Time Travelling Video Games

1. Braid
2. Sonic CD
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Star Ocean
5. Final Fantasy Legend III
6. 999
7. Ecoo the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
8. Ocarina of Time
9. Earthbound
10. Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time
11. Okami
12. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
13. Majora's Mask
14. TMNT: Turtles in Time 
15. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
16. Back to the Future Part II: Super Famicom
17. Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time
18. Legacy of Kain
19. God of War II
20. Ghost Trick
21. Final Fantasy VIII
22. Final Fantasy
23. Radiant Historia
24. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
25. Pokémon_Mystery_Dungeon:_Explorers_of_Time_and_Explorers_of_Darkness
26. Mortal Kombat 9
27. Kingdom Hearts II
28. Final Fantasy XIII-2
29. Chronos Twin
30. Tales of Phantasia
31. Back to the Future Part III 
32. Back to the Future
33. Back to the Future Tell Tale
34. Life is Strange
35. Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
36. Back to the Future Part II & III

Video Game Review: Mega Man 3

Story:
Dr. Wily, yadda, yadda, Sci Fi. Ghost in the Shell platformer. Robot Masters
Proto-Man gets involved as your new nemesis.
SPOILERS ALERT.
Apparently, it's a fake, and the real one is your brother.
Really cool for its time.
A+

Difficulty: I had a lot of problems trying to beat this game when I was younger. On the Gamecube Anniversary Collection it seemed so easy with the auto shooting. Heck, it did more damage auto shooting than MegaBuster. Dang.
The slide also made things signficantly easier.
A

Game Design:
Lots of cool platforming.
A note is how Keiji Inafune was disappointed in the game as it wasn't quite up to Mega Man 9 standard of difficulty, what he considers to be true Mega Man 3 or as I call Mega Man 3x3.
It's still a really good game.
A

Music: Really fucking awesome. Some of the most memorable tracks in an NES- no video game ever.
A+

Character Design:
Everything looks sci fi and kawaii. True use of the NES' graphics.
A+

Overall:
Video game classic collaboration between Keiji Inafune and Capcom, even if it wasn't quite an auteur project like 3x3. I still love the game.
A+

Video Game Review: Super Mario Bros 3

Game Design:
The game is difficult yet has so many tricks.
Each level is centered around a land and a Koopaling boss.
It is considered one of the best created games of all time.
A+

Character Design:
All the Koopalings look unique unlike Mario and Luigi. Are they saying something there? I doubt it but it's something to think about.
They're pretty darn iconic for good reason
A+

Music:
Everybody remembers the music for Super Mario Bros 3 if you've played it. I dunno if they use any special aesthetics to make it work or stand out, but the music is just darn good.
A+
Sound Design:
Everything sounds hilarious yet awesome. Truly a video game.
A+

Overall:
History:
This game was an NES seller selling with the NES, one of the best selling companion games made by the company that monopolized and revived the home video game console industry. It was memorable in a time where third entries in games aren't necessarily good. This was great.
A+

Video Game Review: Final Fantasy VII

Characters:
Cloud is an amnesiac or possibly just a liar in my theories. He's a real breakthrough in Final Fantasy storytelling.
Tifa
His childhood friend
Johnny
Tifa's former childhood friend
Barret
The rebel leader with a tough past
Aeris
His love interest and female Ancient Jesus
Sephiroth
The Frankenstein devil
Red XIII
An endangered species captured by Shin-Ra who reveals to AVALANCHE the meaning of life
Yuffie
A materia thief from a long lost world
Cait Sith
A fortune teller who is really someone else.
Vincent
A former Turk who was involved in the creation of Sephiroth
Cid
Former Shin-Ra astronaut captain, who says fuck it! I'll go fight the corporate totalitarian government of the world. Drinks tea.

