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If You Want to Write (1938)
by Brenda Ueland
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Brenda U is a writer's cheerleader. Wonderfully supportive, very encouraging. All that sticks in memory, aside from a general Brenda-inspired can-do feeling, is the fact that Brenda would encourage would-be writer's to eschew coffee or other stimulants.
Ueland, who taught creative writing for years and years, believes that anyone can become a writer, that we are all unique and all have stories to tell. The main message of this slim book is to turn off your inner critic, shut out all the critical voices in your life (teachers, parents, spouses, friends), and just write. You can apply her principles to any creative endeavour, not just writing -- her advice will also help painters, musicians, anyone creating, actually. She says the most important thing is to be truthful to yourself and don't try to please others with your creative project. A gabillion copies If You Want to Write have been sold, and readers have loved and praised this book for 80 years. Carl Sandburg said it is "the best book ever written about how to write."
Who can disagree with all that? It's the good part.
BTW, Carl Sandburg and her were friends, so make out of that what you will.
Now for my real opinion. For such a short book (179p), it's surprisingly repetitive. Ueland explains how she is one of those writers who hates the outline, which is fine . . . but if you're not going to outline, you really need to focus on the edit. She rambles along and uses footnotes on almost every page. The info in the footnotes could have easily been edited in to the text, or just discarded, as it added little. There were pages of her quoting William Blake, and Van Gogh, and she talks about "the Russians" a lot. By a lot, I mean way too much idolizing, not so much detail.
Here is an example of a typical passage that had me rolling my eyes: "Great art, said Tolstoi, is when a great man who has the highest life-conception of his time tells what he feels. (Tolstoi himself was one of those although he did not know it.) Then the infection is universal. Everybody understands it and at once.*
* I think Blake meant this same thing too, when he called Jesus and artist."
That just makes me scream for so many reasons. Even if one think that's an amazing thought (which it's not), it can be said so very much better.
Throughout the book she says "I hope to talk about that later," and I didn't keep track, but I don't think she ever did. I was convinced she didn't, in fact, when I got to the "outlines are a nightmare" section.
Here's another tidbit of wisdom from Dame Ueland: "Tolstoi, Ibsen, Blake, Goethe, Thomas Mann and all great men, known or unknown, famous or obscure,--they are great men in the first place and so they cannot say anything that is not important, not a single word. Their writing, their art is merely a by-product, a cast-off creation of a great personality."
Oh, please.
I soldiered on, looking for the good bits amongst all her noise, but after a while, I realized that I had an image of this woman lecturing me with a pointed finger. It was rather uncomfortable, yet on I went. I noticed that she seemed pretty impressed with herself and all the fabulous advice she was sharing with little me, and then it struck me that the finger-wagging professor and morphed into Lady Catherine De Burgh. (shudder!)
Recommended for: Yes, many have found If You Want to Write inspiring. But her advice is not unique, and is better said elsewhere. If you are looking for an inspirational book about writing or creating, I suggest Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott), Negotiating with the Dead (Margaret Atwood) or even On Writing (Stephen King).
Why I Read This Now: I like to buy books about writing more than read them. Thought I'd plow through the stack this year. Picked this one first because Ursula Le Guin (I think) recommended that it was the only writing book anyone needed. She was wrong.
Rating: one cranky tin star.
This book started out as pretty much exactly what I needed to hear: forget what everybody else says and just write honestly. Friendly and direct and a bit quaint. And the first three quarters or so continued to be great. After that point, however, the hero-worship started to get old. I don't think Tolstoy, Chekov, and Blake are quite as infallible as Ueland clearly does. That aside, the rest of the book is charming and encouraging.
Although a few of Brenda Ueland's viewpoints are a bit culturally dated (If You Want to Write was first published in 1938), this is a real gem of a book for aspiring writers or writers who may need to unblock writer's block. It is not a practical guide to publishing (good thing -- otherwise this book would *definitely* be dated -- it was after all written nearly 80 years ago!) or how to plan plot, etc. -- in fact, she often says: just write, don't worry about the plotting until later -- but just a lot of feel-good "you can do it!" in there.
I really dislike highlighting in books, but this one I felt compelled to do so (in pencil; none of that neon yellow stuff).
Some of what Ueland says is intuitive, but still good reminders:
"Everybody is original, if he tells the truth, if he speaks from himself. But it must be from his true self and not from the self he thinks he should be" (p. 4).
Ueland provides examples of "good" and "bad" writing (some her own, some her students' work -- she taught writing classes at a local YWCA for a time) and shares stories of how some students need to have their true self and/or life viewpoints shine through in her writing. The story of one of her students really stuck with me: this student was "...lame, a very fine, kind, gentle person. She worked very hard but never seemed to write anything good and alive" (p. 108). Ueland urges her to describe something just as it is, to look at it as how she sees it. The result is an excellent, but gloomy, piece and the self-depreciating student states that she doesn't like to write depressingly. Ueland realizes that "a lifetime of a kind of willed cheerfulness, because of her lameness perhaps, kept her from writing from her true self. 'I must be cheerful and optimistic. I must always look at the bright side of everything.' she was always saying to herself. But not when you write! If it is true cheerfulness, fine. But if it is willed cheerfulness and you always describe things as you think you ought to, --well, it will not be effective, that is all. Nobody will be interested or believe you" (p. 108-109).
That passage spoke to me -- I think by nature I am an optimistic person, but at the same time (for instance) it's hard for me to bring up challenges I've faced due to being deaf. Of course, Ueland does not mean that all disabled people are artificially optimistic, but she uses this woman's example to exhort that we must write what feels natural rather than what we feel we "should". As another example, she cites the naturally jolly person, who unsuccessfully writes serious material but becomes a much better writer when he allows himself to be more funny.
