So I actually spent like 2 and a half hours on that list yesterday, and I am proud of it too since I was watching Knocked Up on G4 while typing. So, I kind of felt like taking a break today, but I just decided to do something small instead, so this is basically just 3 videos to show you that I really recommend you watch since I really don't feel like typing... especially on finals prep week. Well, uhh... ok I am not good at these... These videos are not exactly intended for children, not all of them but... where was I going with this? Well, whatever not intended for children ect. don't say I didn't warn you.
The newest Dr. Tran episode:
A new music video from Little Kuriboh:
And last but not least, a sequel to the Film Cow cartoon Llamas with Hats:
Sorry this seems short but at least you have some videos to watch.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Top 5 PS2 RPGs (That I Own)
Ok, so... uhh, I left out a few RPGs that I have and for good reasons, reasons I would rather not explain, games I left out would include... Kingdom Hearts 1, the original .hack series, every final fantasy game, and Star Ocean. So yeah... let's get this started.
5. Disgaea 2
Well, what to say about Disgaea 2 without first mentioning the original, which will also be on the list... In my opinion I think Disgaea 2 was still a good game but simply not as good as the original, not drastically I mean I certainly don't HATE Disgaea 2, I mean if I did then why would it be on this list? Anyway, one reason I sort of saw it as a game not as good as the original (I just used the word as like 3 times in that sentence didn't I?) is because I was so ready to see the continued adventures of Laharl and friends and to see what happens after the ending and to see which ending was the one that counts and all that good stuff to just start off a new adventure with all new characters and not get my answers as to what happens after the "real" ending until Prinny came out, which by the way was after Disgaea 3. But I got over that since the characters are likable and the story is interesting. However, my main complaint is the grinding is a little... awkword... lemmie evaluate, you see you can sort of go through the first few levels without having to grind, then you reach a point that after each level (or board or whatever) you need to grind a bit, but the previous level doesn't give you enough XP and the Item worlds are either too hard or too easy, and trust me when it gets really hard to grind at the BEGINING of the game it get's really frustrating.
4. Disgaea
Ok so here it is, the original, I told you it was on the list and it's right under Disgaea 2 on the list. Obviously, like I said before I like the original more, but it always brings that thought in my head... "so if their like 1,000 and something years old and they look like kids... is 1,000 years like 10 for them or like how do they age?" but whatever let's not over analyze things like that. Anyway, I think the characters in this game are likable, the story may be kinda... well cliche in ways but it's like a good cliche, kinda like Gurren Lagann, it doesn't take itself too seriously so you don't feel like you need to look away from the screen every cutscene and jump up in fear if someone comes in and then pretend like you weren't playing it because your embarassed because it feels like watching an old Pokemon movie, it feels kinda like the writer knows that it's like that and constantly makes fun of his own writing, which is in a way, kinda fun to watch. Also, in my opinion the voice acting was pretty damn good in this game and was just as good (if not better) than the Japanese voice acting, even though everyone seems to think that the English voice actors are terrible. Also I don't think I mentioned the gameplay have I? Well it's kinda like a game of chess mixed with a turn based strategy game, which maybe doesn't sound awesome but trust me it is, it's kind of a way to put a spin on turn based combat to make it less like just clicking and more strategic, and the grinding issue in Disgaea 2 doesn't exist here, it seems like when you need to do some grinding you just go to an item world and you can find one that isn't too hard and isn't too easy.
