Skye

Picked up Fire Emblem: Awakening. Enjoying it a lot thus far, very sophisticated for the 3DS (those cutscenes are gorgeous.) Plus the music and voice acting are great (albeit not as much voice acting as I'd like.) Not too fond of the whole "if someone dies, it's alright, if Robin dies, INSTANTGAMEOVERNOPEDON'TCAREHOWWELLYOUWEREDOINGTOOBADFUCKYOU" thing. Not that I'm upset or anything. It's just that the enemy units really like to gang up on Robin a lot... Might be bad luck, but still, not sure why this is a thing.

I can't speak with too much certainty - anyone who's seen my Steam transaction history will know I have a really bad reputation for dumb purchases - but one thing a friend of mine recommends is asking yourself what else you'd like for an Xbox One. Yes, the Master Chief collection is probably a good purchase if you love the games, but is it worth an Xbox One just for one game? I would recommend looking at the rest of its library and seeing whether there's enough titles on the system that you'd like one now, or whether it's pretty much just the MCC and you'd be better off leaving it (at least until more titles come out.)

True enough. I'm always a fan of the "there's no such thing as a no-win scenario" belief - last week, I won a game where two of our teammates had left, which felt really amazing - but yeah, it felt like a downhill slope that just became a cliff at some point and we all went tumbling down. I'm also not sure about criticizing others for losses when 95% of the time, it's something I could have done, but I guess this was the 5%. At any rate, I'll give KotL another go some other time.

Well... yes? I had very little gold since I couldn't leave the base without Clinkz or Tinker killing me immediately so I had to buy the cheapest survivability items I could get. I would have got armor, but Tinker doesn't care about that. I'm not exactly sure what your point is.

Funnily enough, Chen game was sort of easy. Got lots of creeps and marched them at towers until they fell down, then I got an Aghanim's Scepter and that was wh- AAAAAAALL ARE HEEEEEEALED In fact, it's Keeper of the Light who is now giving me bother, as the only hero I've lost thus far with - twice. First game was my own incompotence (bad ward placement, didn't participate with team often enough, enemy carries got ahead) and second game was because the enemy Tinker... Well... Not even sure what the defense for all that burst damage was (Tinker's everything, Clinkz's strafe, Invoker's Sunstrike and AA's Ice Blast.) I considered Eul's Scepter, but it was too little too late.

You can make your own favorite rosters here. Try and limit it to a top eight. I found this rather fun, since I listed each character in my favorite order, and realized how difficult it was and how I felt I'd left a lot of good characters out by just limiting myself to eight. It made me appreciate the roster a bit more. Anyway, here's mine. Spoiler #8: Bowser Jr. Seems surprisingly agile, and yet packs a punch. Koopalings are the alternate costumes is brilliant, too. #7: Lucina. Looks like a more accessible version of Marth, who I always found rather difficult with the "tip of the sword" mechanic. #6: Little Mac. As a Title Defense champion of Punch Out!!, I just want to punch the shit out of everyone with this guy now. #5: Samus. Always been a personal favorite since my first game, because who doesn't like explosions? #4: Robin. Initially had no interest, but after seeing Robin in gameplay, I'm a lot more interested and excited with that tome-based moveset. #3: Olimar. Big fan of him in Brawl, big fan of him now. I love his Pikmin-based style, his tiny size, and his general quirkiness. #2: Greninja. It's a ninja frog. Come on. Very excited to be dodging and jumping all over the place like a total dick. #1: Toon Link. Everything I liked in a character in Brawl, and now apparently, he's even better. i know i accidentally did it in reverse sssssssh i'm also aware that this was acknowledged a few posts ago i just want us to bond over video games damn it

Independant New Vegas all the way. A man chooses, a slave obeys.

I had a feeling that would be the case - she didn't really have a definable personality in that first episode. She's... good with guns. And, uh, is kind of snarky? Yeah, she's boobs with a mouthpiece. I'm not coy enough to denounce or avoid the show just because of that, though. Attractive ladies are nice. I just prefer interesting characters that also happen to be attractive (i.e. every woman in Mass Effect ever.) As for the male protagonists... Well, okay, I'm pretty sure Kamina could poke someone's eyes out with those nipples. Fair enough.