One more piece of advice from Ueland that I'd like to share for writers: "No, I wouldn't think of planning the book before I write it. You write, and plan it afterwards. You write it first because every word must come out with freedom, and with meaning because you think it is so and want to tell it. If this is done the book will be alive. I don't mean that it will be successful. It may be alive to only ten people. But to those ten at least it will be alive. It will speak to them. It will help to free them" (p. 168).
Good advice. That is not to say that the basics aren't important -- in fact I am currently reading a book on plots, settings, etc. -- but that we should not be bogged down with the construction first. Indeed, I hated outlines when we had to do them in English class before we could even start a paragraph on a writing assignment.
If You Want to Write is a book that I know I will refer back to again and again. Now go write something!
I have bought and given away too many copies of this book.
I love it too dearly to keep it to myself.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0915308940, Paperback)For most, the hardest part of writing is overcoming the mountain of self-denial that weighs upon the spirit, always threatening to extinguish those first small embers of ambition. Brenda Ueland, a writer and teacher, devotes most of her book--published back in 1938, before everyone and their goldfish got their MFA's in creative writing--to these matters of the writer's heart. Still, the real gift of the book is Ueland herself: She liked to write, she didn't care what anyone thought, and she had a great sense of humor. You're simply happy to hang out with her.
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For most, the hardest part of writing is overcoming the mountain of self-denial that weighs upon the spirit, always threatening to extinguish those first small embers of ambition. Brenda Ueland, a writer and teacher, devotes most of her book--published back in 1938, before everyone and their goldfish got their MFA's in creative writing--to these matters of the writer's heart. Still, the real gift of the book is Ueland herself: She liked to write, she didn't care what anyone thought, and she had a great sense of humor. You're simply happy to hang out with her.… (more)
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CLEAR LAKE — Dolores M. Buller, 92, Pierre, formerly of the Clear Lake area, passed away Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at St. Mary's Healthcare Center in Pierre.
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LeConte Stewart (1891-1990) was one of the most accomplished and beloved artists working in Utah during the twentieth century. After studying art at the University of Utah, Stewart traveled east in 1913 to train with a number of important artists. Under the instruction of John Carlson, whose technique and philosophy Stewart incorporated into his own work, he learned not only the mechanics of painting, but also how to convey emotion in paint. Stewart returned to Utah in 1914 to paint the small towns, farms, and deserts that had captured his imagination as a young boy growing up in Glenwood, Utah. He accepted commissions for murals, jobs at commercial lettering companies, and continued painting landscapes through the 1920s.
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TAMPA — In separate vehicles, they'll venture to a rural prep football outpost today, and bask in every mile. By tonight, one will be in the stands, the other in the secondary, and the moment will make their hearts pound.
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It is warm and sunny in Orlando (sorry to rub it in my cold weather friends). How would it be to live here year round?
We had a great first day at the Southern Women's show and we taught our first class, Yo Yo wristlets.
We had a few sewing pros in our class that whipped up their yo yos. We also had a lady that had never hand stitched anything in her entire life and we got to teach her how to make a handmade yo yo and watch her complete her first sewing project. What is more satisfying than teaching someone a new skill. Love it!
Tomorrow zipper flowers, which require no sewing at all. Come by if you live in Orlando.


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This package provides several major sub-packages. The SystemC::Parser understands how to read SystemC files, and extract tokens and such, similar to Verilog::Parser. SystemC::Netlist builds netlists out of SystemC files. This allows easy scripts to d...WSNYDER/SystemPerl-1.344 - 06 Nov 2014 03:24:47 GMT - Search in distribution
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No. 4 McKeesport runs past Connellsville
For the Connellsville football team to have a chance at knocking off undefeated McKeesport in Friday's Quad East game at Connellsville Stadium, big plays from the Tigers' offense would have to be scarce.
They weren't.
McKeesport scored seven rushing touchdowns, including four on runs of more than 35 yards as the No. 4 Tigers (7-0, 6-0) remained tied with Gateway for the top spot in the conference with a convincing 47-12 victory over the Falcons (1-6, 1-5).
"It was big plays," McKeesport coach George Smith said. "We started out a little wild, but then we were able to regroup. We fumbled the ball and we made some mistakes. I'm happy getting the win."
The Falcons knew they would have to contain McKeesport's option offense, but the Tigers still managed to make the big play. In the first quarter, TyWann Smith put McKeesport on the board with a 44-yard run. Then in the second quarter, Khaleke Hudson raced in on a 38-yard score to make it 14-0. It was the first of two touchdowns on the game for Hudson, who finished with 85 yards rushing on just four carries. Smith racked up a game-high 95 yards on the ground on 10 carries. McKeesport did not attempt a single pass the entire game.
Trailing by two scores, the Falcons had a chance to climb back into it late in the first half as they moved the ball inside the McKeesport 10. But a pair of penalties proved costly and the Falcons were stopped short of the end zone on a fourth-down run.
McKeesport got the ball and Allen Wright scored on a 92-yard run just before the half to give the Tigers a 21-0 lead.
"We got inside the 10 and had an opportunity to score," Connellsville coach Dave McDonald said. "But it's kind of the same old story for us. We had two big penalties and then they rip off a 92-yard run and it broke our backs. Then it was an uphill battle."
Connellsville did battle. In the third quarter, the Falcons pulled to within 21-6 when Jade Maher scored on a 1-yard run. But the Tigers put it away when Mikell Moore scored on a 6-yard run and David Queen added a 1-yard score. The Falcons' Michael Parlak completed the third-quarter scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run.
Christopher Russell led the Falcons with 59 yards rushing on 15 carries. Maher completed 11 of 19 passes for 89 yards. Connellsville also was hurt by some bad bounces. On several occasions, the Tigers put the ball on the turf, only to recover their own fumbles. On one series in the first half, the Tigers fumbled and Connellsville recovered, but an inadvertent whistle nullified the play entirely. However, despite these bad breaks, McDonald knows his team has to be better.
