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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Joe's Vlogs - Episode 14: Weekend of Jazz Update
Joe talks about his first planned adventure vlogs.
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [17] [Au Revoir]
Don't you guys love endings where things are cleanly wrapped up and have a satisfying feeling of closure? Ya, so do I. Wish this game had one.
TheHande - Eternal Darkness Part 13: "Largest! Get it?"
Ville continues the trend of the past few instalments of telling better jokes than me.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [16] [Foxy Booty]
Anyways, 2nd last episode. This one's a bit shorter, and the next one is about this length too. The game is pretty quick to end.
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [15] [Oh Buggery]
In my point in recording, I can see this LP going for another 3 or 4 parts depending on how things turn out in the last chapter. Almost there!
EDIT: Actually, took 45 minutes for this recording session. So yep, 3 more parts to render and upload.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Cinema in Review - Alvin and the Chipmunks
At the unknown behest of a hidden enemy, Joe takes a look at the awful 1st part to the sell-out of a series; Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Short Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks, is awful! The worst kind of awful. Just...no.
Video Review:
- This is the only movie with actual Chipmunk songs.
- This is the only movie with Chipmunk songs.
- The Chipmunks are bland and one note.
- All the humans have no personality.
- ALL THE STUPID POP MUSIC!
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Litestudios: Cendoo Plays Spyro Enter the Dragon Fly Part 2: Featuring Gexup
In this part Gexup finally tells his full backstory about the horrible experience he had with his game that was mentioned in Naughty Dog vs. Insomniac round 5 NOT
Friday, February 22, 2013
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [14] [1001 Nights Unseen]
Also still recovering from that bloody plot twist.
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [13] [BAD PLOT TWIST IS BAD!]
WHY?
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Raggedstar - Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [12] [Carmelita, Dragon Slayer]
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Litestudios - Cendoo Plays Spyro Enter The Dragon Fly Part 1: Featuring Retrokaiser
You voted for it, so here is my next let's play. One of the worst platformers you will ever come across.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Joe's Vlogs - Episodes 12 & 13
(Originally posted February 17th on Phoenix 8 Productions website)
Joe covers his convention plans, as well as delay reasons and more plans.
And in Episode 13, Joe gives his take on the Season 3 Finale of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic "Magical Mystery Cure", in all its alicorn Twilight majesty.
Joe covers his convention plans, as well as delay reasons and more plans.
And in Episode 13, Joe gives his take on the Season 3 Finale of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic "Magical Mystery Cure", in all its alicorn Twilight majesty.
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [11] [Raccoons in Tights]
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [10] [Murray On Ice]
Anyways, last bit for the stone age. Time to go to jolly old England to meet my most anticipated Cooper ancestor, Sir Galleth of the Cooper Order!
Captain Kaiser's Let's Play Cruise Ship: Voyage Into The Unknown (Special Mystery Game Episode)
Monday, February 18, 2013
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [9] [Penguin Hunting]
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time [8] [Hiya Bob!]
And mind your volume towards the ending minutes. I got rather pissy-wissy with the sixaxis.
Gexup - Top 10 Romances That Needed More!
You know what's the hardest part about love or staying in a relationship? It's spending so much time on someone you believe is the "one" and then one day you're separated. It's something that will happen to anyone, but somehow fiction caught up with reality and reminds us our own heartbreaks. Since Valentines Day is over, I think it's a great time for me to list out my own 10 romantic couples or relationships that never became a success. On Valentines Day, I've made a list of my favorite Romances...
... but that was a hard list to make because I couldn't make it a Top 10 that actually made me satisfied for following those fictional relationships. However, here on this list, I've been so disappointed with so many fallen relationships that was so entertaining and so engaging to see that ended in a disappointing note that could have done more. I would of instead of made a Top 10 "Worst" Romances, but that's just like making a list of the Top 10 Worst Romantic Comedies and you can just look that up anywhere on the internet. Here on this list, I feel so passionate about relationships that I bought many of them like a sucker in hopes that they were going to live happily ever after, like a fairy tail, but broke my heart because they should of done more. I like to remind everyone that in my Favorite Romances list, there were some heartbreaks towards the end, but I believed they did enough to keep me satisfied when they were together. Here in this list however, my picks are just seeing that there's a connection between the characters but the storytellers didn't do as much as they could have done. The only way to make it in the list is if they [actually] affection with one another; not these fan-made fiction of pairing two characters that never actually happened or had a unannounced love-interest that never came in a light of day.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [7] [Train Robbery]
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time [6] [More Shooty-Shooty]
Oh, and hai Carmelita and main antagonist dude!
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [5] [Ratchet and Cooper]
Gexup - Favorite Romances (Valentines Day Special)
Well love is in the air on Valentines Day and when I don't have a date at this time of the year I usually just watch any media with romance on it. Romance is some of my favorite genre and sub-genre because it's just a whole different experience and it hurts me to see a romance bad due to the fact that the love is forced, 1-Dimensional, and doesn't really have a purpose other than putting two couples together. To me, a great romance is when they have a whole different challenge and different kind of love; like passionate love, playful love, lust, or destiny. I know what is actually a good romantic story when I see one and here are some of my romances told in comic books, movies, television, video games, ect.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
TheHande - Eternal Darkness Part 10 - "I Thought That Was You"
For the first time ever I had to bleep something out.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [4] [From East to West]
Joe's Vlogs - Episode 11: Games Ponies Play
Joe takes a look at the penultimate episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic season 3.
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Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [3] [Shake It!]
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [2] [Major Muggshot!]
Raggs Plays Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time [1] [It's About Time!]
