I've been a fan of video games since the late 1970s. It's one of my passions, especially vintage video games. Needless to say my interests in video games, and video game consoles, do not go further than about the year 2007. Modern video games just leave me cold. It's the classic video games that really intrigue me. Quite by accident I stumbled upon a brand new video game called "The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter", and it is probably the coolest game that I have ever played. It has caused me to reconsider my previous aversion to newer games. The plot of "The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter", has an irresistible evocative power that draws you into it. Paul Prospero, a private detective with paranormal abilities, receives a strange fanboy letter from Ethan Carter, a 'tween, who is extremely aware of the supernatural, and bizarre things. Ethan's letter brings Prospero to the Red Creek Valley where Ethan and his family lives. Prospero knows that Ethan is missing, and begins to explore Red Creek Valley, and investigates its dark secrets. It is a quest to find the missing Ethan Carter before it's too late to save him. That is the essence of the game. One might say that "The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter" is a mixture of "Myst" and "Twin Peaks", or "Myst" on steroids. It is a first-person perspective game, so it makes you feel like you are really in the action. As a side note, the visuals in this game are stunningly beautiful. Safe journeys to all the fans of Klaatu Barada Nikto, wherever you may be.
In this edition of Klaatu Barada Nikto, I am featuring a remarkable video called "The Christmas Shoes". What can I say about "The Christmas Shoes" without sounding banal or trite? It is very moving, and fills the soul with deep sentiment. "The Christmas Shoes" is the perfect Christmas story. My Dear Aunt Martha and I found it on the internet recently, and we could not stop crying after watching it, and we watched it over, and over again. The Christian musical group Newsong originally released the song "The Christmas Shoes" in 2000, and since then it has grown in popularity to become a perennial favorite for the holidays. There are many video versions of "The Christmas Shoes", but this one is the best by far. The soundtrack contains the original Newsong version of "The Christmas Shoes". The name of the little boy in the video is Ryan Sweatt, and Daren Sweatt, who is his father in real life, plays the part of the man who gives him the money to buy the shoes. My Dear Aunt Martha and I felt that with the way things are going in the world now-a-days, we all need something to pick us up, and remind us that the greatest gift of all, is the gift of sharing. Safe journeys to all the fans of Klaatu Barada Nikto, wherever you may be.
