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Fear... is what keeps me alive...
Screw Attack is getting Stale...

Hello again,

Obviously my last blog was a half-***ed joke which I was told today and cracked myself laughing and ended up telling people something that they already know on GS. (Damnit!)

Anyways, I'm hear to tell you something really, really, really special...

Screwattack

Ahh...Yes, Screw Attack. For those who don't know the site or the community, let me explain then go to the site.

They're a group of hardcore gamers, New age and Retro and they know alot of games pretty well. But their height of their popularity didn't begin untill having a part on the Gametrailers Web site and it didn't get any huge until...

ANGRY VIDEO GAME NERD

The Angry Video Game Nerd came along since Youtube kinda screwed him over on his Movie review of TMNT III, but when he was involved with Screw Attack at the time, they had their part on GT up and running with great and downloadable videos.

What also made it great was the top duo of Stuttering Craig and Handsome Tom, with humour and gaming knowledge they were great to watch and listen, with the Video Game Vault and a crazy list of Top Tens. They even got to be extras in the Far Cry Movie (No! Seriously!).

But then, came to registering the site, Handsome Tom and a few others left. And they replaced with these unappealing people and their humour was getting stale as the AVGN was.

Pretty sad, because since Handsome Tom was nothing special, he filled the spot that Screw Attack had, but since he's gone off to another site, it's just not the same (I forgot which one though). Although some people are looking up to the new guys, but to me...I dunno.

I loved the Video Game Vaults, whenever it's awesome like Ghost 'N' Goblins and Quake but now it's on games that we know it's awesome and this new guy is just sorta lame and the Top Ten, with lists like Best Mario Games, Worst Mario Games, Best and Worst Sonic games, Big Names that fell off, etc. but without Handsome Tom the olny best Top Ten was a top 20 on SNES games just by Craig alone.

Do you see? It's all stale as hell like X-Play giving Super Smasbh Bros. Brawl 2 out of 5 (OH Noes!!!!).

Anyways, for those who agree with me, here's something I've been saying but I'll say it again! Go and check out these guys...

Retroware TV logo

Retroware TV pwns Screw Attack in this day and age without humour but with full knowledge of gaming. (Link)

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I'm thinking about doing a DVD review of their first season, just so I can prove my point. Well, that's the end of my rant.

The World Ends with You is getting hard as I get into the next boss fight and it's the hardest I ever faced!!!

Halo Trilogy

Just to get some $$$, I'm selling something special as you can see, I'm selling the entire Halo Trilogy with original packing on the first and the sequels are Limited Collector's Edition, if they can sell an entire Final Fantasy (Here I go again) range and make up to a lot of money, I bet this can work too.

When it comes to console RPGs, I really can't get into it unless it's Fable (although I still am wanting to get into Eternal Sonata), But the Shin Megami Tensei series (most notably the Persona games) have really gotten to me, I got the Digital Devil game on rent recently and have yet to play it while I also got my favourite new puzzle game Lumines on the PSP for $25.

I'm now thinking about Puzzle Bobble since I played that at the arcades today

Well, enough of my talking, Thanks for reading and catch you later.

Category: Rant
Posted by Mattyrock, May 17, 2008 6:19 am PT   1 Comment
Blog Quickie: Something Funny...

mario galaxy

We all know how awesome Super Mario Galaxy was (if anyone owned a Wii) but I was shown by my sister's boyfriend if you look closely at the title text, you can see little stars on it and if you take the letter from the title, put it all together and tell me what does it spell.

Screwattack

I'll be back with another blog and it's a good one, about my reasons why...Screw Attack is getting Stale.

Stay Tuned!

Category: Games
Posted by Mattyrock, May 17, 2008 12:37 am PT   6 Comments
My Brother's Birthday Present Dilemma

Hello again,

I'm glad about my comeback blog and my most recent and more successful Youtube blog and I thank everyone who read and comment and a big thanks to Punkhead66 for mentioning it in his latest blog.

Anyways, My little brother is having his 18th birthday on the 22nd and I still don't know what to get him. But I just found out two possibilities that could work.

A jacket from one of our favourite bands or....

Playstation Portable
A Brand new PSP.

Although he had one a long while ago, but since there wasn'tmuch games out there for him, he decided to give it back. BUT since he's an RPG fan if he waited patiently, then he could have gotten hold of...

FFI PSPFFII PSP

Final Fantasy I + II

Disgaea - Afternoon of Darkness
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness (Not mine!)

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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (not the soundtrack pictured!)

So yeah, he really stuffed up when he took his back. But since he's now thinking maybe and when I asked him that he would play it he said yes, but my Dad ain't going for it, but my Mum MAY help in, but I'm still undecided since he still plays on his computer.

