Honey, I’m Home
So, here I am, back at the old blog, ready to continue posting those posts. Today, I think I’ll start off with just a “Hi, this blog is back to life! 
” message. So, hi this blog is back to life ! I’m back with a bunch of new ideas and a bit more free time. So, hopefully I’ll be able to make these ideas into a reality.
I’d also like to welcome back any previous members of the blog, as I really enjoyed reading my fellow members posts, and having other people on this blog. So here’s to hoping at least one of you come back and join us!
Here’s what I’m going to be posting about:
- Now Playing
- Game Reviews
- Nostalgia Reviews
More to come!
Also..
Hail to the king, baby!
Well, this is depressing.
It seems that I am the last remaining person on the blog. I’m not sure what to think about that. Interestingly enough, the whole blog thing started from a comment I made in a chat with Destrono, Insane and Koolguy…I guess it was a year ago. At the time, I had been putting thought into making it happen, but I wasn’t sure if I actually had the time to back the idea up (let alone the technology). Shortly after this, Ring Relapse was created. I was there, but I had just started at a new school + job. Mixed with my PC being a piece of junk, there wasn’t interest in me to participate.
I’m not sure of the details behind the final demise of Ring Relapse (I’m given to understand it was Backloggery drama, a drama to pure that it, at times, can rival the drama of even the mighty GameFAQs), but a few of the founders started this one up. Around February of this year, shiny new laptop in tow, I felt like I could at least try and throw up an article or two here or there in my spare time (which turned out to be less often than I had initially hoped).
Ah, well, thems the breaks I guess.
A Small Announcement
As much as I’d like to keep doing it, I just can’t anymore. I have no ideas, no motivation, no clue as to what to do, so here it is. And sorry that it’s on such short notice, but I’ve been mulling it around in my head for a while, and I’ve made my decision.
I’m leaving the blog.
It’s been fun, but since I have no idea what to write, I’m pretty sure that the quality and quantity of posts will decrease sharply. As such, I think it’s best that I quit while I’m ahead and spare everyone that at least.
Does anyone care? Probably not, but I figured I’d let everyone know so two months from now you’re not wondering what happened.
I’ll pass over the admin to des, which I finally figured out how to do, what you do with it is up to you. If you want to transfer it to someone else, all you have to do is go to the “My Dashboards” submenu in the top menu, click “Manage Blogs”. Then highlight the blog and look for “Transfer Blog”, under the address.
I guess that’s it, really.
Strange & Obscure #1
Levels of Life: Coolector
This week’s “Levels Of Life” will be about the “Coolector” program.
Coolector is a program for movie lovers designed by movie lovers. I came across it while searching for a “Backloggery-esque” thing for movies. I believe the exact words were “movie tracker”. I luckily came across the Coolector website.
Coolector is the perfect movie tracking program, whether you simply want to track what you’ve watched, or track movies you own, loan, wish for and have seen. It has an easy to read display. At the moment it has about 70,000 movies/series in it’s database. I added all my movies to watch, and movies I had already watched. I was able to rate them, see what the “Internet Movie Database”’s popularity for it was, and the rating given to it by them. The only problem I’ve ever had with this program, was that one of my movies wasn’t in there. All I did was registered at the official Coolector forum, requested that my movie was added, and within not too long, it was.
There’s also a bunch of other features you can do with Coolector, such as track the movies you’ve loaned off to people, your wishlist, your owned movies, and the ones you’ve simply watched. So, if you don’t really own any movies, you simply rate them, and that signifies you’ve seen it. Or if you own it but you haven’t seen the movie, you can just simple put it as owned and not rate it.
You can also search any actor, director, or even script writer. You can also use Coolector for television series, but it doesn’t go through individual seasons, just the complete series. So, I’m not really so in to that one. But, Coolector has so many filters, you can see the best black and white movies ever, the best movies ever, best movies of XXXX year, or the worst movies ever. When you’re marking that you own a movie, you can mark exactly which edition you own: such as, Blu-ray, HD-DVD, any edition of the DVD that exists, and if you have it, and it’s not marked, you can always request it, and the Coolector team will make certain that it’s added as soon as possible.