Yeah, seems feasible, which makes me believe that on older 3DS systems, too many of them would cause FPS drops. That's a bit of a shame. It does make me wonder why the two versions needed to have the exact same roster, but I guess having different rosters would have just annoyed people even more. You know, "why is ridley only on wii u, i want to fight him against goku on 3ds ffs" and stuff. Also this.

were apparently removed because of technical limitations.

First game as Techies was a win. Did relatively little to contribute, but didn't do anything particularly stupid either. So that's still a victory in my eyes. Also starting my way through the All Hero Challenge and after my first three, I've already landed on Chen. Son of a bitch. I know I have to play him sooner or later, but man, number four out of over a hundred. Not my luck.

I have to give it points for originality. I've never heard anyone say Mass Effect 2 was the greatest game of all time before. I do, but nobody ever asked me. >:

Another fantastic adventure in Skye Tries to Figure Out What Anime Is All About To Eventually Find One That He Likes Watching. This episode; Gurren Lagann, also known as "that one with the drills." Spoiler (Disclaimer; I'm watching original Japanese with subtitles. I actually prefer dubs, but it's what Netflix gave me. So I won't comment on voice acting. Also this was written as I was watching, with a little tidying up afterwards, so this is first impressions.) Opening was okay, if a bit long. Openings should ideally have a catchy and memorable tune, while showing the main characters and giving a general impression of the show (i.e. displaying action scenes for an action show), and it should do this quickly and efficiently. This opening ticked all the boxes, but I felt it dragged out a bit and could have been trimmed a little. If you're pushing past a minute mark, it's probably best to cut something - time is precious in shows, and thirty seconds of showing the characters posing is less important than showing the characters advancing the plot or developing character (or just pushing in more action scenes, if you want.) Total nitpick, I know, but long openings are a peeve of mine (not exclusively for anime, mind - films do this way too much for me nowadays, like the Casino Royale-and-onwards Bond films, which are stylistically amazing but still just minutes upon minutes of padding and advertising the theme song.) The prologue, with lots of explosions in space and this cool guy with triangle-shades and the cape, is really what hooks my attention, way more than the actual opening. I'm not exactly sure why it's the starriest night in the history of the universe, or how that cape is flapping in a vacuum, or even how they're breathing, but... fuck it, it looks really cool. Animation is already impressive, which I expected, and the soundtrack is rather grandiose and even more impressive, which I didn't expect. Now to digging tunnels. Simon is adorable as fuck, and the soundtrack now switches to this melodic piano tune, with this sort of isolated feel to it, which suggests to me that Simon is a loner (whether he wants to be or not.) True enough, they have some brief scene of girls avoiding him seconds after I notice this. Very well done, I like it when you can establish a character with more than just the words. Kamina guy is back. I only know him from memes and posters for the show. Not sure where you get tattooing in an underground mine, or the shades for that matter, but again, I'll ignore it for the sake of coolness. And then he says that thing about the drills and the heavens, what a riot. He's pretty hammy, I like him. Suddenly molepigs. It makes me wonder if this and Avatar : The Last Airbender could exist in the same universe... Oh, and a really nice angle as Kamina points to the ceiling. Brief exposition that Kamina doesn't have any parents (OR DOES HE?) and that Simon doesn't have any parents either (which he thankfully explained - that "rapid flashback" left me clueless.) Then Kamina has a cool intimidating moment as he says the other three lackeys "can't call [him] Bro anymore." And then says Simon can go, and he "won't sweat it." More cool points for Kamina, and more cute points for Simon. Kamina continues to be really cool (and a total bro, taking the dive for the prison