Ninja Assassins

Had an opportunity to see this with two guys Tuesday. That’s how I’d advise seeing it. With other guys. The movie isn’t terrible, but there’s a good amount of cheese. Having a wise-crack thrown to the left or right of you is the only enjoyable way to watch this movie.
Also: Gore. No, not Al. There is an extreme amount of blood in this show. People tend to get cut to ribbons in the movie. One remark a fellow made was that it was similar to watching Ninja Gaiden 2.  I’d also made a comparison to the first several minutes of Ninja Scroll.  There was also an odd skill level attributed to the masked warriors.  It seemed to vary dramatically based on  how close to the end the movie was.  For all the effort that was gone through to make the “Evil” ninjas seem elite, the protagonist cuts them to pieces, often quite literally, with what seems like ease. Made it hard to take things serious to begin with when there was a double storm-trooper effect.

Looking Forward To It

Every time I see another Mass Effect 2 trailer I get a little more giddy about it.  The first one was one of the better games of the generation, if not a perfect one.  It looks as though a drastic overhaul has been done to this one, so there should be less hiccups.  I know I’m never going to look at space exploration the same way again (read: god-damn Mako).  The on thing I was dissapointed with innitially in the ME2 announcements was the lack of old characters.  The first game was touted as a game of choices with consequences.  Hard for those to carry over if the people who “may or may not have survived” played no part in the next.  Granted, Liara is getting her own little story of a sorts, but still.  I’m gonna miss Wrex…
Thankfully, we have Tali.  Garrus too I suppose.  With those very needed additions as well as the darker cast introduced for part 2, this may be better than I thought it would be.

Bad Apple

Touhou Style!
Say what you will about Touhou, but this is a pretty cool little video.

Gor Gourry

I meant to add this yesterday, but after a few hours running town in a vain attempt to settle a compounding problem, I promptly got home and forgot.

Dragonaut

I can’t go anywhere lately without this being thrown in my face.

November Already?!

I cant’ believe time has flown so quickly.  I’m left in a daze.

I got the opportunity to watch Hellsing: Ultimate last week.  Everything I’d seen and heard of the show made it look to be a more gratuitous version of the original.  Hell, even Hirano said they ruined his work by not making it “bloody enough.”  After sitting through it, I can say with honesty that it doesn’t compare to the original.  Despite a few regrets I’d had with the original, it managed to capture a great sense of… style.  I would have prefferred it if they focused more on the substance of the story rather than making it “Cool”, but it was still a good show.
I of course picked up Dragon Age: Origins when it released, and though it is not by any means a perfect game, it is quite fun.  I’ve barely progressed in the game at all, despite many hours poured into it, mainly because I spend so much time listening to dialogue between characters.  Bioware went above and beyond on the writing in this one. I was playing Borderlands until its release, which judging from its popularity I have no reason to mention.

I’ve also been in one hell of an “Old School” phase.  Found myself listening fondly to an EarthBound score thanks to a perusal of an unfortunate link.  I’m seriously considering playing through it again now.

Perhaps more strongly is the inexplicable urge to play Popful Mail again.  Truly a game of Epic and Win, I find myself gravitating towards it every two or three years, much like EarthBound and Chrono Trigger.  I know I’m not the first to mention it, but in an age where publishers seem to thrive off re-releases and remakes, it is a damn shame we can only get multiple remakes of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.  Where’s the old-school love?  Where’s our Phantasy Star (PSU does NOT count)?  Our Mother series? I know they released a DS version of Y’s Books I &II, but what about the rest?
WHERE IS OUR POPFUL MAIL?!?!

It’s What You’ll Do to Me

This is such a nice little song…

For some reason I’ve been thinking about Lovecraft lore lately.  Now I can’t get this song out of my head.
People look at me funny when I start singing it to myself.
“Hey there Cthulu!”

Wait…WHAT?!

This is by far one of the more awesome things to happen in a while. Seriously, major nostalgia trip.  I recall a great deal of time went into Xenogears, it was one of the few games that truly qualified as Epic.
Also, had a nice run in with Death earlier today. I’ve had a mucus build up in my lungs for a little over a week now, and after pulling some really heavy objects for about thirty minutes, I nearly passed out from asphyxiation. Quite fun.

Collecting Demon’s Souls

I would have liked to have heard the development team briefing the publisher on their idea for this game.
“We’re going to make an RPG. Only we’ll make it multi-player.”
“So… it will be a MMOPRG?”
“Exactly. Only with no people in it.”
“So… A regular single-player RPG then?”
“Exactly. Only with multi-player…”

It’s a fun game though. I can tell it will be pretty unforgiving. The game essentially revolves around death after all.   I especially enjoy exploring whilst reading the messages left by other “ghosts”, or better yet, watching their deaths when I happen across a bloodstain. Note to any readers: If you run across a room with more blood stains than floor tiles, you may in trouble.

Toad!

He was always such a lil’ bastard in Mario Kart.