One month later...
Well, I thought that I would be updating this place once a week, but I think I've run out of things to say already. Ah well. I do have pleasant news to share from my family. My sister is pregnant. :) The due date is sometime in November, and I'm sure there'll be much celebrating by then!
Anyway, a month's worth of links below:
The Links
Adventures of a Canadian Gamer #43 - Name Calling
If anyone wants to point out the problems with Final Fantasy VII, especially the inherent problems that can't be explained away by technological limitations, legions of fanboys descend upon you like you're General Custer versus the combined might of the Lakota, Arapaho and the Northern Cheyenne.
Adventures of a Canadian Video Game Hobbyist #44 - A Conspiracy Theory and the CSIs from Florida
But if you can convince the parents of a potential video game hobbyist that the Nintendo Wii or the Xbox 360 is the work of Satan and that owning one will cause God to burn the city down like Sodom and Gomorrah, then the parents can start their children on the road towards being good little television watchers, never knowing the thrill of rescuing the princess or raising dogs.
Adventures of a Canadian Video Game Hobbyist #45 - The Changing of the Seasons
I loathe Daylight Saving Time with a passion and I want it abolished, but if people keep insisting on changing their clocks to and fro twice a year, at least give me verne, alright?
Gaming Review - Final Fantasy Tactics A-2: Grimoire of the Rift
At any rate, it’s beginning to become abundantly clear to me that I should probably avoid or be wary of any game with a 2 in its name as long as it has Squaresoft, Enix, or the merged pair as its developer. There has only been one exception in recent memory.
Gaming Review - Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Plot contrivances within each chapter force you to use only certain characters at certain times rather than a full party. During his story, Yang decides to ditch everyone and go alone. You’d think that he would’ve remembered how great it is to have other party members with him like in the first game, but I guess it’s been 17 years and that’s a long time to go without a white mage by your side.
Gaming Review - Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Where would a Final Fantasy game be without summons? Probably in Spira during the Eternal Calm, but that’s beside the point. It’s also beside the point to argue that they’re not really summons this time since this is an RTS, but I won’t get into that, either. Revenant Wings contains more summons than any game in the series, even Final Fantasy VI, and it needs them. Considering how many different options you have for allies (three kinds of troops, three ranks of troops, four possible elements they could have affinity with, and don’t forget healing and non-elemental troops), the game begins to resemble Pokémon rather than Final Fantasy. Gotta collect them all!
Gaming Review - Faery: Legends of Avalon
The developer of Faery, Spiders Studio, made four worlds for the game (including your origin point in Avalon) and then apparently called it a day.
Disney Animated Canon #10 - Melody Time
So let me get this straight, Disney: kids shouldn’t smoke, but it’s okay for them to wave guns around and fire them off into the air with no regard for personal or public safety? I guess this is supposed to be Texan culture, in which case I would fear for my safety if I were to visit Texas again.
Disney Animated Canon #11 - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
See Mr. Toad. See Mr. Toad trying to evade the law. Evade, Mr. Toad, evade!
Disney Animated Canon #12 - Cinderella
The ultimate evil deed she commits at the end of the movie? She... locks a door. Then she trips someone. Can you imagine Scar doing something like that, or Jafar, or even Ursula? It’s almost the equivalent of Cruella de Vil walking up to someone and asking them to pull her finger.
Disney Animated Canon #13 - Alice in Wonderland
Anyway, the final impression I get from the film is that it’s a great movie if you can stand it. Preferably upright, but it’ll still work on its side. However, if that’s not the case, or if you’ve lost the case entirely, you may have to purchase a replacement case or put the DVD in one of those protective CD/DVD books. I’d read the book instead, if I were you. But then if I were you, I wouldn’t have written this review and it wouldn’t exist unless someone else were me. That might already have happened, come to think of it.
Damage Control News Post - Overworld Maps Are Back, Thanks To Google!
If not for Google's copyrights, I'd be tempted to ask for someone to create an epic quest based on this world map (other than Dragon Quest III).
Animation Review - Operation: Rabbit
And so an irresistible force met a deadpan snarker and the result is comedy gold.
Animation Review - Feed The Kitty
Looking at it from a 2012 perspective, it's easy to see parallels between the situation Marc Anthony found himself in and the situation any tough and manly male finds himself in when he ends up liking something cute.
Animation Review - Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
It’s bad enough that, out of all the songs in 2011, there were only two nominated at this year’s Academy Awards. If this is what the movie songs of 2012 sound like, I’m beginning to wonder if there’ll even be a Best Original Song category at next year’s awards.
Animation Review - Snakes on a Plane: The Anime
As this is Samuel L. Jackson we’re talking about, and this is the anime sequel to Snakes on a Plane, expect a liberal use of the word “motherfucker” and every conjugation that exists. He used it so much in the show that I expected to see Oedipus himself appear as if summoned by the magic word.
