Despite all reviews saying it's such a bad game, I was truly expecting another disaster vis a vis Devil May Cry 2. Despite the reviews telling me of it being aweful, I went out and bought it anyways, just to see. I could always sell it back for store credit, right? Well guess what? I don't want to.

That's right, if you actually believe the reviews in their talk of a disaster, I will tell you this. Give it a try, and keep in mind that the game is suppose to be aweful. Go out and rent it, keep in mind of the disaster it's said to be, and play it. You'll most likely soon be saying, "Were they high? This game is pretty good." A little later, it becomes addicting, and you'll ask, "Am I playing the same game? This is only getting better." Eventually you'll be looking back and forth between the box art, and the reviews that say 6 and under out of 10. To me, the game is about an 8.0, it's not great, don't get me wrong, it could be much better, but it really is good at heart.

While people are all now complaining about games being too linear, it makes me wonder if they actually remember what video games started as. Dirge of Cerberus is indeed linear, but in my opinion it doesn't hurt it too much. DoC is like a simple fun. Also, while some reviews complain of it's "run and gun" gameplay, they should seriously... shoot themselves in the foot. Look at every FPS... what do you do? You run... and you gun... I seriously, don't want to hear b*tching about that.

Reviews also complain of the gunplay. While it's not perfect, it's still fine. The camera angles can feel quite cumbersome at times, true. But honestly, how many Third-Person Shooters don't have camera problems? Like... two maybe? Like I said, simple fun. It really does take shooters back to the basics, but who didn 't have fun with games like Contra? If you say you didn't... bash your head into a wall... right now.

I mean seriously, the game could use more polish, but it is good fun. Materia was incorperated, and it does have an RPG-esque leveling style. Dirge of Cerberus also does add innovation as you can customize your guns to your liking. You want long range? Hydra Body+Long Barrel+Scope and for Materia, Thunder. You want a fast machine gun? Griffon Body+Short Barrel. The combinations may not be endless, but there's enough to have fun messing around with.

So yes, rent it first is a recommendation. Then again... renting a game first works in any situation... Either way, just rent it, buy it whatever, and just keep in mind this game is suppose to suck. Guarantee you, the game will surprise you. So... go out and play... now.

-Rabidus, FFVII God

Yes, as the title proclaims, I have earned my rightful position amognst the few, the proud, the lacking-of-social-life: the FFVII Gods.

Today was a fateful day, I was stung by a wasp in the back of my knee. 6 of my Warhammer models were chewed up by the dog we're watching, only 3 could be saved. Then I came into my room, in need of something to calm me down. WarCraft? No, that game pisses me off. Counter-Strike? No... I get more pissed off at that than anything. FFVII? Yeah, I need to gain some levels, that'll be good.

Well I played that game for a little bit and got all of my characters to level 99. I already had their ultimate weapons, they all knew their level 4 limits, and I got them all Ribbons as accessories. Emerald was already defeated, and all the other side quests completed. There was one thing standing between me, and godhood: Ruby WEAPON.

But how? How could I beat such a monster, that doesn't even take damage for some time? Something that can take away 2 of my characters, to never use throughout the rest of the battle? Careful planning, with a dash of luck.
Name: Cloud Strife
Weapon: Ultima Sword
Accessory: Ribbon
Materia: HP Plus, MP Plus, Speed Plus, Luck Plus, W-Summon, W-Item, Final Attack_(linked)_Pheonix, Counter Attack, Master Magic, Master Summon, Double Cut,

With that, I was able to beat Ruby. Once it's claws were in the ground, my first move: W-Summon - Hades + Knights of the Round. Hades stopped Ruby temporarily. Once Ruby began to move, I used W-Item - Elixer to heal, then Dazzers to stun it again. Then W-Summon KotR x2. Then again, W-Item again, then W-Summon, and so on, and so on. Eventually, Ruby fell before my might.

After my excitement, it was then time to finish up the side quests (give the Dessert Rose to Kalm traveller, Blend Materia) then fight the final battle. Sephiroth was much harder than I remembered... I had a harder time with him than I did Ruby actually... maybe it's cause I spent so much time preparing for Ruby and Emerald, and just forgot that Sephiroth even existed. One Winged Angel form was frekain' awesome, and freakin' hard. Not only did he cast Wall first thing, but he proceeded to destory the ****ing solar system! Still kicked his ass though...