"It's disappointing," McDonald said. "I'm not disappointed in the kids or the coaches. I'm disappointed in myself because I haven't done enough to get us over that hump."
McKeesport closed the scoring with a pair of fourth-quarter scores. Hudson scored on a 48-yard run before Joshua Reist added a 1-yard touchdown run. Despite the lopsided score, Smith knew his team would have to earn their seventh victory of the season.
"I was worried about this game," Smith said. "Connellsville has a good football team and they have improved 100 percent."
Smith also pointed out that winning the conference isn't the focus right now.
"We're really not thinking about it," Smith said. "We're just going one game at a time."
With the loss, the Falcons have little hope of qualifying for the playoffs and will play at Latrobe on Friday.
Jason Black is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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- Team Name: SBG Ireland
- Nationality: Irish
- Age: 29
- Height: 6'5"
- Weight: 185lbs
- Total Fights: 16
- Record: 10-5-1 (W-L-D)
- Cage Warriors Record: 3-2-1 (W-L-D)
Results: Cage Warriors 55
Cathal Pendred overpowered Che Mills while Neil Seery captured the CWFC flyweight title at Cage Warriors 55.
Weigh-in results: Cage Warriors 55
Mills versus Pendred will now be a non-title fight after the challenger failed to make weight.
Cage Warriors 55: Dublin
Cage Warriors 55 takes place at The Helix in Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday, June 1.
Cage Warriors 55: Fields v Paraisy
Former CWFC middleweight champion Chris Fields will clash with French star Norman Paraisy at Cage Warriors 55.
Cage Warriors 51 on Sky Sports 3
Fans will have another chance to catch the best of the action from Cage Warriors 51 tonight (Wednesday, January 9) on Sky Sports 3 at 10pm GMT.
Results: Cage Warriors 51
There was title success for both Conor McGregor and Jesse Taylor at Cage Warriors 51 on New Year's Eve in Dublin, Ireland.
Cage Warriors 51
The busiest and most successful year in the 10-year history of Cage Warriors Fighting Championship draws to a close with the organisation's 12th show of 2012 on New Year's Eve.
Cage Warriors Awards 2012
Voting is now open in the Cage Warriors 2012 Awards, as we celebrate the most successful year in CWFC's 10-year history by rewarding our fighters for providing us with some remarkable entertainment over the past 12 months.
Cage Warriors 51: Fields v Taylor
Chris Fields will make his first defence of the CWFC middleweight title in his hometown of Dublin on New Year's Eve.
Watch CWFC Fight Night 7 on Sky Sports 3 tonight!
Cage Warriors fans in the UK & Ireland will finally get the chance to check out Saturday's main-card action from CWFC Fight Night 7 in Amman, Jordan when the show is broadcast on Sky Sports 3 tonight (Wednesday) at 11pm.
Champ welcoming all challengers
Chris Fields says he's willing to defend his Cage Warriors middleweight title against whoever who wants a shot, having captured the belt in Amman, Jordan on Saturday night.
CWFC Fight Night 7: Fields claims middleweight title
Chris "The Killing" Fields is the new Cage Warriors Fighting Championship middleweight kingpin.
Watch CWFC Fight Night 7 LIVE!
Here are details of how you can watch CWFC Fight Night 7, which takes place tonight at the New Boxing Arena in Amman, Jordan.
Weigh-in results: CWFC Fight Night 7
Pavel Kusch and Chris Fields have both made weight this afternoon in Amman, Jordan ahead of tomorrow night's main event clash for the vacant Cage Warriors middleweight title at CWFC Fight Night 7.
CWFC Fight Night 7: Kusch v Fields
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship returns this weekend with its ninth show of what has already been a hectic year for the organisation.
Injury forces Phillips out of title clash
The injury curse of the Cage Warriors middleweight title tournament continues, as John Phillips has been forced to withdraw from his meeting with Pavel Kusch in the final at CWFC Fight Night 7 in Jordan on September 1.
Phillips submits Fields to earn title shot
John Phillips will fight for the CWFC middleweight title after submitting Chris Fields in the main event of Cage Warriors 48.
Cheng ruled out of tournament final, winner of Phillips v Fields to get title shot
Cage Warriors can confirm that Victor Cheng will not fight for the CWFC middleweight title at CWFC Fight Night 7 after he ruled himself out of the bout due to injury.
Everything you need to know about CWFC 48…
It's a landmark weekend in the history of Cage Warriors Fighting Championship, as we celebrate 10 years of top-class MMA with Cage Warriors 48.
Weigh-in results: Cage Warriors 48
As Cage Warriors prepares for a 10th birthday celebration this weekend, weigh-ins took place this afternoon in London ahead of CWFC 48, which goes down tomorrow night at the HMV Forum in Kentish Town.
Fields in for Hucin at CWFC 48
Chris Fields will face John Phillips at Cage Warriors 48 following Faycal Hucin's withdrawal due to injury.
Fields out, Kusch in
There's been an enforced change to the semi-final line-up for the Cage Warriors middleweight title tournament.
CWFC Fight Night 5: Bobby Brents v Chris Barnett
Bobby 'Zombie' Brents will take on Chris 'Beast Boy' Barnett in an all-American main event at CWFC Fight Night 5 in Jordan on Thursday, April 12.
Amman to host Fight Night 5
Cage Warriors Fight Night 5, the organisation's fifth event of 2012, will take place at the New Boxing Arena in Amman, Jordan on Thursday, April 12.
Results: CWFC 45 weigh-ins
Weigh-ins for Cage Warriors 45 took place in central London this afternoon.
CWFC middleweight title tournament
Beginning at Cage Warriors Fight Night 3 in Beirut next month, eight men will battle it out to get their hands on the coveted CWFC middleweight belt.