3. Persona 3
I know what your all thinking, you want to kill me for this not being number 1, and I am sure it won't help at all when you see what number 2 is... but honestly it took me like 20 minutes of just thinking so that I could place this game and the number 2 game in order of preference. Ok so enough apolgizing, let me get to how awesome this game is. Well, for starters the anime cutscenes are probably among my favorite video game cutscenes ever, and the combat isn't just turn based, it has the whole "weaknesses" element of gameplay which sort of makes you think and plan out your moves instead of just click 10 times, and the "dungeons" are fun to adventure around in, and not to mention the enemy encounters aren't just random, you see the enemies in the dungeon and you can choose to either just run like hell and hope it doesn't catch up with you, or maybe you could attack it first and get the upper hand, or it could get the upper hand by attacking you first, and so that your grinding doesn't get too boring they have little challenges called Elizabeth Requests so while you, say look for 3 of some item dropped only by certain enemies, while you look for said enemy for the reward you can kill everything in sight, so with a goal set it kind of makes the expirience less boring. Also, the story is really interesting and the "sim" aspects of the game make it really fun as well, but sadly in the (for now) Japan only remake of Persona 3 on the psp took out all of the sim aspects, which I hope was just for space and not on purpose.
2. .Hack//G.U.
Ok, like I said I bet if I had more than 1 reader I would get alot of angry comments of people saying that they want to kill me for making this number 2 and making Persona 3 number 3... but honestly if I could just have 2 number 2's then I would but I can't I had to put them in order of preference and honestly I like .Hack//G.U. a little bit more, I'm not sure if it's because I like the combat system more, or because I played G.U. recently and it's been a while since I played Persona 3, or because I like the "your playing a game about a kid playing an online game but the game your really playing isn't online like the one he is..." yeah sounds confusing but you get it once you play, and even if turn based combat does have a twist on it to make it less boring I still prefer real time combat in RPGs like in G.U. and I also like it how practically everytime you need to majorly grind you get a little e-mail from someone that says something like "Hey I found a new area that will be perfect for grinding at our specific level" and that's just awesome. I seriously love this game and when I look at all of the hours I spent on Volume 1, I realize that I'm probably not even half way done with it, and I have 2 other volumes to go.
1. Kingdom Hearts 2
Yeah, I said I didn't count the original Kingdom Hearts so... obviously that meant I had Kingdom Hearts 2 on this list, and being the amazingly awesome game it is I just had to put it on this list. Also, I am always proud to say this with a smile on my face, I pre-ordered this game 2 years before it came out and got the very last copy, and this was at Gamecrazy where it isn't "first come, first serve" or at least it wasn't like that for major releases so I was actually on a list and just so happened that my number was the exact same number of copies they got the day it came out. Also, it was probably the most anticipated game of not only that year but probably my whole life, then again there was Brawl... but whatever I don't even need to explain the game mechanics, or how awesome the story is, or how great the story is, because honestly I can't explain all of it without going on for like 3 paragraphs and it would just be a waste of everyones time because I am pretty damn sure that like 98% of people who own or have ever owned or know anyone who has a ps2 have played this game, so you all know how fun it is hitting enemies with a giant key in Disney themed worlds allied with Final Fantasy characters.
5. Disgaea 2
Well, what to say about Disgaea 2 without first mentioning the original, which will also be on the list... In my opinion I think Disgaea 2 was still a good game but simply not as good as the original, not drastically I mean I certainly don't HATE Disgaea 2, I mean if I did then why would it be on this list? Anyway, one reason I sort of saw it as a game not as good as the original (I just used the word as like 3 times in that sentence didn't I?) is because I was so ready to see the continued adventures of Laharl and friends and to see what happens after the ending and to see which ending was the one that counts and all that good stuff to just start off a new adventure with all new characters and not get my answers as to what happens after the "real" ending until Prinny came out, which by the way was after Disgaea 3. But I got over that since the characters are likable and the story is interesting. However, my main complaint is the grinding is a little... awkword... lemmie evaluate, you see you can sort of go through the first few levels without having to grind, then you reach a point that after each level (or board or whatever) you need to grind a bit, but the previous level doesn't give you enough XP and the Item worlds are either too hard or too easy, and trust me when it gets really hard to grind at the BEGINING of the game it get's really frustrating.