I am teh g0dz0rZ... and I'm getting Dirge of Cerberus tomorrow.

-Rabidus, FFVII God

Okay this time it isn't just conservatives I'm pissed at, but the whole of Western New York... so without further ado..

"I was with 5 friends, we all thought that what we saw was unusual, but we didn't think anything of it. The game came back on, and we forgot all about it. Then the next morning I awoke at 8:00 and turned on the TV, and watched as my beloved country... lost it's god damn mind.
There they were, there they were; every news station: 'HOLY GOD! Did you see what happened at that half-time show yesterday!? Janet Jackson's breast was exposed! It was horrifying, let's take a look at it!'
'It was terrible! Let's look at it again!'
'It was disgusting! Can we see that tit again!?'
'The Good Year blimp flew over and we got a shot of the tit right from the blimp, let's look at that tit!'
'It's 5:02, we haven't seen the tit since 5:00. Let's look at that again!'
And then Congress... which doesn't do SH!T... stops on a dime. 'OH MY GOD! Did you see the tit!? Let's talk about the tit!' And they locked themselves in, and probably got huge pictures of the tit, so they could get a closer look at the tit: 'See how big that tit is!? It's INSANE how big that tit is!'
They spent so much time looking at that tit, that I actually thought Osama Bin Laden was hiding in it. And then one by one, they came onto the screen late in the day to pontificate, about how we were going into a moral sewer. How this image of a breast, at a family half-time show, was not only disgusting, it was disturbing, it was shocking, it was indecent. I thought... it's just a tit... and none of the adjectives... really ****in' apply.
But what about the children Lewis, I can hear some of you asking. What about the children? Um, it's more disturbing for the child to hear adults talking about seeing a tit being disturbing, and shocking and disgusting, than it is to see one.
There is no child that has suffered, when a breast is exposed to them accidentally, a moral epileptic sesuire.
And part of the problem is, those who lead us, do not remember, at all what it was like to be a child. I know what it was like when I was 9... and when I was 9, my life was devoted to... seeing a tit. I was Captain Ahab, and it was my big white whale. I'd go down to Sears on Saturday in hopes that they would remove the clothing from a manakin. Sad but true.
And most kids, I can guarantee, were not damaged by seeing the breast. Most kids probably thought, 'Son of a b**ch, I can't wait to see the other one!'
What would've been shocking, is if they ripped the costume... and a bear jumped out... and eaten some of the dancers. That would've been... bones flying, blood, organs everywhere. Then you'd need counciling on money."

So yeah, one of the teachers in my school had a sex change, and the local media is having a field day with him... her... whatever. News papers, Buffalo and Rochester news stations, the whole of Western New York is freaking out about a guy having a sex change. Even my mother, after reading the news article on him, proceeded to call him a freak... So yeah... I hate where I live... why people think this is an issue, or worthy of news of any kind... puzzles me. I don't see how this concerns anyone but the person, and his/her family, I feel kinda bad for the teacher. I seriously hope I only have to live in this **** for a couple more years...

Hail Tzeentch!

-Rabidus

Oh and if you could rate my parody out of 10 that'd be cool. [See previous blog entry]

So here's just a small insight. Last night at about 1:26AM I defeated Emerald WEAPON in FFVII. I was at Max's house, and after watching Advent Children I was told I "had to play." No problem. Everyone was asking why I wouldn't fight Sephiroth, so I explained my reasons, as I wanted to defeat Emerald and Ruby. No one had a clue as to what they were. So I showed them, and after inflicting 0 damage on Ruby, I was like, "This is basically what they are, I'm not going to touch Emerald.

However, I was encouraged to actualyl try and fight Emerald. So I said, "What the hell, I'm probably gonna lose, but I saved anyways." About 20 minutes or so later, I was in absolute shock. I did what I thought was impossible, for the longest time. I actually beat Emerald. Thanks to Knights of the Round, Mime and my faithful Final Attack linked with Pheonix, was I was able to take down Emerald. However it wasn't quite with ease, moreso with luck, and good strategy. Now I'm planning against Ruby who is basically impossible... first things first. Everyone needs to be level 99.

