The last thing I expect to find in an arcade flight shooter is an immersive story campaign that targets my sense of ethics and morality. This is not to imply that it is impossible to successfully achieve this goal, but merely that there is little room for error in delivering the message. Air Conflicts: Vietnam struggles from the start to break this mould of arcade shooters. It avoids the oncoming fire of boredom for brief periods of gameplay but it never fails to veer entirely off course.
Air Conflicts: Vietnam’s six to eight hour-long campaign places you in the cockpit of numerous helicopters, fighter jets, and even B-52 bombers as you execute a range of missions based on real operations from the Vietnam War. Players embark on a tour of duty that follows Usaf pilot Joe Thompson and attempts to appeal to our sense of ethos by interweaving a...
Air Conflicts: Vietnam’s six to eight hour-long campaign places you in the cockpit of numerous helicopters, fighter jets, and even B-52 bombers as you execute a range of missions based on real operations from the Vietnam War. Players embark on a tour of duty that follows Usaf pilot Joe Thompson and attempts to appeal to our sense of ethos by interweaving a...
- 12/27/2013
- by Michael Shelton
- We Got This Covered
Carolina Chocolate Drops Durham bluegrass trio Carolina Chocolate Drops is comprised of vocalists/multi-instrumentalists Dom Flemons, Justin Robinson, and Rhiannon Giddens. In the mid-aughts, the Drops found their way under the guidance of Americana fiddler royal Joe Thompson. With five releases to collect, get started with "Kissin' and Cussin'," from the 2010 album Genuine Negro Jig. Buy: Amazon.com Genre: Bluegrass/Folk Artist: Carolina Chocolate Drops Song: Kissin' and Cussin' Album: Genuine Negro Jig Slowdive Shoegaze quintet Slowdive was founded in 1989 by U.K. school friends Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell (vocals/guitar). Nick Chaplin (bass), Christian Savill (guitar), and Ian McCutcheon (drums) would fill out the pack. (Simon Scott and Adrian Sell also took turns on drums.) Slowdive issued over a dozen recordings until its disbandment in the mid-'90s. Halstead, McCutcheon, and Goswell went on to form Mojave 3. Collaborations/shared stages include Brian Eno, Blur, and Catherine Wheel.
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- by Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin
- Huffington Post
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