tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16391041335959274782024-02-19T20:41:33.608-05:00SynesthesiaA condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-61124777353713461092010-02-05T01:25:00.001-05:002010-02-05T01:30:41.878-05:00XBox 360: Part 1 of 6Part one of this series is a simple apology to anyone I've talked to about the XBox before. I apologize for saying it wasn't any good (I prefer its games to the PC versions of the games). I apologize for pointing out only its unreliability (50% break rate, 50% of those broke again). The newer ones are more..."durable".<br />
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Anyway, we purchased the XBox 360 Elite (120 Gb Hard Drive, HD cable, and two games we won't be rating: LEGO Batman and PURE). I'd rate the system itself NEARLY as high as the PS3 (as compared to the <a href="http://synestheticallyyours.blogspot.com/2009/07/wow-this-game-sucks.html" target="_blank">almost as low as I rated WoW</a>) I would have given it before). We also have a total of eleven (11) games for it (if you count the Orange Box as 5 games, which it is).<br />
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<b>Part 2</b>: - <i>Me</i> - The Orange Box (all 5 rated as one collection)<br />
<b>Part 3</b>: - <i>Me</i> - Left 4 Dead 2<br />
<b>Part 4</b>: - <i>Sumomo</i> - Assassin's Creed 2<br />
<b>Part 5</b>: - <i>Sumomo</i> - Bayonetta<br />
<b>Part 6</b>: - <i>Me</i> - Mass Effect 2Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-63837149832673008662010-01-23T00:06:00.000-05:002010-01-23T00:06:25.098-05:00Yeah.I may not have been posting as frequently as I should, or have been in the recent past, but I'm feeling successful right now. I'm also very happy for a friend of mine for finding love. Why not promote her blog?<br />
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<a href="http://doshitedoshite.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Doshite! Doshite!</a><br />
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There ^^ Her posts seem a little less random than mine (sticking to mainly one topic), but I'm pretty sure she'll branch off eventually and talk about something else. Oh, and she's been posting songs in most of her posts.<br />
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Lets see, anything else? Oh, I'm getting back into writing and drawing again, as I feel rather inspired.Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-24125759765931151792010-01-01T03:09:00.001-05:002010-01-01T05:46:17.823-05:00Happy New Year and all thatYeah, new year. Woo. Don't see what the big party's for, but I don't particularly care, either. So, anyone else think I need to post something good again? Well, you're stuck with my usual crap. Why am I hearing all these words come out in a drunken voice in my head? There's really no reason for that as I haven't had alcohol since the 26th (a Christmas present I got while we were wrapping other people's presents on Christmas Eve). So, why do I sound drunk? No idea. Maybe it's because I've been singing loudly all day for no reason and am starting to get lightheaded. It's not a big deal, to be honest. Oh, and if you're wondering why I've been singing, it started because I was accepted into the Wormwood Society Absinthe Association. I was singing Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug (which has little to do with absinthe, save for him drinking it in the video. The proper way, at that). So it's time for another wasted post! Well, it's at least celebratory. And hey, the world all needs to celebrate something together (over a 24 hour period). So let's celebrate with a song about a dead son!<br />
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<object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3612941&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3612941&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/3612941">Nine Inch Nails: The Perfect Drug (1997)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/ninofficial">Nine Inch Nails</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />
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ALSO: In case anyone's forgotten about <a href="http://satanspinups.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">L'Art d'un Homme Perturbé</a>, I've added two posts in December. I intend on adding more (I have stuff to show again), but for now, you'll have to just read Anne Rice's and my advice (Anne's is general information for new writers, mine is on character generation).Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-7883844420516984682009-12-21T01:34:00.000-05:002009-12-21T01:34:17.691-05:00It's almost Christmas!(I'm not really all that excited...same as celebrating Washington's or Lincoln's birthday...but different than MLK day because that actually has meaning to people. I'm not going to debate my feelings on Christmas, as for once, I agree (partially) with the religious nazis...as well as other Buddhists. If you really want to debate, bring facts)<br />
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The real purpose of this post was to get people into the spirit of Christmas...and promote <a href="http://dipdive.com" target="_blank">[Dipdive]</a>, a media site owned by the Black Eyed Peas...if I'm correct, it's more specifically owned and run by will.i.am. So, enjoy this trailer of St. Nick and Kate plus 8 (which will run from 21-25 Dec.)!<br />