I'm thinking Hades, Knights of the Round, Mime, "my faithful," and dazzers (please, please say they work!) I can take it down. Though this fight... will be a scary one...

At the previous LAN Chris got WarCraft III working for me, so now I'm playing through the series. I'm currently on the 3rd mission in WarCraft: Orcs and Humans, Human Campaign.

More to come...

-Rabidus

Here's a nice parody on the song "Hot for Teacher" I wrote:

"Hot for Tifa"
Oh wow man
Wait a second babe
Whaddya think Tifa's gonna look like this time?
Whoa!

Tifa, Tifa stop that fleeing
Tifa don't you see
Don't wanna be no Sephi' clone
Maybe I should summon 'Round
And knock off Cait Sith's crown
Tifa needs to see me in Corel

I think of all the times with Aeris that I miss
But then Yuffie looked never quite like this

I got it bad, got it bad, got it bad
I'm hot for Tifa
I got it bad, so bad
I'm hot of Tifa

I heard ya missed that attack
I brought my Counter'
Gimme some Materia, man

I heard about your Limits
But rumors are so cold
I know about this girl
Little girl from Nibelheim
How can you be so bold?
How did you learn your level 4?

I think of all the times with Aeris that I miss
But then Yuffie looked never quite like this

I got it bad, got it bad, got it bad
I'm hot for Tifa
I got it bad, so bad
I'm hot for Tifa

Oh man levels gain so slow
I don't feel 90
Airship lift!

I've got it bad, got it bad, got it bad
I'm hot for Tifa
Oh!
Final Heaven!

Ah... so why aren't I ranting about my riving hate for conservatives? Eh... thinking about them hurts my head. I've been at like... 4 or 5 parties this week, and I've developed a strong addiction to caffine. Right now my head is spinning cause I'm trying to lay off.

So anyways let's bring my story back a bit, to last Saturday. It was my friend Cory's birthday, so we celebrated with a small LAN party. Of course it was an all-nighter as all goo LANs are. We started the night with some Office Space, which is if I dare say, one of the greatest movies ever made. Then we went right into it, with caffine and games. We played some CS, some CS:S and of course some StarCraft. I was the only one that didn't sleep at all... well actually I fell asleep around 8:30AM or so, but I woke up at 10:13 and everyone else was still sleeping.
The next day, we had a bigger LAN, but at Taylor's house. It was Taylor, Cory, Chris, Mike and I all in a small, boiling hot room. We formed a CS clan that night called "rush banana." Long story, but I'll tell it anyways: Back in the days of old with Frag and Rob, we had a small clan. Our first scrim was in de_inferno. Frag was the clan leader, and as so, it was his job to give us the strats. Each and every round, we were told "Rush banana!" Which is a curved part on the map. So that night, when we were trying to think of a tag, we were joking about our previous clan endeavors, and that story came up. We then used "rb." as our tag.

So anyways, that night I drank a ton of energy drinks and Mountain Dew. So this is my second day/night of just drinking caffinated beverages and nothing else. Obviously, the no sleep part started catching up with me around 3:00AM or so. I slowed my consumsion of caffine, as I was concentrating on our match. What I didn't realize was I had developed an addiction. I got sick....It wasn't until around 4:30 though that I gave into it all, and fell asleep.

The next day I felt a bit better, but I still couldn't see straight and my head was pounding. We went out to breakfast around 10:00 or so. None of us could walk straight, and the only one to get no sleep whatsoever was Mike. Our waitress commented on our sleeping habits, or there lack of, and we just laughed. The LAN officially ended in the afternoon around 2:00 or 3:00. So I count that as 3 days of partying right there.

Tuesday, Max came home from visiting his dad in California. He'd been there all summer, and then came to hang out. We played some games here for a little while, then decided to go back to his house, were a ton of people were. Huzzah, another party! All the while, I found out about my addiction, as I still felt sick. Then, when I went to go get a new pair of headphones, there I was tempted by an Amp Tall Boy. I feared it for a few seconds, then decided "to hell with it," and bought it. I immediately felt better after drinking some.