A small portion of the screen is cut off due to a rendering problem, but I'll try to prevent this in future episodes.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Gexup - I Love Pro Wrestling
Why I Love Pro-Wrestling
I love a lot of things in this world
and you all know that I love Video Games, Cartoons/Animation, Comic
Books, Movies, and Music, but there’s another thing that I love
that many of you won’t guess even if you known me very well and
that’s Pro-Wrestling. Some of you guys are wondering why I’m
making this confession/announcement of this hidden love of mine and
to tell you the truth, you’ll know why I’m posting this blog
entry. I know some of you guys are booing at the fact that I love a
“fake-sport,” but that’s the whole point why I like it because
it’s all [staged] soap opera for people who love action. The
greatest comparison I can give to Pro-Wrestling is actually comic
books. The major comparisons both of them have are that they both
have heroes and villains, they create drama to add conflict with each
side, and the end result is that they resolve it with endless battles
and fights. And that’s the reason why I tune in and out of
wrestling almost every week because of how both wrestling is
entertainingly good and (very often) entertainingly bad.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
TheHande - Resident Evil: Retribution
Since the fifth Resident Evil film skipped theatres in the Nordic countries, I had to wait for the DVD to come out. Now it has come out, here's the review. Click on the poster to read it...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
TheHande - Mega Man 5 - Part 2: "All Your Base"
We continue to battle onward with Charge Man, Napalm Man and Wave Man.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Raggedstar - [TCT] [POSSK] Sinning Samaritans
vs Glowintehdarkk and BrianObsessed
[WINNER OF TCT]
Damn this took a long time. We're both EXTREMELY guilt-ridden, but this is what happens when one member is in an animal health program (...and working), the other member is in a family that will do everything in their power to distract her, PLUS having no time limit. I don't even know if anyone (including Balco and our opponents) even remember that we were still trucking, but I wouldn't blame them. It took a stupid long time. If any of you are in Toronto, drop me a line and I'll send you some Kinder Eggs. If it helps, I whipped Possk for weeks. She was in a great amount of pain, but it helped.
Ok, video. This video is a focus on alchemy, particularly human transmutation (a taboo form of alchemy). Despite even the best intentions and purest motives, tragedy can happen. Alchemists are believed to be the closest things to gods there are in the world, but "putting your hand into the fire" will still cause you to get burned. And at the same time, the "power of a god" can be used for evil. A double-edged sword if you will. And even despite all that power, you're still a mere mortal.
There is a crapload of angles Possk and I could discuss, but it would flood the description box. TO TEH BLOG...maybe!
Monday, February 4, 2013
Raggedstar - Ginga - Sovngarde Song
Credit to Miracle of Sound. Link below leads to his Youtube upload of this song and links to where you can buy and listen to Miracle of Sound songs, lyrics, twitter, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BHKLV...
BUY ALL THE THINGS!
Gavin writes songs based on video games and movies. This one is about Skyrim, though they have others about Batman, Half Life, Bastion, Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, and many more.
And why yes, I even asked for permission to use this song :3
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So ya, things went surprisingly smooth when editing this. I didn't even make an AMV Files article about it yet 0-0. But regardless, let's see if Nihon Ad Systems tolerates this one. It's been ages since I've seen a mass takedown of GDW footage. If this gets taken down, go to animemusicvideos.org and I'll upload there. This also might be submitted to Anime North for exhibition (since in case of violence I don't want too much to be riding on it). The video I would be sending for competition would be...well...I said it in my Sly 4 LP announcement video. Less violent and more unique.
This video is about the everlasting spirit of the dogs of Ohu, spanning 5 generations (Shiro, Riki, Gin, Weed, Orion), facing demon bears, rival packs, and other dangers to their way of life.
Song: Sovngarde Song
Artist: Miracle of Sound
Footage: Ginga Densetsu Riki (manga), Ginga Nagareboshi Gin (anime/manga), Ginga Densetsu Weed (anime/manga), and Ginga Densetsu Orion (manga). All recolours by Rascal of SilverFangFanhouse except for Gin's who was done by SilverEye of Gingaboard. All manga scans that weren't from Rascal were obtained from Gingaboard's Free Image Gallery.
Raggs Plays The Lion King [Lvl 8-10]
Last part!
I...don't know what else to say. Last part 0-0. Great game, love it to bits. This is actually one of my fastest runs through this game on normal (my absolute fastest was 30 minutes on easy, no deaths). I need to beat QuackShot. I really do. Maybe I'll record my stab at redemption to prove that I can beat the first console game I ever had. Maybe after TCT. Lemme think it over.
OH, AND HUZZAH FOR UPLOADING EVERYTHING ON SCHEDULE! WOO, I'M AWESOME! Yes, it's late today, but I worked 10 hours today.
Difficulty: Normal
Levels: End of Be Prepared, Simba's Return, Pride Rock
Raggs Plays The Lion King [Lvl 6-8]
Oh, and I uploaded something on schedule. FANTASTIC!! Shame this is only 3 parts though lol.
Shit is getting real in this game! We have Simba grows up and then I have 3 deaths in one part (though thankfully, they are my only 3 deaths. Last one happened soon after this part ended. Remember when I said it would be easy if I didn't do something stupid?). We're getting into the evil levels, starting with Hakuna Matata (yes, this level is surprisingly evil. Ask anyone that played this game).
Difficulty: Normal
Levels: Hakuna Matata, Simba's Destiny, Be Prepared
Raggs Plays The Lion King [Lvl 1-5]
This is a game from my childhood. I remember getting it for Christmas 1994 and I was obsessed with it. Seriously, I was so determined to beat it, though I couldn't until I was in my teens (because we all know how I fail like that). People that have played this game know that many parts aren't easy, especially for young children. It's your typical side-scrolling platformer. Quite good for the time, but a bit dodgy. Still a great game and really hits my nostalgia kick.
Difficulty: Normal
Levels: The Pridelands, Can't Wait To Be King, Elephant Graveyard, The Stampede, Simba's Exile
Raggs Plays Okami [49] [Sayonara!] [Credits]
This part doesn't contain any gameplay. It just has the last cutscenes, credits, my ranking, etc. It can be skipped, but whatever.
I hope you enjoyed these videos. I loved having another oppertunity to play my favourite game again, just I'm not particularly good at showing and recording it lol. This will be IT as far as LPs and such. Request all you like, though there's about a 90% chance or so that I'll stop. Though if I do something, it'll most likely be Spyro 3 (because of the Canadian stuff lol) or some Sega Genesis game I can easily zip through in one sitting.
Raggs Plays Okami [48] [Ammy's Last Stand!] [Yami]
Raggs Plays Okami [47] [Rocket Spam] [Yami]
Still fighting Yami. Here are the 3rd and 4th stages. Looks like this series will be about 49 parts (part 48 is rendering right now). Wow 0_0.
And I take back all of the bad things I said about ice in this part. It's perhaps the heaviest hitting attack you can do against the kernal...and it hits MULTIPLE times with one brush stroke.
Raggs Plays Okami [46] [I HAS RESOLVE!] [Yami]
Yami is the final boss in the game, and damn he's (it's?) a doozy. REALLY long fight, including some very long cutscenes. But damn it, I love Yami as a boss (and the music is amazing).
Info: Yami has 5 stages. First one is a simple ball with saws and rockets, next is a segmented flaming, third is a slot machine, and fourth has swinging arms, legs, and guns. Look at the fifth for yourself. And seeing as there are so many attacks and variables, I can't really comment on strategy. It's an endurance match.
