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Shape Wars: Part 3

Shape Wars: Part 4

Um...so...I got bored today. My friend showed up at my door (she's much younger) and said "My teacher told me to draw a geometry comic!" She showed me hers. (She's an amazing artist btw.) So...I promptly thought up this...um...yeaaahh...

Shape Wars: Part 1

Shape Wars: Part 2

First thing you might want to know about me. I don't use cars very much. I find that paying for gas severely decreases my income. Furthermore, I find that I've become somewhat less "athletically built" these past few months. So as a remedy, I've decided to bike everywhere I need to.

And so...I'm looking online for a comic book store. (Due to the fact that the Runaways issue 16 has come out.) I find one that's about 8 miles away. So I hop on my bike, tell my sweet where I'm going. She shakes her head in exhasperation saying I have an unhealthy addiction to comic books, is about to go one and then stops saying that she has no further comments. But she does not stop me. So i'm off, biking 8 miles. I look around when I arrive at the spot, walk into seven eleven and ask where this place is. The guy at the counter says "west? That's in the opposite direction!" I groan head back about 3 miles before going to the library and checking it up. Never. Ever trust the Seven Eleven guys for directions. I was right to begin with. So I bike about 3 miles back to where I began and start looking around for the building.

And what do I see? ...In place of a glorious haven of comic books, there is a land surveyor building. And so. I head back. My trip was aprox. 22 miles long. In 90 degree weather.

And when I got home, my "dearest" proceeded to laugh at my misfortune. *Sigh* The plus side, I did get my comic book.

...so...

I'm officially creeped out. My parents have this friend, see, and they have a son. Their son is 4+ years older than me, already graduated with a REALLY, really well paying job. He's 6 something, fairly tan and I've known him since I was little.

And I think my parents are trying to set me up with him. Whenever we're in the car, my parents are always saying "Isn't he so handsome? He's more handsome than anyone in your school." And whenever we're at get togethers, they and everyone else are trying to force us to sit together at the table.

...?! I hope it's just my imagination. I sincerely hope so.

...

And I really, really liked the first two. GRAH!

Yes, I'm one of those geeks who would flock to the opening in an X-men costume. Namely, Rogue. But due to circumstances beyond my control (read: eating ice cream with my two bestest friends) I was unable to go until much later. But enough about that.

I must say, it had me going for a little while. I liked a lot of it. UNTIL THE FRIGGIN END.

*Spoilers*






Rogue, Mystique and Magneto take the serum to cure themselves of their mutant gene. BOOOOOO. Ok, well, I'm not going to get angry at them for not being accurate. They took the entire "cure" thing from the comic books (Astonishing X-men I do believe if not an early one.) But still, seeing three of my favorite people lose their powers...not fun. I'm not sure if Rogue would take a cure if she had one but I can safely say, I wasn't happy about her taking it to be with Iceman. Where is Gambit when you need him? Not to mention the people who died. Is Scott alive? Is he really dead? WE DON'T KNOW. And Xavier dying (...i stayed for the credits so don't worry.) that was expected but stupid.



*Spoilers end.*

All in all, it was decent enough...if you're not a fan of the comic books. *Sigh* I'm going to go drown my sorrows in the Runaways....

...I'm such a geek. I went out and bought the hard cover huge book of The Runaways. It's a Marvel comic (further proving just how much I love Marvel over DC) that's about a group of young teenagers who discover that their parents are supervillians. Everything spirals downhill as they discover what powers they have, what gadgets, and what secrets they've been keeping from each other.

Um...screw the summary. AWESOME COMIC. That's really all I have to say. My personal favorite...? Old Lace. He's the cutest dinosaur ever. Nico's pretty cool but I can't help but feel like she's a little on the stereotypical side. Meh. And Karolina too.

Whom I want to die? Alex. If you've read enough of the comic, you'll know why I hate that little maggot. Grr. Anyway...yeah. Check it out. Best Marvel Comic since X-men.

For those of you who beat Sephiroth in KHII (Took me a while on Proud Mode) You saw the cutscene.

*SPOILERS*






Yeah, Tifa did jack. But still, what was up with the "let me be your light!" I was looking around to see if Aerith was giving Tifa the death glare but no! She's no where to be seen! Cloud, you really need to chose between the girls. We know you're "engaged/married" to Tifa in Advent Children but you were thinking about Aerith the whole time! Gawd, this reminds me of the new Honey and Clover episode Chapter F where Mayama gets all those letters from those girls asking him to chose Yamada.

BTW: That was an AMAZING episode. It wasn't as funny (IMO) as the Chapter L but it was still pure Honey and Clover Magic. I can't wait for the second season...



