What's Your Silent Hill 2?
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Thank you, sir or madam!dalek sec said:
I'm sort of a Lovecraft scholar (in other words, nerd).
Although the soul eating depraved madness is good!
Just like when M.R. James would have his atmosphere , not broken, but disrupted by the severing of a head or the draining of blood. Very odd for a Victorian gentleman ghost-story writer.
Dan Simmons' 'Hyperion' sequence dragged me all over the emotional chart and absolutely blew my mind as far as what I thought a book could do.
'Schlock Mercenary' for me defines what a webcomic should be.
'Dark Side of the Moon' is a staggering achievement in progressive composition and musical imagination, for all that I wish it had more genuine 'songs'.
Here's an obscure one: there's a biography of Lyndon Johnson (Robert A. Caro's 'The Years of Lyndon Johnson') which managed to wrap a deeply personal history of the man up in a rich, detailed discussion of (so far) a hundred-year period of American history without ever breaking stride or pulling punches.
Gah, I could go on for hours...
'Schlock Mercenary' for me defines what a webcomic should be.
'Dark Side of the Moon' is a staggering achievement in progressive composition and musical imagination, for all that I wish it had more genuine 'songs'.
Here's an obscure one: there's a biography of Lyndon Johnson (Robert A. Caro's 'The Years of Lyndon Johnson') which managed to wrap a deeply personal history of the man up in a rich, detailed discussion of (so far) a hundred-year period of American history without ever breaking stride or pulling punches.
Gah, I could go on for hours...
The Metamorphosis.
With a simple, and admittedly silly premise (man turns into cockroach), Kafka explores the themes of depression, isolation, loneliness and betrayal.
Plus, it's a seriously funny book.
"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic vermin."
With a simple, and admittedly silly premise (man turns into cockroach), Kafka explores the themes of depression, isolation, loneliness and betrayal.
Plus, it's a seriously funny book.
"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic vermin."
Crysis. I know it was far from perfect, and I'd consider COD4's gunplay superior, but by god was it fun. No other game has made me feel so hilariously superhuman. A note to all other FPS devs: Adding the ability to grab and throw enemy soldiers (and poultry) around automatically increases the replay value. *laughs*
It's not a game, it's The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series. That stuff is like heroin for me. I cried for 2 hours at the end of mostly harmless, because it was over and I knew I'd never read a better book than those books. My life peaked far too early.
On a significantly less heavy note I was overwhelmed with a warm fuzzy sensation when I finished the prince of persia series because by god was that enthralling, even the princes emo years when I was forced to actually get good at the combat rather than memorise the three different combos needed to beat any bad guy in the game. I loved everything about those games, the large spralling puzzles, the majestic and intricate combat system but at the same time the simple gameplay mechanics. I even loved the emergence of the QTE in them. When it concluded I knew, no other game would trap me in its story like that. I know it's not that clever or deep but it was exciting and interesting beyond that of most game stories, and it didn't spawn ridiculous amounts of "the cake is a lie" bullshit.
On a significantly less heavy note I was overwhelmed with a warm fuzzy sensation when I finished the prince of persia series because by god was that enthralling, even the princes emo years when I was forced to actually get good at the combat rather than memorise the three different combos needed to beat any bad guy in the game. I loved everything about those games, the large spralling puzzles, the majestic and intricate combat system but at the same time the simple gameplay mechanics. I even loved the emergence of the QTE in them. When it concluded I knew, no other game would trap me in its story like that. I know it's not that clever or deep but it was exciting and interesting beyond that of most game stories, and it didn't spawn ridiculous amounts of "the cake is a lie" bullshit.
My Silent Hill 2's would be:
Album: Because I cannot choose, a three way between "Eldorado","A New World Record" and "Out of the Blue" All by Electric Light Orchestra.
Book: I'm gonna follow the crowd and say "Watchmen".
Movie: I'm gonna say "Raising Arizona". There is nothing that can, will, or should be changed about that movie. It is probably one of my favorite movies of all time.
Album: Because I cannot choose, a three way between "Eldorado","A New World Record" and "Out of the Blue" All by Electric Light Orchestra.
Book: I'm gonna follow the crowd and say "Watchmen".
Movie: I'm gonna say "Raising Arizona". There is nothing that can, will, or should be changed about that movie. It is probably one of my favorite movies of all time.
Well for books I only have Catch- 22 because it's so gosh darn brilliant even though it started slow, ended slow and was... descriptive.
Mirrors Edge was such a delight to me. Oddly, the city scapes were so beautiful, that I was in constant awe. The music really made me feel the full range of emotion. The game play made me want to be ACTIVE! So when I finished a stage or two, I'd go out for a run, or bike 20 miles!
The game is not without its flaws. It's the first of its kind, so it's a little clunky. But it does what it does so well, that it can be forgiven.
The game is not without its flaws. It's the first of its kind, so it's a little clunky. But it does what it does so well, that it can be forgiven.
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What emulator would be ideal... wait!
Wait, can we talk about this on the escapists? Even though it's a game not regularly available in the states in a language I can understand? Mods, don't bring your wrath on my ignorance.
I don't suppose you guys know if there's any japanese to english patchs for Earthbound/Mother series on emulators, is there? I haven't played an emulated game in... yonks! But seeing that screenie made me itch for it a little.BehattedWanderer said:I counter that with it's predecessor, Mother 2. But that's just because I haven't played Mother 3 enough, methinks. Though I do love those signs, and how you save. And the amazingly ironic chapter where you're, what, dead? Only to fall into a giant haypile? Fun stuff.xxhazyshadowsxx said:Mother 3 is my Silent Hill 2. Story, Characters, Humor, Gameplay, it's all there. And it all comes at such a high caliber.
What emulator would be ideal... wait!Wait, can we talk about this on the escapists? Even though it's a game not regularly available in the states in a language I can understand? Mods, don't bring your wrath on my ignorance.