Explanation for everything folks!

Ok its time for Adam to be serious face here...

Obviously there has been some conflicts as of late between Ichida and some other Star Hill members here. It's very unfortunate that Ichida has decided to leave Star Hill Productions but we wish him the best in his future endeavors. For anyone who's concerned about Star Hill's future don't be worried as we have loads of stuff coming your way with Fan Game Chaos premiering on January 24th! Star Hill Radio will be just as crazy as you remembered it being as well just with Ichida not being in the mix anymore. Anyways look forward to the future of Star Hill Productions, we're going to kick some ass in the new year!

I quit Star Hill.

I don't need this kind of childishness, you two. Hopefully someday you'll grow the fuck up.

What the fuck?!?

Seriously, what the fuck Umineko?!? What kind of fucking ending was that, it didn't end and nothing was solved. Does this mean I have to wait a while till there's a sequel series or something. Fucking tease...

Modern Warfare 2....

So my roommate just got me a copy of Modern Warfare 2 and I'm completely addicted. Holy crap!

Dammit Adam

Ok so as you noticed theres been very little updating for the past few weeks. We did do a podcast two weeks ago, none last week, and one this past sunday. Ive been nagging Adam to get off his breezer drinking ass and post the episodes already but hes being lazy. So dont worry im sure he'll wake up at some point and realise he has responsibilities. id post this on the front page if i could but i dont seem to have that power, but you guys still read these...right?

Fan Game Chaos production beginning!

Gonna be starting to record the first episode of Fan Game Chaos on Monday. So excited to start this massive project! This is going to be the most ambitious thing I have ever worked on...

Tales of Monkey Island done!

Just finished the final chapter of Tales of Monkey Island. I'm trying to keep my fanboyism in check as I'm currently working on a new Star Hill Review video for the entire season. Stay tuned!

Kobato

The show where all the manliest voices in anime play talking stuffed animals...

I mean geez... Ioryogi is played by Inada Tetsu, the voice of the old guys with the drill fist from Ga-Rei Zero... I still laugh when I think that there's a song on my iPod that involves him singing while Wakamoto Norio (The Emperor of Britannia) raps in the background.

Anyways, there's also his go to guy for information, the bear that runs a cafe, is Koyama Rikiya, the Japanese voice of Jack Bauer, and then throw in their rival who fought Ioryogi in one episode, voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama! What the hell, all these manly voices on tiny stuffed animals...

...and on the female side of things... we have Kampfer...

New Sam and Max in 2010!

So I just started on Tales of Monkey Island final chapter and apparently at the end there's a teaser for a new Sam and Max.

http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax2010

I really really really love Telltale!

Pokemon Yellow

Creamed it, in an hour

It just won't die!

Something tells me we're going to need a lot of gum...
http://www.destructoid.com/duke-nukem-d-day-revealed-and-it-s-all-out-of-gum-156404.phtml

Seriously though, I'll be looking forward to seeing my grand kids play this game when it comes out in 2060.

New Prince of Persia game...

http://www.destructoid.com/new-prince-of-persia-to-premiere-at-spike-vga-156423.phtml

I would be excited for a new sands of time game except for the fact that the storyline was completely ended and with that clifhanging ending at the previous Prince of Persia game I raged at. God damn developers having to plan a storyline in advance, why not creating a fucking ending for once! Jesus christ. Well hope Yuri Lowenthal can voice the Prince again at least (stfu Ichida...).

Adam vs the Phawx!

It that's time again where I open my big mouth and get thrown into another competition... Earlier today I was chatting with my best friend/roomie Phawx about us playing New Super Mario Bros Wii which quickly turned into shit talking. Short story is we created a bet to see who's the better Mario player.

The rules are:
Person who loses the least amount of lives wins.
No sabotaging the other player (throwing them off a cliff and such).
Only play through one world (though it has to be a hard one).

If I win, Phawx is forced to watch the entire first season of Lost in a month (that will get her sucked into the series, muh ha ha ha). If she wins however... I'll be forced to get her 3000 achievement points in a month... If either of us doesn't come through with our punishments, something more severe will happen (no I won't be getting kicked in the balls Fleets!). I hope to god I win this as if I don't I'll be 0-3. Gotta win sometime right?

Fuck Twilight!

A young kid walked into my room mate's game store yesterday, complaining that he was forced to see New Moon for his birthday. He looked so depressed that I told him to go watch Zombieland and feel much better. What I want to know however.... WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE, SERIOUSLY FUCK THAT MOVIE AND EVERYTHING IT STANDS FOR! FUCK THE SPARKLE, FUCK THE SHITTY ROMANCE PLOT (its so fucking horribly written) AND FUCK THE FAN GIRLS THAT MADE IT THIS POPULAR. Vampires and werewolves used to be cool but now its turned to complete shit, whats next? Succubuses?!? And now there's already going to be a third movie this summer already... FUCK THAT SHIT AND OVERSATURATING THE MARKET WITH SHITTY MOVIES! Why can't girls go crazy about some better romance movie like the Princess Bride or something?

