Recent content by Isaac Minarik

Nathan Twist: It's the fact that the final boss fight is decided by guitar battle, isn't it? ~.o

Haha, since shogunblade brought up Hausu, here's a list for you escapists who like your movies with subtitles: Good: Ichi The Killer, Oldboy, Ip Man, Troll Hunter, Dead Snow, Immortal, Kamikaze Girls Bad: Tokyo Gore Police, Turkish Superman, Future Cops, The Machine Girl, Big Tits Zombie...

So I know moviebob already does a good bit of this, but if I know my brethren at the Escapist, I suspect there are those who don't care to wait, so lets take care of this ourselves. I'd like to share some of my favorite movies with you, and I hope any other connoisseurs of the obscure out there...

Our generation won't have a "beatles" in the sense of a mainstream, popular group that bring a widely recognized combination of technical skill and artistry to the table because the marketplaces of popular music don't allow for anything that truly exemplifies those characteristics. If you just...

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne on Hard with the True Demon Ending. Even with your entire party at the level cap with all the best skills it's still murder trying to take Lucifer down.

Kiwis can shear sheep like no one's business.

Australia has the best and most varied ice cream I've ever seen.

Madagascar is home to some amazing wildlife.

South Korea makes excellent horror movies. North Korea makes awesome mid-'90s disney-style cartoons.

Laos has food so spicy that even other people from south asia can't eat it.

Portal, because I can pick it up and finish it in a sitting. Nocturne, because I can sink 200 hours into my tenth playthrough of it and still feel like it was worth my time

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Maniax Despite the fact that it is essentially about the struggle between Lucifer and God, it's painted as more of a freedom versus utility axis. In addition to that, there are elements of conflict between charity and progress, self-reliance vs interconnectedness...