating with police agencies.
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If you looked like a bat and had super powers you would be a villain too.
About.com has posted their review of City of Villains. .
" Ever since the release of City of Heroes last year, people have been leaping tall buildings in a single bound, outpowering locomotives, taking the law into their own hands, and exploring their alter egos as virtual superheroes. With the launch of City of Villains, NCSoft and Cryptic have made good on their promise to let you play the anti-hero. No more coming to the rescue of purse-snatching victims, this time around you will be robbing banks, carrying out hits for the mob, and pummeling everyone that gets in your way with a disregard befitting a criminal. "
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