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This game is the only game I know of where the entire purpose is to die. I don't mean this in the same sense as Demon's Souls, which is meant to prove how much you suck at gaming. I mean it's 50 levels of you dying. Some of the levels take a little thought, however, as you don't necessarily have to use the tools they give you.<br />
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If you are easily offended by obviously fake blood or the concept of suicide, I do NOT recommend this game. However, it is quite a good game. If I can get the Spoiler tags to work (I've forgotten how to use them, as they're custom and I used them once a long time ago), I will put a quick strategy guide, though I consider that cheating...and why should you cheat? But don't worry, it will be written clearly.<br />
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Click the link to play the game: <a href="http://armorgames.com/play/2407/karoshi-suicide-salaryman" target="_blank">Karōshi Suicide Salaryman</a><br />
To save you the time of scrolling down the page to them, the controls are the arrow keys and the space bar. A few have other controls, like the one with the kitty.<br />
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EDIT: A reply that may or may not be spam was completely right that the act of suicide is a major problem everywhere in the world (though this specifically relates to Japan). Therefore, I'd like to amend this post with some information for those considering suicide:<br />
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Inochi no Denwa (Lifeline Telephone Service)<br />
Japan: 0120-738-556<br />
Tokyo: 3264-4343<br />
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USA National Suicide and Crisis Hotline: 1-800-448-3000Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-71869578440641218692009-11-25T13:19:00.001-05:002009-11-25T13:24:35.927-05:00ThanksgivingThis post really only applies to those in the US, but feel free to read it no matter where you are.<br />
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I've noticed that for most of my life, they've been advertising Christmas since right after Halloween, but recently, they've even started advertising before that. That's right, we're SKIPPING HOLIDAYS to get to one that, at least to most Americans, is THE HOLIDAY WHERE YOU GET STUFF. Sure, Christmas is the holiday of giving, but not to Americans. No, we (excluding those of us who don't celebrate it and those who celebrate it correctly) brag as children that "I got this and this and this and this and this REALLY EXPENSIVE thing!", not about "I gave such and such something they needed" or "I donated the money I was going to spend on gifts to a homeless shelter". While that's bad enough, we're skipping a holiday that, in my opinion, should be more important (than the holiday that most of us think of, not the religious one, for those who celebrate Christmas correctly. It's Jesus's chronologically incorrect birthday party, not the holiday you buy crap and get more from some fat dude in an ugly suit). We're skipping a holiday for GIVING THANKS for what we have. No, we go straight from GIVE ME CANDY! to GIVE ME TOYS! Now, we're even skipping the candy. No, that's crap. Even worse, people are celebrating Halloween the wrong day because "it's a pagan holiday", which is TRUE, but it's not the satanic one they claim it is...just because you celebrate it the day before and call it something else doesn't mean it's a different holiday. Sorry.<br />
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Okay, no more ranting. I apologize if I offended anyone. It was more to make people think before they make stupid decisions like skipping holidays or calling them something else. It's just that this part of the year pisses me off, especially when I'm not in the best of moods anyway...<br />
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Well, I'll add to this post so it doesn't end on THAT bad of a note. So, keeping with the theme of notes, here's a song with a few of those.<br />
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<u><b>Black Eyed Peas - Missing You</b></u><br />
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I can't stand another night<br />
Stand another night<br />
Without you<br />
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Since you've been away<br />
Everything don't seem like they used to be<br />
Between you and me<br />
'Cause I'm missing your (ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
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I'm missing your (love-love-love)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
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Yo. Yo. Yo.<br />
Everyday-Everyday that you gone<br />
I'm singing that sad song<br />
If loving you is wrong<br />
Then-Then I must be wrong<br />
Even-Even when I'm gone (don't go away)<br />
Our-Our love is strong (don't go away)<br />
You the one I want (don't go away)<br />
You're my nuh- You're my nuh- You're my number one<br />
Yeah, our love ain't goin' out of fashion<br />
I need your love, your passion<br />
But love is everlasting, -lastin' (-lastin', lastin')<br />
(-Lastin', -lastin', -lastin')<br />
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Since you've been away<br />
Everything don't seem like they used to be<br />
Between you and me<br />
'Cause I'm missing your (ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
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I'm missing your (love-love-love)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