Story:
I'll get into this much later.
A+

FMVs:
Great. I'm going to do an analysis.
Also, as corny as Aeris' death was, it was something that couldn't have been done in that style on the Super Nintendo
A+

Character Design:
All the main characters great.
The towns people like most Final Fantasies don't really stand out much.
They stop creating new characters for the most part by Disc 2 regretably.
C

Towns:
I have so much to say about this game's towns as you've noticed. Probably the most iconic in all of video game history.
A+

Gameplay:
This was quite a revolutionary Final Fantasy in that it gave so much flexibility for each of your characters.
Gone was the use of Tanks vs Elemental Mages and in was the use of.
I guess Relm did
Final Fantasy 6 and 8's were a bit more lenient with how they had their characters stand out though and every fight made a difference
Balancing materia stats, while gaining key materia abilities was interesting.
KOTR was abused.
Not to mention, how there should be an achievement for fans who want to defeat weapons.

Difficulty: Easy
It's not like Evolution or Tales of Symphonia, but you can get through most of the game by like selling your Knights of the Round materia for no reason. NOT THAT I EVER DID THAT!

Overall:
A+
A video game classic in storytelling.
Only thing fans will dislike is if they like really hard gameplay.
Then again, thanks to GameFAQs, which was probably influenced by Battle Arena, fans have created so many unique ways to play the game and still attempt to defeat Safer Sephiroth.
Have fun with this historic game.

Video Games I've Completed/Personal Best

MAME:
X-Men: Konami (No extra quarters)
The Simpsons: Konami ($20)
X-Men vs Street Fighter (Ryu and Wolverine)

Alien vs Predator
Moonwalker
Marvel vs Capcom (Ryu and Iron Man)
Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Highest score: Ruby Heart, BB Hood and Anasaris)
Capcom vs SNK 2 (E Honda, Blanka and Sagat)
SVC Chaos ($10 vs Yami Geese)

NES:
Super Mario Bros 3
Mega Man 3 (No deaths)
Mega Man 6 (No deaths)
Karate Champ
Baseball

Game Gear:
Sonic Chaos (Tails only)
Shining Force (Gaiden:) Sword of Hajya 8 hours no deaths


Game Boy:
Pokemon Red and Blue

Super Nintendo:
Street Fighter II (Ryu)

Super Mario RPG
Final Fantasy 3 50:00:00.00
Final Fantasy V 50:00:00.00
Columns
Tenchi RPG
Shaq Fu
Sailor Moon Fighter


Nintendo 64:
Killer Instinct Gold
South Park: Chef's Luv Shack
GoldenEye 007 (Agent, Secret Agent)
Bomberman 64 Any %
South Park 64
Star Wars: Episode I: Racer
Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo
Super Smash Bros
Perfect Dark Any %
Mario Kart 64
Super Mario 64 Any%

Sega Saturn:
Virtua Cop
X-Men vs Street Fighter
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge
Virtua On
Fighting Vipers


Playstation:
Final Fantasy VII-VIII
FF7 120 hours, 16:40:00.00
FF8 99 hours No Summons vs Ultimecia

Final Fantasy Anthology

Darkstalkers
Ehrgeiz Any % tourney
Tekken 2
Tekken 3
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro 
Bust a Groove
Papappa the Rapper
Die Hard Trilogy

Dreamcast:
Power Stone 2 Any% (cards are cool)
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles
Evolution
Shenmue 70 hours, now going for 100% notebook
Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi 2
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Spider-Man 100%

Gameboy Advance:
None of them work now. THANK YOU NINTENDO!
Final Fantasy I: Dawn of Souls
Classic NES (Albeit, I'm having trouble finding it now.)
Advance Wars 1 Any% Easy

Gamecube:
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Smash Bros Melee
Viewtiful Joe
Mega Man Anniversary Collection
Phantasy Star Online (Episode 2 & Card Battle)
Godzilla: Kill All Monsters
Simpsons: Hit and Run
Metal Gear Solid
Spider-Man: The Movie The Game
Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike, Full health on hand to hand gun fights
Soul Calibur II
Resident Evil 4

Mercenaries 300,000 with Krauser, Ada and Wesker on Chainsaw levels
Hunk does 300,000 on

Playstation 2
Twisted Metal Black
Lego:

• Star Wars
• Indiana Jones

Warriors Orochi


Nintendo DS
All the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Electroplankton
Animaniacs: Lights Camera Action
Infinite Space
Strawberry Shortcake

Elite Beat Agents
New Super Mario Bros
Mario Kart DS 
The Simpsons Game

Xbox 360:
Halo 2 & 3
Gears of War 1, 2

Wii
Klonoa

Wii Sports
Wii Fit
Wii Music
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Resident Evil 4
Strong Bad
Tatsunoko vs Capcom
Wii Music

Super Mario: All Stars

Playstation 3:
Max Payne 3
Borderlands 2
Uncharted 2
Ghostbusters
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham City
Little Big Planet


Nintendo 3DS
Super Street Fighter IV
Asphalt 3D
Thearhythm Final Fantasy
Tekken Hybrid
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Super Mario 3D Land

Kinect:
Power Rangers Samurai

Wii U:

Amiibos:
Shulk
Mega Man (Several)
Sonic the Hedgehog
Charizard
Wario
Metal Mario
Greninja
Ness

Soon to come:
Retro 3 pack

PC:
Doom
Doom 2
Hexen
Quake
Duke Nukem
Gazillionaire Deluxe
Civilization
The Sims
Warcraft II
Diablo
Diablo II
Starcraft
Counterstrike: Condition Zero (also includes:)
Counterstrike
Team Fortress 2
Pinball
Star Wars: Episode 1

Chinese PC Pirated:

• FS2/Farland Story 2
• GS3
• Super Mario 3D
• Fire Emblem

Steam:
Left 4 Dead 2
Deus Ex
Back to the Future: The Game
The Wolf Among Us
Game of Thrones: A Tell Tale Game
Tales from Borderlands
Sega Genesis Emulator:

• Phantasy Star 2
• Shining Force 2
• Shining in the Darkness
• Sonic 3D Blast
• Night: Into Dreams

iPhone: Final Fantasy ATB
Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Toonami (US) anime of the year

1998: Beast Wars: Transformers
1999: Cowboy Bebop
2000: Gundam Wing
2001: Gundam
2002: Patlabor
2003: Daytime: Cyborg 009, Primetime: Rurouni Kenshin, Yu Yu Hakusho, Clone Wars
2004: Justice League Unlimited
2006: Wulin Warriors
2007:
2008: Ben 10 Alien Force
2012: Casshern Sins, Samurai 7, Gurren Lagann
2014: Space Dandy
2015: Kill la Kill

12 similarities between Straw Dogs and Forrest Gump

1) They're both played by a man of unique forms of intelligence
Rain Man and Forrest.
Not to mention David Warner's character.

2) They both use guns in the movie

3) Education is valuable

4) Their girlfriend is sexually liberal

5) Forrest Gump and David Sumner have conservative American values

6)  A guy's legs become useless

7) They like cooking

8) Americans go to England; Americans go to Viet FUCKING NAM

9) The protagonist has a hot girlfriend

10) There's sex scenes

11) The guy and girl have relationship troubles

12) The guy doesn't get the girl

Video Game Review: Shining Force: Sword of Hajya

Graphics:
The icons are great.
The battle animations are sweet.
It's the field where the graphics are very poor.
Though, they're more colorful than the 8-bit era, the designs just aren't as classic as everything else. It's sorta like comparing the icons of FFIV with the menu icons of Yoshitaka Amano.
B

Soundtrack:
Really good.
Most of the music sounds the same a la a John Williams score, but if you don't have a problem with that, the soundtrack is really awesome. A real highlight of Shining Force fans.
A-

Story:
It's a sequel to Shining Force Gaiden, which in itself is a sequel to Shining Force II I believe. That was really cool for its time, albeit the Game Gear translator completely got rid of all that storytelling.

So you don't really get to care who Nick, Sarah, Randolf, Claude, Ruge, Waldol are compared to the last game. Not a method I would've chosen SEGA, although I really did enjoy the game.

The character split in the game was really cool. RPGs don't really do that enough now. (I guess Final Fantasy XIII did that, but for most you that's probably a brr!)