Raggs Plays Okami [45] [More Boss Deja-vu] [True Orochi and Blight]
Still got nothing to say about this bosses except this is where I finally had a brain while fighting Orochi.
Raggs Plays Okami [44] [Boss Deja-Vu] [Boss Rematches: Ninetails, Crimson Helm and Spider Queen]
Raggs Plays Okami [43] [We're On An...Ark] [Ark Of Yamato]
Ok, I think I found my new profile picture lol.
LAST STAGE OF THE GAAAAAAAAAAAAAME! Strangely, Okamiden's ending has a similar format to this (oh ya, forgot to say that I got and beat Okamiden).
The clip here is a bit short because I cut the clips strangely. Can't explain, but it doesn't matter. Rest will maybe be around 14-15 minutes.
Info: The Ark Of Yamato is a bit of a pseudo dungeon that honestly didn't need to happen. Whatever. Odds are they did it to put in some cushioning between the 2nd last boss and the last boss, giving some history lessons about The Ark and the Moon Tribe, and lengthening the game another 30 minutes or so. In the ark, you have to defeat every one of the main bosses (except you only face Orochi once and the twin owls are excluded). That's Blight, Spider Queen, Ninetails, Crimson Helm, and Orochi to be completed in any order. No puzzles, no exploration, just kick some ass. They work the same way as they did before, except now they're hideously underpowered and should be a breeze. After you beat them, you'll be sent to the most epic boss fight in the history of the PS2.
Raggs Plays Okami [42] [Clockwork Owls] [Lechku and Nechku]
And I'll be honest. I forgot to upload those few days.
Info: Lechku and Nechku will fight you the same time, with Oki lending a hand to take them down (though his part is fairly small). They have a wide variety of attacks including icicles, bombs, swords, swooping, and their infamous time-stopping attack that I hate so much. Hell, they even give you health (what gentlemen they are!). Not hard, just very chaotic with two owls going at you at the same time.
Raggs Plays Okami [41] [More Cannons x_x] [Wawku Shrine/Lechku and Nechku]
Wow, this has got to be the shortest description I've ever made.
Raggs Plays Okami [40] [Shiranui Kicking Ass!] [Wawku Shrine/Nechku]
Info: He fights alone here, also giving you your first two-on-one, but you meet him later in the dungeon with the odds evened (still easy, but you deal with 2 bosses at the same time and Oki is pretty useless outside of 1 attack). There are two ways to finish this fight. Quickly and super-quickly. Since you're fighting alongside Shiranui, once you get things started, she'll start attacking with her brush (and other attacks) that do some serious damage. You can sit aside and let her do her thing, or you can DESTROY Nechku. He doesn't go down as easy when his buddy comes to help, but...DUDE SHIRANUI KICKS ASS!
Raggs Plays Okami [39] [Blizzard & Solar Flare] [Wawku Shrine]
Other than that, just running through puzzles and such and somewhat getting lost.
Raggs Plays Okami [38] [ICE!!!] [Wawku Shrine]
(Ya, that was the reason why it took so long. Every time I tried, it wouldn't work. Ugh)
Aaaanyways, this is the last full dungeon of the game and has a brush technique (last one!), sub-boss, and a main boss. Almost there! And speaking of sheep, I saw newborn lambs today. CUUUUUTE!
Info: Wawku Shrine isn't difficult unless you're like me and way too neurotic about ice (...and canons, which this game often throws in combination). Bit of a disappointing final dungeon, but whatever. It's pretty. With the exception of the ark (if you consider that a dungeon), it's also the only dungeon with both a sub AND main boss as well as the only battles where you fight alongside an ally. That's kinda neat in itself.
Raggs Plays Okami [37] [Tei Can Battouga? 0_0] [Kusa 8 Rematch]
Mmm, it feels good to upload regularly. I should do that more often, huh? Well, at least it would feel good if I stopped getting these blasted "unknown errors" x_x.
Info: This battle is unlocked AFTER you beat Ninetails on Oni Island (along with many other bead quests). The Kusa 8 rematch pits you against 3 rounds of Canine Warriors without a break in between. Not particularly difficult, but hoarding items is helpful since they can knick off a lot of damage and are harder than their original fights. First round is Chi (Japanese Spitz), Shin (Boxer), Rei (English Pointer), and Ko (Collie). Then for some reason Gi (Siberian Husky), Chu (Kai Ken), and Jin (Shiba Inu) return for round 2, but might not be them and only replacements or something. And last but not least, we of course have Tei (Tosa Inu). All the dogs have their original attacks, as well as some additional ones that are shared (ex. digging) or completely new (ex. THE BATTOUGA!). And my question has been answered. You CAN fight them if you started a new game and you got the bead on a previous playthrough.
Raggs Plays Okami [36] [PIMP SWORD AWAAAAAAAAY!] [True Orochi]
And Youtube, stop it with your unknown errors. If they're happening this frequently, you would think you would know what's causing it.
Raggs Plays Okami [35] [Here We Go Again] [True Orochi]
Yes, no upload yesterday. It kept breaking down due to an "unknown error". Tisk tisk Youtube.
Info: True Orochi is more or less the same as the original Orochi at the end of the first act down to the quicktime events. Only difference is the context and cutscenes. Also, no Moon Cave and hideos round things to push around in weird sand rooms! HURRAH!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Raggs Plays Okami [34] [Well There's Your T Rating] [Nagi]
Ok, listen up! I know I haven't been uploading a lot, but (and I'm serious this time) Okami will be finished by next week. Why am I so sure? Because I have it all recorded right here. I did this recording here in early February, another last week, and last on Monday. The entire game is completed and I have over 4 hours of video to upload (and it's currently being split). Do the math. Because of this and me wanting to get this series off my back, there will be 1 video posted per day and each of them is over 10 minutes long (there will be some part overlap, like part of True Orochi will be in for the Kusa 8 Rematch video). There will also be 1 video dedicated to part of the last cutscenes, credits, and the scores and that will be about 11 minutes long. Thank you for your patience (and Balco's too *pokes Possk*).
Info: Nagi behaves more or less like Evil Rao and Waka except harder. 'Nuff said.
Raggs Plays Okami [33] [More Crappy Post Commentary] [N. Ryoshima + Ryoshima Bandit Spiders]
Today is actually the first day of second semester, so I don't know when I can start recording again. I need to do a lot of stuff before I get to the next boss, which I THINK is True Orochi. Rehash battles! Woo!