CWFC 45: Mason v Fields
Jack Mason and Chris Fields will clash at Cage Warriors 45 at the HMV Forum in Kentish Town, London on February 18, with the winner moving a step closer to a title shot by progressing to a semi-final in April.
Cage Warriors 42 Video Recap
2011-06-05 -The Cage Warriors Fighting Championship returned to Ireland on May 28th with CWFC 42, which took place at the Neptune Stadium in Cork City.


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Fox Atomic has bought a comedic pitch titled "Don't Lean on Me" from "The Rocker" scribe Ryan Jaffe to get it developed as a big screen feature under its banner.
Drawing in what looks like to be another potential comedy under its care, Fox Atomic is working on "Don't Lean on Me" based on a pitch from scribe Ryan Jaffe, who previously sold his first screenplay for "The Rocker" to the company.
The pitch was purchased by Fox Atomic topper Debbie Liebling as part of Jaffe's blind deal with the studio, which is currently also setting up "Fishing on the Edge" and "Space Invader" to name few. As for the premise, it focuses on an assistant high school gym teacher with no interest in education who faces his worst nightmare -- a promotion to high school principal.
Names to star and direct have not yet been revealed, but it is learned that Matthew Weinberg, Jon Berg, and Todd Komarnicki are all in charge to produce through their Guy Walks Into a Bar banner. The latter two have been known to also perform the same duty on 20th Century Fox's upcoming comedy "Starship Dave" which is slated for release next spring.


text: Home → News $3 million Science Center building open at Forman School in Litchfield Parker Brodnax, 13, the Forman School's youngest student cuts a ribbon on the school's Science Center. Jessica Glenza—Register Citizen By Jessica Glenza, The Register Citizen Posted: 09/27/13, 4:59 PM EDT | Updated: on 09/27/2013 # Comments Forman School head Adam Man speaks to a crowd before the Science Center's ribbon cutting. Jessica Glenza—Register Citizen LITCHFIELD >> The Forman School cut the ribbon on a $3 million, 9,000 square-foot Science Center Friday morning."In my nine years of teaching at four different schools, this is the nicest building I've ever been in," said Jon Davis, a calculus teacher housed in the new Science Center.The 104-acre Norfolk Road campus is attended by about 190 students, each of whom pays between $52,000 and $65,000 annually to attend the boarding school. The school specializes in learning disabilities such as attention deficit disorder (ADD), and classes are capped at a 13 student maximum and about 20 percent of students are considered "gifted." The school serves ninth through 12th grade, plus a "post graduate" year between high school and college.The Science Center is the 26th building on campus, and the most recent construction since 2001 when a dormitory was built. The school received building approval in Oct. 2012 from the Litchfield Planning and Zoning Commission, and constructed the entire building in about one year.The twin-peaked building's entrance is flanked by copper columns and a covered with a mahogany pergola, each side of the roof has solar panels expected to provide between 10 and 15 percent of the building's power. Three rain gardens are planted around the building to slow water runoff, and filter runoff before it reaches the Bantam River at the bottom of campus.School officials said construction continued through winter, when blankets had to be laid down to keep the ground from freezing. Further, officials said subcontractors that didn't charge overtime on the weekends allowed them to construct the building quickly."We had an awful winter, we had a wet spring, a lot of things were done on the run," said Fred Lione, chair of the buildings and ground committee on the board of directors."I think we have actually realized a dream of the Formans with the building," said Adam Man, head of the school, about the Julie and John Forman, who founded the school for boys in 1930.About 300 people attended the ribbon cutting, many of them navy blazer clad students. Per tradition, the school's youngest student, 13-year-old Parker Brodnax from Brooklyn, N.Y. cut the ribbon.Reach Jessica Glenza at 860-489-3121 ext. 324. Advertisement Digital Subscribe to Home Delivery and SAVE! About the Author Jessica Glenza formerly covered Torrington schools and Litchfield County courts for The Register Citizen. Follow Jessica on Twitter: @JessicaGlenza. Full bio and more articles by Jessica Glenza Back to top


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A List of Everything Wrong with Far Cry 3 12
* Fall damage is pretty punishing. This is somewhat offset by your ability to slide down hills without taking damage, but you still might find yourself cratering more often than you would like.* There are juggernauts/heavies. Personally, I really dislike this type of enemy. They are not plentiful, and you can deal with them easily and creatively enough, but I find them off-putting.* The save system could be better. It autosaves often enough, and you can opt to save anytime except when mid-missio...39 out of 42 found this review helpful.
Really good - but falls shy of greatness 1
(Spoilers are present in this review - not that you should play this game for story)Far Cry has always been a series whose entries have had grand ideas but have fallen short of what they could deliver on. The original had these huge, gorgeous, wide-open areas with many different ways in and around things, but it was a very difficult game and the latter half was horribly unbalanced. The second was full of ideas about fighting a civil war, finding the antagonist, dealing with malaria, and roaming ...3 out of 3 found this review helpful.