break from Simon.) Suddenly giant face falls through the ceiling. um. okay. and its voice is really dumb. Now red-haired-girl-with-electric-sniper-rifle. Awesome entry and the initial banter between her and Kamina is pretty funny (especially that shot of her running dutifully as she fights the giant monster while Kamina runs more like it's a morning jog.) Sadly though, she's a "let's give her as few clothes as we can get away with" character design, which always bugs me, and literally within the first minute of her appearance, they're holding on shots of her breasts and thighs. It's a show for adults, and primarily teenagers, so I can see why - sex sells, as they say - but even if you want to tell me to "stop being prudish" or "that's just how Japan works", I still find it pretty sleazy and low-brow. It also made Kamina drop one or two cool points as he hits on her with all the subtlety of Leisure Suit Larry. Even if you're not bothered by it and think I'm going all social-justice-warrior, the design doesn't even make sense within the story - if you're fighting giant monsters, or just anything in general, wouldn't you want to wear, I dunno, armor? Exposing your midriff doesn't have many tactical advantages. It just seems to me like jerk-off material (which is fine, but at least save it for a beach episode or something...) Climbing through the tunnel aaaaand several seconds spent focusing on her ass. Stay classy, anime. Kamina swiftly drops the "make the impossible possible" and "don't believe in yourself, believe in me who believes in you" lines. Hammy as hell, and I love them. I'll admit, the designs of these "Gunmen" are not selling me. They look too goofy to me, and they remind me of the heads from Easter Island. I'm not even sure why you'd put faces of them to begin with. On the bright side, at least Lagann doesn't talk with a weird inappropriate voice, like the blue spider mech things from Ghost in the Shell. seriously who builds artificially intelligent ground-based war-mechs and then gives them the voices and personalities of schoolgirls They rocket drill the big Gunmen right through the ceiling. Pretty cool. Animation and soundtrack are still top notch during the whole bit (orchestral is an odd choice, but gets the grand feeling across) and that shot of the surface world below them is amazing. The redhead introduces herself as Yoko, aaaaaand literally ten seconds later, they do a joke about her boobs and "breast meat". Ugh. I have the feeling this is going to be a running joke, and I'm not finding it funny. I'm not even finding it all that sexy - I don't want girls that have had small moles nesting in between their breasts. There's probably mole shit in her bra now. and why is it wearing sunglasses it's a mole it's pretty much blind anyway and who makes tiny sunglasses for moles that's a pretty fucking niche market ugh focus skye stop with the nitpicking And then another joke with Simon accidentally pressing himself against Yoko's boobs. I don't want to sound like a broken record, but come on, it's the show that keeps bringing this up, not me. YEAH, SHE HAS NICE TITS, I KNOW, GET ON WITH IT. Finishes with a cool cliffhanger of more giant (dumb-looking) Gunmen and tops with a pretty stylish credits sequence. TLDR: Overall, great. On the good side, animation is pretty smooth, soundtrack is very impressive (as well as quite varied in genre and mood), Simon and Kamina are easily identifiable and very likable (Simon for being adorable, a good audience surrogate, and being clever, and Kamina for being cool as hell, entertainingly hammy, and surprisingly heartfelt and "a total bro" to Simon.) Also has some clever and impressive camera angles, and the physical comedy was pretty good (like drilling in between Kamina's legs or the giant Gunmen swatting at his own head.) On the bad side, the dialogue comedy fell flat on almost every occasion for me, some of the designs look visually dumb or practically confusing to me (especially the Gunmen, who are basically top-heavy robotic bobbleheads) and Yoko gets objectified way too much for my taste, with at least four unfunny (and not even that sexy) moments involving her tits. However, the initial prologue (presumably foreshadowing), the cliffhanger, and the setting in general has my interest, and I'll probably keep watching.