4. Disgaea
Ok so here it is, the original, I told you it was on the list and it's right under Disgaea 2 on the list. Obviously, like I said before I like the original more, but it always brings that thought in my head... "so if their like 1,000 and something years old and they look like kids... is 1,000 years like 10 for them or like how do they age?" but whatever let's not over analyze things like that. Anyway, I think the characters in this game are likable, the story may be kinda... well cliche in ways but it's like a good cliche, kinda like Gurren Lagann, it doesn't take itself too seriously so you don't feel like you need to look away from the screen every cutscene and jump up in fear if someone comes in and then pretend like you weren't playing it because your embarassed because it feels like watching an old Pokemon movie, it feels kinda like the writer knows that it's like that and constantly makes fun of his own writing, which is in a way, kinda fun to watch. Also, in my opinion the voice acting was pretty damn good in this game and was just as good (if not better) than the Japanese voice acting, even though everyone seems to think that the English voice actors are terrible. Also I don't think I mentioned the gameplay have I? Well it's kinda like a game of chess mixed with a turn based strategy game, which maybe doesn't sound awesome but trust me it is, it's kind of a way to put a spin on turn based combat to make it less like just clicking and more strategic, and the grinding issue in Disgaea 2 doesn't exist here, it seems like when you need to do some grinding you just go to an item world and you can find one that isn't too hard and isn't too easy.
3. Persona 3
I know what your all thinking, you want to kill me for this not being number 1, and I am sure it won't help at all when you see what number 2 is... but honestly it took me like 20 minutes of just thinking so that I could place this game and the number 2 game in order of preference. Ok so enough apolgizing, let me get to how awesome this game is. Well, for starters the anime cutscenes are probably among my favorite video game cutscenes ever, and the combat isn't just turn based, it has the whole "weaknesses" element of gameplay which sort of makes you think and plan out your moves instead of just click 10 times, and the "dungeons" are fun to adventure around in, and not to mention the enemy encounters aren't just random, you see the enemies in the dungeon and you can choose to either just run like hell and hope it doesn't catch up with you, or maybe you could attack it first and get the upper hand, or it could get the upper hand by attacking you first, and so that your grinding doesn't get too boring they have little challenges called Elizabeth Requests so while you, say look for 3 of some item dropped only by certain enemies, while you look for said enemy for the reward you can kill everything in sight, so with a goal set it kind of makes the expirience less boring. Also, the story is really interesting and the "sim" aspects of the game make it really fun as well, but sadly in the (for now) Japan only remake of Persona 3 on the psp took out all of the sim aspects, which I hope was just for space and not on purpose.
2. .Hack//G.U.
Ok, like I said I bet if I had more than 1 reader I would get alot of angry comments of people saying that they want to kill me for making this number 2 and making Persona 3 number 3... but honestly if I could just have 2 number 2's then I would but I can't I had to put them in order of preference and honestly I like .Hack//G.U. a little bit more, I'm not sure if it's because I like the combat system more, or because I played G.U. recently and it's been a while since I played Persona 3, or because I like the "your playing a game about a kid playing an online game but the game your really playing isn't online like the one he is..." yeah sounds confusing but you get it once you play, and even if turn based combat does have a twist on it to make it less boring I still prefer real time combat in RPGs like in G.U. and I also like it how practically everytime you need to majorly grind you get a little e-mail from someone that says something like "Hey I found a new area that will be perfect for grinding at our specific level" and that's just awesome. I seriously love this game and when I look at all of the hours I spent on Volume 1, I realize that I'm probably not even half way done with it, and I have 2 other volumes to go.
