Sad video games are sad
Day 9. Saddest Scene in a Game
I've got three.
3. Parts of Metal Gear Solid 4 were so bizarre and intense sometimes I feel like I hallucinated them.
Fucking.
Microwave
Hallway
Why would Kojima do this to us? T-the music. O-Otacon's pleading. Everyone fighting to survive. A-and then Sunny. Sunny cooks the eggs right for the first time ever.
2. So in Xenogears remember when Hammer is an affably amoral and very lovable side character? And how he helps you out a lot and hangs out on your ship and had that one famous line that cracks everyone up?
AND THEN REMEMBER WHEN HE BETRAYS YOUR PARTY AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT HIM AND IT'S THE WORST THING EVER.
I don't even know if this counts as 'sad'. Honestly, the face-heel turn of Hammer and the subsequent nightmare scenario of his boss battle (merged with his gear, half crazy, self-destructs in the regular scenario) has gotta be one of the most traumatic plot twists I have ever experienced in a video game. Hammer is so innocent. And the players love for him... i-is so... s-so innocent...
1. My first time through Final Fantasy VI, I tried really hard to save Cid. I really did.
The worst thing about his death is that even if you know it's a possibility, there's a random factor to exactly when he finally kicks the bucket, so even if you've played the game before, his death still feels like a kick in the gut.
And then Celes jumps off the goddamn cliff.
Like most fans, I by far prefer the scenario in which Cid dies just because it's so beautiful in context of the game.
This sad moment of course, is swiftly followed by one of the most uplifting moments in game history where you meet Sabin again and he is single-handedly keeping a burning house from collapsing.
"WHAT. DID YOU THINK A LITTLE THING LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD WOULD KEEP ME DOWN?"
Also, I'll give you a bonus moment here.
Silent Hill 2 is probably the overall saddest game I've ever played. And this ending has always struck me as the saddest of them.
Oh James. :C
Day 1 - Very first video game. - Teenage Mutant Ninja Tutles (the horrible one)
Day 2 - Your favorite character. - Solid Snake
Day 3 - A game that is underrated. - Final Fantasy X/Heart of Darkness
Day 4 - Your guilty pleasure game. - Bust a Groove/2
Day 5 - Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were). - Annoying Little Girl Characters
Day 6 - Most annoying character. - The Entire Cast of FFVIII
Day 7 - Favorite game couple. - Mia and Nash (Lunar: The Silver Star Story/Complete)
Day 8 - Best soundtrack. - Final Fantasy Tactics/Xenogears/Metal Gear Solid
Day 9 - Saddest game scene. - Microwave Hall (MGS4)/Hammer's Betrayal (Xenogears)/Cid's Death (FFVI)/Rebirth Ending (SH2)
Day 10 - Best gameplay.
Day 11 - Gaming system of choice.
Day 12 - A game everyone should play.
Day 13 - A game you’ve played more than five times.
Day 14 - Current (or most recent) gaming wallpaper.
Day 15 - Post a screenshot from the game you’re playing right now.
Day 16 - Game with the best cut scenes.
Day 17 - Favorite antagonist.
Day 18 - Favorite protagonist.
Day 19 - Picture of a game setting you wish you lived in.
Day 20 - Favorite genre.
Day 21 - Game with the best story.
Day 22 - A game sequel which disappointed you.
Day 23 - Game you think had the best graphics or art style.
Day 24 - Favorite classic game.
Day 25 - A game you plan on playing.
Day 26 - Best voice acting.
Day 27 - Most epic scene ever.
Day 28 - Favorite game developer.
Day 29 - A game you thought you wouldn’t like, but ended up loving.
Day 30 - Your favorite game of all time.
Day 9. The Most Believiable Relationship
Yeah, yeah, the marriage issues were terrible and I hate they way they've been written lately, but seriously. These two. When you talk about the "big" DC romances, most people point to Superman/Lois Lane or Batman/Catwoman, but really, Green Arrow and Black Canary are the real flagship pairing of the company. These two have been on and off together since 1969 (when you count how both of them have been de-aged through various means on top of it, they've been together in comic time nearly that long as well) and no romantic relationship evokes such twin devotion and consternation as these two. Think how Marvel fans feel about Gambit and Rogue.
I think part of the reason so many people have a problem with this relationship (aside from the occasional bad writing of course) is because it's so realistic. Real romantic relationships bring out both the best and the worst in people, but when we see the worst of Ollie and Dinah, fandom takes it as an example of how they're horrible for each other instead of an example of how their relationship has many facets. We've seen them bicker and snicker. We've seen them go about the daily minutiae of their life and save the universe. We've seen them struggle with Dinah's infertility and Ollie's... failure... at pretty much everything. They've created a family for themselves that is probably the most tight-knit and warmly woven of all superhero families (with probable competition from the original Teen Titans) and have never lost that spark of honest entertainment and attraction that brought them together in the first place.
Also, you totally know that they've convinced Hal to have a threesome at least twice. C'mon- it was the 70's.
psst, the speech bubble is over the wrong character.
Day 01 - What is your current favorite ship? - FShepard/Garrus (Mass Effect)
Day 02 - What was your very first ship? - Sonic/Sally (Sonic SATAM/Archie Comics)<
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now? - Thrall/Jaina (Warcraft)
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry? - Kurogane/Fye (TSUBABA Reservoir Chronicle)
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry? - Brock/Doc Venture (Venture Brothers)
Day 06 - The best kiss? - Toby/Keller (Oz)
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene? - Vash/Wolfwood (Trigun: MAXIMUM)
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage? - Londo/G'kar (Babylon 5)
Day 09 - The most believable relationship? - Oliver Queen/Dinah Lance
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life?
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding?
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing?
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing?
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing?
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing?
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did?