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When I'm out on the road (I'm missin' you)<br />
Rockin' them shows (Missin' you)<br />
Up in Monaco (I'm missin' you)<br />
Making gold<br />
When I'm AC plus (I'm missin' you)<br />
And glamorous (Miss kissin' you)<br />
But I miss your touch (I'm missin' you - oh-oh-oh)<br />
Yeah, I miss your touch<br />
I spend all my time (Missin' you)<br />
With you in mind (Missin' you)<br />
My mind's on you<br />
'Cause all I am is missing you (I'm missin' you - missin' you)<br />
(I'm missin' you)<br />
(I'm missin' you)<br />
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Since you've been away<br />
Everything don't seem like they used to be<br />
Between you and me<br />
'Cause I'm missing your (ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
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I'm missing your (love-love-love)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
I'm missing your love (love-love-love)<br />
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Without you, girl I don't know what to do without you<br />
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Girl, I ain't never had nothin' like this<br />
When I'm all sprung caught up like this<br />
Maybe it's your face, girl<br />
Maybe it's your lips<br />
Maybe it's the way you shake them hips<br />
Baby it's the way you do what you do<br />
That got me all love struck on you<br />
I'll be just like an umbrella<br />
The way I'm all over you<br />
I know the other voice be callin' you<br />
But they just want a piece<br />
I want all of you<br />
Take my time just spoilin' you<br />
'Cause I know I'm in love with you (with you - with you)<br />
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Please, baby, don't go<br />
I'm needin' you now<br />
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I'm missin' you - Oh oh oh<br />
I'm missin' you - Oh oh oh<br />
I'm missin' you - Oh oh oh<br />
I'm missin' you - Missin' you<br />
I'm missin' you - I'm missin' you<br />
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Hey!<br />
I miss your love, girl (love-love-love)<br />
I miss - I miss your love<br />
I miss your love, girl (love-love-love)<br />
I miss - I miss your love<br />
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Hey!<br />
I miss your love, girl (love-love-love)<br />
I miss - I miss your love<br />
I miss your love, girl (love-love-love)<br />
I miss - I miss your love...love...love<br />
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Oh, and I've finally posted on the art blog in the sidebar.Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-61260482585252661112009-11-20T01:53:00.001-05:002009-11-20T01:53:41.677-05:00Shale (Dragon Age)This pretty much summarizes the character humor in Dragon Age: Origins. <a href="http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Shale" target="_blank">Shale</a> has become my favorite playable character. Oh, and if I'm correct, the player-designed character (the one in the ugly hat) is wearing Tevinter robes and the Libertarian Cowl. This clip doesn't require any setup, except for the fact that this is right after you get Shale, when you're leaving the village she's been trapped in for 30 years. And yes, Shale is female.<br />
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And I'll leave this with a Shale conversation. It summarizes both Shale and Zevran simultaneously.<br />
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<b>Shale:</b> "Order me to do something."<br />
<b><a href="http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Warden" target="_blank">Warden</a>:</b> "Give Zevran a hug."<br />
<b><a href="http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Zevran" target="_blank">Zevran</a>:</b> "Now, now. I don't care much for foreign objects invading my personal space. Well... usually."Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-11486464876132401242009-11-15T01:54:00.002-05:002009-11-15T02:36:48.442-05:00ForgotI completely forgot to post on here. I've been busy attempting to play violin (I can play a whopping 4 notes) and playing Dragon Age. I'm not really going to give a summary of it, but think of it as having the world/plot based on/ripped off of Guild Wars: Eye of the North and Final Fantasy XII, the systems of Dungeons and Dragons, and the NPC reactions of Fallout. Overall, I give it a 10/10, but it has some minor issues that bother me, but are just annoying and don't affect the game at all (like the quest to get the acorn for the rhyming tree...if you get the acorn before you know about the tree, the quest arrow never goes away -_- Another issue is that sometimes, it takes a LONG time for a corpse to allow you to loot it...which means you can wait a while to finish quests that involve killing stuff, because they don't update until the corpse can be looted...oh, and there's an annoying thing in Redcliffe where a skeleton gets stuck behind a building...it took me 20 minutes to find it...I ran around everywhere else and even left for a few minutes to see if it would update...but that quest seems to have a lot of waiting issues anyway...). So, if those annoyances DID take points off, it would still be a 9.9.<br />
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Here's a poem that summarizes how one of the bosses, the Brood Mother, came to be. It is chanted by Hespith, a member of the same royal house as the dwarf that became the Brood Mother.<br />
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<i>First Day, they come and catch everyone.</i><br />