Far Cry 3 Review 0
Far Cry 3 is the third installment in the open world shooter series. The game is developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. Far Cry 3 claims to be Skyrim with Guns but is this just another marketing ploy or does this statement really hold true?StoryFar Cry 3's Story is fantastic and at times overly stereotypical. Before I discuss what is fantastic about the story and was isn't lets first discuss the setup. In Far Cry 3, you play as Jason Brody, a spoiled rich kid who is on vacation ...2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
Far Cry 3: Blood, Bullets and MANTA RAYS! :> 0
* FAR CRY 3 : Blood, Bullets and MANTA RAYS! *I was actually pretty surprised by the time I finished everything I wanted to do in FAR CRY 3 with how I felt about the game. Beautiful game of course, both graphically and in reference to game content. Plenty of stuff to do and plenty of ways to do it. A wide range of weapons, three diverse skill trees, stealth and aggressive kills, land/water/air - combat and travel, gripping story and a serious amount of side stuff to do.... PLOT (5 stars)The sto...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Far Cry 3 - Better Than Expected 0
I didn't expect much of Far Cry 3. By the time of release, I had mostly lost interest in shooters so I decided to wait until the game was on sale somewhere down the road. Luckily I was rewarded with an all around fun and engaging experience.The original Far Cry, (not the offshoots on Xbox), wasn't more than a standard, linear first person shooter. But the unique and open jungle setting, and high hardware requirements to run properly on a PC, made it stand out. Far Cry 2 changed things up a bit, ...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Far Cry 3 review 0
Far Cry 3 combines elements of open-world games like Skyrim and Ubisoft's own Assassin's Creed with the first-person shooting of Crytek's original entry in the series. In between scripted story missions, you can explore Rook Island, do sidequests, hunt animals to craft upgrades, scavenge for collectibles or whittle away at the enemy presence on the island by taking over outposts scattered across the map.These elements don't always cohere into a satisfying whole, though. The story initially sees...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Far Cry 3 Review: The Definition of Insanity 0
Far Cry is a series that I have never been interested in. It seemed like a more pedestrian version of Crysis, and I have never been interested in Crysis either, so Far Cry was certainly far from my attention. I had seen some of Far Cry 2 but beyond the whole fire mechanic that game had there was nothing about it that interested me in any way. Far Cry 3 came onto my radar thanks to its E3 2012 showing, but all I really expected from this game was a middling shooter with an interesting looking bad...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Best 2012 Game of 2013? 0
I think the guys have said that this particular category in their awards discussion might go away, but BOY-HOWDY does Far Cry 3 ever foot the bill. The first few hours felt a bit on-rails to me and I very nearly moved on to something else, but I am so very glad I gave it another shot.I'm in my early thirties, work way too much, but can't seem to cut loose the vidja games. I tend to latch on to huge open-world games that take 50-100+ hours to beat or tiny, contained bite-sized nuggets on PC, PSN,...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Should have used the rubber 0
Don't know the best place to begin, so I'll just start into it. Far Cry 3 is a shooter… specifically a good feeling shooter. The movement and combat feels natural – meaning my character pretty much does what I have in mind when I press the buttons that will presumably make him do it. The weapon sounds are nice, and the enemy death animations are nice… and all that. The shooting aspects are well-rounded. But there's far more than shooting in this game. And in nearly every other category, it falls...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
My first first person action-adventure game experience. 0
This game is an exciting first person action-adventure game.The quality of graphics that is featured in this game is mind blowing.The story line of this game is very simple and easily under stable.The most interesting part of this game is there is no Glitches or Bugs in this game. ...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
A Vacation Cut Short 0
I had no frame of reference for what to expect from Far Cry 3, having never played the previous entries in the franchise. Like several series that were off my radar before it, the hype surrounding Far Cry 3 in late 2012 was too much to ignore. Claims of "Skyrim with guns" from the game's marketing were enough for me to take a chance on it. The result is a game that succeeds in many aspects, but stumbles in an attempt to make a great open-world experience.Far Cry 3's story starts promising. Jason...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
'Did I ever tell you the definition of 'Insanity'?'. 0
'Did I ever tell you the definition of 'Insanity'?'. Insanity seems to be a running theme in Far Cry 3, which frequently pays homage to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, which is fitting as the game has a down the rabbit hole feel to it throwing you into a vast world filled with interesting varied characters and no shortage of things to do. Far Cry 3 puts you in the shoes of protagonist Jason Brody one of a group of thrill seekers visiting Rook Island on holiday with his brothers and friend...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Lives up to the hype 0
Once in a while a game comes along that takes over your life. You cant stop thinking about it when you stop playing it, and when you are playing, you are amazed at what you are able to do/happening onscreen. Far Cry 3 is one of those games.StoryBy far, the weakest part of the game. The narrative in FC3 is paper thin and gives you just enough reason and motivation to meet people that give you more missions to do on the island. I also found the ending very disappointing and not satisfying in the ...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
They Got It So Right 0
Far Cry has been a series that always seemed like a series that is prepared to be excellent but odd decisions and ideas ruined the concept. The original was silly. The sequel was a chore to play due to the constant respawning of enemies at checkpoints and an overly complex story. I've seen the brilliance of the idea in all of the releases, but always felt let down --- especially with 2 --- when the execution was horribly flawed.Far Cry 3 was the best game of 2012. Nothing is really comparable. ...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
crazy, beautiful, fun 0
Far cry 3 is the third instalment in the far cry series and probably the best one to boot. The beautiful open world created by ubisoft is incredibly expansive and allows you, pretty much from the beginning of the game, to do what you want. You can craft new items and inventory slots from animal skins you hunt in the world, (much better than assassin's creed 3's systems) take over outpost and free the island from the magnificent Vaas's mercenaries and reveal the map by challenging the treacherou...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Far Cry 3: An Open World Experience Unlike Anything Else 0
Far Cry 3 is a game that wasn't really on my radar. I had played the first two games and found them to be really ambitious but that ambition, i felt, came at the expense of the gameplay. This is not the case with Far Cry 3. It still maintains some of the ambitious ideas that the first two games had and make one of the most fun to play games of the year. The Story may fall apart towards the end, but that shouldn't scare you away from an excellent, open world experience. Far Cry 3 begins with a m...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
A terrifically fun combat sandbox. 0
The RadA crafting system that's actually pretty fun!The world's incredibly open and full of a good variety of activities.The shooting is super satisfyingThe BadNo particularly likable characters.Co-op is a stripped down version of the full game.Better late than never I guess!Finally wrapped up Far Cry 3.I've still got a bunch of side activities to chip away at.But I've wrapped up the story line at least.And the narrative wasn't particularly great, none of the characters particularly likable But...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
An Island of Insanity 0
Far Cry 3 is essentially the last major title to release this year, and it contains everything that you would expect from a AAA title. There's an interesting story of redemption, character growth, and the conflict of battling crazy pirates, as well as great open-world gameplay elements, fun co-op and multiplayer modes, and the return of the game's map editor that allows you to build your own island of fun.After Jason Brody and his friends are kidnapped by the unpredictable Vaas and held captive ...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Great fun! 0
I never played Far Cry up until the third game and I'm starting to regret that decision. This game was amazingly fun and kept me entertained for hours. The story was a little annoying at times but the amount of open-world activities to do was a perfect save. So much to do and explore and lots of extra content to accomplish. Graphic's are great, sound was good, game play was fluid, and the overall game is worth a play and buy!...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Great game with a few caveats 0
Far Cry 3, while it may not be as ambitious as Far Cry 2, but it's just a better game. In so many different ways from the shooting to the art direction it improves on the neat ideas Far Cry 2 had and turns them into a much greater product , where you explore this giant tropical island, hunting tigers, sharks and bears, and taking bake out post from the pirates for the indigenous people. (The Rakyat) If you like first person shooter and a big open world this just might be for you.The game starts ...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Game of the Year 2012. 0
Oh Far Cry, we've come a long way. What started off as a promising pc franchise is 2004 has since turned into a console affair. While early iterations such as Far Cry: Instincts and Far Cry: Instincts - Predator tried to take the story down a more sci-fi route, and 2008's lukewarm Far Cry 2 brought more of an open world aspect to the franchise, nothing could have prepared me for how good Far Cry 3 actually is.In many ways, Far Cry 3 is this year's Saints Row: The Third. That's the best compariso...1 out of 3 found this review helpful.