The List: Ichida Form

Yes. Me too. I actually have a list on my iPhone's task list, so this won't take long.

Last updated 11/22/09

Anime/Toku - the number listed is the last episode I watched.
Asura Cryin (2)
Bleach (246)
Digimon Adventure (1)
Digimon Tamers (11)
Dragonball Kai (8)
Kamen Rider Double (10)
Kamen Rider Kuuga (4)
K-ON! (6)
Needless (4)
Princess Lover (2)
Queen's Blade (3)
Shin Koihime Musou
Toradora (9)
Xam'd (14)

PSP
Dissidia: Final Fantasy
Half-Minute Hero
LittleBigPlanet

DS
Nostalgia
Phantasy Star Zero
Pokemon SoulSilver

PS3
Bayonetta (Hard)
Valkyria Chronicles

PS2
Kingdom Hearts II (Proud)

Wii
Mario Kart Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (World 8)

XBOX360
Phantasy Star Universe

iPhone
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart
Fieldrunners
MyBrute
Shrek Kart
Sliding Heroes
Zenonia

The List (Raven versions)

Since Chuck did it, I figured I'd give a list too, though mine will have an anime list too, of shows I have, I just haven't watched them yet.

PS3

Batman: Arkham Asylum
BlazBlue
Devil May Cry 4
Little Big Planet
Demon's Souls
Infamous Demo
Uncharted Demo

PS2

Way of the Samurai 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Super Robot Taisen: Scramble Commander 2

Wii

Okami
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

DS

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Scribblenauts

PC

Left 4 Dead 2
Bioshock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Fallout 3
Kanon
Da Capo
Mass Effect
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2
Portal
Neverwinter Nights 2
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

N64

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Anime (Full Series)

Angel Sanctuary
Hanaukyo Maid Team
Yu Yu Hakusho
Tenchi Muyo
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei
Chrome Shelled Regios
Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori
Basilisk
Ikki Tousen
Nodame Cantabile
Nodame Cantabile Paris Chapter
Kamen Rider J
Ef - A Tale of Memories
Ef - A Tale of Melodies (not sure if I have those in the right order or not...)
Kanokon
Claymore
Ah! My Goddess
Tekkaman Blade
Macademi Wasshoi
Happy Lesson
Serial Experiments Lain
Cowboy Beebop
Renkin San-Kyuu Magical Pokaan
Digimon Adventure (in Japanese)
Digimon Adventure 02 (in Japanese)
Digimon Tamers (in Japanese)
Sengoku Basara
Soul Eater
Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo
Saki
Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae
Mobile Suit Gundam
Big O
Busou Renkin
Da Capo If
Slayers (All of them)
Garo
Genji Monogatari
Gundam Zeta
Gundam ZZ
Gunslinger Girl
Harlock Saga
Kamen Rider Black
Kamen Rider Blade
Kamen Rider Hibiki
Kamen Rider Ryuki
Kamichama Karin
Kanon 2006
Kara no Kyoukai
Lupin III vs Detective Conan
Maburaho
Macross Frontier
Magic Knight Rayearth (and all sequels)
Myself Yourself
Nabari no Ou
Night Wizard
REC
Reideen
School Days
Tekkaman Blade 2
Hellsing Ultimate
Vandread
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann movie: Gurren-hen
Naruto Movie 3
Naruto Shippuuden Movie
Naruto Shippuuden Movie 2
Clannad the Movie
Evangelion 1.01 - You Are (Not) Alone
Chou Kamen Rider Den-O and Decade movie
Shin Kamen Rider
Kirby: Fright to the Finish
Nodame Cantabile OVA
Great Mazinger
Grendizer
Yuusha Raideen


Technically not it, but I've left certain things out. You shall not find out why just yet.

The List

OK A list of Games I still need to finish, I'll sort them by Console: (Updated 24/11/09)

Xbox 360:
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Dynasty Warriors 6
Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires
DJ Hero
Halo ODST (Might not finish it)
GTA 4 (and its expanisions)
Borderlands
Eat Lead(Second Play through)

PS3:
Uncharted
Uncharted 2(Still haven't opened it)
Tekken 6
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed 2
Dynasty Warriors Gundam
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2
Metal Gear Solid 4
Street Fighter 4
Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
God of War Collection (1 and 2)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Unreal Tournament 3
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
BlazBlue
Dragon ball Z Raging Blast
NHL 10
NBA Live 10
Batman Arkham Asylum

Wii:
New Super Mario Brothers
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn (8th Time)
Scarface The World is Yours
Metroid Trilogy

PS2:
Final Fantasy 10 (3rd time)
Dragon Quest 8
Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3

Ps1:
Legend of the Dragoon
Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy 8 (3rd time)
Final Fantasy 7 (3rd time)
Meta Gear Solid

Game Cube:
Fire Emblem Path Of Radiance

PC:
World Of Warcraft (May Drop it)
Champions (May play it When I get a better Comp)
Left 4 Dead (Same as Above)
Left 4 Dead 2(Same as Above)

DS:
Pokemon Platinium
Pokemon Soul Silver (When They Come out in NA)
Pokemon Heart Gold
Megaman Battle Networ5 Double Team DS (All Battler Chips + Bass XX)
Final Fantasy 4

N64
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Thrid Time)

PSP:
GTA Vice City Stories
Final Fantasy Dissidia
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Dynasty Warrior Strike Force
Tekken 5
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy
Fate/Unlimited Codes
Warrior Orochi 2
God Of Warrior Chains of Olympus

Assassin Creed 2

Awesome. I challenged myself to go through the game with only the hidden blade :D he's got 2. (Unless if I have to use another weapon). OH I almost have Altiar's Amour.