Raggs Plays Okami [32] [Bandit Spider Round-Up] [Kamui + N. Ryoshima Bandit Spiders]
Also, my N. Ryoshima spider commentary recording (...that I made in October) seems to have vanished, so you've been spared my excessive whining. I replaced it with post-commentary where I just talk about random shit and how much I sucked at that fight. I hate doing post commentary. Enjoy (ya right).
Info: The bandit spiders are defeated the same way as the Geisha Spider (ie the first main boss) except they need 3 vines instead of 2. Easy fights really. I just make them look harder. Ryoshima's is in a nook before the temple and near some cattle, N. Ryoshima's is on one of the islands, and Kamui's is close to Wep'keer. The 3 all require the digging upgrade to get to the arenas and after you defeat the spider you recieve a sun fragment. Returning to the arena will unlock the gate challenges where you can earn beads.
Raggs Plays Okami [31] [LEMUR MAN!] [Oki]
Info: Oki is a pain in the ass both in the plot and in this battle no matter how cool he looks with his shapeshifting, poofy pants, pointy hair, and mask. The first stage is more or less a rehash of Rao and Waka (well, except his flying swords are icey), but his second stage gets a fresh lifebar and becomes loosely based on the Kusa 8 (except a lot more annoying since he can freeze you and create clones). I am so happy I picked up fireburst!
The next part will be of the Bandit Spiders, since the last spider is at the far end of Kamui near Wep'keer. Then I'll head back to Ryoshima Coast for the other one. If you remember in my Catcall Tower recording, I accidentally fell into the N Ryoshima cave when I was searching for brush upgrades.
Raggs Plays Okami [30] [NOT A DAMN POKEMON RIP-OFF!] [Ninetails]
Trust me, I have several examples of Pokemon basing their designs on mythological creatures. For one example, Skarmory is like the metallic Stymphalian birds from Greek mythology among other kinds of metallic birds.
Ok, *cough* well, this is the last video I have. All these should last you until I can find the oppertunity to do the next sub-boss. I have to say I'm quite happy with how this fight turned out. My first time (rematch included) was hideous and smelled of noob. NOW I can finally have my revenge!
Info: Ninetails is one of the harder fights in the game (which doesn't say much, but meh), and he loves to brag about it. It's complex in regards to how many stages he has and how many moves are in his arsenal, but the real kick is in his ability to draw on your canvas (and using your brush techniques against you). He is the ONLY BOSS that can do this (but someone else later can) and makes him a huge pain in the ass. Regardless, he has to be my favourite boss in the game. Once he raises his sword and gets struck by lightning, he divides into creatures represented by how many tails he has (minus one? Never counted). They are annoying as hell and can easily overwhelm you before they return. Once you get rid of them all, he is left with one and the battle becomes a million times easier except for the fact that he's also a million times faster (but also tires easily, limited in attacking, and is fragile).
Raggs Plays Okami [29] [Cheating Is Fun!] [Oni Island]
(got shortcut from here)
Oni Island is COMPLETE...except for the boss. Boss is next part. Er, still nothing else to say.
Raggs Plays Okami [28] [THUNDER CAT!] [Oni Island]
Mmm, I love thunder. Never been able to use the secret technique (that you get later), but thunder in general is just so freaking sweet.
We're a little over halfway through the dungeon now. One more part of dungeon and then boss time. Not much else to say really. More stuff happens in the next part.
Raggs Plays Okami [27] [Hiya Tobi!] [Oni Island]
Here begins the Labyrinth Of Torment, a series of death courses and races in Oni Island. All races (to my knowledge) are mandatory, so don't screw up unless you hoarded health items or have the string of beads. Thankfully I have both, because I fail a lot here (though one of the courses decides to fail too).
Raggs Plays Okami [26] [Mad Dash To Oni Island] [Oni Island]
Info: Oni Island's approach is easy enough. And if you don't make it in time for whatever reason, the game lets you try again. Once you get to the island, you're welcomed by a series of death courses where you have to race a demon slip and then you die if you don't make it (well, one of them glitched. You'll see later). If you don't have any beads, hoarding health items is a must just in case. There is a merchant, but backtracking can be a pain.
Raggs Plays Okami [25] [Outfoxed Again!] [Evil Rao]
Well, still have a few cutscenes to get through, but the entire fight is in this video.
Info: Evil Rao is your typical small sub-boss like Waka. Jumps and runs around, sends firey swords at you, just trying to be as annoying as possible. Difference here is that Rao isn't vulnerable for as long or as frequently and she has a dive-bomb attack (the bird enemies like the Crow Tengu also have this attack).
Raggs Plays Okami [24.5] [Flashlights With Cellophane] [Cutscenes n'Stuff]
Raggs Plays Okami [24] [AMMY'S NEKKID!!!] [Inside The Dragon + Tube Foxes]
Dragon: Easily the shortest and simplest dungeon in the game. Lots of scrolls, but none are difficult and you can avoid them anyways. It's very pretty though. Good music too (bah, most of the music in this game is awesome anyways). There's one lock and one puzzle, but neither are that tricky.
Tube Foxes: Again, easy. These guys (all 9 of them, but all pretty weak) can be frustrating though since they love to bounce around. Not a real threat though. The most annoying thing they can do is suck out all your ink in a matter of seconds.
Raggs Plays Okami [23] [Rambling On...*coughhack*] [Catcall Tower]
And Easycap's drivers decided to self-destruct for some reason. I played it yesterday and it worked fine, but I tried it today and the drivers were apparently damaged (says device manager) and didn't detect it. Had to wipe out that thing and install the drivers again (and it's a very pesky thing to install *kicks*).
Info: Catcall Tower...er...has a lot of cats? All you do is jump up a tower by wall-jumping the gold parts. You can't die, there is only one enemy, if you fail here, you have my pity. Just be sure you have fish with you or else you'll want to strangle that stupid cat. Oh, and the brush technique is perhaps the 2nd most useless in the game, but it's pretty neat I guess.
Raggs Plays Okami [22] [Down The Hatch] [Blight]
Ya, not sure about when the next part will be, though I do know what it will be. Requires a bit of playing, but it will be a very short part. It doesn't help that I woke up with a cold on Saturday and have had a head throbbing with nose goo for days. I got my cough back too. And just to add, I'm leaving for Thanksgiving family stuff over the weekend (yes, Canadians have it in October).