*Note: Snakes on a Plane: The Anime doesn't actually exist. This was my April Fool's Day prank for 2012.
Anyway, a month's worth of links below:
The Links
Adventures of a Canadian Gamer #43 - Name Calling
If anyone wants to point out the problems with Final Fantasy VII, especially the inherent problems that can't be explained away by technological limitations, legions of fanboys descend upon you like you're General Custer versus the combined might of the Lakota, Arapaho and the Northern Cheyenne.
Adventures of a Canadian Video Game Hobbyist #44 - A Conspiracy Theory and the CSIs from Florida
But if you can convince the parents of a potential video game hobbyist that the Nintendo Wii or the Xbox 360 is the work of Satan and that owning one will cause God to burn the city down like Sodom and Gomorrah, then the parents can start their children on the road towards being good little television watchers, never knowing the thrill of rescuing the princess or raising dogs.
Adventures of a Canadian Video Game Hobbyist #45 - The Changing of the Seasons
I loathe Daylight Saving Time with a passion and I want it abolished, but if people keep insisting on changing their clocks to and fro twice a year, at least give me verne, alright?
Gaming Review - Final Fantasy Tactics A-2: Grimoire of the Rift
At any rate, it’s beginning to become abundantly clear to me that I should probably avoid or be wary of any game with a 2 in its name as long as it has Squaresoft, Enix, or the merged pair as its developer. There has only been one exception in recent memory.
Gaming Review - Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Plot contrivances within each chapter force you to use only certain characters at certain times rather than a full party. During his story, Yang decides to ditch everyone and go alone. You’d think that he would’ve remembered how great it is to have other party members with him like in the first game, but I guess it’s been 17 years and that’s a long time to go without a white mage by your side.
Gaming Review - Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Where would a Final Fantasy game be without summons? Probably in Spira during the Eternal Calm, but that’s beside the point. It’s also beside the point to argue that they’re not really summons this time since this is an RTS, but I won’t get into that, either. Revenant Wings contains more summons than any game in the series, even Final Fantasy VI, and it needs them. Considering how many different options you have for allies (three kinds of troops, three ranks of troops, four possible elements they could have affinity with, and don’t forget healing and non-elemental troops), the game begins to resemble Pokémon rather than Final Fantasy. Gotta collect them all!
Gaming Review - Faery: Legends of Avalon
The developer of Faery, Spiders Studio, made four worlds for the game (including your origin point in Avalon) and then apparently called it a day.
Disney Animated Canon #10 - Melody Time
So let me get this straight, Disney: kids shouldn’t smoke, but it’s okay for them to wave guns around and fire them off into the air with no regard for personal or public safety? I guess this is supposed to be Texan culture, in which case I would fear for my safety if I were to visit Texas again.
Disney Animated Canon #11 - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
See Mr. Toad. See Mr. Toad trying to evade the law. Evade, Mr. Toad, evade!
Disney Animated Canon #12 - Cinderella
The ultimate evil deed she commits at the end of the movie? She... locks a door. Then she trips someone. Can you imagine Scar doing something like that, or Jafar, or even Ursula? It’s almost the equivalent of Cruella de Vil walking up to someone and asking them to pull her finger.
Disney Animated Canon #13 - Alice in Wonderland
Anyway, the final impression I get from the film is that it’s a great movie if you can stand it. Preferably upright, but it’ll still work on its side. However, if that’s not the case, or if you’ve lost the case entirely, you may have to purchase a replacement case or put the DVD in one of those protective CD/DVD books. I’d read the book instead, if I were you. But then if I were you, I wouldn’t have written this review and it wouldn’t exist unless someone else were me. That might already have happened, come to think of it.
Damage Control News Post - Overworld Maps Are Back, Thanks To Google!
If not for Google's copyrights, I'd be tempted to ask for someone to create an epic quest based on this world map (other than Dragon Quest III).
Animation Review - Operation: Rabbit
And so an irresistible force met a deadpan snarker and the result is comedy gold.
Animation Review - Feed The Kitty
Looking at it from a 2012 perspective, it's easy to see parallels between the situation Marc Anthony found himself in and the situation any tough and manly male finds himself in when he ends up liking something cute.
Animation Review - Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
It’s bad enough that, out of all the songs in 2011, there were only two nominated at this year’s Academy Awards. If this is what the movie songs of 2012 sound like, I’m beginning to wonder if there’ll even be a Best Original Song category at next year’s awards.
Animation Review - Snakes on a Plane: The Anime
As this is Samuel L. Jackson we’re talking about, and this is the anime sequel to Snakes on a Plane, expect a liberal use of the word “motherfucker” and every conjugation that exists. He used it so much in the show that I expected to see Oedipus himself appear as if summoned by the magic word.
*Note: Snakes on a Plane: The Anime doesn't actually exist. This was my April Fool's Day prank for 2012.