I Came then Shat Bricks.

SSJ3 BROLY AND VEGETA IN RAGING BLAST !!!!!

Left 4 Dead 2

Tuesday was the release date, and holy shit is it fun. It's also a lot harder than the first game. Enemy AI is better, and your AI teammates are dumber. I can't count the number of times the AI survivors walked right past me while incapacitated... and left me behind. Dicks...

2 Campaigns done in one day, one of them twice to get Kevin and Brent the achievement that only I got the first time through. Me and Kevin could smoke a campaign on Normal just the two of us in the first game, but holy shit did we die a lot in this one... ON EASY!

...level 5 of The Parish... holy shit... I truly want to believe that that is the hardest level in that game... I really do, but there's still 3 more campaigns to see...

Adam... if running around the fences to shut of the alarm in level 2 didn't break you... this will. Guaranteed.

PS3 Rage

Playing a game of Headquaters Pro on CoD MW2 Racking up base take-over and kills (also completing in-game bonus exp) which came up to a total of over 6000 exp THEN MY PS3 DECIDES ITS A GOOD TIME TO DC FROM THE NETWORK. Thus Losing all the exp and making me rage quit. . . ahh. . .DBZ anyone?

DB Raging Blast

THERE IS FUSION DANCE!!!!!

PSP AdHoc Party! :D

PSP AdhocParty Coming To North America

AWESOME.

Now I'll be able to own in games like Dissidia with anybody! And we'll be able to co-op on Phantasy Star Portable until the sequel comes out! :D

Don't fuck with a witch

I HAVE COMPLETED BAYONETTA.

ARGH. Not since Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has there been such a reality-fucking ending that took forever! I thought Chapter XIV was the final boss because it was epic and multi-level, but boy was I wrong! After barely making it through battling on top of missiles flying around a city, Chapter XV was climbing the huge tower, then Chapter XVI was the man-behind-the-curtain boss, which was even more epic and had even more phases, so I thought THAT was the final boss. Wrong again. The battle takes off into space for the finale.

Spoiler alert! Highlight text to read.

--> The final boss is God. Or this world's version of God. Also it's a woman. Or whatever you'd call an omnipotent being with eight huge wings, a feminine frame, and breasts. This fight had at least four or five phases to it, and death brings you all the way back. Yes, this took at least an hour. USE DURGA FLAME KICKS ON ITS HAND. Oh, and after I squeaked past that fight, it's the last-ditch-time-battle-or-the-world-dies, as the God you just beat turns back into a statue and you have to smash it before it crashes into the planet. And that's the last story battle. But since every Chapter has to have ten "verses," there were more fights during the CREDITS, and they were all obviously time-limited battles. Since I had just spent all my dexterity on the major boss, I only managed to win one of them. <--

Phew... so, all in all, despite all my RAGE, I actually enjoyed this game. A LOT. And I don't normally play action games or things this gorey. A definite buy for anyone (over 17 :P).

Interstella 1337 - the Epic of the Universe

Once, there was a dot.

In the infinite blackness of space, a small star was born. It was so magnificent, that it attracted others of its kind. Two longer white essences came and joined the star. They played their cosmic game of catch and pass, and all was good in the world.

As the universe continued to form, there were more stars. Stars which evolved and took on many different forms. The original star, Pong Atari, grew, expanded, and spawned others like it. Other Atari. It reigned supreme over the universe, populated by others such as Coleco, Game & Watch, and the Commodore.

Things were peaceful for a time, but these stars were immature and underdeveloped, and eventually their strife and conflict caused their mutual self-destruction.

It was around this era that a very special star formed. This star was named Sega. It represented promise and potential for this universe. Sega, upon its own roots, began forming two powerful stars; the Master System and the Game Gear, designed to usher in a new era for all the denizens of the universe.

This star's radiance was such that others became inspired to evolve as well. These stars took on names and grew at a rate that rivalled the Master System. The most prominent among these stars was Nintendo, as well as the revived Atari. Nintendo was born with such foresight that it branched itself off into its own miniature galaxy, formed of many different prominent stars, naming its two major halves NES and Game Boy. As the NES system continued to evolve as itself, the Game Boy was a wild spirit, as it branched off further into many variations: Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Light, and such.

Meanwhile, Sega had finally perfected itself, as its pride and joy, the Master System, evolved into many different forms, all of which live on in the annuls of history, including the Genesis, the Mega Drive, and the Sega CD. The Game Gear, however, faded into darkness, long before its time. At the same time, a strange foreign star known as SNK had produced the Neo-Geo, an oddly formed star that marvelled at its own artistic beauty.