<i>Second Day, they beat us and eat some for meat.</i><br />
<i>Third Day, the men are all gnawed on again.</i><br />
<i>Fourth Day, we wait and fear for our fate.</i><br />
<i>Fifth Day, they return and it's another girl's turn.</i><br />
<i>Sixth Day, her screams we can hear in our dreams.</i><br />
<i>Seventh Day, she grew as in her mouth they spew.</i><br />
<i>Eighth Day, we hated as she was violated.</i><br />
<i>Ninth Day, she grins and devours her kin.</i><br />
<i>Now she does feast, as she's become the beast.</i><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">She continues it in prose after you finish talking to her, describing this person eating her husband's face. So yeah, the game is very dark. I love it.<br />
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Oh, still not cheerful. Just...numb.Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-55781124773618537462009-10-20T21:01:00.000-04:002009-10-20T21:01:54.771-04:00BarkEver have one of those days where death would be a step up? I have. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. I just want to tell everyone that Love is a fickle bitch who should be shot point blank in the face with a shotgun. It's not even Love's fault. It's Love's ward's mother, Misplaced Protection. I wouldn't mind venting, but I refuse to disrespect the other party, especially in public. That would be rude and I don't do rude (intentionally). I wouldn't mind it if speaking was allowed, but I've had my vocal cords metaphorically removed. It's not pleasant in any way. I'm sure cops are investigating me for something, even though love is not a crime. Neither is respectfully standing up for it against someone who doesn't feel the same about it. I also expect a phone number change because people don't always respect you even if you respect them.<br />
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I've said my fill. I wish everyone a great day tomorrow. Including the aforementioned mother.Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-73452658209667433352009-10-17T23:46:00.003-04:002009-10-19T10:31:27.626-04:00New Crew Required!In case you haven't looked at the link list, there is a new entry: <a href="http://writebygaslight.blogspot.com/">Marvellificent Scriptorium</a>. It's a blog run by Sumomo and me (she's the captain, I'm the chief engineer). We need people who are well-versed in steampunk literature, art, fashion, science, websites, blogs, or anything else to post on there. It's not a paying job, of course (unless it gets huge and we do get paid for it, but I don't foresee that happening; steampunk isn't high school vampire romance), but it would be nice to have more people.<br />
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</div><div>If you wish to join, comment in this post with the following form:<br />
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</div><div>Area of Expertise: (Art, Literature, Fashion, Science, etc.)<br />
</div><div>Desired Title: (It has to be related to your area. I'm the chief engineer because I work on the insides of the "airship" and design various things)<br />
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Also, we need a good name for our airship.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">For those of you still interested enough to listen to the rest, please continue reading. It's a long one, though, so I'll wait while you use the bathroom and get a snack.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Ready? Good. First, a small description of the plot (which I still don't really understand at this point). This is paraphrased from the Wikipedia article for the game. King Allant XII used the power of souls to guarantee the prosperity of his kingdom: Boletaria. However, King Allant had unleashed the Old One (I am in awe of their creativity), an ancient beast who had been slumbering beneath the Nexus. The Old One brought with it a fog that covered Boletaria, and infested it with demons who are after your soul. Many heroes have tried to free Boletaria from its curse, but none so far have succeeded.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Now to the good stuff. Automatic plus for the game: customizable character creation. The character's basic stats are chosen by class; you can choose from: Knight, Priest, Thief, Magician, Temple Knight, Soldier, Wanderer, Barbarian, Royalty, and Hunter. Different classes have different starting equipment; some will start with a spell or a bow, while some (i.e. the Barbarian) will start with no armor.In addition to basics such as age, gender, etc., you can make your character look anyway you want in a character creator that uses sliding scales to change pretty much every detail of your character's face. One odd thing in the character creation is a sliding scale for their gender where you can make them more masculine or feminine separate from their actual gender...well...I guess if that's what works for you...anyway...<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">You start off in a basic tutorial where you go around finding out how to attack, use your shield, and use items. However, you end this tutorial by dying at the hands of a giant demon that kills you in one hit (two if you're lucky). Now, it's obviously not game over when you die, because this is the first of many deaths, but a few things happen. You are sent to a place called the Nexus, a place for souls where you can also buy items, or deposit items that you've picked up for later use. It is here that you find that you have lost your physical body. Regaining your body only requires you to obtain a Demon's Soul, but your HP has been halved while in spirit form. The Demon's Soul can only be acquired from a boss-level demon, but you have to battle your way through lesser demons first. The souls you collect from them are used as currency throughout the game. You can then use one of the Archstones to be teleported to a place within Boletaria.