The tracks herein correspond to those on the Collector's Edition DVD - none have been 're-recorded to get a musically superior version', although some were chopped up for actual use in the film. I'll indicate which parts of the film correspond to each track, to help people decide for themselves what they'll be getting out of this CD.
My favorite is 'Sandcastles', followed by 'The Mummy Returns', and maybe the fight scene sequence from 'Evy Kidnapped'. Most of the other pieces chop and change a great deal to accommodate the visuals, and tend not to stick in my memory (and I've just listened to the lot, mind you).
"The Legend of the Scorpion King" opens as the Univeral Pictures sunrise… Read more
I first encountered this book while researching a term paper on the public games of the Roman Empire, and I liked it enough that eventually I acquired my own copy through Amazon. Davis herein did not formally cite his references or include a bibliography, so the book's value is more that of supplying a mental roadmap of and feel for the setting rather than as a formal scholarly work. (Davis covers himself on that score in his preface, however, by outlining generally the sources drawn upon, emphasizing the major Roman writers of the period.) Davis wrote at least 2 other books in this vein: _A Day in Old Athens_ and _Life in Elizabethan Days_. I can say definitely that while the latter has a… Read more
Investigating a haunted house, Jun 14 2003
System on which this was tried out: Pentium III 733 MHz, nVidia TNT 2 Pro, 128 MB RAM, Win98, with a monitor with 1024 x 768 resolution. Designed for Win95.
When AMBER: Journeys Beyond is run, it automatically runs its opening credits and start-new-game routine; if you want to reload a saved game, you'll have to invoke the menu yourself. (You can also save different states of the same game, though you really don't need to - you'll never get stuck in any unwinnable positions.)
The effect establishes the atmosphere nicely for a new game, though - the opening shot is of a friend's email message to your character, complete with modem sound effects, with voiceover to keep you from thinking… Read more
