Mirror's Edge

Like I said, some of this blog with be devoted to guy stuff and video games definitely count. So here goes. Recently I picked up an X-Box 360 game called Mirror's Edge and was pleasantly surprised by the game. I had been reading reviews and most said that the game wasn't very good, but then again, every time something different comes out someone's bound to complain about it.

The world of Mirror's Edge is a rather interesting one and represents a nightmarish possibility for the future. In Mirrors Edge, big brother has been implemented to the highest degree. The streets and the roofs are watched, peoples phone conversations being scanned, their Internet use being monitored and the government system rules with an iron fist using propaganda and coming under the guise of public defense. Basically, the information network is under complete control and you better disobey, but, that's where you come in. You play the game as a runner and what a runner does is secretly transport written information via parkour on the rooftops. Any ways, game goes on with your sister being framed and arrested and you rescue her while simultaneously killing some of the people in charge and simultaneously taking out the monitoring network. But that's not the interesting thing about this game.

What it did was get me thinking about how much different from our world this imaginary one really is and the answer is: Not very different at all. As of right now London is ruled by street cameras and I'm sure that other cities want to import their system, the government monitors your Internet usage and phone conversations for "terrorist activity" under the guise of homeland defense and they definitely used propaganda to push these monitoring systems. The funny thing about this is that most people are okay with it, most people have been convinced it's a good thing. But it's only going to get worse and as the saying doesn't go "It gets darkest before it gets even darker".

So what can you do? Virtually nothing. You're freedoms and rights are only going to last for so long as they are going to be slowly and willingly stripped from you with propaganda and legislature. Enjoy them while you have them, because one day, maybe not for a while, but one day, you'll wake up and realize they've disappeared.