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kszz8cb8hHc/StffPNhvtvI/AAAAAAAAACg/7_bARPxGFYg/s1600-h/demons_souls_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kszz8cb8hHc/StffPNhvtvI/AAAAAAAAACg/7_bARPxGFYg/s320/demons_souls_2.jpg" /></a>One of the most important things to remember is that you <i>cannot</i> pause while you're in the middle of a level. The only completely safe place in the game is the Nexus, but the game also auto-saves pretty much constantly. So before you start playing make sure you have a good amount of time, or someone to hand the controller off to. The aforementioned soul-craving demons like hiding around corners, behind things, and in dark rooms. They're armed with swords, bows, firebombs, and spears; some are wearing full armor, while others are wicked fast. No matter how quickly you can kill them, they can kill you just as fast. Even in the beginning stage you will die several times, and at least one path is blocked by a foe we have yet to beat. Every time you die, you lose all the souls you've earned, but if you can make it back to where you died you can pick those souls back up.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In addition to using souls to buy items, repair weapons, or upgrade weapons you also use them to upgrade your character, which replaces a traditional level system. You choose one of your basic stats to upgrade, which then upgrades things like your physical/magic defense, HP, spell memory, etc. You have to know what your character needs to really make the most of this system.<br />
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</div><ul><li>Battle System 10/10 - It's easy to switch between weapons, magic, and items, which is good when you're in the middle of fighting a demon that wants, and is completely able, to make you into a shishkebab.</li>
<li>AI 9/10 - While you will encounter some enemies that are pretty dumb, many enemies are going to put up a good fight.</li>
<li>Graphics 9/10 - The graphics are good; the characters and world are highly detailed. This game has a pretty stunning look.</li>
<li>Storyline 8/10 - It's hard to get a real feel for the storyline when it takes you fifteen tries to get through the first level, but from what I've seen it looks good; it's better than most games' at least</li>
<li>Difficulty 10/10 - This game is hard, sometimes bordering on impossible. Why is this a good thing? Most games try to coddle you by giving you lots of items, and easy enemies. This game all but tells you that you suck, and I think that's what makes you want to keep playing it.</li>
</ul><div>So, final score: 46/50. I know I've said it before, but this game is hard. You're going to die, maybe at the hands of a basic, firebomb wielding demon; maybe at the hands of a boss that will kill you by looking at you. However, the bottom line is you're going to keep playing it. You're going to play it and beat it just to prove that you can.<br />
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</div><div>And I think a picture to wrap up this very long review: this is what you're going to look like after playing for about half an hour (though hopefully not so...baby-like, but you never know)<br />
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</div>Sumomohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09559029872799556687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-63664100317262014582009-10-10T01:37:00.000-04:002009-10-10T01:37:01.699-04:00Review and MORE!Okay, quick review of the Fallout 3 Add-on: Point Lookout.<br />
8/10<br />
+ Great location<br />
+ Pretty cool weapons<br />
+ Great Plot*, though short<br />
+ Not as many glitches as a few of the others (Specifically The Pitt, as awesome as it was)<br />
- Lots of stereotyping (stereotypical rednecks shooting you with shotguns when you're running through the swamps. A few of them carry giant jugs of moonshine, as well. Most have lots of beer and drugs, too)<br />
- COMPLETELY unfulfilling ending (it just ENDS. Very anti-climactically, at that)<br />
In other words, if you have Fallout 3 and don't have Point Lookout, GET IT NOW.<br />
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Okay, onto other stuff...I'm going to be doing concept art for a game for a while (not a big game, just an RP...so people know what everything looks like basically, so no kudos to me). I might not be too active anywhere else. I'll make sure to post whatever sketches I'm allowed to on the art blog (which has been renamed to those who didn't notice).Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-78268714314959844192009-10-05T02:34:00.004-04:002009-10-07T01:14:24.644-04:00Fallout 3 Add-ons for PS3This will just be a quick review as I'm getting progressively aggravated and worried over the unspeakable issue I mentioned roughly a week ago...in fact, I'll just do the ratings out of 10 for each of the expansions:<br />
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Broken Steel: 8/10<br />
The Pitt: 9/10<br />
Operation: Anchorage: 4/10<br />