1. Kingdom Hearts 2
Yeah, I said I didn't count the original Kingdom Hearts so... obviously that meant I had Kingdom Hearts 2 on this list, and being the amazingly awesome game it is I just had to put it on this list. Also, I am always proud to say this with a smile on my face, I pre-ordered this game 2 years before it came out and got the very last copy, and this was at Gamecrazy where it isn't "first come, first serve" or at least it wasn't like that for major releases so I was actually on a list and just so happened that my number was the exact same number of copies they got the day it came out. Also, it was probably the most anticipated game of not only that year but probably my whole life, then again there was Brawl... but whatever I don't even need to explain the game mechanics, or how awesome the story is, or how great the story is, because honestly I can't explain all of it without going on for like 3 paragraphs and it would just be a waste of everyones time because I am pretty damn sure that like 98% of people who own or have ever owned or know anyone who has a ps2 have played this game, so you all know how fun it is hitting enemies with a giant key in Disney themed worlds allied with Final Fantasy characters.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
This Week in Weekly Jump (Finally!)
Ok here we go, after two weeks of no weekly jump I am ready to read and summarize some Bleach and Naruto!
Naruto Chapter 478
Current Battle: Sasuke (Or... Itachi...) Vs Danzo
- Ok so as we left off Itachi comes outta nowhere and Ameterasus Danzo in the face.
- Awww, it was just an illusion =(.
- Sasuke is covered in some... curse mark looking thing, and he can't move...
- Ok so Karin tries to attack Danzo but he just kicks her away, haha useless...
- Right before Danzo cuts Sasuke's head off his Susano'o (sorry if it's misspelled) activates and sends Danzo flying.
- Sasuke breaks the curse thing that was preventing him from moving and activates a new form of Susano'o (or is it Susanoo?).
- Sasuke's new Susano'o shoots an arrow (yes it can shoot arrows now) at Danzo.
- Without explaining what a Mokuton is it somehow makes sense of a non-Uchiha controlling a sharingan and how Danzo was able to change the course of Sasuke's Susano'o arrow attack.
- Oh god! They explain what a "Mokuton" is on the next page and it ain't pretty... Basically it means that he implanted the cells of the first Hokage to give him extra strength, which must have been implanted by Orochimaru since they did mention his name right after they said Mokuton, oh and the whole cell thing also means he has a face growing out of his arm...
- Danzo does like a shadow clone jutsu when he gets hit with another arrow...
- The chapter ends as Tobi mentions a forbidden jutsu or something.
Bleach Chapter 388
Current Battle: Ichigo Vs Aizen
- We start the chapter off as Ichigo decides to try and kill Aizen in one hit with the element of surprise and as he swings his sword...
- he hits some... barrier thing... wait what?
- Wait Ichigo says and I quote "he blocked it", but there was a huge effin barrier thing, I don't think his sword got within 10 feet of Aizen, well you know what, never mind...
- Oh, ok they explain it, Aizen knows that the back of the neck is a weak spot for any living creature and so he has a little barrier thing there to protect himself.
- Ichigo hollowfies and blasts a Getsuga Tensho headed right for Aizen but he teleports behind Ichigo and taunts him.
- Aizen goes on with that "do you really hate me" speech, sorry Kubo but I have heard that before... ALOT.
- Komamura rushes to protect Ichigo from Aizen's speech getting to him, and the chapter ends as we get a nice picture of everyone still alive who now vow to protect Ichigo, and I have to say that I would like to see that picture colored...
Naruto Chapter 478
Current Battle: Sasuke (Or... Itachi...) Vs Danzo
- Ok so as we left off Itachi comes outta nowhere and Ameterasus Danzo in the face.
- Awww, it was just an illusion =(.
- Sasuke is covered in some... curse mark looking thing, and he can't move...
- Ok so Karin tries to attack Danzo but he just kicks her away, haha useless...
- Right before Danzo cuts Sasuke's head off his Susano'o (sorry if it's misspelled) activates and sends Danzo flying.
- Sasuke breaks the curse thing that was preventing him from moving and activates a new form of Susano'o (or is it Susanoo?).
- Sasuke's new Susano'o shoots an arrow (yes it can shoot arrows now) at Danzo.
- Without explaining what a Mokuton is it somehow makes sense of a non-Uchiha controlling a sharingan and how Danzo was able to change the course of Sasuke's Susano'o arrow attack.