Anyways, enough of my odd topic and talk about what's been going on? Well, it's my dayoff (Whoo Hoo!) and spent the day out with most fo my family (except my poor brother since he was in school) also my older sister as she is getting better from a migrane that she had yesterday. (couldn't go to work.)

I rented 2 PSP games lately, Guilty Gear Judgement which has X2 Reload and it's pretty good, I only played it for a short while but it was alright and I rented Namco Museum, a good but small that can grow collection with original and remixed games, like Pac Man and Galaga (Just landed on the High score in that game! XD).

and I also rented 2 animes that I'm going to watch...

Ninja Scroll
Ninja Scroll, many say it's an excellent yet over-the-top anime.

And also...

Blood The Last Vampire
Blood: The Last Vampire, a Pretty worth watching feature anime but it's less than an hour short.

So I guess that's all for me, go ahead and check out my last blog if you want to see any replies or so and Before I forget...

Ninja Gaiden 2 box cover
I've pre-ordered Ninja Gaiden II! Ryu Hayabusa is my next b****! XD

Category: General
Posted by Mattyrock, May 16, 2008 4:36 am PT   9 Comments
The 3 Deadly Sins of Youtube

I failed to mention it in my first blog back since I was suspended but I'm going to explain right here, right now about the ulitmate 3 Deadly sins of...

youtube
YOUTUBE!

Ever since the 3 guys who created a phenomonal video sharing site has sold off the site to Google (I am not making this up), the site has gone into complete s***. Why? Well, I'd love to explain all the evilness that makes Wal-Mart of America look like godsended angels.

Sin #1: Selling out for advertisements

Ever since Youtube was sold to google, there have been many pointless and crappy advertisements that could make you think, "How much are these guys getting paid?", Now I know there's been a lot of adverts and banners on every site now, but this also have adverted videos for no bloody reason whatsoever. I mean, Who is gonna go buy that? See that crappy movie? etc. It's completely pointless.

Sin #2: Being Partners with and feautring Boring, Stupid, Unoriginal and basically Uncreative Youtube Vloggers

I think we know where this is going, Youtube has established a Youtube Partnership Program if one of many Vloggers gets a lot of views, subscribers and favourites, they can basically become a Youtube Partner to become famous and get paid for it without going too far into Hollywood.

That's awesome and all, but it depends on who you're giving the part to. There are a lot of idiots that have become Youtube Partners for no ****ing reason whatsoever. A good example is lonelygirl15, a fake girl who is actually reading off a script doing a webcam almost like everyday and people are bought into that, when a few think that it's all fake and completely boring.

Then there's this guy who sparked a contraversy in our country a few months back, boh3m3. He made a video that we Aussies are fooling the world with Vegimite. Can someone tell me that WITHOUT sarcasm? If you don't believe me, check this out.

Then you got these other pointless users who I can't name any because I never seen them or they suck hard.

germ invasion

Oh...Lets not forget this moron, Chirs Bores known as The "Irate Gamer", Since I've ranted about him and we can clear the fact that he maybe/may not be a rip-off of the AVGN, but most of the videos he creates are just so...BORING! And he gets subscriptions for that as well as making good games (Ghost 'N' Goblins and Zombies ate my Neighbours) a bad name.

Smosh

But there are a few exceptions like Smosh, since I saw their Mortal Kombat music video, they're funny and really creative. Also Michael Buckley, Never subscribed to him but he is funny as hell with the stereotypical gay ****talking.

Also the same with us Aussies here, while they are many which I don't care at all, but there are two that got me going. Blunty3000 and AngryAussie. Because of their humour and intelligence. I think they deserve better as they do now.

Now on to this final one...

Sin #3: Removing videos and Suspending accounts for ridiculous reasons

I've said this in my last blog, but this is really need to be told once again, W...T...F? Why remove all of these people and their videos for no reason? It makes no sense.

A good example, Hellsin920. I never saw his videos when I was on Youtube until I heard of him a while back until I saw this video about what happend to him.

But He's back!

Then, we go to Ravencrow89. A Sonic and anime fan with an odd voice, but his videos were great to watch, but a while ago his account was suspended due to "copyright infringement", but you're probably asking who?

4Kids TV  Logo
Oh yeah! The same *******s that put out anime dubbing with the equilivent factor of an Uwe Boll movie on every weekday morning.

But how? Well, as I've last heard that they are part-owned by Fox, Fox can remove videos off Youtube. And you might be asking "Did Ravencrow deserve this?"

Well, No. He didn't. It's because he used footage from One Piece and Sonic X on his last two videos before his deletion. What the ****? Deleting videos from an anime that you no longer work on (Sonic X) and an anime that you no longer own the rights to? (One Piece).