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Meh, I'll list positive and negative points, as well.<br />
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<b>Broken Steel</b><br />
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Summary: Two weeks after the end of the main story, you wake up from your coma. Your main goal is to finish the war against the Enclave.<br />
+ Completes the story (instead of the main character just dying at the end)<br />
+ Awesome new weapons and armors<br />
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<b>The Pitt</b><br />
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Summary: You receive a radio signal from an escaped slave. He wants you to find a cure for the mutagen changing everyone in The Pitt. You have to become a slave yourself. All of your equipment gets taken away (temporarily) and you have to work as a slave for your new raider masters.<br />
+ This new plot is well-developed and fun<br />
+ My favorite new content, including a very..."Spartacus" equipment...it's like Spartacus set in a post-apocolyptic-but-steampunk setting (The Pitt = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...but it's mostly in the steel mill)<br />
- Nowhere to sell stuff<br />
- The "better" option involves killing slaves (I'd explain why it's better, but it would be a pretty big spoiler, since the "cure" is what you're trying to obtain and...well...I'll stop)<br />
+ The "better" option leads to a pretty...erm..."heartwarming" twist<br />
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<b>Operation: Anchorage</b><br />
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The Brotherhood Outcasts have found a place that is supposed to have all kinds of awesome pre-war technology. They need you to go through three simulations to open the door because you just happen to have an external user device (<a href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Pip-Boy_3000">Your Pip-Boy 3000</a>) because the door's failsafe won't activate without it.<br />
+ Pretty nice new equipment (including an essentially indestructible armor)<br />
- Armor isn't available until you finish the whole story<br />
- NO plot; just running around and killing commies<br />
- Pretty much no reason for the Player Character's actions<br />
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And a side note: If you like music from the 30s and 40s (specifically the stuff that plays on Galaxy News Radio (GNR) in Fallout 3), that station is available online (without Three Dog as a host, unfortunately). Feel free to listen to <a href="http://galaxynewsradio.host22.com/">GNR Online</a>. I'm doing that right now, in fact.Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-45693335271692017872009-10-02T22:50:00.002-04:002009-10-02T23:36:29.181-04:00TabletI have my new tablet. It came earlier than expected. I'm still trying to figure out some features (like the ability to write with it), but overall I like it. So does Photoshop (unlike my other one). Unfortunately, GIMP doesn't, so if I make a mistake, it only goes back one step. I have yet to try it with Paint.NET, so I have no reports for that. This tablet was cheaper than my other one and also came with a tablet mouse...though I doubt I'll use that much. So, I'll have to draw something for everyone. My first saved piece of "art" was an edit of an already edited WET screenshot...but I'm not going to share it. The original is not my artwork, so I don't think I have any right to.<br />
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11:35 EDIT: It WORKS in Paint.NET, but it ignores pressure. My other one never did, either ^_^Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-58707007025942091542009-09-28T15:20:00.001-04:002009-09-28T23:57:02.300-04:00Great NewsI know I posted this on my art blog, but I thought I'd bring it up here, too: I'll be getting a new tablet relatively soon! That'll definitely inspire more writing and drawing (I like to write by hand more than I like to type, and this saves the time of having to type what I've written). Now let's hope it helps my mind go back into creative mode (those creative writing classes killed my creativity >.<)<br />
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And speaking of my art/literary blog, there's a new post there. It's got story snippets! You can read a comparison of first- and third-person for five paragraphs of the story. My test reader said it sounds better in 3rd, but I want more input.<br />
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EDIT: This great news has been overpowered with really bad news, but I'm not going into that. It's too personal for this blog.Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-71652691602620310332009-09-26T17:45:00.001-04:002009-09-26T17:46:56.432-04:00I forgot my passwordYeah, about that password thing...I didn't post because I forgot it. I'll start posting more now.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-60984600197222439012009-09-26T01:19:00.000-04:002009-09-26T01:19:29.572-04:00MisfortuneNot terribly bad or anything, but this computer was NOT made for game creation (a fact I knew before I even started). This is not a gaming computer. Looks like if I want to do that, I'll have to do it on the other computer...but I like this one! So, for now, it looks like I'll just have to learn Korean and browse the web from this computer until I decide to use the other one again. Hey, at least I can write on here; the most recent versions of Synesthesia are on this computer, after all.Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-69737545952530625002009-09-23T14:26:00.000-04:002009-09-23T14:26:16.484-04:00Something...I'm going to try something I haven't done in a long time: make a game with DirectX. More specifically, I want to make a RPG. I want to try to do this on this computer (my netbook) and also in 3D for once. I'm not sure I have any idea...maybe I'll make Synesthesia into a game...(yeah right...that'd be way beyond my graphical ability)Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-67007998597223097642009-09-18T00:37:00.010-04:002009-09-26T17:06:01.021-04:00WET (Full Review)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqt8eGrGt6Kfhyphenhyphen4S2JMwCoAyNYY7eO1G9hMjtLfJjAm2qhLZaWrbS3hd-l8eaPynRnrgCOkU2zHFu1byIWD7jexv_HO9xlxarH7ew4hyphenhyphenPuyOPvwvPdaeJoF2HIsQzibjCjJ2QHN0S0JE/s1600/WetTheGame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqt8eGrGt6Kfhyphenhyphen4S2JMwCoAyNYY7eO1G9hMjtLfJjAm2qhLZaWrbS3hd-l8eaPynRnrgCOkU2zHFu1byIWD7jexv_HO9xlxarH7ew4hyphenhyphenPuyOPvwvPdaeJoF2HIsQzibjCjJ2QHN0S0JE/s320/WetTheGame.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>I'll just get straight into this review; it focuses mainly on plot and music. The game is impressive for its visual style (not the best graphics, but I've covered this aspect) and plot. It's a basic third person shooter with the plot of a Tarantino movie. The only thing I thought was strange was the very end, where the fight against a character named "Tarantula" involves you being instantly transported to a battlefield and isn't a normal fight like the rest of them. It involves timed reaction commands (the button shows on the screen for about a second and you have to hit it RIGHT AWAY). Tarantula is actually the only character who really stands out. I was going to include a picture, but I couldn't find one. I'll try. She looks like a new x-men character and carries pistols with a blade below each barrel (similar, but more logical, than the Gunblade in Final Fantasy VIII).<br />
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I'd also like to include that the game can be completed in like 3 hours on the easiest mode. I'd also like to point out that "Golden Bullet" mode is excessively difficult, even though you kill all enemies (except the guys with miniguns, who require a special set of commands to kill, always ending in the sword going deeply into their crotch or, on rare occasions, down their throat).<br />
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The game is full of humor similar to what you would find in a Tarantino movie or in a Russian book. It also includes interludes in each chapter that are commercials from 70s drive-in movies. It even gives a break after the introductory tutorial mission to get up and get refreshments.<br />
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The plot is fairly straightforward, though about halfway through there was at least one twist I wasn't expecting and one that made sense because of that one (and a card for a character involved).<br />
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Throughout the game, you unlock various upgrades. There are two types of upgrades: Abilities and Weapon Upgrades. Abilities range from the ability to change who you're targeting to the wonderful "Human Wall Run Slash", which is exactly what it sounds like; you run up an enemy, use your sword on them, and jump off.<br />
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<a href="http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/wet-game-wallpaper-screenshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" src="http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/wet-game-wallpaper-screenshot.jpg" width="200" /></a>The weapon upgrades increase fire rate (for guns and the crossbow), damage, and ammo capacity (also, for guns and the crossbow). Rubi has five weapons to choose from: her katana, dual pistols, dual shotguns, dual SMGs (Submachine Guns), and dual crossbows (which is illogical if you've ever used one, but meh...the "darts" [as they're called in-game] explode on contact). All of the guns have limited ammo except the pistol (which with maxed fire rate is almost as fast as the SMGs).<br />
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There are two ways to restore Rubi's health (which is more like pain tolerance than anything): Alcohol ("to dull the pain") and a high score multiplier (when it's 2x or higher, you restore health with every kill).<br />
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There are many ways to raise your score multiplier, but the best is to use acrobatic slo-mo to your advantage. This can be triggered by sliding and shooting/slashing, jumping and attacking, wall running and attacking, human wall running and attacking, pole-spinning (not like a stripper) and shooting, shooting enemies from a zip line, or getting near a multiplier thing that each level seems to have.<br />
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</div>The music all sounds like Tarantino picked it all. It's all reminiscent of stuff that could be found in either Kill Bill volume, though there's a little trend: Most of the songs are by bands with Corpse in the name or the songs have corpse in the title. The rest all have some synonym of crazy in them. The website for WET has a list of the songs and artists who did music and has five songs that are free to download. Three of them are songs I love (Gypsy Pistoleros' <i>The Crazy Loco Loquito</i>, The Arkhams' <i>Insane</i> and Knock Galley West's <i>Undead West</i>) and two are created specifically for the game (they're the two by the same artist). The music is all phenomenal in my opinion, though it could handle less from the Hypnophonics and more from the Arkhams. <br />