Info: Blight isn't hard (especially if you stockpile on health items), but is perhaps the most ANNOYING little bug in this game. His attacks happen in the blink of an eye and isn't vulnerable for long, calling for mist spamming. When you hit him repeatedly or slash the glowing sword, it separates and leaves Goldnail open for a beat-up.
Raggs Plays Okami [21] [Smooooooooke On The Waaaaaaaaaaater] [Imperial Palace]
Miiiiiiiiiiiiiist! At last! Boss is coming up next, but I don't know when I can record next. I woke up with a cold on Saturday.
Raggs Plays Okami [20] [Ammy Gets Hammered] [Imperial Palace]
So, Ammy has been shrunk down to Issun's size and they're wandering through the palace to find where the mist is coming from. Kind of neat how they did it, don'cha think?
Palace: I couldn't remember too much of this place, but it is one of the easier dungeons. After playing, it's pretty short (slightly longer than Tsuta Ruins maybe) and a fair amount of platforming. Not a lot of hazards until later on and the brush technique you get is one of the most useful to spam on your opponent.
Anyways, Okamiden is a bit of a hot topic among fans, especially since it'll be released here in a matter of months. I don't think it's fair to juge things entirely by tiny bits of gameplay and trailers, though it's not like I think that the game will be even close to how good this is. The people that made the game (now in Platinum Studios) said themselves that they aren't making a sequel, so this is most likely someone different in Capcom. Most of the things I'm thinking is wrong with the game is mostly because it's a DS game. DS games have limited possibilities with graphics and length, which was something Okami was famous for. Another thing is that I do not approve of the super-cuteness and the premise behind the story makes no sense to me. That is all I'll say about the game until it comes out and can eventually play it. Or maybe I'll peek at some lengthly Japanese gameplay stuff first.
Raggs Plays Okami [19] [Creeps From The Deep] [Sunken Ship]
Yep, nothing else to say. I didn't feel like cutting it out. Less for me to nutshell anyways.
Raggs Plays Okami [18] [Little Ship Of Horrors] [Sunken Ship]
Ya, sorry about the wait. I had too much stuff to do, mostly related to starting school and continuing in the contest with Possk (semi-finalists, woo). I ended up deciding to do the Sunken Ship because I thought it would've been silly to skip it just because of no bosses in it. This was a fairly long sitting and I did both the ship and the Imperial Palace, which was over 1 hour together, so expect 4-6 pieces.
Sunken Ship: Really short (as short, maybe shorter than the Gale Shrine), very few fights, but they really cram it in on you. Unlike some of the other dungeons, this one has a fair amount of puzzle solving and using your environment with minimal use of your brush. This is also the only dungeon without a boss fight, though you get a pair of forced battles Jiro & Saburo and their combined form Ichiro that you can't find normally in other places (I think they come in one of the gate fights). Yep, that's pretty much it. There's not much to explain.
Raggs Plays Okami [17] [Ammy The Dragon Slayer] [Orochi]
The beads are coming off! I'm serious this time lol. After 100 years, it's Ammy vs Orochi round 2, and even though she's weaker than her former self, so is Orochi. The result? Will there be more fail in this miserable place? You'll have to see.
I've been giving a lot of love to the reflectors (which is unlike me), but with the fight's prize, I'll be pretty much using the swords from now on. Just my style of fighting.
Info: Even though it's sickeningly long and filled to the brim with cutscenes, this is still one of my favourite fights in the game even though it isn't very challenging (well, most things in this game aren't very challenging). Orochi's fight is pretty busy since at any given time, you could be hit by the effects of two heads (depends on the head of course). The way you defeat them is the same, which is to get them stone drunk and then start attacking. Man, isn't that epic? In the next stage, they no longer use elemental attack and then just snap at you (and naturally, their reach is still pretty good. I'm getting attacked by heads I'm not even focusing on). Then you have a Susano thing and one of the only times you'll use crescent for battle progression.
Raggs Plays Okami [16] [Hideous Round Thing...ON FIYAH!] [Moon Cave/Orochi Intro]
Finally the end to this bloody cave and off to the main event, Orochi! Yes, everything so far has built up to this one battle (well, most of the battle is in the next part). Due to the video's length (and it being too awkward to trim the the cutscenes), Orochi's battle technically is in two videos, but most of the fighting will be in the next video. The first "stage" really isn't that much of a fight, especially since I forgot something *cough*.
Raggs Plays Okami [15] [Did I Ever Say How I Hate This Room?] [Moon Cave]
And ALWAYS! ALWAYS! IT NEVER FUCKING FAILS! ALWAYS WHEN I'M RECORDING! GRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
*dusts self off* Well, uhhh, ya. This is the last full part with the dungeon. It would've gone faster if I didn't get stuck in a certain room *cough*.
Raggs Plays Okami [14] [Fire It Up!] [Moon Cave]
It's confirmed. This will be 5 parts, with 3.5 for the dungeon and 1.5 for the boss. I wanted to put Orochi in it's own part, but I didn't want to skip on that many cutscenes or make a 6th part. I'll say it again: People in this game talk too much lol.
Raggs Plays Okami [13] [THE FACE OF ULTIMATE EVIL!] [Calcified Cavern/Moon Cave]
It's off to save Kushi and go pick a fight with Orochi! Right, so this dungeon/boss will take at least 5 videos. Got stuck a few times. Woo, another oppertunity to be lazy with recording. I say it in the annotations, but I'll say it again here. I get very...vocal during this recording. Don't put your speakers high. Raising the mic boost and doing the Moon Cave was not a good idea. I know that now.
Info: Entering one of my least liked dungeons, second only to Oni Island. It can be very frustrating, especially if you're new or can't remember the passageways. It's not the largest dungeon, but it's not hard to get confused with the many paths in the hub area. Lots of battles also litter the place, and the enemies are getting stronger. When you look at the rest of the videos, you'll see how worked up I get over this place. Other than that, it's also fairly light-hearted with impy antics despite the gloomy decor. This is also one of the few places (I believe) that you can't return to.
Raggs Plays Okami [12] [What A Load Of Bull] [Crimson Helm]
While I'm making Ginga refs, Akakabuto ("Red Helmet") would've made a better boss than this. Am I right, Ginga fans?
With Crimson Helm defeated, that half-baked prophet snatched the Serpent Crystal and is off to the Moon Cave. You know what that means. Gah, I'm so not excited to do that dungeon. At least the boss battle is worth it.