*Spoilers End.*

I just bought the DVD and the conversation I had with it was weird.

Me: You're beautiful, I love you. I've waited so long for you. Now you're in my arms...AND LEGAL.

I felt like I was talking to an underaged person I was...you get the picture.

Anyway, I must say, IT PLEASES ME. If they had included Last Order, that would've been awesome. But the deleted scenes kept me going. I don't mean any of that story board crap that some dvds give us. I mean real CG deleted scenes. Granted, they were only a few seconds each and consisted only of voices, no background sound or music or sound effects but the point is, they were CG deleted scenes. Quite awesome.

And it so far has been the only movie that has made me squeal with delight. (This occured in about 5 places. Tifa fighting, Bahamut fighting, the showing of Tifa's ring (I SWEAR THEY'RE MARRIED.) The bike fight and finally, Sephiroth's first appearance.) That final one made me shiver.

And, to add to the comment, I do believe Tifa and Cloud are married. In the in the not so legal copy, it was a little hard to see but on a real tv screen, you could clearly see a ring on her ring finger. Plus she's always saying "what about our family, Cloud?" and answers the phone with "Strife delivery service" not "Strive and Lockheart delivery service." Hmmm...Square...are you trying to tell us something.

Married or not, it was worth the entire 20 bucks (13 with the mail in rebate.) Yes, it's finally out. Yes, it's legal. Yes, it rocks even harder on a big screen.

I won't hide it. I don't want to hide it. I want to scream it from the top of my lungs. I am hopelessly and completely in love with Ubisoft and Michel Ancel's Beyond Good and Evil. This game is ranked number 2 on my Best Games of Ever (As of 2006) list. BTW: The list 1. Tun Town-PC(You've prolly never heard of it...and by now, you probably will never hear of it.) 2. Beyond Good and Evil-Multiplatform 3. Ecco the Dolphin-Genesis 4. Ecco the Dolphin 2-Genesis 5. ICO-PS2 6. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time-N64 7. Shadow of the Colossus-PS2 8. Sonic the Hedgehog 3-Genesis 9. Richman 4-PC 10. Final Fantasy IX-PS I could write acolades of praise. No justice done to this game. So suffice to say, if you couldn't tell by my fainting in the previous entry, I am more than excited to hear rumors of a sequel. Maybe it's a fanboy's conjuration, a wild rumor that gets the BGE fans stirred up only to crush us. But for us BGE fans, even a false rumor is enough to keep us going a little bit longer. On a different note: I beat KH2. I'm working on Proud Mode as we speak. 'Tis good...and difficult on that setting. I am pleased.

With all this new fangled tech, flashy colors and shoot 'em ups that just plainly and stupidly entertain (I admit, I enjoy them) it's hard to find a game that makes you feel a wide arrange of emotions, without those horridly long cutscenes. This is why I praise ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. It was their atmosphere that moved me, their desolation and despair. And that's why they sit comfortably on my "Top 10 games of ever." But one game that has slipped from my memory, and thus from the list, has recently resurfaced when I took a trip down memory lane (aka: my basement.) I couldn't believe that I forgot about this wonderful little gem and I gently held it for several mintues, remember the good, yet frustrating days of the Genesis. Yes, my friends, I am talking about Ecco the Dolphin and it's sequel, Ecco the Dolphin: Tides of Time for the Sega Genesis. I am a die hard Sega fan and these two games, the instant I saw them, moved quickly beyond ICO and Shadow of the Colossus in the top 10. Ecco was special to me. Ecco held a dear place in my heart. What is Ecco, you may ask? Ecco the Dolphin is a game so beautiful then and so beautiful now. When I play the two games, Fault Zone still arouses fear. The rocks are falling on me, there is no way out. I am running out of air. The sheer intensity of the game makes me shudder in delight and terror. The Vortex creatures that jump out at me make me jump in real life as I struggle to defeat them. The sadness that Ecco carries with him, even though it is never explicitly said, can be sensed. He is alone in a strange world. It is a dark and scary world at that where everything is against you. It is few and far between that you meet a friendly face. Most often, you are confronted with enemies. And at the end of the first and second game, you can sense the weight taking its toll on Ecco. I played it, I cursed the difficulty but not once did I hate it. Ecco the Dolphin deserves a re-release. And with nothing changed. It is perfect. If Sega knows what's right, they would take it and put it onto a game disc. Or better yet, put it onto a game disc as an extra for Ecco the Dolphin 3 because Ecco has been lost, I fear, both physically and mentally for much of the population.