This program is basically Backloggery for movies, it’s pretty awesome, almost every movie has it’s own picture, actor information, and best of all it’s a program, so it can be used offline, and it saves your data in it’s own type of save file [ > 1mb ]. It’s a pretty sick program, and best of all it’s completly free. Of course, you could make a donation, but if you don’t, you’re not losing any features.
http://www.coollector.com/index.html
Controller Chronicles X: Progressive
Wow, no posts from anyone else since the 4th? Shocking. Anyway, I’ve got some fresh gaming updates to talk about. Read the rest of this entry »
Controller Chronicles IX: Early April Update
The month of April is finally here. NBA & NHL Playoffs coming up, MLB season starting, NCAA National Championship games, the PGA tour, and another edition of the Chronicles! This one will be on the short side.
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing was officially completed 3-19-10. I did all 64 missions, and occasionally still play it online. I still want to get all the remaining challenges done (including Triple-A ranking all missions), but they’ll be done at a later date.
2 days later I beat Donkey Kong Country (on Virtual Console) for the first time. Pretty good game.
On the 25th of March I beat Jet Set Radio Future. I never played the original JGR on Dreamcast, but I liked what I played with the sequel.
Shortly after that, I beat Metal Slug 7 on the DS. Nothing too amazing with the 7th entry in the series but still a good game worthy of playing. Did 2 Beginner playthroughs as Fio and Eri. Next time I replay will be on the Normal difficulty setting as Tarma and Marco.
Finally, last week, I completed Sonic Advance & Sonic Rush Adventure. Both games took a few days & nights to complete, but well worth it in the end.
What’s next for me to play: Metal Slug (replaying) Donkey Kong Country 2 (beating for the first time), GTA: Lost and Damned (to complete), GTA: Liberty City Stories (to complete)
I also plan to watch Public Enemies & Ninja Assassin on DVD this week.
Another edition of System Failures is coming next month. Hint: Unholy Triforce.
That is all.
Levels Of Life: Scarface [1983]
He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name.. SCARFACE.
Scarface is still one of the most known gangster movies 27 years after release. We all know the story, but if you don’t [SPOILERS AHEAD] Antonio (Tony) Montana, who, with his friend Manny Ray, starts in with Miami’s cocaine trade. He survives an attack by chainsaw after a deal goes bad, and several other attempts by other dealers to eliminate him. Eventually the grandiose Montana becomes head of a cocaine cartel. But his enemies start coming after him, and his paranoia threatens to drive Montana’s empire into the ground. He ends up killing his best friend Manny, watching his sister die, and dying himself.
Tony Montana is portrayed as one pissed off guy. The entire movie he’s throwing tantrums, or killing people for the simplest things. The movie has been criticized for it’s over the top, exaggerated, scenes. I was confused at one point, early in the movie, the theme music plays, and then the camera zooms in on Tony’s eyes. He then does nothing. He just runs away, no killing, no anger, no nothing. I was disappointed.
The most powerful scenes would be: The chainsaw scene, which was so many amounts of awesome it was referenced in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Another powerful scene would be Tony’s return to his mother’s house. The way the family acts together, just shows their history so well. Then there’s obviously Tony’s final stand. Huge shootout in which some twenty guys get murdered, and then, Sosa, comes in from the back and “BOOM” adds two more bullets to the already at least full clip’s worth of bullets inside Montana’s body. He falls in the pool, and it’s over. The Rise and Fall of Tony Montana.
I leave you with this, as I am to retarded to insert videos into the post.
Rose Tinted Glasses
I think it’s about time for me to do something so cruel, so unimaginably sadistic, that everyone in the whole universe will hate me.
Yes.
Today I’m going to talk about nostalgia.
Every gamer experiences it. The first game you ever played (if you remember that far back) probably evokes up some good feelings for you, even if it’s a terrible game. Nothing is safe, from the highest rated games in the universe to your average run-of-the-mill game that started a revolution. Nothing.
Now, I’m going to take a look at some games held in high regard.
And totally kill them.
Disclaimer: If you are easily butthurt by someone bashing your favourite game, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER.
You will be sorry.
Turn back now.
Last warning.
Really.
VGM Spotlight: “Aisle 10″ & “Funky Dealer” – Jet Set Radio Future
Two last VGM Spotlights for JSRF. I did say I’d keep highlighting tracks until the game was beaten, and tonight it was. But I’m not done as far as 100% completion goes. So in the distant future, when I finally decide to complete the game, I’ll highlight more of the game’s awesome soundtrack.
Jelly Soup
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