Returning to Bright Falls~

My stepbrother was here during the holidays, and he wanted to see me play Alan Wake. So, I started a new round on a new profile on my xbox, since I didn't want to lose my previous progress. The lights were out and the door was closed during the first chapter for the best effect. I stayed as close to Alice as I possibly could when we walked up to the cabin. After all, I knew exactly what was to come.

We only played for about an hour or so, since it was starting to get really late. I still have the whole game fresh in my memory. Alan Wake was, without a doubt, one of the absolute best games I bought this year, I don't regret for even a second that I also bought the Collector's Edition of it. I look forward to the next time I can return to Bright Falls.

~Mlie-Redfield

Wishful thinking / Merry Christmas!~

I had everything prepared for a great videogame-playing evening - I had a Resident Evil T-Virus Antidote that I got from my Secret Santa Fredrika, chocolate, a can of Coca Cola Vanilla, and I game I'd been looking forward to test. My Dreamcast had found its way home to me, and I was going to play Resident Evil Code: Veronica for the first time. I had been playing Code: Veronica X on my PlayStation 2 lots of times before though. This would without a doubt be perfect evening for gaming. At least, that's what I thought - my Dreamcast couldn't play the discs, I tried both of them. This was yesterday (or two days ago if you count this as a new day. Almost 2:30 in the morning. Guess I should sleep soon, haha!) I drank my Vanilla fairly quick, but luckily, I'd decided to save my Resi-energy drink, so it's still not opened. So instead of Vanilla Coke, T-Virus Antidote, chocolate and RECV yesterday/two days ago, I got Coca Cola Cherry, chocolate and Kingdom Hearts.Even though I've played that game several times before, it was of course a lovely reunion. I just hope I'll get the chance to try Code: Veronic soon too. I'll have to wait and see~

Also, Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday to you all! =D Hope you'll have a great time =)

~Mlie-Redfield

Confessions of a fangirl~

Do I get points for the cool title? Haha!

I admit it - I've been a real Albert Wesker-fangirl since 06 or 07. Before that, it was mostly Claire, even if I wasn't as much of a fangirl then as I am now. I think I'll have to mention now that I'm a "voice-person" - that I for example mostly choose music after hearing the singer's voice. Like when I first heard The Poet And The Muse when I played Alan Wake the first time. I'd never heard any of their songs before, but I instantly felt that the singer's voice was special. So, I looked for information about the band, and I now have all of their cds, hehe. But back to the subject - voices are important to me, which is why I wasn't really happy when I found out that Richard Waugh wasn't going to voice Wesker in Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles. Waugh had voiced him in Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil Code: Veronica and Resident Evil 4, and I really loved his voice.

So when Umbrella Chronicles was released to the Wii in November 2007, I'd decided that no matter how much I wanted to play the game, I couldn't get used to a new voice for one of my favourite characters. I wasn't going to buy Umbrella Chronicles. That boycott actually lasted fairly long - I bought my Wii in June 2008 to be able to play Resident Evil 0 and REmake. Even though I now had the right console, I had no thought about buying the game. Until August the same year, that is. My first impression of DC Douglas, who was the new voice-actor, was that he sounded like he had a cold. It wasn't at all as good as Richard Waugh's version, the one I'd gotten so fond of. But I understood that this was Capcom's choice, and what could I ever do about that? Well, I could sign an online petition to get Waugh back, which I also did, even though it never really changed anything in the end. But I had at least done something.

Then, Resident Evil 5 was released, and even though I still didn't like Douglas's Wesker-voice, I couldn't deny it had improved. But still, he wasn't Richard Waugh. Mind you that I can be really stubborn at times, haha! I don't know how many times I've thought to myself that Douglas wasn't right for Wesker at all, that Waugh was the only one. A little fanservice of a shirtless Wesker sadly wasn't enough to change my mind. But just as I eventually learned to accept the Resident Evil-movies, after defending Afterlife when I'd read a review that - according to me - wasn't fair at all. I'd never thought I'd admit that yes, the movies are good, even though they obviously could've been better. It's the same with this - I'd never thought I'd change my mind about DC Douglas. But that was of course before I was linked to a site where you can get Albert Wesker as a voicemail for your phone. Before I found his website and learned more about him.

So here I am, the day after I got the link, and I'm following DC Douglas on facebook and twitter. I've also to 100% accepted him as Wesker, and I've already had time to fangirl him quite a lot. Sure, Richard Waugh will always be Albert Wesker's real voice for me, but hey - Douglas sure does an amazing job!