Info: I'll be dead honest. A lot of people have (fairly small) issues with how easy this game is. I'm one of them for the most part. Why? Because boss fights shouldn't be this fast without an uber weapon. It took me much longer using roseries my first time around, but the reflector knocks off a disgusting amount of damage. It would've been much faster if I didn't play so defensively. Crimson Helm has a decent variety of attacks. He can charge, send a stream of flames, jump, and create firey rings, attacks similar to the Bull Chargers later in the game (that I find much harder by the way). But with the 8 orbs floating around, giving you 8 guilt-free hits, no worries. Just slash him when he's still, he explodes into flames, blow it out, and then go nuts on his skeleton. One of the fastest-to-beat bosses in the game.
Raggs Plays Okami [11] [Gone With The Galestorm] [Gale Shrine]
Lol, the automatic tags suggest "educational" and "handheld console". I don't know which one is more worthy of a wtf. lol
Getting one of my favourite brush techniques from my favourite brush god. Galestorm is so pretty, isn't it? Anyways, because the video was 33 minutes long (lots of cutscenes and a Susano thing, couldn't find many worthwhile places to cut out), I had to make this really short. Regardless, at least it gave me the option of putting Mr Boss in his own video.
Raggs Plays Okami [10] [Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail] [Gale Shrine]
And for some reason WMM is still giving me shit.
Info: Going through this place made me remember why I never remembered much. IT'S SO FREAKING SMALL! Seriously, it has to be one of the smallest dungeons in this game (especially compared to larger ones like Oni Island and the Moon Cave). Hardly any fights, not very many areas to explore, so it's all really easy...when you know where you're going. I could've fit this easily in 2 videos if I didn't waste time being stupid.
Raggs Plays Okami [9] [Holy Crap!] [Canine Warriors Gi and Jin]
Gi: Not much to say except he fights by kicking up dirt and all the other attacks.
Jin: Fights almost exactly like Chu with his holes (I didn't fall in! Yay!) but he also decides to plays real dirty if you know what I mean. Pfft, a goddess has to spend millions of yen (useless thing anyways, just got it for laughs), yet the pink Akita gets it for free?
Next video will be the second dungeon, the Gale Shrine. I can't remember the layout very well (less than Tsuta Ruins), oh boy...
Raggs Plays Okami [8] [Woo, Ginga Refs!] [Canine Warriors Tei & Chu]
Anyways, as described in the first bit, tell me if these nutshell videos are necessary. If no one likes them, I'll just put a small plot blurb in the description. It's just one more thing to edit and does eat up time.
This part (as well as maybe the next part or two) will involve fighting the Canine Warriors. The first two are here, Tei and Chu. I remember these two being harder, but I guess I was thinking about something else. Princess Fuse and the Canine Warriors are based on classic Japanese literature, featuring the Hakkenshi, 8 spiritual sons (associated with dog spirits) born to Satomi House's Princess Fuse.
Tei: Pretty basic formula and all Canine Warrior battles. When the orb glows, he's invincible and starts to attack usually going berserk or doing a frontal charge.
Chu: Pretty much the same sort of fight, except this little bugger is faster and seems to jump around a lot more. Also, he likes to dig, throwing up dirt (like Kyoshiro from GDW) and leaving holes to get you stuck and then he attacks from there. Dirty bastard.
Raggs Plays Okami [7] [8 AM Recording Sucks] [Waka Rematch]
Info: The next fight against Waka is much easier than before due to no water hazards. Doesn't look like it's easier, but that's because I was a half-asleep idiot that couldn't switch herself off from Kingdom Hearts mode (WHY IS IT CIRCLE!?). His attacks are longer, he moves around more, does more damage, and tires out less, but that's nothing major.
I REALLY don't know how I'm going to do the next 4 sub-bosses. They are all part of one group, aren't too hard, but there is a lot of stuff between them. Most likely I'll do them in individual videos. The second one I know doesn't need a nutshell thing, so maybe I'll do some editing.
Regardless, next video will contain Tei.
TheHande - Ralph Bakshi Fantasy Cycle Review
Here's my review of the three animated fantasy films from the controversial master of animation, Ralph Bakshi.
Raggs Plays Okami [6] [First Boss Beatdown] [Spider Queen]
Finally, we're at the first boss, and she's a big'un.
Well, I guess I should start recording again *ran out of videos*.
Info: If you've beaten her once, you'll never forget how to beat her again if you've done 100% runs. The Spider Queen is the most replayed boss in the entire game, since even though you technically face her twice (here and the ark), there are 3 Bandit Spiders later in the game (N/S Ryoshima Coast and Kamui) that are taken down with the same technique. Regardless, it's a quick fight that most newbies could figure out (took me a while since my tv is so dark and couldn't see the hooks). It's possible to beat her without seeing all of her moves. I've heard you can also swing yourself on the vines for a better look, but I like to keep Ammy's four paws on the ground. Queeny gets in your grill a lot, but she's one of those "if you keep moving, you won't get hit" sort of enemies. Sitting in between her petals when attacking helps too (since you'll drop and not get swallowed). Beads are my weapon of choice here because of range, speed (good for godhood too), and how you can sometimes hit more than one.
Next video is the rematch with everyone's favourite half-baked prophet, Waka.
Raggs Plays Okami [4] [Straight To The Top] [Tsuta Ruins]
And not sure if you can tell, bloom has to be one of my least favourite brush techniques. Very pretty, but the game doesn't recognize the circle or the placement very well sometimes.
Ammy finds the last greensprout technique (after the idiot that was holding the controller finally found her way through the fairly LINEAR dungeon), vine, and is off to the top of the main room's statue. Not much here I'm afraid. This is the last video of the ruins, so hold onto your undies for the boss fight! Time to get some action!
Next video is the fight with the Spider Queen.
Raggs Plays Okami [3] [Kamikaze Rapist Fish] [Tsuta Ruins]
Not much left to do in the ruins now. I got lost for a little while, but get on track again in the next video for the most part. Not sure HOW I get lost (seeing as this place doesn't have many side-paths), but I did.
PS: I know I repeated myself, but there are other similarities I forgot to mention (such as the mostly text-based dialogue style, optional side-quests, and villages with lots of interactable NPCs that for the most part have no useful information). Plus, the creators of the game apparently got some influence from those games. Notice how I'm not mentioning anything about Wolf Link (Twilight Princess, which came out a year after Okami AND I STILL WANT TO PLAY IT, DAMN IT ALL!), as Okami tends to have more similarities with older games like OOT. Enough of the Zelda talk, they both kick ass.
Next video is going to be capping off the last bits of business and travelling before getting to the first boss.
