1. Koichi Sugiyama (Dragon Quest)
2. Nubuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy series, Blue Dragon)
3. Motoi Sakuraba ( Star Ocean series, Eternal Sonata)
4. Chopin (Eternal Sonata)
5. Itzak Perlman (Hero soundtrack)
6. Akari Kaida & Yoshino Aoki (Breath of fire III, IV)
7. Tsukasa Masuko (Shin Megami series)
8. Nobuyoshi Sano (Ghost in the shell series, Drakenguard, Tekken)
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Favorite Bands that have songs featured in games and anime
1. Etro Anime- (Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga)
2. Home Made Kazoku- (Bleach, Eureka Seven)
3. Angela Aki (FFVIII)
4. Shing02 (Samurai Champloo)
5. Utada Hikari (Kingdom Hearts)
6. The Black Mages starring Nubuo Uematsu ( 90% of Square Enix games lol)
7. Koda Kumi (Final fantasy X-2)
8. BOA (Serial Experiments Lain)
9. Hata Motohiro (Itazura Na Kiss)
10. Orange Range (Bleach)
2. Home Made Kazoku- (Bleach, Eureka Seven)
3. Angela Aki (FFVIII)
4. Shing02 (Samurai Champloo)
5. Utada Hikari (Kingdom Hearts)
6. The Black Mages starring Nubuo Uematsu ( 90% of Square Enix games lol)
7. Koda Kumi (Final fantasy X-2)
8. BOA (Serial Experiments Lain)
9. Hata Motohiro (Itazura Na Kiss)
10. Orange Range (Bleach)
The black and white put to D&D
I always had a problem with the black and white people put on dungeons and dragons players, I myself have played the game for many years I dungeon master for a small group of my friends and I'm proud to say I play the game, and until god proclaims that he wishes me to stop playing then I will keep playing. I am a devoted follower of god I always will be, I'm a good man I try hard to do the right thing but face it we will never be perfect, but the people that blacklist dungeons and dragons cause they think its evil or that it will stray you from god piss me off to no end, I consider myself mellow for the most part but this is not one of those subjects. People this is the real situation with the game, it is just that a fu**ing game live with it. It pushes the people who play it, it makes them use there imagination, it makes you use your mind to find out and solve problems from a point of view that is not your own but that of the character you play, it works your math skills to work out you attacks and you abilities. And that is just the player the game master has far more to do then the player coming up with missions and enemies they have to fight or find a way to find and destroy before they destroy all that is good for a good group, and find a way to take over for a evil group. This is the way the game is, it won't limit your choices as a player as long as you have a good GM you choose what to do and how to do it and deal with what happens and what happens if you fail.
Why I can't get into MMORPGs.
The people. The end.
Okay, okay, I suppose I ought to elaborate. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are plenty of great people in the MMORPG universe, and I'm sure just about any fan would claim that they've made countless friends playing WoW or EQ or whatever. Fine. I can acknowledge that. Maybe I'm just unlucky, and haven't found these people.
Of course, maybe my standards are too high. I'm a console RPG nerd. I love Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Shin Megami Tensei, and so on. I like to be immersed in a fantasy world while I game. It definitely does well to kill my immersion when I'm constantly bombarded with other players saying stuff like "goldz plz," or "seling armr plz buy" or what-not. I can say right now that if I picked up, say, Final Fantasy XIII, and was met with the NPCs begging for gold and items, and conversing in broken, garbled english, I would be horrified. I guess I'm just spoiled. Then again, it likely doesn't help that I mainly play games to AVOID contact with people.
To jump topics somewhat, the success of WoW has made things hard for a gamer. There's an absurd influx of MMORPGs, to the point where you can hardly browse the internet without stumbling over a dozen or so shiny new MMOs. I know it's a popular genre right now, but seriously. The sad thing is, that although they all may have somewhat different visuals, or some other gimmicky selling point, they're all fundamentally the same. Grind grind grind. Grind grind. Grind. Reach the level cap... And... Well... I don't really know. It's not like there's an ending or anything. I just don't get it. Bah!
Okay, okay, I suppose I ought to elaborate. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are plenty of great people in the MMORPG universe, and I'm sure just about any fan would claim that they've made countless friends playing WoW or EQ or whatever. Fine. I can acknowledge that. Maybe I'm just unlucky, and haven't found these people.
Of course, maybe my standards are too high. I'm a console RPG nerd. I love Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Shin Megami Tensei, and so on. I like to be immersed in a fantasy world while I game. It definitely does well to kill my immersion when I'm constantly bombarded with other players saying stuff like "goldz plz," or "seling armr plz buy" or what-not. I can say right now that if I picked up, say, Final Fantasy XIII, and was met with the NPCs begging for gold and items, and conversing in broken, garbled english, I would be horrified. I guess I'm just spoiled. Then again, it likely doesn't help that I mainly play games to AVOID contact with people.
To jump topics somewhat, the success of WoW has made things hard for a gamer. There's an absurd influx of MMORPGs, to the point where you can hardly browse the internet without stumbling over a dozen or so shiny new MMOs. I know it's a popular genre right now, but seriously. The sad thing is, that although they all may have somewhat different visuals, or some other gimmicky selling point, they're all fundamentally the same. Grind grind grind. Grind grind. Grind. Reach the level cap... And... Well... I don't really know. It's not like there's an ending or anything. I just don't get it. Bah!