- Oh god! They explain what a "Mokuton" is on the next page and it ain't pretty... Basically it means that he implanted the cells of the first Hokage to give him extra strength, which must have been implanted by Orochimaru since they did mention his name right after they said Mokuton, oh and the whole cell thing also means he has a face growing out of his arm...
- Danzo does like a shadow clone jutsu when he gets hit with another arrow...
- The chapter ends as Tobi mentions a forbidden jutsu or something.
Bleach Chapter 388
Current Battle: Ichigo Vs Aizen
- We start the chapter off as Ichigo decides to try and kill Aizen in one hit with the element of surprise and as he swings his sword...
- he hits some... barrier thing... wait what?
- Wait Ichigo says and I quote "he blocked it", but there was a huge effin barrier thing, I don't think his sword got within 10 feet of Aizen, well you know what, never mind...
- Oh, ok they explain it, Aizen knows that the back of the neck is a weak spot for any living creature and so he has a little barrier thing there to protect himself.
- Ichigo hollowfies and blasts a Getsuga Tensho headed right for Aizen but he teleports behind Ichigo and taunts him.
- Aizen goes on with that "do you really hate me" speech, sorry Kubo but I have heard that before... ALOT.
- Komamura rushes to protect Ichigo from Aizen's speech getting to him, and the chapter ends as we get a nice picture of everyone still alive who now vow to protect Ichigo, and I have to say that I would like to see that picture colored...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
dothackers and NeoToonami updates
Well the Neotoonami update isn't much of an actual update, it just like a "visit this youtube channel to watch old Toonami bumps" update. But dothackers really has an update...
And that update is kind of important... you see when something happens, like a series ending or a twist ending people over analyze the crap out of it, I mean there are people still over analyzing the ending of Code Geass, I won't say what the ending is but if you know what I'm talking about then you should know about how people can over analyze it, and when they said that .hack//Link was the end of .hack, people over analyzed that statement and said things like ".hack may be ending but what about a cool spin-off?" and what not, but an interview with CC2 president Matsuyama, tells us that "...in no uncertain terms that while some anime, manga, etc. will continue for about a year, after that, .hack will end. This is the third and final "season" of .hack." so I am guessing that means no MMO based on the WORLD? If so that really brings me down, it's like CC2 is sitting on a goldmine but has some reason to not dig up the gold and cash it in. To see the full article just click here.
And that update is kind of important... you see when something happens, like a series ending or a twist ending people over analyze the crap out of it, I mean there are people still over analyzing the ending of Code Geass, I won't say what the ending is but if you know what I'm talking about then you should know about how people can over analyze it, and when they said that .hack//Link was the end of .hack, people over analyzed that statement and said things like ".hack may be ending but what about a cool spin-off?" and what not, but an interview with CC2 president Matsuyama, tells us that "...in no uncertain terms that while some anime, manga, etc. will continue for about a year, after that, .hack will end. This is the third and final "season" of .hack." so I am guessing that means no MMO based on the WORLD? If so that really brings me down, it's like CC2 is sitting on a goldmine but has some reason to not dig up the gold and cash it in. To see the full article just click here.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
My Top 3 DS RPG Games (That I own)
Ok, I am doing this post on a Monday, and I am super busy on Mondays so I need to hurry this up...
3. Megaman Battle Network 5 Double Team
Ok so I like the battle network games in a different way than the other Megaman games, most people just don't like Megaman as an RPG and I totally understand that but I really like the Battle Network series, I can't keep up with the new ones and I'm not sure if they are any good but I liked 3, 4 and especially 5, it was one of those games that my brother got the version everyone got and then I got the other one, that actually wasn't ever a bad thing, I always liked getting the "other" version. Ok so bottom line, I really like it but it's not number one on my list, now let's get down to number 2!