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing?
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning?
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ev
I've got three.
3. Parts of Metal Gear Solid 4 were so bizarre and intense sometimes I feel like I hallucinated them.
Fucking.
Microwave
Hallway
Why would Kojima do this to us? T-the music. O-Otacon's pleading. Everyone fighting to survive. A-and then Sunny. Sunny cooks the eggs right for the first time ever.
Click to view2. So in Xenogears remember when Hammer is an affably amoral and very lovable side character? And how he helps you out a lot and hangs out on your ship and had that one famous line that cracks everyone up?
AND THEN REMEMBER WHEN HE BETRAYS YOUR PARTY AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT HIM AND IT'S THE WORST THING EVER.
I don't even know if this counts as 'sad'. Honestly, the face-heel turn of Hammer and the subsequent nightmare scenario of his boss battle (merged with his gear, half crazy, self-destructs in the regular scenario) has gotta be one of the most traumatic plot twists I have ever experienced in a video game. Hammer is so innocent. And the players love for him... i-is so... s-so innocent...
1. My first time through Final Fantasy VI, I tried really hard to save Cid. I really did.
The worst thing about his death is that even if you know it's a possibility, there's a random factor to exactly when he finally kicks the bucket, so even if you've played the game before, his death still feels like a kick in the gut.
And then Celes jumps off the goddamn cliff.
Like most fans, I by far prefer the scenario in which Cid dies just because it's so beautiful in context of the game.
This sad moment of course, is swiftly followed by one of the most uplifting moments in game history where you meet Sabin again and he is single-handedly keeping a burning house from collapsing.
"WHAT. DID YOU THINK A LITTLE THING LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD WOULD KEEP ME DOWN?"
Also, I'll give you a bonus moment here.
Silent Hill 2 is probably the overall saddest game I've ever played. And this ending has always struck me as the saddest of them.
Oh James. :C
Day 1 - Very first video game. - Teenage Mutant Ninja Tutles (the horrible one)
Day 2 - Your favorite character. - Solid Snake
Day 3 - A game that is underrated. - Final Fantasy X/Heart of Darkness
Day 4 - Your guilty pleasure game. - Bust a Groove/2
Day 5 - Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were). - Annoying Little Girl Characters
Day 6 - Most annoying character. - The Entire Cast of FFVIII
Day 7 - Favorite game couple. - Mia and Nash (Lunar: The Silver Star Story/Complete)
Day 8 - Best soundtrack. - Final Fantasy Tactics/Xenogears/Metal Gear Solid
Day 9 - Saddest game scene. - Microwave Hall (MGS4)/Hammer's Betrayal (Xenogears)/Cid's Death (FFVI)/Rebirth Ending (SH2)
Day 10 - Best gameplay.
Day 11 - Gaming system of choice.
Day 12 - A game everyone should play.
Day 13 - A game you’ve played more than five times.
Day 14 - Current (or most recent) gaming wallpaper.
Day 15 - Post a screenshot from the game you’re playing right now.
Day 16 - Game with the best cut scenes.
Day 17 - Favorite antagonist.
Day 18 - Favorite protagonist.
Day 19 - Picture of a game setting you wish you lived in.
Day 20 - Favorite genre.
Day 21 - Game with the best story.
Day 22 - A game sequel which disappointed you.
Day 23 - Game you think had the best graphics or art style.
Day 24 - Favorite classic game.
Day 25 - A game you plan on playing.
Day 26 - Best voice acting.
Day 27 - Most epic scene ever.
Day 28 - Favorite game developer.
Day 29 - A game you thought you wouldn’t like, but ended up loving.
Day 30 - Your favorite game of all time.
Day 9. The Most Believiable Relationship
Yeah, yeah, the marriage issues were terrible and I hate they way they've been written lately, but seriously. These two. When you talk about the "big" DC romances, most people point to Superman/Lois Lane or Batman/Catwoman, but really, Green Arrow and Black Canary are the real flagship pairing of the company. These two have been on and off together since 1969 (when you count how both of them have been de-aged through various means on top of it, they've been together in comic time nearly that long as well) and no romantic relationship evokes such twin devotion and consternation as these two. Think how Marvel fans feel about Gambit and Rogue.
I think part of the reason so many people have a problem with this relationship (aside from the occasional bad writing of course) is because it's so realistic. Real romantic relationships bring out both the best and the worst in people, but when we see the worst of Ollie and Dinah, fandom takes it as an example of how they're horrible for each other instead of an example of how their relationship has many facets. We've seen them bicker and snicker. We've seen them go about the daily minutiae of their life and save the universe. We've seen them struggle with Dinah's infertility and Ollie's... failure... at pretty much everything. They've created a family for themselves that is probably the most tight-knit and warmly woven of all superhero families (with probable competition from the original Teen Titans) and have never lost that spark of honest entertainment and attraction that brought them together in the first place.
Also, you totally know that they've convinced Hal to have a threesome at least twice. C'mon- it was the 70's.
psst, the speech bubble is over the wrong character.
Day 01 - What is your current favorite ship? - FShepard/Garrus (Mass Effect)
Day 02 - What was your very first ship? - Sonic/Sally (Sonic SATAM/Archie Comics)<
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now? - Thrall/Jaina (Warcraft)
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry? - Kurogane/Fye (TSUBABA Reservoir Chronicle)
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry? - Brock/Doc Venture (Venture Brothers)
Day 06 - The best kiss? - Toby/Keller (Oz)
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene? - Vash/Wolfwood (Trigun: MAXIMUM)
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage? - Londo/G'kar (Babylon 5)
Day 09 - The most believable relationship? - Oliver Queen/Dinah Lance
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life?
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding?
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing?
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing?
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing?
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing?
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did?
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing?
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning?
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ev