Nintendo would not be outdone. The hidden and savage competitive nature between these star systems had made itself known. Its stable half, the NES, evolved into the SNES, and shone with a spectral brilliance that echoed throughout the galaxy. Many of the stars the SNES spawned are still shining today. In addition, the Game Boy followed suit and evolved into the Super Game Boy.

The wars to control the galaxy continued for eons. While Atari struggled to maintain its own existence, a new power entered existence. This already-powerful giant was named Sony. With its most prominent masterpiece, the PlayStation, the sides had begun to make themselves clear. Gradually, then suddenly, the other stars faded, submitting to the shine of the three biggest star systems, Nintendo, Sega, and Sony. What would turn into the greatest war known to man had begun.

As Nintendo grew further and further, expanding itself into new dimensions, it became the Nintendo 64 and the Game Boy Advance, which again spawned others; the Game Boy Advance SP, the Game Boy Micro, and so on. Sega, long tired of the wars, made its final stand. The last shine of brilliance it produced was the wondrous Dreamcast star. However, it was short-lived; Sega, as the oldest of the modern star systems, had lived its lifespan. Shortly after creating the Dreamcast, Sega buckled and began to fade. As a final, desperate move, Sega fractured itself, and surrendered each piece to each of the major systems, living on forever inside each. Sega would never be forgotten.

The last piece of Sega which floated alone attracted yet another power. The alien star known as Microsoft. It was already locked in a fierce battle with other systems in its own universe, but the clash between this universe had attracted Microsoft, forcing them to take part in the Grand Wars, as they produced their first piece - the Xbox.

The other systems were amused; nobody believed the Xbox would last. However, the Xbox discovered and consumed the final Sega shard, and began to evolve at a blinding rate. It was not long before it was on par with Nintendo and Sony.

For another age the star systems battled for control. As the Xbox continued to evolve, Sony created the PlayStation 2, and Nintendo the Gamecube. Meanwhile, remnants of past systems struggled to revive and create new systems. There were survivors of the Atari, among other new formations such as the NGage and the WonderSwan, but none of them shone very long.

The battle became savage, as new, alien technology merged with the major systems. The PlayStation 3, the Nintendo Wii, and the Xbox 360 clashed as the major trifecta of the universe.

At the same time, the braches of Sony and Nintendo continued to evolve. The PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DS clashed. While the Portable continued to evolve itself, the DS focused on spawning more and more variations. The DSlite, the DSi, the DSi XL, all came at the PSP with ferocity, though the two remained equals.

To this day, these major powers struggle back and forth, with no clear victor in sight. Each finding the other's weakness. Each reviving past stars to strengthen themselves. Each finding new and creative ways to wage war. It seems as if it will never stop.

However... one of the powers that Microsoft had battled with in a parallel universe was starting to seep through. This power was named Apple. With its bizarre alien iPhone, would it develop a major star system of its own and become The Fourth?

Time will tell.
This is the Epic of the Universe.

Dragon Ball Z Raging Blast.

LEts Start with This, Graphic made me Jizz In My Pants. Next I almost Raged because i thought they didnt have in battle Transfromation because it isnt labled on the Skill set.
However its a good game, not as good as tenkaichi 3(No ssj4 Gogeta T_T). Oh Fusion Dance better be there...

People are awesome!

Ok I currently work at a major fast food chain until I finish college and the craziest thing happened last night. A crazy bitch came into our drive through, bitching her boyfriend didn't get her 4 piece nugget meal. Our manager calmly talked to her, saying she needed a receipt in order to prove her story so we could give her the food which she didn't have. When she found out she wasn't getting any free food, she went absolute batshit insane and drove her car into the second window for drive through and kept it hostage from the other customers until we gave into her demands. At this point I'm laughing my ass off as our manager decided to say "fuck it" and called the cops. A few minutes later, the crazy bitch storms into the store, swearing at us at the top of her lungs while making fun of us for working at a fast food restaurant which is pretty funny how she's making fun of us while shes making a scene over a 4 DOLLAR MEAL! At this point I had to turn around as I couldn't stop laughing over the stupidity of the situation as I didn't want to draw any attention to myself. As soon as our manager told the bitch that the cops were on the way, she quickly bolted out of the store. I fucking love people!

HOLY SHIT!

Crush 40 is coming to Rockband?!?

...TOO MUCH FANGASM GOING ON AT THE MOMENT. Better be some fucking Live and Learn in that set list or I will demand blood from Sega and Harmonix... BLOOD!

As expected

The later enemies in Bayonetta are really pissing me off.

Worst time ever to be repeatedly paged by work issues. Even worse timing for the boy to (for the third time this week) call me asking to use my printer to print his fucking homework. I literally ripped my printer out of my room, hauled it next door, threw it onto their couch, flung the installation disc onto the table, and left, all while mumbling about what a bitch-ass Justitia is. On Normal. BLAAAARGGHHFUCKKKKH. BURN IN UNHOLY FLAME, JUSTITIAAAAAAAAARGH.