It has a couple twists and turns. Standard Shining Force stuff. There's a I'm currently still analyzing bits of Shining Force, but it isn't the most crazy I've ever seen.

C+


Characters:
It's really mainly about the game design as characters basically are based around what they do on the battlefield. It's cool how they kept them all so different.


Game Design:
Every new monster in each level is basically a step up the Iom hierarchy for the heroes.

SPOILERS:
I don't know if anyone's ever had issues with a deleveled party, when the team gets split up, a la Final Fantasy III/VI, but that can be an issue. Luckily how the game works you get a bunch of replays.

Unlike Final Fantasy Tactics, there's not a lot of customizability with the characters.
However, when the party gets an overabundance of characters, there is some customability there, albeit some characters just become way underpowered after a while.

I like how they got rid of the dungeon crawling. That really slowed down the game for me in Shining Force 2, not to mention that the items they give you were too abundant in that game, causing me to get confused how to manage all the weapons, since you got weapons in like every chest.
Sword of Hajya made that really simple, albeit the customability of how you play got affected by that.
I may be biased though in that I played this game first.
In the later stages though
Making Freeze 3 the super powerful spell really added a bit more difficulty to the game in the American version.
It's still a really easy game though, as youtube fans enjoy compared with Fire Emblem.

B

Difficulty: Easy
It's not really a hard game.
If you're really terrible, just replay the level all over again till you get it right.
That is if you're not terrible in that you only get Deanna killed and don't pay all your money to revive characters.
If you're really horrible, stock up on cash early, as later stages will obviously be harder.

It's really weird

Hardware:
The problem with the Game Gear game is that it deletes your game after so many plays.
It's really bad.
F

Overall:
Like the wikipedia article said, this game was great for killing time in long car rides. A lot of stuff with this game just really doesn't stand out outside of my nostalgia value. However, really cool for RPG enthusiasts.
Not to mention, as expensive as it is, the Shining CD version is just way superior.
C-

Cannes Director that should've won

Familiar with:
 1946, 9: Rene Clement
1951: Luis Bunuel
1952: Orson Welles
1955: Jules Dassin
1956: Othello
1957: Robert Bresson
1958: Ingmar Bergman
1959: Francois Truffault
1966: Sergei Yutekevich, Lenin in Poland/Othello
1970: John Boorman
1975: Michel Bault
1976: Martin Scorsese
1978: Nagisa Oshima
1979: Terrence Malick
1982: Werner Herzog
1983: Robert Bresson/Andrei Tarkovsky
1984: A Sunday in the Country
1985: Rendez-vous
1986: Martin Scorsese
1987: Wim Wenders
1991: Barton Fink
1992: Robert Altman
1993: Mike Leigh
1995: Mattieu Kassovitz, La Haine
1996: Joel Coen
1997: Wong Kar-Wai, Happy Together
1998: John Boorman, The General
1999: Pedro Almodovar, All About My Mother
2000: Edward Yang, Yi Yi
2001: David Lynch, Mulholland Drive
2002: Paul Thomas Anderson
2003: Gus Van Sant
2006: Alejandro Gonzalez Irrinatu
2011: Nicolas Winding Refn

Should've won 
1946, 9: Rene Clement
1951: Luis Bunuel
1952: Wages of Fear
1954: Alfred Hitchcock
1955: Jules Dassin/Carl Theodor Dreyer
1956: Kenji Mizoguchi
1957: Robert Bresson
1958: Alfred Hitchcock
1959: Francois Truffault
1960: Alfred Hitchcock
1961: Robert Rossen
1962: Michelangelo Antonioni
1963: Federico Felini
1965: Luis Bunuel
1966: Andrei Tarkovsky
1967: Jean Luc-Godard
1968: Sergio Leone
1969: Federico Fellini
1970: John Boorman
1971: Sam Peckinpah
1972: Andrei Tarkovsky
1973: Orson Welles
1974: Francis Ford Coppola
1975: Stanley Kubrick
1976: Martin Scorsese
1977: George Lucas
1978: Michael Cimino
1979: Terrence Malick
1980: Martin Scorsese
1981: Ted Berman/Richard Rich/Art Stevens
1982: Ridley Scott
1983: Bresson/Tarkovsky
1984: James Cameron/Hayao Miyazaki
1985: Lasse Hallstrom
1986: David Lynch
1987: Wim Wenders
1988: Isao Takahata
1989: Gus Van Sant
1990: David Cronenberg
1991: Joel Coen
1992: Quentin Tarantino
1993: Krystkof Kieslowski
1994: Quentin Tarantino
1995: Mattieu Kassovitz
1996: Joel Coen
1997: Paul Verehoeven
1998: Joel Coen
1999: Stanley Kubrick
2000: Edward Yang, Yi Yi
2001: David Lynch
2002: Paul Thomas Anderson
2003: Gus Van Sant
2004: Wong Kar-wai
2005: Guy Ritchie

