Those Games Were Hard... A Poem?

Before there were "Easy", "Normal", and "Hard",
There was only, "Near Freakin' Impossible".
Before the dominion of Thumbsticks,
The D-pad reigned supreme.
Before there were 64 bits,
There were only 16.
Before the Ocarina of Time,
There was... A Link to the Past.

Some Actual Grumbles...

     So, a few friends and I went to see Thor last Sunday. Overall, it was a good movie, and I probably liked it more because Thor is my favorite Marvel character. However, there was one thing that irked me, and Thor isn't the only movie to have done it. No, I think the first time I noticed it was back in 2007, with Transformers. It probably happened before then, but it only first came to my attention then. What is this "it" I speak of? It's the problem of, "Can you please hold the camera steady during the fight scenes so I can actually tell who's getting hit?"

"If shaking the camera won't work... Just cover all the action with explosions! They'll never figure out what's going on!" - Michael Bay

What is this... Favorites? Characters!

     WHEW! It's been a few weeks since I wrote something new. I've been suffering from some epic laziness, but that ends now... With this post!    

See if you can name them all before reading the rest of this thing!

     After reflecting on the... Forty-three (yup, just counted them) animes that I've watched, I began thinking: out of all of the characters in all of these animes, which are my favorites? Why do I like them in particular? As I looked back, I decided to choose ten characters who've defined awesome for me.

     For some of these, I may not really have much of a reason other than I just like them as a character (I am entitled to my own opinion!). They also aren't going to be in any particular order, but I figure I at least have to start with my all time favorite... Or perhaps I'll save that one for last. Yeah, I'll save it... There are going to be a ton of spoilers (each will be prefaced with "SPOILER" for easy spotting and blacked out so you wont accidentally read them. As always, highlight the blacked out areas to read!) so if you are interested in watching the anime, watch out for those. I'm not going to give away a lot of details about the animes themselves, so if you want to know more... watch the anime! Or, you know, you can just Google it or something...

Assassin's Creed 3 Speculation: Revisited

Yes... Let's...

     After watching someone play "The Da Vinci Disappearance", and conversing with others who have either done the same or have played the DLC, I've come to find that some of my speculations were a bit off. "A bit off" meaning "completely wrong". Before your read this, however, you have to read the original post. That way, you know kind-of what I'm talking about...

What is this... おたく?

     "Three posts in one day? Goongala, you spoil us." Well, yes... Anyway, time for another dose of Japanese culture, with a side of geekiness... Now, just what is this "Otaku Series"?

I spot... Kon, Naruto, Alphonse, Cloud Strife, Domo-kun, a Dragonball, Pikachu, and is that... Poop?

What is this... Manga?

     It's finally time for the third part of my "Otaku Series". "What's an 'otaku'," you might ask? I'll get to that later, since I think this one's going to be pretty short. So, onto manga...

Look at 'em all!

'Prayers for Japan'

     Over the past week and a half now, the Japanese have been suffering from one of the most catastrophic disasters to ever hit their Island. I love Japan, and it upsets me to see them going through so much pain. I have a sort of hopeless feeling, like, "What can I do?" I've donated, but I still feel somewhat helpless. I decided I could do more... And this is what I came up with:

Click for a higher resolution (clearer picture)...

What is this... VOCALOID?

    When you watch the amount of Anime that I watch, you can't go long without hearing Japanese music. Each anime has a unique OP (intro) and ED (ending) song, sometimes more than one if the series lasts long enough. Sometimes the songs are made specifically for the Anime, and sometimes the song has nothing to do with anything. But that's more about Anime, and not really about Vocaloid.

The 'Moral Dilemma'

Yeah, it's got a nunchuck attachment used for bashing spectators sitting behind you...

     What happened to our morals? I mean, what happened to America's morals? It seems as though we've taken a nose dive as a nation. This degradation of our morals has penetrated pretty much every part of our entertainment. It's hard to go anywhere or do anything without running across people screaming profanities aloud or seeing something that's morally questionable. It's even gotten into video games.

'Dead Space 2' Review

    After playing the first Dead Space, I have to say, I was really looking forward to this next installment. Visceral did a really good job of making a new world for this one, and the story is phenomenal. Albeit a story with very common mistakes, but without those mistakes there would be no plot. Mistakes like building another Marker. Did you not learn from the first time around! Anyway, here's what I think:

I can has cool helmet?