I've never been spectacular at action games; I admit that. But this game is really pushing my temper. I've even become better at dodging and Clocking Up... er, I mean using Witch Time. And still it isn't enough. I've lost count of how many battles - not even just bosses - that I've beaten by the skin of my teeth, with not a visible pixel of health left, even after a few health lollies and auto-resurrection. I still don't even have any weaponry beyond Scarborough Fair (pistols), Onyx Roses (shotguns), Shuraba (katana; ben using this 90% of the time), and Durga (claws of flame/lightning), and I'm already at Chapter XIV.

There are four major angelic bosses, and you'll know who they are. The third one in particular was more of a pissoff than any other fight so far. Strangely, the final of the four was the easiest.

The motherfucking air chase sequence at the forefront of Chapter XIV was completely infuriating as I'm used to the opposite inversion of Y-axis flight, so movement was awkward at best. Then, after that, it's a multi-tier boss battle with a major story villain. Usually with these multi-part bosses, if you die during any part of the battle, you return to that part rather than the beginning. NOT THIS TIME. Oh, and since I decided to choose not to Continue after dying (ragequit), instead of hitting Chapter Menu while still alive, I GET TO REPEAT THE AIR CHASE SEQUENCE. GODDAAAAMMMIIIIIITTTTRRRRRRGHH.

Eeuuuughh... People, become VERY dedicated to this game. Be willing to give it your soul, your rage, and ALL of your attention, because it demands it. Before you sit down and play, do EVERYTHING ELSE you need to get done that day, because you will NOT want to be interrupted. You will, as I have, end up lashing out at someone in rage.

I wanted to go through this game again on Hard Mode for the trophies, but unless I gain every weapon and spell, there's just no way I'll be able to do it...!! @~@

God, at this rate, I can only imagine the horrible, infernal rage Demon's Souls players must be feeling... @_<

CoD MW 2

Best CoD Game of all time, It even has riot shields :D

Bayonetta: Post-First Day

So, post-first day of Bayonetta.

My overall reaction? IT'S FUCKING BAYONETTA. That's my answer to anyone who doubts whether this game is worth getting. It's fucking Bayonetta. Your argument is invalid.

Anyways, I'll try not to spoil the story, because EVERYONE NEEDS TO PLAY THIS.

The game is goddamn awesome. First off, the graphics are beautiful, even if the XBOX version has better graphics. Anyone discriminating the two versions for such a miniscule and barely noticeable difference needs to get stuffed in an iron maiden. The settings are vibrant, well-rendered, and all very pleasing to run through, destroy, restore, and battle atop. Hell, the entire first battle scene is done on a huge chunk of a tower as it's spiralling its way down a multi-skyscraper-level cliff, and as you progress through the fight, you can see the horizon, the sky, and the city below, all spinning around you as the camera gives you the illusion that where you're standing is solid ground when in fact it's quite the contrary. Once I really got into it, it began to freak me out a little, too, especially when a huge-ass double-headed dragon with a stone face between its heads shows up and starts pew-pewing flame everywhere.

The combat system in this game truly speaks of the Devil May Cry franchise it spawned off of. It's fast, it's pointy, it's bloody, and it's multi-faceted. Bayonetta starts off with just her foursome of pistols, but over the course of the game you collect other weaponry you take along everywhere, including shotguns, a katana, claws, a whip, and even bazookas, among whatever else I haven't seen. The equipment system is amusingly customizeable, too. How it works is, you have two sets of weaponry you can switch between outside of the menu. For each set, you have a hand slot and a foot slot. You can assign any of your weaponry to any of these four available slots. For example, currently on Set A I have the katana in hand and claws on the feet, and on Set B I have the pistols in hand, and shotguns on the feet, and I can switch between these two sets instantly at any time, even in combat.

The magic in this game is remarkable, too. The Magic Gauge is for your Torture Attacks. (iron maidens, guillotines, other pointy things) You've also no doubt seen those attacks she does where her hair turns into giant fists or stilettos; those are her Wicked Weave attacks. And of course, we have the big baddies - the Infernal Demons, which only come out during Climax Finishing attacks against bosses. All kinds of big bad hair-based demons spawn, including crunchies like a dragon and a raven, and whatever other ones I haven't seen.

The story is alright so far, but from what I've seen, you get sent somewhere on a tip regarding something Bayonetta is looking for, then it goes into "Hey, I think I know you, I'm following you nao," and "Hey, you're a big angel, I'ma chase you and kill you for points." Anyone who actually wants to follow the storyline needs to pay attention; with the dazzling gameplay and... "attractive design" of this game, it's easy to forget why you're doing any of this beyond the sheer fun of violently massacring hoardes of beastly angelic creatures. The game has at least fourteen chapters, maybe more, and I've done about five or six so far.

That's all I have for now. Moar tomorrow.

MW2!!!!!

