Rome Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
I saw some stuff. It was all fantastically amazing. Not in a mood to try and remember it all at the moment though.
Seeing the Roman ruins over on Palatine hill reminded me of how great Shadow of the Colossus was. It's true, that game totally nailed the look and the feel of gallivanting inside ancient ruins.
Hmm, there's an idea. Just pretend like I took these pictures (which I've lifted from Shadow), cause basically, this is what it looks like there:
The view from Palatine hill. If you squint you can see St. Peter's Basilica in the far distance. On the other side of the hill, you can see the Colosseum.
There's something amazing about standing on something that an ancient civilization used to, well stand on. Also, the column ruins give you pause when you start to think that they once held up some kind of magnificent roof, but now they stand purposeless.
Ok, I know this looks bad, but trust me, this guy is totally harmless. The park workers tell me that he's more afraid of us than we are of him. Note also the brilliant stonework of the ancient Roman builders, making use of Rome's abundant black volcanic rock. This is in contrast to Paris, which made use of it's white, sedimentary rock located under the city.
Monday. It's so close now.
Seeing the Roman ruins over on Palatine hill reminded me of how great Shadow of the Colossus was. It's true, that game totally nailed the look and the feel of gallivanting inside ancient ruins.
Hmm, there's an idea. Just pretend like I took these pictures (which I've lifted from Shadow), cause basically, this is what it looks like there:
The view from Palatine hill. If you squint you can see St. Peter's Basilica in the far distance. On the other side of the hill, you can see the Colosseum.
There's something amazing about standing on something that an ancient civilization used to, well stand on. Also, the column ruins give you pause when you start to think that they once held up some kind of magnificent roof, but now they stand purposeless.
Ok, I know this looks bad, but trust me, this guy is totally harmless. The park workers tell me that he's more afraid of us than we are of him. Note also the brilliant stonework of the ancient Roman builders, making use of Rome's abundant black volcanic rock. This is in contrast to Paris, which made use of it's white, sedimentary rock located under the city.
Monday. It's so close now.
4 Comments:
Well, video game pictures will have to do until we see the real thing.
i keep looking for a teeny cut and paste photo of erkel among the roman ruins, but i haven't found it yet.
I'd like to see Spartacus...
You guys just aren't looking hard enough.
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