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The Rest / General Discussions / Re: The NEW Game Journal
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on: March 31, 2013, 10:00:37 PM
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Felghana - Beat the dragon.
Grow2 - In Comprsings.
FFMQ - I find this game weird and meloncholic.
Anyway, does Half Minute Hero ever pick up, or at the least stop telling you how to beat every mission right from the start? I was assuming it'd be a bit more... puzzley or like Wario Ware, where you had to figure out WHAT to do, but instead it's just like, balancing leveling v. time, without much... thinking.
Mesh, when you finish Mystic Quest, I think this review might be of interest to you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNnpxrZtzy0 *spoilers within link* |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Summon Night Series
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on: March 31, 2013, 09:57:46 PM
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I liked the two they released for the GBA.
Ditto x3 Never played the one for the DS that was released here in the states. The only thing about the 2nd of the two gba summon night games was that my character felt a heck of a lot more sluggish than the 1st; needless to say I put half my points in speedy and the rest in attack (save a couple in defense, just in case). Very pleasant series. Also, this is Summon Night 2 in a nutshell with its dialogue:  (and yes, that's directed at you) |
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The Rest / General Discussions / Re: What's the haps?
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on: March 28, 2013, 11:38:41 AM
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I was accepted recently to the University of New Hampshire's Master in Music studies program. I'm very excited about this and can't wait to hear back from them with additional information.
Video Game Music is definitely on my plate for writing/studying about. Working on a Grandia (first game) paper right now in regards to...well, you'll find out eventually. ;)
Congrats! It's a giant pain in the ass to get academics listening to new ideas in new fields, but people just have to keep pushing (with topics like VGM) and eventually they'll gain traction. Thanks for the congratulations Taelus! You know, at first I though the same thing, that it was going to be a long journey in trying to get instructors and other people to get to listen to video game music and take it seriously, but the only extensive part of it was learning the history of music to use as my foundation and reference whenever I wrote or talk about music/game music. That's why I took the music history path in my degree, so as to encounter as many composers, pieces, genres, movements in music as possible. With keeping an open mind with music and encountering as many genres, people, and composers as possible, it was easy to talk to other people (Instructors, classmates, colleges, non-music students, really anyone [even my parents!]) about a genre of music they like and slip in talk of video game music in the mix. The beauty of video game music is that not only is it a genre in itself, but acts as a host of any known genre imaginable to man (who knows, maybe there's a genre that's coming out as I write this that will find itself in a video game later on). But yeah, there's my spiel on video game music. |
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The Rest / General Discussions / Re: What's the haps?
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on: March 27, 2013, 12:04:11 AM
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I was accepted recently to the University of New Hampshire's Master in Music studies program. I'm very excited about this and can't wait to hear back from them with additional information.
Video Game Music is definitely on my plate for writing/studying about. Working on a Grandia (first game) paper right now in regards to...well, you'll find out eventually. ;)
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on: March 24, 2013, 12:14:59 AM
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This isn't my first replay of FF7 obviously, but I guess I never ever paid attention properly to this part. :P
When Cloud is talking about his first mission with Sephiroth, the mako reactor in Nibleheim. He visits his mother who says
"Let me get a good look at you."
"So handsome."
"Is this a Soldier uniform then?"
Cloud then says "Mom...I" and then there is a memory skip, that flash of white thing. I guess I just now noticed that this scene he confesses to his mother he never made it into Soldier and what she thinks is the Soldier uniform is just the average Shinra grunt uniform he's wearing.
There are a LOT of memory skips when he talks to his mother. Obviously he forces himself not to remember them because she would be talking about events in his own life, not his Zack persona.
Man I forgot about that completely. THe really kick to the gut is when she finishes that memory-skip montage with something like "I'll always be your mother". ...that whole sequence really takes a long. ass. time. But I'd be damned if it didn't set up the rest of the game nicely (especially come CLoud's big plot reveal). Games today don't really bother with flashback sequences it feels. I've always been a fan of flashbacks, especially when you slowly start the question the integrity of the person describing their memories. I always wonder in these cases whether its selective memory or just an unreliable narrator that chooses to fudge the truth. Oh, and for game related stuff: Playing through Shadow Hearts 3 and Grandia. I started recording Grandia gameplay for research on its use of music and sounds in the game, especially during the Ghost Ship portion at the beginning of the game. Here's the vid for anyone interested: Grandia - Justin and the Squid King! |
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on: March 18, 2013, 03:21:43 PM
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Chrono Trigger is complete (again). Space Channel 5 part 2 is done. Mario 64 is on its way to completion (again).
Beginning the Skyward Sword and waiting for Discworld Noir to come in the mail (really looking forward to Discworld Noir!).
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Recommendations for RPGs on a PSPgo?
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on: March 15, 2013, 01:11:43 PM
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TitS sounds promising.
I enjoy action RPGs as well; but how linear are the new Y's games? (I've only played Y's 3 back on the SNES)
Are there any ps1 classics people would recommend up there with the new PSP games? I haven't played Chrono Cross, Grandia or FF9 (played a bit, but didn't finish) for example.
Listen to Eusis about Trails. It needs it and it's one of the BEST kept RPG secrets for sure. And you nailed a bunch off. Go to, my fellow RPG-ikan!!! Play and report back to us with progress~!!! This. Also, Wild Arms XF was really fun...the game MADE you choose certain classes for missions. If you try to stray too far away from logical choices, the game may very well hand your head back on a silver platter. |
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The Rest / General Discussions / Re: Random and Amazing Pictures, Please!
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on: March 15, 2013, 01:05:34 PM
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Love it Parn! I just need a gif now of Milhouse playing Bone Crusher or whatever. Many heavenly things. http://www.leenks.com/link448870.htmlSome of which are actually making me depressed that I'm without. FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS. Aww, that poor cat has the same balding as my cat does. Also, this will always be a favorite from that link:  Delivery was golden. All the puppeteer had to do was don't move. For Today's contribution..a return from the kitty hospitals!       |
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