Another big, dumb sandbox game lauded for stale design. 0
I will preface this by saying that I am one of the few that seems to have given Far Cry 2 enough of a chance to figure out why that game was great. It is probably one of my favorite games ever made for the way it didn't lead the player by the hand, let you play your own way, rewarded players for slow, careful approaches, and introduced unique dynamic story components that allowed players to make their own experience by presenting them with a series of dynamic mechanics (the buddies) instead of a...0 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Wonderful Surprise! 0
I am obviously not a professional reviewer and I tend to review things like how I would talk to a person, not as if I were writing an article.So I had to be talked into playing Farcry 3. I spent 3 hours playing Farcry 2 and I said: "Never again". My husband began playing it and the first thing that caught my attention was the acting of the character named Vaas. I was absolutely blown away at the caliber and believably of the character. I mean he was one crazy fool! I was so drawn in by that char...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
This is the best thing since Skyrim 0
By now you've probably heard an awful lot about Far Cry 3, but I should go ahead and qualify this review:I never, ever, ever write user reviews, but sitting there in my basement listening to the electro-orchestral beat pound into my headphones as the credits scrolled up my screen, I thought "my life has been improved as a result of playing this game." If you have played Far Cry 2, you know about what to expect in terms of style. The difference here is that the gunplay is tight (this is as good a...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Did I Ever Tell You About My Review of Far Cry 3? 0
Some game franchises have a steady supply of good games before finally having a breakout hit. A game which stands up and demands people pay attention to it outside of its immediate fan base. This can be for many different reasons but usually it's because it is an excellent game. Call of Duty had Modern Warfare. Saints Row had Saints Row The Third. And now after a few good games in the Far Cry series people who aren't already fans need to pay attention to Far Cry 3.The story sees Jason and his fr...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Fun Wins Out Over Realism 0
The game designers deserve some kind of medal for this game. Its just fun from beginning to end. This is the rare game that I will play for 20+ hours. Then I will almost immediately miss the gameplay and play it again on a harder difficulty just to revisit the fun I had a few days earlier. This is a rare experience and a rare game that can compel to this level.Although the gameplay designs do not hide being gamy (full of gameplay contrivances), its amazing how well these game elements serve as p...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Far Cry 3 0
Far Cry 3 is an open world First-Person Shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal. This is the second Far Cry game they've developed in the series and looks to be the best. Its set on an uncharted island, where a group of brothers and their friends are vacationing. At least they thought they were vacationing. Truthfully they were hiking their idiotic boots right up into a crazy human trafficking and drug dealing operation.Gameplay ElementsRadio Towers: You can climb different radio towers in the gam...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
What a surprise. 0
Okay, I admit it. I went into this one with a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. It surprised the !@#$ out of me. The storyline is amazing, the FPS (Frames per Second) is smooth, and crisp (most of the time) and the game mechanic are amazing. I've not played any of the other Far Cry's, but this one makes me want to go to the store, and pick it up. The only reason this title is lacking the entire "5" stars is because it's online (VS, and Co-op) really "isn't there.." I mean it is "there", but only ...0 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Great First Half, Repetitive Second half 0
For everything that Far Cry 2 seems to do great, there is an opposite coin of where it seems to drag on. Moments of it seem brilliant while other parts seem down right boring and repetitive. On the whole Far Cry is a very competent open world shooter. It is flat out gorgeous looking and the shooting mechanic is fun. The weapons are for the most part OK and the novelty of many of them wears off after a few hours of use.Mechanically the game is very sound with only a little bit of the "jank" that ...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
What Far Cry 2 should have been 0
I hated Far Cry 2. I mean, I really hated it. It was one of my most hated games of the decade. It had virtually no story, incredibly bad voice acting, lousy shooting mechanics and frustrating "features" like Malaria, near instantaneous enemy respawns and Gun-jamming. The entire game felt like tech-demo demonstrating foliage rendering.I am happy to say that Far Cry 3 fixes nearly all of these problems. It shines in exactly the places that Far Cry 2 did not.PLOT:Unlike Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3 has a p...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
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Far Cry 3's story tells the tale of two factions at war on a tropical island and one mans involvement therein. A story of an island at war with itself over reasons that are roughly defined and not at all important that has its ups and downs but ultimately falls flat. I can't help but feel that there was a similar war going on at Ubisoft during its creation. A lot of the story telling seemed to hint at something more. A hidden subversive plot that would eventually play out in some cryptic manner ...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Great on gameplay, poor on story 0
The Far Cry series has come a long way since Jack Carver found himself trapped on a island with terrifying, Dr, Moreau-style beasts. After taking the franchise away from Crytek, Ubisoft Montreal pulled it out of its sci-fi roots and grounding it in reality as Far Cry 2 set the conflict within war torn parts of Africa. Far Cry 3 brings players back to the lush, tropical island paradise ruled by violent pirates who have terrified the natives into fearful compliance. Far Cry 3 is more than a servic...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
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This August, the Cal State East Bay baseball team will be traveling to Japan for a week of friendly competition with the Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT). The trip will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Pioneer players to engage culturally with other student-athletes and compete on the international stage.