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The main drawback is that it can be completed very quickly (around 1-5 hours, depending on skill and difficulty level) and has no replay value if you're not into completing "gun-and-run" challenges after you finish story mode (-0.5 pts). The plot is, however, deeper than most other shooters (or even just games where the main character is a mercenary).<br />
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There are also very few scenarios to play through. There are four main types of play in the main story: Arena fights (trapped in a room where enemies keep coming in until a certain event occurs or your block all the doors), "Rage Mode" (make the longest chain of kills before leaving the level), Car chases (where you jump from car to car while shooting the enemies), and action sequences/stationary gun pwnage sessions (there are few of these last two). This makes the game lose another 0.6 points on my scale.<br />
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My overall, score (not broken down, but on a decimal scale): 8.9/10<br />
My advice: Play it for the Tarantino-esque plot and music and pretend you're watching a movie, then work on completing some gun-and-run challenges in Rubi's Boneyard (not what it sounds like).<br />
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I'd also like to point out that I LOVE this game. I'd also like to point out that I have updated my links on the side. I've replaced the Fallout link with the WET one and added Sumomo's reincarnated blog.Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-498150180381171362009-09-16T22:30:00.003-04:002009-09-17T00:03:01.055-04:00Offensive?I don't have much to say. I leave you a question:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkoHCQwvV_zPxB2mAmz-vALfhu0j_8yTmHa6g9J4mS0tnGKEdWBsCCQmjHitqtJZvLKUtZh-as4jT0JpPtbQcahyphenhyphenqqtUUvC5XMyD0TgPjNar-deIVeGr7eH2HjbB5BDdwXmiEOTsh1OlC/s1600-h/Ambush+Bat2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 82px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkoHCQwvV_zPxB2mAmz-vALfhu0j_8yTmHa6g9J4mS0tnGKEdWBsCCQmjHitqtJZvLKUtZh-as4jT0JpPtbQcahyphenhyphenqqtUUvC5XMyD0TgPjNar-deIVeGr7eH2HjbB5BDdwXmiEOTsh1OlC/s320/Ambush+Bat2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382281890519143010" /></a>In your opinion(s), is this offensive?Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-16793182466534311652009-09-13T00:20:00.000-04:002009-09-13T00:21:38.907-04:00HospitalsI got out of the hospital a couple hours ago and now I have some awesome meds!Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-46386619512652723742009-09-11T14:22:00.005-04:002009-09-11T20:08:24.759-04:00WETAll I've played is the demo and I already like it more than any other game. It's the first game where you dual-wield guns and can target two enemies at once (auto-target one, other gun is under your control). You can slide while swinging a sword or shooting both guns. Not to mention the music is AWESOME (10/10).<div><br /></div><div>So, based on the DEMO alone:</div><div><br /></div><div>Gameplay: 10/10</div><div>Music: 10/10</div><div>Controls: 10/10</div><div>Graphics: 9/10</div><div>Style*: 10/10</div><div><br /></div><div>OVERALL: 49/50</div><div><br /></div><div>Gameplay and controls are 10 for reasons already stated and also because they're simple and nearly intuitive.</div><div>The music is what you expect from a 70s action/Tarantino movie. It's energetic and fun...and PURELY AWESOME.</div><div>The graphics are really good, but even Fallout 3, from the same creators, has better graphics.</div><div>*Style refers to the overall look of the game.</div><div>The game's style DEFINITELY matches what you'd expect from Tarantino, the main inspiration for this game, and is definitely reminiscent of Kill Bill.</div><div><br /></div><div>So...I'd even give this the extra credit point to give it a 50/50. I DO NOT recommend it for children, but neither does the ESRB (who gave it an M for MANY reasons, and I'd have to agree, for once). I AM going to buy this in 4 days. And I'll review the plot even (from what I can tell, it's pretty good...just from what little there is in the demo)</div><br /><br />And an example of the music:<br /><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6T65OlMZgp4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6T65OlMZgp4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639104133595927478.post-57282894823293169752009-09-09T23:50:00.002-04:002009-09-09T23:55:32.787-04:00I gots me a friendYes, I DID have to say it like that. I don't know why, but I did. So...like I said, I have a new friend. Her name is Hayley. Be nice to her. You can find her hanging around Hellban High Road, her blog, which you can find in the sidebar. I convinced her to make it after quite an argument. She's nice, but we don't agree on much. She believes the same way I do about cannibalism, though. That's how we met. I'll just leave it at that. So, welcome her to the blogging community so I can prove her wrong about something she said, please. It's a friendly competition we have going. Be nice to her and don't harrass her or she'll hurt me. With a scalpel. She has one...Jikeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277540922452976017noreply@blogger.com4