Just got my copy ^_^ but I got class till 6 T_T

Con't of my Koihime Post

OK Ima Just pick up where I last left off. (If you don't know what I mean, Look Down, K? Also Everything I mention here is about Koihime Musou, unless i say otherwise)

Now, Lets talk about Huang Zhong (Female), Milf, Ok Next;

Hmm, Da Qiao, one of Wu's Loli-twins, She a hermaphrodite, That made me rage, she is my favorite character In Dynasty Warriors5/Warrior Orochi 1-2 (The Fusion dance game with Samurai Warriors) *Insert Rage Here*

Sun Ce/Sonsaku Hakafu, She has Tits Nice Big ones, So like, does that mean the real guy has a Huge Package *cough* maybe we should ask a certain 6 foot who gives a fuck that question ^.^

OK with this one i was like wtf'ing the entire episode. . . Dong Zhou the ruler with the thrid and fourth chins. Loli, Skinny, wtf...

Zhuge Liang, Loli, Also Wtf, (Lets just go with Loli Wtf Flow)

Zhang Jiao, The Leader Of the Yellow Turbans. . . Made into a Prefromer... oh well i never liked him...

Lu Bu/Ryofu Housen, WarLord, Betrayer, Master of archery Horseback Riding Spear Wielding Son of a Bitch, but not in this show... she is a Dog Loving pussy. ok. . .

ill do more later...

Growing up

Today I find myself as I'm packing up my various dvds and game consoles that a part of my life has just ended. In a few days I'll be on my own in the world as I'm moving into an apartment with a few friends. It feels weird to me yet scary at the same time as I'll have more responsibilities such as making rent which is very important as other people will be depending on me to contribute a fixed amount each month. It also freaks me out that I can no longer be the kid I wanted to stay as. With all the sudden changes that's been happening to me in the past few months, I've been forced to grow up too quickly, doing things I never thought I would have to do in this stage of my life. Hell, drinking for the first time was weird to me but yet for a person who's about to turn 21, its time for me to leave my childhood. Of course I'm always afraid of failing at this new lifestyle but I have to admit, I'm so happy I have found friends who I can completely trust and rely on, being like my second family. So as I leave my home and grateful for what my family has done for me, it's time for me to accept the hard fact. I have grown up.

<.<

Make the effort to bring (what I believed were) various interesting stories and get heckled for it. Fucking great. At least I've learned effort is never rewarded in this group. This is what fucking happens when Adam pussies out of a podcast. SHIT BUILDS UP. Not even appreciation for actually gathering news stories more than fifteen minutes before we record.

Koihime Musou

So I started watching Koihime Musou recently, and as some of you may know this series takes the characters from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or as some of you may know better Dynasty Warriors. To be Honest some of the characters... well most are lesbians. Lets Start with Cao Cao, in the anime "he" is a Lesbian (Most of them are anyways...) They take Cao Cao "obession with Guan Yu" to a Whole 'nother level. They Almost Les'd out, almost. Now I wouldn't mind if I didn't know anything about Romance of the Three Kingdoms but I do, BUT BUT what would be awesome if they show the "Female" Xiahou Dun gets her Eye Shot out and she Eats it, that would be awesome.

Oh Btw, The Ikkitousen Characters are better then the Koihime Characters. Kthxbai.

The future of Bleach

After reading the latest chapter of Bleach, I am totally calling out whats going to happen next. Ichigo will witness Aizen's shikai, almost gets killed and then is possibly saved by someone (probably his dad), train for god knows how long, fight aizen again until something else happens, repeat the process again until I get completely fed up and attempt to drop the series until I get sucked in by another awesome fight that seems cool at first until they drag it out, then I'll bitch again but suck it up until something else happens. Ah shonen....

Urg....

I think we all know what you'll be doing in those 2 days... GET THAT PICTURE OUT OF MY HEAD!

The witch has been shipped

I should have it in two days, so expect me to be completely offline while I play it. I will provide a Star Hill Review of it some time afterwards.

Yes, guys, I will have the Halloween videos up before I get it. :P

If I cared about DMC...

...I would have guessed sooner that BAYONETTA'S JAPANESE RELEASE IS COMPLETELY ENGLIIIIIIISH!! Dialogue, menus, in-game text and subtitles... ALL OF IT. AND THE PS3 IS REGION-FREE. IMPORT NAO!

An example of the superfuckingawesomery -

WHAT THE FUCK TELLTALE GAMES!?!

Seriously, what the fuck did I just experience at the end of Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 4. Seriously, most WTF twist ever in a video game!

Regained Memories

I found it!

I found my old blog!

It had been sitting on an old Blogger account that existed before Blogger merged with Google! I have imported all the posts and am in the middle of tagging them, so anyone curious about shit that happened 2004-2006, or who wants to find more shit to chuckle at me about (the more likely reason), including my time during and immediately after being a Beyblader, as well as several old convention reports, can find them in the archives on my blog, which Litrid is now a member of.