Raggedstar - Journey - Voice of the Journey
AMV Files Entry
Read the article if you want to know some of the more specific details. I would fill this thing up too fast using the description.
Anyways, this is the story of Journey told from the perspective of the being in white as a call to a journey (the background of that journey...I can't say since the lore of Journey is kinda hazy). That's the TLDR version. I've noticed Journey is a very tough source to work with because it tells it's story through gameplay and environments as opposed to cutscenes. The entire playthrough I recorded was less than 90 minutes. I can guarantee you Final Fantasy 13's cutscenes are more than twice that length. So what I did was instead of recording cutscenes, I recorded EVERYTHING. This allows me to control what I edit with by using different movements, camera angles, etc. It's something really interesting I don't see as often (but when done right, oh man I've seen a really good SOTC video that did that).
Did I mention you should buy this game?
Song: The Voice
Artist: Celtic Woman
Footage: Journey, Journey trailer
Gameplay by Raggedstar
Raggs Plays Okami [2] [IT'S A HIDEOUS ROUND THING!] [Tsuta Ruins]
Well, I don't know what, but something happened to my game audio. Tested the source a million times with my microphone in and nothing like this happened. Thankfully, my speakers were pretty loud and the microphone caught a fair amount of sounds. I really didn't feel like recording for 40 minutes again.
Info: Tsuta Ruins is the home of the first boss, and can be considered as the first real dungeon. It's short, puzzles are easy and enemies aren't that hard (though bud ogres can be). You get a brush technique here, though I think you see it in the 3rd part of this area.
Next few videos will still be in the ruins.
Raggs Plays Okami [1] [Return Of My Darn Cat] [Tao Master Waka]
Info: He may not look hard with my mammoth health units, but if I was starting a new game, I could've been dead in this fight (well, I'm also rather rusty and careless here). Waka doesn't give you too much slack and he has a wider variety of attacks than any enemy at this point. Flaming swords/arrows (a popular Okami enemy attack. I can name 3 other enemies off the top of my head that use them), slashes, and his sweeping charge can potentially kill newbs (he actually killed my only astral pouch when I played him for the first time) and how he can walk on water isn't exactly helping.
I don't want some boss parts to go over 10 minutes, so I trimmed down the cutscene by about a minute. Most of what I cut out was regarding stuff I told in the part before this anyways (rest was basically Waka saying how Ammy is weaker now and how the fight was disappointing. Pfft, well, if I was using the string of beads, I'm sure he'll disagree).
Sorry about the quality, but Vegas really seems to hate my recorded footage. It either won't accept it at all, or give me the "red frames of death" on some areas. Had to run it through WMM first. I'm still experimenting.
Next video will be the Tsuta Ruins
Raggs Plays Okami [0.5] [Wow, I Uploaded Something!] [The Story So Far]
Well, here we are with my first Okami video recorded with Easycap (which has become my new toy lol). I'm still working out some decent settings for recording, since even though the quality is pretty good, Vegas doesn't seem to like MPG files (and for some reason, WMM does). Did the same for my Sly Cooper ladder video. And for those that didn't get the memo, this is being recorded directly from my PS2 and not on an emulator like Spyro was.
This isn't an actual part since there are no bosses or dungeons included (which is the main idea of me playing). With responses from my input video, people showed positive response to showing some cutscenes and summarizing the story. Since there is about 1-2 hours or so of gameplay included at this point with NO BOSSES, I decided to make one video to include it all. There is a huge gap between the beginning and Waka (the first sub-boss), and I promise you that the gaps aren't THIS big. Waka's fight isn't that hard with my health the way it is, but I'll just include the cutscenes before/after the fight anyways.
Next Video: Waka (Agata Forest)
Saturday, February 2, 2013
LiteStudios (cendoo) - Sega Mega Drive 2 368 in 1 review
Finally back with video games, and it feels alright
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Raggedstar - [TCT] [POSSK] Chasing Cars
A bit late (well, 3 minutes), but I blame Vegas for taking it's sweet-ass time rendering. 45 minutes for 2 minutes of movie? That's horrible x__x.
Anyways, this was mostly my idea because neither of us had anything that made sense with the footage we had. Had to stick with my backwards random perspective flipping idea lol. The focus here is on the relationships with Kiba and his pack, as well as with Mew (in the brighter clips). Come on, after ep 20, Kiba FINALLY gets his nose out of the flower smell and gives his boys props. Ya, you could say that this video has a little bit of a "bros before hoes" thing going on, especially if said "hoe" is a weird Caracal lady we don't really learn much about 0-0 (well, I guess it adds to her mystique). Possk did most of the pack clips while I did the garden parts.
I did 30 seconds of AMV in 1 hour *super proud of self*. Also, I was a complete nut with editing the music. There must've been 4-5 cuts in the song to get it the way I wanted lol. Also WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME YOU CAN ECHO IN VEGAS?
Texture credit to Salvatore Vuono
Raggedstar - [TCT] [POSSK] Tear Away
Like with last round, this is mainly Possk's idea. It started out as just Charlie video, but seeing as the movie doesn't have a lot of scenes that do justice to his initial "out for #1 attitude", we brought in Carface too. Plus, Carface needs love too *nods*. Even though the song is about a different/better kind of selfishness (it's not a crime to look out for yourself sometimes), we fudged it to be about Charlie and Carface's greed and how it affected other characters (Carface basically tried to screw everyone over, but I focused more on Charlie than Itchy, Killer, and Anne Marie). It was the closest thing we had to a focus other than my idea of a lulzy Georgette video lol.
Most clips of Charlie are done by Possk, and Carface was with me. Naturally we switched it up a little bit.
The song is very strange to edit with. I can't say either of us were fans of it, but we just kept on truckin'. We couldn't find a nice long string of parts we could do, so I had to do a bit of jumpy editing. 3 cuts, plus it didn't start from the beginning. I hate editing like that, but meh. What we DO like was the line "God damn I love me", since it basically summed up everything, so we had to include that. Charlie's expression says "Fuck yes I'm hot stuff" (...and he is *cough*).
Raggedstar - [TCT] [POSSK] Jacob's Dream
Theme: Desire
A few minutes late, but I doubt Balco would mind. Of course after all the panic, it seems like Splitty and Fire are getting a few more days and Possk and I were scared for finishing tonight to the point where I did the last second for her lol.
