LuckyXIII

That's a really good interview. And even though the action is different, the pacing still seems to be about the same. There are parts in Super Metroid where you're exploring along then happen across an action area. Move on, explore more, heavy action again. Though maybe that fits better in the Prime games - and maybe I'm just talking out of my rear here, as I've only beaten Prime 1, got halfway through Prime 2 (the alternate worlds, combined with going through Twilight Princess concurrently, were just getting to be annoying), then through the first couple areas of Prime 3. All that to say, this might convince me to buy the game and borrow a friend's console for a Metroid Wiikend.

Holy frak... I understand I'm supposed to upgrade to HD one of these days anyway - this game may be what tips me to a PS3 rather than just a blu-ray player.

They were providing cover fire? Thing's so fast I could hardly keep track. But in the screen where they appear for the first time, it looks like she locks onto them with her targeting computer. Of course, that could just be how she avoids hitting them if they are friendly...

Bionic Commando: Rearmed - PC The Orange Box - PC (But I've only played Portal) Braid - PC DDR Maxx2 - PS2 If you count emulators then I have bunches more for the NES, SNES, and Genesis. Oh! Just remembered - the Sega Smash Pack for PC, too. Used to be a console gamer, but going back to school has severely crunched the time. I still dig the scene (or at the very least, the idea of it) which is why I keep up with OCR (and the wonderfully free music) and Joystiq and other sites.

Well, Milo certainly is.

All of this from Heineken?? I really, really dig the innovative, miles-out-of-the-box thinking, and then the work that went into it to make it great - yeah - wow.

I was initially taken away with how great this mix is when I first listened to it. Now, the more I listen to it, the more impressed I am with it.

Shia LeBouef stars as the snarky elven sidekick and Linkin Park does the theme song "Crawling in My Shadow". Will Smith stars as Wander.

Well... *ahem*... Everything is better when it's Japanian! </sigh> K...flaming ignorance of the language and ethnicities aside, I still stand by the idea of it being in a different language for the reasons stated.

Only because that's part of what makes the game even better - the player having to rely on subtitles makes one feel even less connected, more alone, which plays into the isolation of the story, making it all that more effective. The only friend, only companion in the story is Agro. I concur, but that can be gotten over...somehow... What makes the game so affecting is not just the fights, but the searching for the fights - the whole "the journey is better than the destination" thing. And also seeing Wander's slow transformation as the spirits of the colossi inhabit him. No matter what, compromises/changes are inevitable, strictly by virtue of the differences in media - but it would take a thoughtful and intuitive (i.e.: good) storyteller to retell it in a way that would preserve the spirit of the story in the context of a film. Personally, I think the Hollywood execs are looking at the success of the Transformers movies and are searching for new ways to spin the big beasts novelty without blatantly ripping off an established franchise. They're not complete idiots, but if this is indeed the case, they're grossly misguided.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40692 Ummm...hmmm... I personally have mixed feelings on this. I would hope to preserve the integrity of the game they keep the (albeit minimal) dialogue in Japanese with a Japanese cast. And it'd be something if they could keep the dialogue minimal, too. However, I see a problem here that would also affect the making of a good Metroid movie, and that's how the protagonists are chiefly alone throughout 99.9% of the story. Wander does not need a wise-cracking sidekick or anything of the sort - but then again, how would a movie-ized version of the game play out? Which, of course, raises the question should it be done in the first place, which also begs the question of who the target audience is and the only logical conclusion I can arrive at is NOT fans of the game. Hmm...this'll be interesting...

Star Ocean Summertime by Hale-Bopp is pretty good http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01388/ And The Annihilation of Monsteropolis by the Megas http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01687/

Holy schneikes - I like and will treasure the mix as-is for ever and ever. Seriously. But if you were able to get Sixto to do the guitars for you on this sucka and do a steroid remix while somehow preserving the cleverness of the original - - well...that'd be something worth changing pants over.

I think this mix is terrific. I'm ignorant of the technical stuff - though the guitars do sound different they don't bother me. The use of the Gameboy sounds is brilliant and make me smile every time. I like making mix CDs for people and I've put this mix on a couple already. I really like at 1:36, how the tone of the song completely changes with the piano and you hear the rock'n'chiptune stuff go underground. Then at 2:02 when the beeps come back in and the Tetris sounds at 2:09 - great way of bringing us back to the original tone that then wraps everything up quite nicely. I really like this remix.

Pitfall - The Mayan Adventure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxvIiZbFWWk Underrated soundtrack and game. It's just such a rich and challenging experience...

How did I miss this before? I've had it, but I haven't really listened to it. I have iTunes on random right now and that opening drumhit woke me up. The guitars sounded familiar, I ctrl+tabbed over and it's WICKED SIX! Sixto Sounds! Here I thought I had heard all his stuff and "random" hits me over the head with this piece of sonic awesomeness. The organ surprises me, but it works. I love hardcore, loud organ stuff and I love hard guitars. It's like putting chocolate and mint together in an ice cream that blows your head off with a sawed-off shotgun as you hurtle to the canyon floor from the highest heavens. But it's a holy shotgun and the solo at 3:21 breathes life back into you, causing a new head with WINGS to sprout from your necky stump and you go flying off into the setting sun where your body is vaporized but your essence becomes part of the universe. Yeah, I like this mix.

You are not alone. This was a favorite when I was a youngin'. It took me awhile to realize they used music from the TV show and that upped my appreciation for it.

JUMP IN A HOLE IN THE PALACE IF YOU GO. THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. ITS VERY QUIET (sic) IN MIDORO SWAMP FIND A HANDY GLOVE. LOOKS LIKE I CAN GET IN THE FIREPLACE.

I don't understand - but those are all awesome!! And this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2bP36iwrvc&NR=1

Shadow from FF6

THAT is awesome. I mean, how many of us have had experiences like that? Well shoot, now that I'm thinking about it I can't recall a specific instance - ah, except maybe in Resident Evil 2 - the arms that reach through the windows of the police station... But perhaps a stronger memory is working through FF3(6) on the SNES when I moved to Georgia for six months (not knowing it would be six months). My family had just moved back to the town I grew up in two years before and I was coming into my own and didn't want to leave. Well, we did, and it was tough getting to know people so every night if I wasn't calling people back home I was immersing myself in the battle against Kefka. To date, it's the only RPG I've ever beaten.

Shinobi for PS2 is fun for the first few levels, but the gameplay is so repetitive it wears on you after a while. I believe Rygar on the PS2 has been mentioned already, but I'll go ahead and second that motion. I'd put Amplitude on there, too.

Not Spaceballs but Spaceballs: The Movie. Spaceballs: The Movie is different than Spaceballs - it's referenced, I think, both in the Yogurt merchandising scene and the meta-moment scene that gif is of. I think that's the joke PowerSmoothie is going for.

Merry Christmas from NC! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyEYVQoucw0

Hi all! Every year since 2005 I've thrown together some kind of Christmas video or another and this year it almost didn't happen. I've been concentrating my energies on my writing and was somehow inspired to compose my [highlight]first bit of Christmas-themed prose[/highlight]. I thought that was going to be it for my Christmas expressions this year as it's been rather hectic. However, the creative bug just kept at me and so I've produced this and would like to share it with all of you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyEYVQoucw0 Merry Christmas, OCR!