"This team is a special, tight-knit group of players, so it's great that they'll be able to take this trip to Japan together," said Pioneer head coach Bob Ralston. "They'll get to experience a different culture, different language, and different style of baseball. I think going abroad will be a great experience for these young men and their growth as student-athletes."
CSUEB is coming off one of its best baseball seasons ever. The Pioneers went 32-18, matching the school record for wins. They were 23-6 at home, reached a peak of No. 22 in the national rankings, and placed fifth in the CCAA, the program's best finish since joining the conference. Eight players were selected to the All-CCAA teams, which was also a record. Among numerous stellar individual performances, junior pitcher Sean Becker was named CCAA Co-Newcomer of the Year and second-team All-West Region, and senior third baseman Kyle Zozaya was voted CSUEB's Male Athlete of the Year for 2012-13.
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On Saturday, March 28th, the New Orleans Film Society honored Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey as the organization's 2015 Celluloid Hero. McConaughey is in New Orleans shooting The Free State of Jones, a Civil War era drama directed by Gary Ross (The Hunger Games). McConaughey offered a poetic homage to New Orleans and Louisiana in his acceptance speech (read the full transcript below). After the awards presentation, Director Gary Ross took the stage and announced that McConaughey would be offering his favorite sneakers up for auction. As the bidding progressed, more was added to the package: his custom-made Dolce & Gabbana jacket, an extra role on The Free State of Jones, lunch with the crew, and a personal drive to set with Ross. The bidding was fierce and ultimately, Sean Cummings took home this very special package.
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"Thank you. Thank you very much. Thanks to the Costellos for the house. And to the New Orleans Film Society. Yeah: five of the last ten films…or pictures…four films and True Detective the television series have been here in New Orleans. And … um … I know my wife's back over here and we have three children and if we get a film that's set in New Orleans, that's gonna shoot in New Orleans, we get very excited. We really do. We absolutely love it here. We've rented many different homes here in many different parts of the city. Loved every one of them. And I used to come here for the blessing of the fleets with my father and we used to go to his mother's house every year, so this was always a summer destination for us. And you know I'm from Texas … raised in Longview just west of Shreveport so a little bit of that moss in the trees leaks over the border westward over there, so we have it in our blood. My father's actually born in Jackson, Mississippi, and my mom in New Jersey, but they spent a lot of time here and lived here actually for a long time. On my father's side…my mother had the Maintenance School down in Morgan City. So we love coming here.
Thank you for this award tonight. I hope I get to make many more films here. I was thinking about what I'd say up here tonight and over the years in my time spent here I've kind of kept a diary and write certain things down about what I think about New Orleans in particular. And sometimes those definitions and these definitions bleed over into Louisiana as a whole. You separate the differences as you wish as I tell you about them.
But first of all, being in my position as a celebrity. I live in Austin, Texas. One of the great things I love about Austin, Texas, is that it has a real identity, alright? When I'm walking around Austin, Texas, people say like, 'Cool to see you, McConaughey' or they'll say the first half of a Dazed and Confused line. They'll say something like 'That's what I love about those high school girls' and as I pass by, I'll go 'I get older and they stay the same age.' And then that's kinda it. Nobody needs proof. No one needs to stop and get a picture and say 'no one's gonna believe me.' That's the same thing that happens here. We live … I'm not gonna say the exact address, but where we live here … it's a very public place up near Audubon Park and hundreds of people come by our house daily. They know it's us. Word's spread. But it is now – and has been over the years – when people see me here or see my wife here, you know what they always say? 'Good to see you here in our beautiful Crescent City.' They don't need proof. They don't come up and say 'I gotta get a picture, my cousin's not going to believe me.' No. It's good to see you here. In OUR beautiful city.
So. I'm gonna read a few things. About New Orleans and about Louisiana. And we'll see what you think, 'cause this is what I think.
First of all: what a big beautiful mess. It is. Cheers to that. I said this a few years ago. Someone said 'what's New Orleans like' and I said 'man, New Orleans is like a giant flashing yellow light.' Proceed with caution. But proceed!
It is not an overly ambitious place, and this I mean complimentary. It has a great identity and therefore doesn't look outside itself for intrigue, evolution, or labels of progress. People here are proud of their home. You're proud of your Crescent City. You know your flavor. It is your very own. And if people want to come and taste it with you, you welcome them with open arms but you do not solicit.
The hours trickle by here. Tuesday and Saturday are more similar here than any place I've ever been. The seasons slide into one another without any status quo.
Yes, it is the Big Easy: home of the shortest hangover on the planet. Where a libation can greet you on Monday morning with the same smile it did on Saturday night. Ok.
Home of the front porch. I don't know if y'all recognize this. Home of the front porch. Alright, not the back porch. Everyone everywhere else has back porches, right? The back porch is something different. The front porch is an engineering feat that lends to someone's sense of community 'round here. And fellowship. Private property and lines of demarcation all lend across borders here. You relax facing the street. You face your neighbors, you do not retreat into the seclusion and privacy of your backyard. No, you engage with the goings-on of the world that is in front of you. Great engineering feat you've pulled off here. It really is.