Wow. XD

Dabbling once again

How funny is it that during this whole online fan game convention, I decide to get back into RPG Maker 2003? :P

EDIT: Never mind about RPG Maker - I've got a new Star Hill video seires pilot to make! :P

Brutal Legend

From the mind of Tim Schafer, who has worked on many classics such as the Secret of Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, and Psychonauts comes Brutal Legend, an absolute love letter to all things heavy metal. In the game you play as a roadie named Eddie Riggs who’s voiced by Jack Black as he grows tired of supporting a shitty tween metal band. He soon however gets caught in an accident that transports him to another world full of crazy locations inspired by heavy metal lore. After managing to escape from the dark forces, discovering his knowledge of rock can actually “blow shit up literally”, and meeting up with a bunch of freedom fighters willing to free their land, its up to Eddie to raise an army and take down the evil Doviculus. Of course being a Tim Schafer game you can easily expect the plot to entertain you with all the hilarious dialogue and unique characters. What I didn’t expect however was at times the game gets serious in a good way (kind of like the final act of Shaun of the Dead) which you really care about what happens to the characters. Of course this is a game so game play is obviously important to enhance the experience and Brutal Legend absolutely delivers. The game is a crazy combination of an action adventure game mixed in with an open world mission structure of fable and Grand Theft Auto, with some RTS elements, hack and slash, and vehicular combat. You’re never doing the same thing and every element of the game coexists perfectly with each other. The voice cast is outstanding as well with Jack Black perfecting the role of Eddie Riggs without being too much like Jack Black. The other celebrity cast is completely made up of rock legends such as Lemmy Kilmister, Lita Ford, Rob Halford, and Ozzy Osbourne are all perfect in their roles and are unexpectedly hilarious. The game also has a robust multiplayer mode that takes the rts sections of the game and pits you against another player with three factions to choose from. Overall, if you love heavy metal, enjoy a great mix of game play styles, or just love Tim Schafer’s work you owe it to yourself to check out this game!

OnP Version # Whothefuckcares

Been making some additions to my personal blog, if anyone cares.

Hopefully I'll have something worth posting here soon. :P

OH MY GOD I CAN'T GET OUT!

Fall 2009 Anime Season

Yeah, since my first video was about the Spring season, I guess its becoming a habit to do these write-ups, even though I won't turn them into videos. Maybe if I speed up the process a bit, but I'm still getting to that. Anyways, this may be a long one, so you may want to get your hands on some snacks and a drink first. For various reasons, I will be skipping most second seasons... mainly because I'm lazy, and anyone who cares is already watching them.

11eyes

An action based show that kind of reminds me of Persona 3 if there were more encounters like the first one at the dorm. Basically, a set of high school students find themselves getting transported into a weird sort of parallel dimension that looks like their world, except everyone else is missing, for a period of time every day. Only difference between this and the dark hour appears to be the colour shift. Persona 3 had green, this show has red. Anyways, weird creatures appear in this alternate reality, very reminiscent of the Shadows from Persona... and the kids are forced to fight for their lives while they try and figure out what is causing this phenomenon. All Persona fans are now asking whether they all have some sort of special power to fight these things... actually, most anime fans are probably thinking that... and the answer is no duh.

What I love about this show, the theme song, its absolutely awesome, what don't I like... three episodes into the series, and absolutely nothing feels like its happened... for a 12 episode series, its moving pretty freaking slowly...


Aoi Bungaku

Yes, there are subs for this now. Go, find them, its worth it. Basically, this show plans to take several classic Japanese short stories, one of which I really like, and animate them. Not sounding that interesting yet? All character designs are being handled by three people... Takeshi Obata, Takeshi Konomi, and Tite Kubo, the original manga creators for Death Note, Prince of Tennis, and Bleach respectively. Got your attention yet? The series so far is really dark, but that's going to be subject to change as they circle between the six short stories they're doing.

My only problem, the lack of fansubs. I mean, come on, ten groups are subbing Kampfer, and only one seemingly slow group is doing this? What's Kampfer? Oh, keep reading and you'll find out...


Fairy Tail

Based on the incredibly popular manga of the same name, Fairy Tail comes as yet another shounen series that will probably never end. The protagonist, Lucy, is a mage that is trying to get into a popular mage guild known as Fairy Tail. In the first episode, she runs across a guy named Natsu, who not only happens to be a mage, but a rather well known member of said guild. Stuff happens, he takes her with him to the guild, and she gets in. Really. No test, no need to prove herself, they just let her in. Apparently the only condition to entering this well known guild is to find its HQ. Anyways, its entertaining, but once again, its looking to be another arc based fighting series that will inevitably go on until no one cares anymore because of all the filler. *coughNarutoandBleachcough*

Anyways, another thing to note is the voice cast. It feature Hirano Aya (Haruhi) as Lucy, Simon from Gurren Lagann as Natsu, and Kugimiya Rie (Shana, Louise, Taiga) as a cat. Listening to Simon's voice actually make an "eat that for breakfast" joke that worked rather literally in context was kind of funny as well.


Inuyasha Kanketsu-hen

Yes, it's back. Do we care? Sort of. Why? They're only giving it 26 episodes. This series will actually cover the ending of the Inuyasha manga, finally ending the series for good. So that means it has 26 episodes to cover 25 volumes of manga from where the first series left off. Wait... what? Doesn't that mean they're doing almost a full volume per episode? Oh right, it's a Rumiko Takahashi manga, its mostly filler anyways.