BULL****! BULL****! BULL****!!!!...*sigh*...Since then, Ravencrow hasn't come back to Youtube because he said so.

Ok, now onto the most recent, Playitbogart. He was suspended due to 3 strikes, the last one being the usage of GTA IV footage that he recorded and make it look like if it was another Michael Mann film (Collateral, Heat, etc.). He's now trying to fight back but there is no promises.

Armake21, an awesome pro gamer had his account closed for some stupid reason. Either Suspension or some hacker. We really don't know there.

So after all of that research, Youtube has ****ed up big time in the worst way ever and I'm going to leave this blog with some reccommended users.

First the Gamers:

AkewsticRockR - Funny, Creative and a Smart nerd
Ebeeto - The first video gamer I've seen on Youtube
UrinatingTree - A funny and wannabe rip-off of the AVGN
Jedite1 - A knowledgable Pro gamer, Anime and Wrestling Fan
TheSpoonyone - Funny and creative reviewer, A true dork
PyramidHead87 - Funny, creative, honest and now more power with Sony Vegas (LAWL)
Luiz Prower - Funny and creative with over 600 videos as well as a hardcore gamer
r2daZ - A nice, informative and detailed casual game reviewer
TheDeftGamer - A casual in-depth NES and Wii Reviewer
MJC - Used to be called mjc2021 before his account was deleted, A great reviewer in his own rights
Screwattackeurope - WAY better than the current US version
lophatjello - AKA The Happy Video Game Nerd!
AqaulungGameReviews - Detailed reviewer and Walkthroughs!

Now the random people that need to be seen:

BigAl2K6 - While one of his rants was the reason why I anger with Final Fantasy VII, His videos are creative, enjoyable and intelligent.
Darknessthecurse - While a Sega Gamer but also a ranter, His anger makes you laugh.
AGentertainment - A wannabe filmmaker and had the balls to review the Irate Gamer DVD.
The Nostalgia Critic - A funny old movie reviewer. A true comedian. (Hint: Look in the Favourites!)
tofugu - A funny and creative Japanese Blogger.
ForFun808 - An awesome and recently new Youtube Partner.
PokgaiWordPress - His Running in the 90's videos are fun to watch as well as looking up on new Wii VC games.
Tsukento - Informative Videos on the 4Kids version of One Piece and how I found the horrors of Sega.
TolstoyKafkaEvsky - Video Game Console Reviewer and a Decent one.

Now there are a few others like SilentRob (Aka LesiureSuitGaming), JQJDaman, Cyberwolf087, Lotusama and GuardianEarth182, but I won't give you the links as I can't be bothered, but do check them out if you regulary check Youtube without all those sins.

Cya.

Category: Rant
Posted by Mattyrock, May 15, 2008 3:06 am PT   19 Comments
BIG NEWS: My Suspension, GTA IV and an Outrage on Youtube

Oh Finally! I'm back, I'M BACK!!!! In case if you didn't know, due to saying a certain comment on Darth_Homer's Blog about the upcoming Dragon Ball movie, Gamespot suspended me for a day and It was bad timing as well when I finally finished GTA IV in less than 3 minutes before the 2 weeks when I got it at the midnight lauch.

What an epic achievement, Now I have no idea what to play now, I'm thinking of playing my old games, but I really don't know where to start (maybe Eternal Sonata?), I've been playing Ikaruga on my Xbox 360 and it's fun but HARD! Also been loving more of my DS copy of "The World Ends with you".

I've also been busy volenteering at a community radio station and it's my last day tomorrow before I go on Work Experience next week, I did a monologue about Autism that was aired earlier tonight, but I have it on CD and I'm thinking about uploading it on the internet for all to download and hear.

Now then, alot has been happening on Youtube while I was suspended, some real big news on Youtube that brought my piss to a boil.

First, Hellsing920 was removed on Youtube last year since for some reason by Fox removed him, but I don't know much about that but he's back recently under the same username but with numbers "He11sing920".

Then Ravencrow89, a guy who was a Sonic fan, working with Spax3 and giving out anger to 4kids because of their lazy work on Sonic and One Piece (before losing the rights), but then he was removed by Fox (since 4kids is owned by them) due to "copyright infringement" which is comeplete and utter bull****.

And now this...Playitbogart and Armake21.

Playitbogart, a funny, well in-depth game reviewer had his account closed due to copyright infringement for the 3rd time, but this was by Take-Two interactive due to the use of GTA IV footage and making it look like a Michael Mann flick (Heat, Collateral, etc.), he's trying to fight back for it but there are promises.

Armake21, a pro gamer in every right, had his account closed for some odd reason, it's debatable. Either the "Irate Gamer" is at it again after some people think he removed his rant or hackers or some crap has inflicted onto his account. So, we have no idea what is going on there.