Are you insulting science?! There. Now science is insulting you. EDIT: Bonus gif if the above disrupts your opinion on Bill Nye. Which it shouldn't. Dude could teach me about the reason orbiting bodies in space are elliptical and I'd take that over shit raps anyday.

Still dining on Fallout : New Vegas. Currently playing as Donald, a man with a crippling addiction to drinking soda. If there is a vending machine or a drink crate nearby, he will destroy anything in his path to break it open and chug down its contents. Collects all the different brands of drinks, ranging from the common but reliably tasty Sunset Sarsaparilla to the exotic and dangerously delicious Nuka Cola Quantum. The entire motivation for most of his exploits (you know, taking over cities, destroying armies, etc.) is simply because it might lead to some Star Bottle Caps. He once visited the Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters and drank so much that he got severe radiation poisoning. He got it cured, and then went back and did it again. Fun times. If I do another playthrough, I'm debating going the Wild Card route (as I always do, because all the other routes are not my route) and doing everything I can to get the other factions to side with someone else instead of me. Not sure how difficult that makes the final mission, though. You know, Boomers...

Sometimes you're nostalgic and fond of things from your childhood, and sometimes... not so much. http://youtu.be/_qGbB_1mhn0 Yeah, CBBC was utter bollocks from time to time. This is one of the good episodes, by the way. do that post-punchline chuckle one more time you fuzzy little shit I dare you

Getting back into Fallout 3 a bit, now that I have all the DLC and some mods recommended by Wulff. I still prefer Skyrim for a few reasons, but one thing I love about New Vegas is that, 90% of the time, you can just kill whoever you like, consequences be damned. I got to Nipton where Fox-Hat Man (Vulpix Lupis or something, who cares, bloody Legion and their Latin fetish) is all "preach our wonderful work" to me. He wanders off, chuckling to himself over his amazingly smooth plan to turn the Courier into a preacher. He was so busy chuckling that he didn't notice that 40mm grenade being launched into his back. Kicked his body parts around for a bit, stole his hat, and danced off into the horizon while the game moaned about the Legion not liking me and some quests being failed. I don't care, I'm too busy cosplaying Foxy from Five Nights at Freddy's. Skyrim would be all like "oh, uh, you can't kill him, he's important, so you make him hurt but he just catches his breath and gets back up." It's like New Vegas is the open-minded let's-see-what-happens GM and Skyrim is the no-shut-up-that's-not-what-the-plot-says GM.

I love how 90% of the comments are Payday jokes as well, haha. And yay, I got my mantis mask. I'm pretty damn good with rifles now. Probably going to finish off at 100 as a mix of Ghost (for being sneaky, cracking safes quietly and silenced weapon buffs) and Technician (for rifle stability, better drills, and blowing stuff up when it goes loud.)

(I could have made it smaller but I want the hate to be magnified as much as possible.)

Never really get why companies decide to let larger companies buy them, like with the Oculus Rift and Facebook or Twitch and Amazon (or Youtube and Twitch, or whoever.) The only reason a larger company would want to buy you is because they see you as a threat, or want to exploit you for themselves. I mean, yeah, it's hard to say no to several billion dollars, but aren't they going to make that much over time anyway? I don't get it. I wouldn't make something cool and sell it to someone else for a large amount of money, I'd make something cool and keep it for myself so it can keep making me money over time. You don't sell the cow, you sell the milk. Or something. Bare in mind I failed Business Studies. So yeah. If Microsoft get it, they'll probably attempt to make it Xbox-exclusive or something stupid. I dunno.

I caught the first episode of it (as my new housemates are big on anime) and they did not seem very pleased with it either. I found it boring, but I have a natural resistance to anime so I delegated to their opinions over mine (which was "I preferred The Matrix.") A lot of stuff made me scratch my head or just roll my eyes, with the headsets that somehow got mass produced without anyone noticing that it can fucking kill you, and the villain being so mysterious and enigmatic that I couldn't care less about him. Forgot his name and pretty much everything he said five seconds after he left. Besides some pretty designs and animation, it didn't grip me at all. Didn't see any of that stuff in the first episode besides the slow pace, but I'd take your word for it. Then they watched some Kaiji. I have literally zero taste in anime, so I have no idea if it's "good" or "bad", but hell, I found it pretty damn entertaining. No idea why, really. I like gambling, so that probably helps, but I think it's also the main character being so flawed (which is good since, as Gigolo noted above, perfect protagonists are really boring), the bizarre situations he was in (like being forced to work in an underground mine because he's in debt) and the high stakes of simple stuff (like the main drama of an entire episode being that he can't resist the urge to buy beer.) It's hard to describe, but I think I started "getting into it" when there was a money tornado. Yeah. Wouldn't watch it regularly, but I'm glad I saw it.

It sort of is. I imagine they need to have the game ready by the holiday season so that Nintendo can get the best sales possible, especially given the pressure of low Wii U sales and Smash Bros 4 being "the" title for it. So while there's no written roster size, they have a limited amount of time and resources to develop the roster, and it's why I'm disappointed with - it screams "cut corners" and cutting corners for a release date is very rarely a good thing. I feel that if they didn't have to make the Christmas deadline, they'd have put a different and original character in, or at least made the character less of a clone and more varied. But, well, publishing and such. Got to make the profits. It's probably why people are hoping for DLC.

characters is pretty damn respectable, as much as most of the Internet would believe right now. Granted, I'm still questioning some of the clones present ( ) but that's still a large amount of choices with different play styles and ranging from known veterans to characters you never would have guessed. I think people might just be underwhelmed because "the big ones" were announced already, like Mega Man and Little Mac. Maybe? I dunno. I'm happy with the roster, anyhow.