So anyways, another party, another all nighter. I came home the next day around 10:30 and slept until like 5:30. The next party was on Friday. And yes, it was another all nighter. Headbanging, mini-moshes, fire dances, tribal "black light tatoos" and joking about having an orgy were the highlights of the night. Then those we stayed all night, were up playing games.

So now today's Sunday, and there's really nothing to do... I miss my friend Sadie, as I haven't seen her all summer, and we've complained about his on many occasions. I'm also suffering from some REAL bad withdrawel right now... so... I'm just gonna end this blog post...

Don't drink too much...

-Rabidus

"So it's why people... they don't know gays, so their against gay marriage. Ya know, just unbelievable. I mean, after 9-11... that's something you're gonna ****in' worry about now? You need a hobby, cause on the list of things we need to worry about, gay marriage is on page six right under "are we eating too much garlic as a people?" Boy, it freaks our president out, the gay marriage thing. He went around the corner! "Son of a b!tch this can't happen! And if these states think they can let gays get married, we're gonna make a constitutional amendment! That says exactly what marriage is: marriage is between a man and a woman! Son of a b!tch!"
And I thought, you're gonna make that a constituional amendment, you ****head? What are you ****in' thinkin'!? It's a collection of extroadinary sentances and paragraphs, then you're gonna go: whodah, whodah, gakaka pffff! Why don't you have an amendment that says "people have a right to health care even if they don't have a ****in' dime!?"
Unbelievable, he wants a constitutional amendment, the reason behind this, the reason behind this logic is because of what? The Bible. And what book in the Bible does that come from? The Old Testament. And who wrote the Old Testament? My people. The Jews wrote the Old Testament. Then Christians come along and read it, and well... they **** it up from time to time. Cause they don't come down to Temple, do they? Look, there's a reason that was written, and it was written thousands, and thousands, and thousands of years ago. When we were savages at best. We were ten hairs away from being a baboon for ****s sake. And you had to control 'em, and these people were out of control, so the elders of the village came together and came up with an idea for a god. And not the Christian god, whose kind of a loving god and a sweet god. No, we had a god that was "I CAN SEE EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ****IN' ASS"
It's not really a happy god, a god that seems to be a raging alcoholic. "YOU WANNA FIGHT A$$HOLE!?" And that's what they had to come up with. They had to come up with this mythical figure, that was present, and could keep these people in line, cause they were crazy. They'd do anything. See, and they'd say, "that's the way God is. God, is everywhere. And he sees everything you do. And if you **** up, he knows it, and he will smote you."
And that kinda got the message across. But then they needed rules cause alotta these guys were wandering in the desert lookin' for ****. And they'd be gone for days, and one would come back, and he'd have a camel with him. And he'd go to the alter and go, "Heh, I met her in the desert. And she looked at me in a special way. And I love her. Will you marry us?"
And the elder goes, "Look at the Bible you ****in' idiot! See what it says!? Marriage is between a man and a woman! And that's it! And if you you think you can marry this camel, you do that, and God is gonna get you!" And the guys press fallen, cause he's in love. And so the priest says, "Well okay... marry a woman and.... keep the camel on the side."
That's what I'm afraid of, I'm afraid that if we make that constitutional amendment, thousands, and thousands of years from now someone will come along and unearth our culture, and look at the Constituion and read it, and go, "Wow!" And then get to that part that says, "marriage is between a man and a woman," and they'll go, "Lookit this! The United States of America, those people, were so ****ed up, that they actually had to write down what marriage was so they could remember it!"
-Lewis Black on gay marriage

More to come later...

-Rabidus

Here's the problem, there are many problems. Society, realistically can control each and every single one of them. However, the choices people make, are what is really corrupting "our" society. Now, as a mystic, I am open to all religions. I respect them all, except for a select few (see previous blog entries.) There is one religion here in the US that is growing out of control though. I mean no offense to you if you're sane, but Christianity has surely lost it's way.