What's my alarm here? My alarm here is church bells, sirens, and a slow moving $8 an hour carpenter nailing window-panes two doors down. That's a good alarm.
You do not honk your horn in a traffic jam here. You do not sweat the misdemeanors. And since everybody's getting away with something anyway, the rest of us just want to be on the side of who's getting away with it, and if you can get away with it, good for you. You love to gamble. Rules are made to be broken. But do not preach about abiding. And hey, if you don't get away with it, you're probably going to let him slide anyway.
Where else do the dead rest eye-to-eye with the living? New Orleans is a right brain city. Do not come to town wearing your morals on your sleeve unless you want to get your arm burned. Yes, it's oil and vinegar, but somehow they mix: the poverty, the humidity, they both gracefully suppress all the rationale. And if you're crossing a one-way street, it is best to look both ways.
Mother Nature rules around here, now y'all know that. The natural law is queen who reigns supreme. She's a science to the animals, yet she's an overbearing and inconsiderate bitch to us bipedal humans. But here you forgive her, and you forgive her quickly. And you have to. 'Cause you know that any disdain for her wrath is gonna reap more wrath, more bad luck, more voodoo and more karma. So you roll with it. Or actually you meander, rather. Slowly forward, taking it in stride, never sweating the details. See the art is in the overgrowth here. Mother Nature wears the crown around here. Her royalty rules. And unlike in England, she has both influence AND power. And like the most authentic European cities, you guys don't use vacuum cleaners to give structure to anything. You use brooms! And rakes! To manicure. 'Cause everything here lends its soft edges. Where it falls is often where it lays. The swerve around the pothole; the duck beneath the branch; the poverty; the murder rate: all of it just how it is and how it turned out to be. Just like a good gumbo, the medley is in the mix. Thank you, New Orleans, and thank you, Louisiana. Cheers.
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Calhoun, GA – Zane McFarland, 2, is recovering from injuries he sustained when a tornado ripped through his Gordon County home Wednesday morning. Zane underwent surgery at Chattanooga's Erlanger Hospital and is in a body cast for a broken femur. His great-grandmother, 80-year-old Betty Stewart, was also hurt in the chaos and too required surgery.
Zane is alive today due to the selfless protective efforts of his great-grandmother. She endured the assault of a tornado and shielded the toddler with her own body even as the home they were in was being demolished around them.
The boy's parents were away at the time, his father working in Atlanta and his mother attending school.
Betty agreed to watch over the boy that morning. WSBTV reports how the octogenarian wrapped Zane in a quilt and laid over him as the tornado swept through. It launched the home from the foundation, destroying it against nearby trees. The woman and child were found several yards from the wreckage, Betty still clinging to her great-grandson.
Betty does not remember much of the ordeal, only that she assured the boy she would not let him go, and recalled being found near the roadside after. Black and blue, Betty broke her back in two places, has a broken femur, a little bleeding on the brain, and the skin is gone from one of her hand's to the elbow. She underwent surgery at Erlanger Hospital. The family is eager to have her back home as soon as possible.
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When rookie defensive end Stephon Tuitt moved up to practice with the Steelers starters over the weekend, he couldn't help but be excited.
The first thing he did was call his mother, Tamara Tuitt-Bartlett, a sheriff's deputy in Gwinnett County, Ga., and noted disciplinarian who once pulled her son out of a high school football practice because he'd left chores undone at home.
"The people I contacted were very excited, but at the same time (starting as a rookie) is not guaranteed," Tuitt said. "It's just giving a look, showing what I have."
Still, it might be the first step to Tuitt becoming a NFL regular. He hopes it becomes the milestone that his initial step into football was.
As a freshman at Monroe (Ga.) Area High School, Tuitt was required to take part in preseason weightlifting drills if he wanted to try out for the football team. But he didn't have a ride, and his mom wanted him to stay home and babysit his three brothers.
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"I believe I can be the best defensive lineman in this league. I can, I do and I believe that," Tuitt said Monday. "But everything will come only with hard work and coach (John) Mitchell's training."
When the Steelers drafted Tuitt in the second round in May, Mitchell — the defensive line coach — said it was like getting another first-rounder. Tuitt, who had 19½ sacks in his final two Irish seasons, fell out of the first round partly because of a fractured left foot and a sports hernia that led to him gaining an unwanted 10 to 15 pounds last season.
The 6-foot-5 Tuitt played at an estimated 325 to 330 pounds in 2013, but he weighed 304 at the NFL Combine and the Steelers list him at 303. After losing weight, Tuitt regained the speed that made him an elite pass rusher with 12 sacks two years ago.
"He's a hard, willing worker and he's highly conditioned, and that's a great place to start for a young man," coach Mike Tomlin said.
"He's shown us a lot of athleticism for a big guy and he's in great shape. He can run all day," defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau said. "He's pretty highly motivated."
Teammate Cam Heyward sees that, too, saying Tuitt has all the physical tools needed to succeed but must improve his technique — keeping low, working his hands properly and maintaining leverage.
"He's a raw talent right now, but he has all the talent in the world," Heyward said. "I think he has a lot of explosion. That's the one thing you love about his body frame. He carries it well, and he's able to explode through the line."
Tuitt said it's this attention to the tiniest details that has most surprised him 10 days into a camp in which he is competing with former Chargers lineman Cam Thomas.
"Size, speed, technique," said Tuitt, rattling off what's necessary to succeed. "I'd probably say sometimes the talent doesn't even win, it's technique that wins."
Tuitt already has shown enough that LeBeau said he could start immediately, along with first-round pick Ryan Shazier.
"That's what they brought me here for: to produce and get back this defense (to No. 1)," he said. "That's what I'm here to do, and I'm going to work hard for it. … But like all powerful and well-known defenses, you have to work at it."
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