Instead, JU-ON plays like a series of variations on the famous “dogs hallway” scene from the original Resident Evil. There is very little here in the way of traditional game design.
It’s a game that people with varying levels of gaming experience can play with equal amounts of initial comfort. Many will resent the fact that the game works to make horror gaming accessible to the “casual” crowd. I doubt there will be many whose opinion will fall in between. JU-ON is a game you’ll either begrudgingly love or totally hate. Right now, all I got is JU-ON The Grudge, a $30 budget title based on a horror series that I only sort of like.ĭoes it do the job? Hit the jump to find out. Right now I’m thinking about myself, and what new game I can play to scare my friends and family in time for this year’s Halloween party. You can’t blame me for skimming over you, what with the delay until next year and all. What happened to the days of true survival horror games - games where you remain defenseless most of the time, where your only recourse is running, hiding, and praying for escape? Oh, hey Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Resident Evil 5 is notoriously un-scary, Silent Hill: Homecoming is considered too action-oriented for many series die-hards, and as good as Dead Space: Extraction is, it’s definitely more of a shooter than anything else. Playing survival horror games can be one way of doing that, but the way the genre has evolved (or devolved, depending on how you look at it), you might not be able to find many scares in recent survival horror releases. In Scripture, the number 70 is simply symbolic for a large but undefined number.It’s almost Halloween, and if you’re anything like me, you’re going to try to make the most of it. It’s nice to read that Israel captured Jerusalem here but unfortunately we’re gonna later find out this possession of God’s holy city will be lost yet again.įinally, a reminder that the number 70 is NOT to be taken literally. The soldiers are NOT allowed to keep anything back for themselves.Īnd since God is a spirit being, the only way He can receive war booty is to have it sent up to him in the form of smoke by burning up the enemy property (just like what’s done with animal sacrifices). In other words, because this is a holy war, the spoils of war go to the Lord. However, those who have been diligent and approved by studying God’s Word will instantly recognize this verse is referring to the Law of HEREM or the ban. We’re told the tribes of Judah and Simeon fought against the Jebusites and captured Jerusalem from them.Īnd then we’re told the city was set aflame.įor those who possess zero Torah knowledge, that sentence will just fly over most people’s heads. “Then the people of Y’hudah fought against Yerushalayim, captured it, overpowered it with the sword, and set the city on fire.” This probably meant he died due to natural causes.Īnd again, given his now incapacitated condition, it wasn’t like he was going anywhere. The Scripture simply says “he died in Jerusalem”. Interestingly, we’re not told this Adoni-bezek was put to death. Hand-to-hand combat was also rendered impossible.Īnd without one’s toes, one’s ability to move quickly and with nimbleness was gone forever.Įveryone knew if they encountered a king who didn’t have his thumbs and big toes that his days of leadership were finished. One couldn’t grasp a sword or shoot arrows. Without one’s thumbs, it was impossible to wield any sort of weapon. The answer is a very practical reason actually. Why did the Israelite army cut off the thumbs and big toes of the enemy kings they captured? Adoni-Bezek said: “ Seventy kings, with their thumbs and their big toes cut off, gathered food under my table God has paid me back in accordance with what I did.” They brought him to Yerushalayim, and he died there.”-Judges 1:5-7 They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. They killed the Kena‘ani and the P’rizi, but Adoni-Bezek fled.
“They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek and they fought against him.