To me, I think Youtube is not safe anymore, it sucks since the guys who created it sold it off to Google for millions of $$. Smuggish *******s.

So, that's all I have to say, I'm glad to be back and I hope GS doesn't suspend me again.

And before I forget...

BRAWL FINALLY GETS AN AUSSIE RELEASE DATE! FTW!!!!!! O.O

Category: General
Posted by Mattyrock, May 14, 2008 5:35 am PT   14 Comments
Final Fantasy VII is NOT that Overrated

(Please check my last blog if you haven't aready.)

Ok, Maybe it is overrated, but I have reasons to think otherwise!!!! This is my last blog ranting about Final Fantasy VII because I cannot stress it enough with all of this bulls*** that I keep hearing about. Anyways, This was on the forums to set an example not to put your own personal opinions on the forums like that guy who hated the GHIII song list (which I disagree) on the forums instead of the blogs. So let's grind this openly!)

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Final Fantasy VII. Some people love it, some people hate it. I therefore like it since it was the first game that got my first experience of an RPG game. Originally a Nintendo exclusive but then moved over to the Playstation since VI on the Super Nintendo which many people prefer it to be the best Final Fantasy game of all time.

I heard the same old complaints, 3D graphics don't do s***, generic, stereotypical and uninspired characters, a poor plot, etc.

Even calling Cloud (the main character) an emo! I can' stress it enough, these "emos" did NOT exists in 1997 nor did Cloud ever did those stereotypical "emo" crap with his bustersword in the game? I don't think so.

The list just goes on and on and ON!

Now, I understand that the older Final Fantasy games can be or are better than the newer ones, that's understandable. Yes, Final Fantasy VII was overhyped back in the day but it had a few good reasons to it. So let me explain.

1. It brought RPGs to the mainstream

Thanks to it's unpredictable overhypeness, it was kinda worth it as it helped many other RPGs come into the limelight as we all know and love today, sure it was kinda popular from the old days but they weren't big sellers and Final Fantasy VII helped the RPG genre to the mainstream. So it's kind of important in that field.

2. The First 3D RPG ever made

While the in-game graphics were lacking that were improved over the later sequels, but remember what I said. It was originally a NINTENDO EXCLUSIVE! So, I guess there's the problem there, guessing when they worked on the game for the N64, they left the in-game graphics and just put the game onto the Sony Playstation. So, there's a reason for that.

3. The first game with CG animation

While of course, graphics is never important, but you cannot deny the fact that the first look of CG animated cut-scenes in the game was a great look for the time, sure cut-scenes don't mean a lot but if you wanted to see the story for the first time, you'd have to watch the cut-scenes to make sense of the story.

4. One of the First games to have multiple discs

If you wanted an RPG to be short, you'd be pretty disappointed. But if the game was longer and all that jazz, Final Fantasy VII had it. Even if the story is poor by some people, at least Squaresoft did their best to keep the game long enough to make it an epic storyline and that's kind of a plus.

5. One of the Best selling RPGs of all time

As I said in about bringing the genre to the mainstream, it sold like crazy worldwide, making it one of Sqauresoft's best sellers.

I think I've said enough, even if the story may be poor, characters may be uninspired or the gameplay may be generic. There no reason to go bashing it if it was like the past generation of Halo 3, Halo 3 had great graphics and gameplay but story was shorter than the past two.

That is something that you can compare with Final Fantasy VII, supposedly poor storyline, but long enough to play on if you didn't get bored.

To me, the only reasons why I think that people think it's overrated is due to the stupid fanboys, unnecessary overpraise, overhype and Sqaure's stupid gimmick of making the characters as cameos in other Sqaure games.

P.S, People aren't comparing this game to the later ones like FFX or XII properly saying why those games are considered overrated to this one. It's just a bit stupid on how they consider FFVII to be overrated with no consent when people say the later ones like XII is more overrated due to a boring battle system.

All in all, I think Final Fantasy VII is just a decent game, even though I haven't played it in a long while. To those who think it'll get a remake on the PS3, I'd highly doubt that'll ever happen since it would be the same game but with better graphics, I'd think it'd be more suited for the PSP or DS instead if that ever happened.

While it may not be better than the past ones or the newer ones, it had a definitive mark. But it may have ups and downs but it had a reason to be noted back then, but maybe not too much.

Also (This may upset a few people), I think the most overrated Final Fantasy game is VIII, although I haven't played it in a while.

So, what are your thoughts? Is it Overrated or just normal?

Oh and by the way, who'd think Cloud would ever be on Brawl? That would NEVER happen at all!

Anyways, That's my rant and I hope you all have a nice day. Later.

Category: Rant
Posted by Mattyrock, May 11, 2008 4:12 pm PT   9 Comments

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