This was mostly Possk's idea. We focused on the Elric Brothers' desire to become whole again (and in turn, desire for the Philosopher Stone), mostly with Ed because it was his misjudging that caused them to turn out this way. Human transmutation is what got them there (for those that don't know, the "recipe" in the beginning is what makes an adult human), and they had to search and study for years for what is missing. That also meant looking for the infamous Philosopher Stone, an object with immense power that they hope to use to replace Al's body and Ed's arm and leg. That didn't make much sense, did it? Bah, just watch the video and you'll most likely get it. It's midnight, I've been editing for hours, and I'm stuffed with mashed potatoes.
AL, GET OUT OF THE WAY! YOU'RE IN FRONT OF ANOTHER SEX-ED THUMBNAIL!
Song: Jacob's Dream
Artist: Day Of Fire
Raggedstar - [TCT] [POSSK] Fight Inside
Well, Possk and I are rather unsure how far we'll get, but here it is. This is our first (and possibly only) video for BalcoZero's collab tourney. Just our luck we get paired up with them *still hiding under table with Possk*
This is an ultimate video of AAAAAAAAAANGST! Basically, we took several characters suffering from inner conflicts, like Lucy and her instinct to kill whispering in her ear, Matt being pushed to fight with Tai (note the crest of friendship flickering red), and Greed battling with Ling's humanity (literally a fight inside lol). Not much to say except Vegas decided to make my fades extremely sharp and my flashes are dimmed. Plus, the fact that (like in I Walk Alone), I had to rely on "instinct" and edit with a preview window that didn't work most of the time.
Raggedstar - RockDawg::Lycos Fang Preview -V3-
This is a revisit to an idea I had waaaaay back when I only edited using 4 sources. It was meant to be a bit of a commercial/trailer/preview to my studio and showing every bit of footage I have. Each footage source had it's own little section and it became very balanced. I revisted it once in 2008 (just before I merged with RockDawg), but the format was more like a general AMV and not something really special. I was planning to revisit the idea again (using a similar format as before) using Nara, but that just...didn't happen. This song I could manipulate more anyways.
Oh boy, I'm tempted to make a rambling video to describe every angle and thought I put into this video. Really, so much thought and organization was put into this video, and I'm quite proud how it turned out. I don't sleep much by the way.
A bulk of this video wouldn't have been created without reading the song's creator's blog (http://blog.christophertin.com/2008/0...). He described the song being broken up into the seasons, and the lyrics and singers reflected the said season. What I did was break up my footage sources into seasons, give each season a colour and a texture. Changes in attitude and pattern indicate a transition between seasons (like yellow and red means summer to fall). I also made my own personal spin and including the gypsy singers, drummers, and dancers to build up from the end of spring to "The Dance Of The Seasons" as well as other things done with my own personal interpretation of this beautiful song. This is the way I organized things.
Spring:
0:00-0:54
Green
Flowers
Summer:
0:54-1:25
Yellow
Dry grass
Fall:
1:25-2:16
Red
Leaves
Dance Of The Seasons:
2:16-2:40
Represents falling of leaves (ie the smaller clips) and last celebrations before the dead of winter.
Winter:
2:40-3:22
Blue
Ice
Conclusion:
3:22-3:54
Showing of every clip. The show movies are piled onto the regular show.
Return To Spring:
3:54-4:24
Green
Using the first footage source from every season and then ending back at spring.
All textures used in this video I created by taking various pictures of nature.
I don't make sub videos, but thanks for watching, commenting, and just enjoying my videos. I don't reply to every comment, but I try to read them all and give a silent thanks. You can almost consider this as a typical "Thank you" from the Raggs to you.
I think I need a nap.
Raggedstar - FFS3 BETA: Welcome Home
(oh just shoot me now...)
Theme: 'TALLICAAAAAAAAAAA
Well, what sort of witchcraft is this new footage? As those who have seen the collections video, recently I got The Plague Dogs on DVD. It was originally set to make it's debut in the completed Madokara Mieru (being in the "winter" segment), but that's not finished yet. Well, it gets it's debut in an exclusive beta.
This is a very experimental video. It's my first where just about every clip has a filter, I used text and voices more than I ususally do, stuff like that. Plus, the combination was perhaps among the most challenging I've ever used (TPD, a movie that is pretty much dead and depressing the entire way through, being done with a pre-Black-Album song).
Ok, I went through a lot of thought with this video so read it well. This song is most likely about something along the lines of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". A Sanitarium is a hospital for chronic conditions, such as mental illnesses. Snitter and Rowf may not be insane, but their situation I found had certian parallels to the book and song. For one thing, it's a bitch to real life (as well as to my psychology course. Fuck, how do people honestly support the bullshit that is the mental health field?). I don't wear any rose-coloured glasses, and these all point to the same conclusion. Rejection, death, alienation for no fucking good reason, backstabbing, having it be a crime to be yourself (whether you're an animal or just a little bit weird) and being "fixed" until there is nothing "you" left (which leads to bad things, namely supression and rage), GAH! Ya, it's a little hard to explain, but my mind is weird. I know many therapists and councellors want to lock me up for it :3.
To explain farther, the filter was used for good reason. Hospitals are places that are very clean (trust me, I've seen the cleaning schedules for even in my college's clinic), but it's just to hide the dirt on it's soul (*coughbrownfilter*). The Sanatarium in the video represents two parties: the research facility and the identical brutal nature of reality (the Todd, which represents that dark, emotionless, kill-or-be-killed attitude). Snitter and Rowf escape the facility, but they're met with a crueler reality. Their only means of refuge is an island Snitter sees, though they never reach it.
Raggedstar - FFS3 BETA: I'm Not Jesus
Theme: Apocalyptica's "Worlds Collide" album
I'll admit that this album is amazing, but it was so hard to find a song I was confident with. TenrouFang can say all she wants on how she's screwed in this match-up, but she has the ability to pull off some good stuff (you better be reading this, girl lol). I needed something good, which was hard to do with this album (none of the lyrical songs fit anything I had), so I had to fudge it a little with my favourite of the lot (which happens to be among the hardest).
Takato, my good goggle-headed friend, you do rage very well. This video basically focuses on episodes 34-36, my favourite Digimon battle ever. Takato (the quietest and least confident of all the goggle-heads) loses his mind at Beelze(bu)mon's betrayl, wanting him dead and has no forgiveness. His anger sends Guilmon into a frenzy, and lashes out as Megidramon. I know he does become sorry (for Guilmon) at that point, but even as Dukemon/Gallantmon he's still out for revenge until Juri/Julie stops him.
Song: I'm Not Jesus
Artist: Apocalyptica (ft Corey Taylor)
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