2. Pokemon Pearl
Like I said before I always got the "other" game, even though my brother didn't get Diamond, I just HAD to get Pearl to sort of not break the tradition, which is the reason I will be getting Soul Silver instead of Heart Gold. As a gamer with soooo many games of so many genres I sort of go through "phases" and right now I am going through an RPG "phase" so I have been playing nothing but Pokemon for like the last month. With all of the parody that comes with Pokemon and how much I think the anime sucks I must admit that the games are made by Nintendo so they are just simply awesome. The grinding doesn't take too long but when I resumed my old file I found my Prinplup to be at least 10 levels above all of my other Pokemon so right now I am just trying to create a balanced team. The fact that my friend has Platinum, it kind of pisses me off since he just takes the amazing things added to the game as like a "Oh you don't have _______ in Pearl? That sucks." but I am saving up and cannot afford Platinum... anyway back on topic I really recommend this to someone who needs a good old RPG to take with them wherever they go to pass the time, worked wonders for me when I was waiting for my food at a restaurant.
1. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
This should have been obvious, I mean come on, it's like a ps2 game that you can take with you on your DS, I'm not sure about you but that sounds awesome to me. Honestly this game is so awesome there really isn't much to say but, if you thought Chain of Memories was a good portable Kingdom Hearts game, then this will blow you away. I seriously am just trying to think of things to say about this game's awesomeness, but I would probably go on for an hour, but let me just try to find a few things to say. Well, for starters I am almost speechless about this game and I probably haven't even finished half of the game. And uh, well, seriously it's just a Kingdom Hearts game practically as good as a console game but on your DS, that's amazing. Although I do think that Birth By Sleep will be even better... hmmmm maybe I should make a psp RPG list...
3. Megaman Battle Network 5 Double Team
Ok so I like the battle network games in a different way than the other Megaman games, most people just don't like Megaman as an RPG and I totally understand that but I really like the Battle Network series, I can't keep up with the new ones and I'm not sure if they are any good but I liked 3, 4 and especially 5, it was one of those games that my brother got the version everyone got and then I got the other one, that actually wasn't ever a bad thing, I always liked getting the "other" version. Ok so bottom line, I really like it but it's not number one on my list, now let's get down to number 2!
2. Pokemon Pearl
Like I said before I always got the "other" game, even though my brother didn't get Diamond, I just HAD to get Pearl to sort of not break the tradition, which is the reason I will be getting Soul Silver instead of Heart Gold. As a gamer with soooo many games of so many genres I sort of go through "phases" and right now I am going through an RPG "phase" so I have been playing nothing but Pokemon for like the last month. With all of the parody that comes with Pokemon and how much I think the anime sucks I must admit that the games are made by Nintendo so they are just simply awesome. The grinding doesn't take too long but when I resumed my old file I found my Prinplup to be at least 10 levels above all of my other Pokemon so right now I am just trying to create a balanced team. The fact that my friend has Platinum, it kind of pisses me off since he just takes the amazing things added to the game as like a "Oh you don't have _______ in Pearl? That sucks." but I am saving up and cannot afford Platinum... anyway back on topic I really recommend this to someone who needs a good old RPG to take with them wherever they go to pass the time, worked wonders for me when I was waiting for my food at a restaurant.
1. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
This should have been obvious, I mean come on, it's like a ps2 game that you can take with you on your DS, I'm not sure about you but that sounds awesome to me. Honestly this game is so awesome there really isn't much to say but, if you thought Chain of Memories was a good portable Kingdom Hearts game, then this will blow you away. I seriously am just trying to think of things to say about this game's awesomeness, but I would probably go on for an hour, but let me just try to find a few things to say. Well, for starters I am almost speechless about this game and I probably haven't even finished half of the game. And uh, well, seriously it's just a Kingdom Hearts game practically as good as a console game but on your DS, that's amazing. Although I do think that Birth By Sleep will be even better... hmmmm maybe I should make a psp RPG list...
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