When I say "sane" I mean you follow the religion like it's told in the book. The book being the Bible. Now if we lived in a theocracy, everything Conservatives said would go, wouldn't it? Well here's the thing, we don't. There's a special rule here, Seperation of Church and State. Since I have no real religion (even if I did) I think this is a great rule. It keeps people's personal beliefs out of topics that don't deserve their bias.

Now the violent video game topic was enough. We have douchebags like Jack Thompson (who made a total ass of himself on G4 earlier tonight) spreading their Conservative filth across a board that is not about religion, as they wish it to be. Now, your beliefs I'm not going to tell you are wrong, but they are wrong to impose on an entire NATION. Impose them on your home, your family, your relatives, your kids until they're 18 all you want. You have no right, and it is actually boarderline illegal to bring them into government topics. Sadly the Conservative party... well exists.

Now you may be wondering why I'm ranting about the game regulation topic now; I'm not. Actually it's something that was just shown to me, that finally pushed me to speak out against Conservatives entirely. If you go here:
http://frostitution.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1585
You will see a topic where a self claiming "reasonable Christian" wants to there to be a govermental BAN on ANIME. He wants a form of cartoon to be BANNED from an entire NATION just because HE, HIMSELF feels that way. Let me just say this now, I have nothing against Christains, but if you think just because you're Christian, that it means you have free reign to impose whatever you want, then you're incredibly wrong.

Now let's start discrediting this "reasonable" person, and we'll start with his SECOND sentance where he says, and I quote, "Anime is an perverse, evil, insidius form of anime from the dark land of Japan." I don't feel as if I need to comment on anything...

Next quote, his first example: " 1) Ah My Goddess: A sick and disgusting show which causes children under the age of 18 to think they are capable of love. The main female character is clearly under 18, and is forced into a romantic relationship by an older man who "wishes" for her to be his girlfriend forever. He even KISSES her, and she appears NAKED. That poor girl must be so confused."
Dear god, he kisses her!? *Gasp!* I don't know what to say! Where are we to be when teenagers are dating and even yes, kissing!?

Next: "I urge you to sign this petition to ban all forms of anime in the United States. Anyone who is found in possesion of anime should be arrested and jailed for an exhorbant period of time"
You call yourself reasonable, and you want people to be ARRESTED AND JAILED!? Am I insane, or are Conservatives pushing it a little far?

Lastly: "Anime is a dark scourge upon our beautiful nation, and we don't need this Japanese filth corrupting the hearts of the children. "
I think it's your screwed up notion that a CARTOON should be BANNED from an entire NATION based on your PERSONAL beliefs, is what is the dark scourge upon this beautiful nation. What you need to realize is that it is CHOICE that MAKES this NATION beautiful. Cartoons, games, music, and movies only make it more beautiful, even if you disagree with their message/form of expresson/ etc. Do you have the right to say you don't like something? Absolutely. Do you have the power to exterminate it based on your stated opinion, religion, personal beliefs or otherwise? No.

It is the constant stupidity that flows from your mouths that makes me hate you as a whole. Of course I'm not talking about all Christians. I, infact have quite a few DEVOUT and PIOUS Christian friends. It is the Conservatives I hate, simply because they think that their personal beliefs, BASED on a religion are correct, and thus, should be enforced on and entire nation. **** you....

-Rabidus

Well as you know I'm playing through Final Fantasy VII for the sixth (6th) time. Why? Not only is it a great game, and my favorite, but I've never truly beat it. Yes, I've beaten Sephiroth 5 times in the past and I've seen the ending, but I've never accomplished 100% completetion.

It just feels right. I want to get all the materia, and master it, especially the summon materia. I've never actually got a few of those, Kjata, Typhoon and Master are materia I've never got and/or knew about. Magic wise is the same way. I didn't know how much materia was actually in the game.

Not only that, but I've never beat Ruby or Emerald! Well, that's not saying much, I bet about 80% of people who own or have played the game haven't. Which isn't saying much I mean... The each have massive attacks and about one million (1,000,000) HP... Very difficult... I will beat them this time...