2006: Alejandro Gonzalez Irrinatu
2007: Paul Thomas Anderson
2008: Charlie Kaufman
2009: Lars Von Trier
2010: Christopher Nolan
2011: Nicolas Winding Refn
2012: The Wachowskis/Tom Twyker
2013: Nicolas Winding Refn
2014: Wes Anderson

Best movies directed by Australians

Directed

1. The Truman Show
2.  The Last Wave
3. Mad Max 2
4. Dark City
5. Cars That Ate Paris
6. The Crow
7. Saw II
8. The Plumber
9. Picnic at Hanging Rock
10. Dead Poets Society
11. Mad Max
12. Babe
13. Babe in the Big City
14. Saw

Best Australian movies of all time

1. The Matrix
2. The Last Wave
3. Mad Max 2
4. Cars That Ate Paris
5. The Plumber
6. Walkabout
7. Picnic at Hanging Rock
8. Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
9. Mad Max
10. Babe
11. "Crocodile" Dundee
12. Babe in the Big City

The Simpsons has basically become the Kamen Rider Decade of American Cartoons

Now don't get me wrong.
I love KAMEN RIDER DECADE.
But this is an analysis of Simpsons mixed with some of its fanbase's criticisms.
The Simpsons has some wit. They make a lot of different types of shows, with good mixes of special guest hosts, etc..

Simpsons has basically become Kamen Rider Decade in terms of how the writers have completely disregarded canon to make some points.
With Ned Flanders being the key representation of how the show's gone more commentary and possibly nepotism and brand strength, rather than actual fans knowing of canon to enjoy, there have been problems with the later seasons.
Forget the constant use of Groundhogs Day. This is like Lynchian Groundhogs Day, where the episodes have been more about messages, which are so spelled out and "stand up comedy" pop culture references that they've lost the creativity of such original Harvard written episodes such as Bart's Soul, main Americana based episodes and the guest appearance of Dustin Hoffman

It then goes into Kamen Rider Shin territory in terms of how violent it's gotten, despite supposedly being an adult show, (which my kid mind will never acknowledge.)

One has to ponder if fans had went into these episodes with a more Lynchian approach, appreciating film references as seen in cuts of all of the first 6 season's references rather than just pure canon; canon, a part of plot writing that is very difficult to do in an era of Rob Ager approach analysis.

However, as you fans know, Kamen Rider Black was so good at this kind of balance, it was considered THE Kamen Rider for fans to appreciate of the Showa era.

So yeah, not everything has to be appreciated for straight plot and canon, like ToQger, although there's nothing wrong with being spoiled and having both!

They need more Kamen Rider Gyms. Sorry for the stolen joke Automan224. http://www.tokunation.com/showthread.php?p=382749

Dead Rising 2, Capcom and Racism

Resident Evil 4 is a portrayal of friggin Victorian era Spain. I don't know if anyone's going to get offended by that.
Resident Evil 5, I wasn't really sensitive toward the portrayal of a zombie race of a certain kind. It'd be nice if it was more diverse, since Africa now has a high number of Chinese there, hence Chinese zombies. But this is a blockbuster. Make it dumber. This is a fantasy world.
I don't think they had the KKK Doom mod in mind when making this game. No genocidal explanations or anything. Heck, some supernatural abilities can be portrayed as a bit of an empowering.

