CompuServe Messages

Yep, half of the time I'm amazed at the quality (or lack thereof) of the Graphic of the month. I was at CES too, and can now die a happy man. Went to the Luxor, and the hydraulic ride simulator was the only part of "Secrets of the Luxor pyramid" I got to try. I feel that "Tour of the universe", at the base of Toronto's CN tower, and "Space race", where your wessel (er, vessel — I'm stuck in Chekov mode) mistakenly enters an intergalactic drag race through a debris-strewn race track, have better screen-to-hydraulics dynamics. In the Luxor ride, you never stop moving once the action starts, and it gets repetitive after a while; or, viewed from a different angle, the Luxor ride doesn't accomplish what the screen tries to show, whereas the other two rides nicely match the hydraulic effect with the film. What may redeem the Luxor, though, is the 3-part plot, which had me quite interested. I'll have to wait for my next LV jaunt to find out what happens to the cryatsl obelisk. Blaq!