Anyways that's about it. I'm currently at Gaea's Cliff or the Great Glacier. My characters are anywhere from level 50-54. Cloud is level 59. Better get back to it

-Rabidus

I had to get stitiches today below my chin. I was doing backflips and I tried to do one differently. I tried to propell myself forward, then flip backwards, which is possible. But I suck at it, so my knee hit my chin and cut it open. So not only did I receive a deep cut on my chin, where you could almost see my jaw bone, but my knee has a huge bruise and is swollen like all hell. I have a hard jaw, and a blade-like knee, haha! I have like... 8 stitches under my chin. It doesn't/didn't hurt. They feel weird, but I think they look freakin' awesome. Sadly I get them off in 5 days...

On the other hand, my mom is still acting pissed at me and my dad. My dad was never mad at me, I just assumed he was because my mom was making it seem that way. Even my dad said it was a hockey thing with her, and he said he was sorry for the way she's been acting towards me. Oh well, she wants to act that way towards me, let her.

That's about it. I started playing through Final Fantasy VII for the sixth time. I'm currently in Junon.

-Rabidus

Well, what's done is done. My parents really... I- I can't explain. I can't tell if they hate me now, or are just so disappointed that I'm now a burden. Which is the last thing I want to be.

My mom came home from work again today to talk to me. Basically imagine an hour and a half of no progress on either side. What it came down to is that I don't have to play, but there will be "some changes around here."

Apparently, the whole ordeal was that I was refusing to do my father a favor. How can you ask someone to do something they hate most in the world for 3 months though? The best thing they could've done was leave me alone on that. Not only that, but I'm in my room too much, and I don't go out enough. So I'm not a very social person, but according to my mom it's not "normal." So now I'm an abnormal, disappointing son.

My parents have done alot for me, no doubts about it. But even when you're willing to give everything back, it still matters none to them. I'm still a disappointing son. Like I've done something so god damn bad. My mom even tried to give me the whole "put yourself in my shoes" deal. And I told her, "If my son didn't want to play a sport because he hated it so much. I wouldn't have anything against his decision." Even putting myself in my fathers shoes who took a hockey team for no real reason. I wouldn't have took it in the first place.

I played all of last year for them, but apparently that was different. I had my mom crying to me saying "you promised," so I did. Then even after I said, "After high school is done, I'm not going back in the spring." My dad came to me and said, "If you could do me this one favor and come back, we could have a little fun, finish out the season and ride off in the sunset together." At first I was hesitant, but I said, "Yeah dad, I can do it."

But it's all different now. My dad screwed himself in an unnecessary way, and I don't see why I should be involved. I "rode off" with him at the end of last season, but somewhere along that road he dropped me off and turned back. Not only that, I'm the only damn person that remembers what happened when I said I was done. How they attacked me, how to freaked out on me, how they attacked my friends. That still hurts, and hurts even worse now. I never even got an apology for that... and even after reminding them I still didn't. I just got, "Well things must've came out wrong." Oh thanks... Well f*** you! Ooops that must've come out wrong too...

I don't think I'm a bad kid... or a bad son. I'm not part of the 90% of my school that either drinks, does drugs, smokes or does them all. When I'm told to do something, I do it. I have exceptional marks and even got a 97 on my regents (for those who don't live in NY, it's a state test.) I don't even ask for anything. I can't remember the last time I did. Wait no, 6th grade when I wanted to join ski-club... and a few months ago when I asked for acceptance in my decision to quit hockey. Everything is paid back. If I see something in a store and I don't have money, I'll ask my parents for a loan. Not to get it for me, but to just loan me the money, and it gets paid back right when we get home.

Everything they've given to me has been offered. I didn't ask for digital cable, they offered it. I didn't ask for an air conditioner, they offered it. I even offered to pay for those things. Everything in my room besides my TV, dresser, desk and bed are things I I bought. The TV is the only thing I got from them, the rest was from my grandmother. And my mom even threatened to take the things I bought, with my money, that I worked for away.

So what do I ask for that's so big? I told them not to send me to ski-club this year, because if that was a burden, I didn't want it carried. So if I want to go this year, I'm going to have to get a job, save up to go, then before that, save up for a board. They said they were giving me a car, and I told them not to. I mean yeah, they gave my sister one, and dealt with everything with her, but it really doesn't hurt me.

This blog post is done... I'm sick of it...

-Rabidus