N00BS
This post is about game noobs. those who pretend to be into gaming but quickly are exposed when asked anything of real substance, or those who boast of their skills only to be pwned by an actual gamer thus not only exposing them as a noob, but a noob who is too noob to know he/she is a noob and thats the worst kind! If you don't want to be a noob, or at least want to not get awkward looks from actual gamers when in a casual outing coversation and what have you, here are some tips to help you on your dragon's quest to acheveing max level, and not being a noob and having thine hits reduced by 1337 by real gamers.
1. Learn about developers, Atlus woot woot, sony, microsoft, especially at least the CEO's or leaders of developers such as those from Nippon, Bandai, Tecmo, Team Ninja, Working Designs, Sucker punch, Naughty Dog, Rare, Capcom, Ubisoft etc.
2. Learn about those behind the game, music, art designer, voice actors, script writers etc. Shout out to Nubuo Uematsu, Koichi Sugiyama, Yoshino Aoki woot!.
3. Broaden your horizon in the genre of games you play, and casual is good, but we are talking about nerding it up with harcore friends, and yes we like causal games but if you want to not be left out of a convo with some meat, then you are going to have to deviate from mother's milk called soccer mom casual games.
4. Suscribe to a game magizine, Gamerinformer, Playstation, Xbox, *cough* Nintendo power, (no no never mind Nintendo can die in a fire.
5. Use the buddy system, Sensei student friendships in which most often hardcore gamers are willing to expound their knowledge, or just listen to them rant you can usually gather all the intel you need about console wars, and the latest genre, who is the cooliest art designer, music composer etc. (Hardcore gamers just don't like pretenders, so if you are a noob own up to it its ok we all can be born with a Atari 2600 joystick in our hands. But lets face it we were noob at some point, well some tee-hee.)
6. Go on forums beware of the vampire people and emos, alternative forms of social networking include facebook and myspace.
1. Learn about developers, Atlus woot woot, sony, microsoft, especially at least the CEO's or leaders of developers such as those from Nippon, Bandai, Tecmo, Team Ninja, Working Designs, Sucker punch, Naughty Dog, Rare, Capcom, Ubisoft etc.
2. Learn about those behind the game, music, art designer, voice actors, script writers etc. Shout out to Nubuo Uematsu, Koichi Sugiyama, Yoshino Aoki woot!.
3. Broaden your horizon in the genre of games you play, and casual is good, but we are talking about nerding it up with harcore friends, and yes we like causal games but if you want to not be left out of a convo with some meat, then you are going to have to deviate from mother's milk called soccer mom casual games.
4. Suscribe to a game magizine, Gamerinformer, Playstation, Xbox, *cough* Nintendo power, (no no never mind Nintendo can die in a fire.
5. Use the buddy system, Sensei student friendships in which most often hardcore gamers are willing to expound their knowledge, or just listen to them rant you can usually gather all the intel you need about console wars, and the latest genre, who is the cooliest art designer, music composer etc. (Hardcore gamers just don't like pretenders, so if you are a noob own up to it its ok we all can be born with a Atari 2600 joystick in our hands. But lets face it we were noob at some point, well some tee-hee.)
6. Go on forums beware of the vampire people and emos, alternative forms of social networking include facebook and myspace.
Anime's that should not be
1. introductory Animes that introduce a series then end going into the volume of the manga.
2. Random Anime's made some where randomly placed within the manga series.
3. Unless the original wasn't anything nice to look at, anime remakes like of the constant re-porting of FF I-VI
4. Anime's that try to hard to be deep and philosophical that by the end if the watcher makes it to the end is so frustrated and confused that it Magna Carta's.
5. Anime's that suck. (Just so we clear that up, and no it's not vague at all not by general critics consensus)
6. Making animes of games producing only 3-4 OVA episodes of it. (Seriously if you are going to go through the effort, do it right!)
7. Edited Animes. (If there is a uncut it is always better.)
Thats all I got so far feel free to add to the list.
2. Random Anime's made some where randomly placed within the manga series.
3. Unless the original wasn't anything nice to look at, anime remakes like of the constant re-porting of FF I-VI
4. Anime's that try to hard to be deep and philosophical that by the end if the watcher makes it to the end is so frustrated and confused that it Magna Carta's.
5. Anime's that suck. (Just so we clear that up, and no it's not vague at all not by general critics consensus)
6. Making animes of games producing only 3-4 OVA episodes of it. (Seriously if you are going to go through the effort, do it right!)
7. Edited Animes. (If there is a uncut it is always better.)
Thats all I got so far feel free to add to the list.
Cosplay girls
I love Cosplay girls, who doesn't like cosplay girls? Nothing better than a catgirl eating pocki, playing ps2 nerding it up on the latest anime to hit the market. Without trying to sound to negative I do have one teensy, weensey thing that I want to say. There should be a application for cosplaying just as much as there should be one for wearing thongs, tight suede pants that say juicy on the backside, open toe shoes, or low V-neck shirts. I'm not shallow just stating the facts because we all talk about it, we think it and screw political correctness which is a oxymoron by the way, the problems have to be addressed. Much love to Cosplaying girls though and when my friend and I go to the Anime convention in Whitcita in a couple weeks, I will definitely be loving ya more still :) Nerd on beautifuls, nerd on.
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