Ed Smith

Marathon makes me think of the Michael Mann film Thief, where the eponymous hero, Frank, is coerced into working for the mob boss, Leo. Though tense and unfriendly, initially their relationship is at least somewhat mutually beneficial. Leo tips off Frank to lucrative scores, and takes a cut of what he earns. As the film goes on, however, Leo bores more and more into Frank’s life. He bankrolls the financing on Frank’s house.

There are two articles I wanted to write about Baby Steps, one short, one long. They’re both in here. The short one comes first. Fully Dynamic Onesie Soilage System I played Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided around the same time as I was playing Baby Steps, and I tell you, robotically enhanced super soldier Adam Jensen couldn’t possibly navigate the strangled, fractured, and all-round anti-traversable world that is surmounted by chubby adult toddler Nate.

When Dawn of the Dead’s four protagonists, Roger, Peter, Stephen, and Fran, first break into the uppermost floor of Monroeville Mall, they find a large reserve of CD V-777-1s—cardboard boxes filled with basic medical supplies, bottled water, dried and canned food, and the rudiments for building a shelter, issued by the United States Civil Defense department throughout the 1950s and 60s.