Dead Rising 2 however sorta George Lucas' it.
Everybody's getting to LaShandra. I didn't even get to LaShandra. Maybe it's not that bad of a portrayal of an African America. I don't know.
I just got upset by a lady who was overweight and was the first lady to have a weapon in her hand prior to beating up the zombies. This is an era of friggin Left 4 Dead 2. I'm not saying you can't have overweight African American woman in the game, but it just came off as lazy stereotyping in the game which maybe relevant later on.
It's a zombie game, which is such a wonderful sci fi genre, where you could be using it as a theme for mental illness, consumerism or racism, it just comes off as a lazy character design and moment.

Now, this is a blockbuster video game. I understand. George Lucas it.
But when the producer used to be the creator of this be this anti-corporate, anti-militant game makes something so lazy associated with his name, you have to ponder whether this may have factored into the creation of Mighty No. 9.

Top 10 of the Capcom 80% off 5/15/15 Sale

1. Strider (2014)
2. Resident Evil Remastered
3. Bionic Commando Re-armed
4. Duck Tales Remastered
5. Bionic Commando (reboot)
6. Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
7. Resident Evil 4
8. Resident Evil 6
9. Resident Evil 5
10. Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

Devil May Cry 3 (Great game but bad PC port.)
There are many reports of Dark Void not working on Steam.
Age of Booty too.
Lost Planet 3 was a big surprise that it got nominated for Best Writing for a Video Game, 2014. (That's a bad thing. XD)

2014: The year of the apatriotic marine

Godzilla, who's a marine, but just wants to find a semblance for what happened to his family, possibly not even saving the world. He's a human more than his occupation. His occupation isn't really even part of him.

Boyhood, a marine who is moral, but realizes that the men around him aren't. He works hard, is a legit good guy.

Redeployment the National Book Award winner

Favorite Mario Karts

1. Double Dash
2. SNES
3. DS
4. 64
5. Wii

The Top 12 Star Wars Video Games

1. Super Empire Strikes Back
2. KOTOR
3. KOTOR II
4. Super Star Wars
5. TIE FIGHTER
6. Super Return of the Jedi
7. X-Wing
8. Episode 1 Podracing
9. Episode 1 Jedi Power Battles
10. Star Wars Namco 1991
11. Lego Star Wars 1 & 2
12. The Empire Strikes Back Atari 2600

Best Video Game Newcomer

1961 SpaceWar!
1971 Oregon Trail
1978 Space Invaders
1979 Galaxian
1980 Pac-Man
1981 Shigeru Miyamoto, Donkey Kong
1983: Genya Takeda, Punch-Out!!!
 1984 1942
 1985 Tokuro Fujiwara, Ghosts'n Goblins
1987 Ron Gilbert/Gary Winnick, Maniac Mansion,
1988 Hideo Kojima, Snatcher

1990 Tomoyoshi Miyazaki, ActRaiser

1992 Shinichi Yoshimoto, Little Samson

1994 MECC, The Amazon Trail

1995 Yasumi Matsuno, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

 1997 Tetsuya Nomura FF7

1998 Xenogears

 1999 Richard Marks, EyeToy,
2000 Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto III 
2001 Warren Spector, Deus Ex
2002 Fumito Ueda, ICO
2003 Bioware, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

 2004 Eye Toy: PlayKatamari Damacy

 2005 Shu Takumi, Phoenix Wright

2006 Cliff Blezcinski, Gears of War

2008 Edmund McMillen, Coil

 2009 Jonathan Blow, Braid

2010 Team Bondi, LA Noire

2011 AJ Locascio, Voice Actor

2012 Retrograde

2013 Alexander Bruce, Auteur, Antichamber

2014: Logan Cunningham, Transistor Voice Actor

When you should give up using the Lete River trick

5 Your SNES has broke because your mother is too annoyed at the electric bill and spanks you
4 Max EXP
3 Max Tonic
2 Max Potion
1 Max GP