I would also like to note that I'm watching this despite the fact that I gave up on the first series halfway through. It is one of two shows I've ever actually dropped... though mostly due to YTV's bullshit and not the series itself. Am I going to finish watching the 75 episodes I missed before I start? No. I really don't think I'm missing all that much. He probably got a new sword or something, new flashy move, spent the entire 75 episodes chasing after Naraku in a fun-filled, but rather pointless set of filler arcs only to once again not kill him in the end... Am I about right?


Kampfer

Oh crap, I mentioned it before so now I have to do this... Okay, so Kampfer is a series about a guy, who turns into a girl, to fight other girls who turn into other girls, in some weird sort of game for the amusement of what I can only assume are the game programmers of whatever H-game this show was based on, while being fed information by talking stuffed animals with their intestines hanging out, who are voiced by big name VAs. No really, I can't make this shit up if I tried. I don't think its supposed to make sense, I mean, the series definitely doesn't take itself seriously. As for the VAs, there are so many jokes with the animals about their VAs... like having Tamura Yukari playing the rabbit, and Nana Mizuki playing the cat... the two VAs are best known for playing Nanoha and Fate respectively, and god damn I know there's going to be a joke about that in there somewhere...

Kampfer, at least they put the best part about the series in the title.

...if you didn't get that, I ain't explaining it.


Kimi ni Todoke

I love this series already. It's a shoujo series produced by Production I.G., the studio that brought us Ghost in the Shell, and more recently Eden of the East. Basically it follows a girl named Sawako, who most of her class is afraid of due to her resemblance to Sadako, the little girl from The Ring, as she tries to open up to the people around her and make friends. It also follows her as she completely misses the fact that guy she respects so much has a huge crush on her. I mean, could he make it any more obvious? Hell, I thought they got together after the first episode because he more or less confessed to her at the end. Went right over her head apparently.

Why are you still reading this? Go watch this right now!


Kobato

This show is made by Clamp, what else do you need to know. It's cute, the storyline seems both engaging and interesting at the same time, and it features Inada Tetsu, the voice of the big, burly, gay guy from Ga-Rei Zero as a stuffed blue dog that breathes fire. I think the thing that caught me about this is the fact that Clamp was releasing this manga for years... at the same time as both Tsubasa and xxxHolic, and other little projects... Damn those 4 women can do a lot of work. As far as I know only one of them actually does the art...


Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu - Purezza

I can't explain this show as well as I'd like to, so I will provide you with a handy flowchart.





























In all seriousness though, watch it. The series is essentially about a high school kid named Ayase Yuuto who discovers that the most popular girl in school is a closet otaku. Though unlike everyone else who's ever found that out, he doesn't ridicule her for it, and the two of them become good friends... though I think from any logical standpoint it's pretty obvious that they were dating from the get-go... no matter what the two of them say. It's a really nice series, and you need to watch it. Do yourself a favour and just do it, you'll be happy you did.


Nyan Koi

The story of this series is about a boy who accidentally breaks a shrine to some sort of cat deity. As a curse, he is given the ability to understand what cats can say, and informed that if he doesn't commit 100 good deeds for cats all over the city, he will be turned into one himself. The real catch here? He's allergic to cats. If he gets turned into a cat, it's worse than just having to learn to live with it... he will literally be allergic to himself and die slowly and painfully. So to prevent that from happening, he has to take the plunge and help the thing that drives him insane. It's a comedy too, so plenty of fun to be had.

I like this series, mainly because I can empathize with the protagonist. I'm allergic to cats too, and the damn things drive me nuts... especially Ichida's cat. Damn thing came to me, started rolling around on the couch next to me like it wanted to be petted. Then it fucking bit me... damn cat.

Also, this show features Fukuyama Jun, voice of Lelouch from Code Geass as a random cat.


Sasameki Koto

The Yuri series of the season, I picked it up mainly because I watched Aoi Hana last season and absolutely loved it. This one, not so much. I mean, it's still good, but it's just lacking in so many ways. Definately not as good of a shoujo pick as Kimi ni Todoke. Basically, it follows two best friends, one of whom is an open lesbian, and the other who is still in the closet, but very much in love with the other. The catch? She's not her friend's type apparently. So the drama all comes from her being emo about being unable to be with the other girl. It's also somewhat slow moving. I swear to god the episodes seem to go so fast... and yet not much actually happened. Good series, cute art style, but not one of the best this season.

For some reason that one background song in this show reminds me of Winny the Pooh…


Seiken no Blacksmith

This series is about Knights, Blacksmiths, a living sword, and apparently people who signed contracts with the devil for power. It's a fairly good action fantasy series, and its been going rather nicely so far. Not much to say about it aside from that. Good start, watch it.


Seitokai no Ichizon

References ahoy! This show is full of them, going so far as to make refences to Dragon Ball Z, Haruhi, Lucky Star, and various other things right in the first five minutes. This show is all about the references and randomness, it has nothing else, but I can't really fault it for that. At least it's doing it better than Lucky Star, and actually has some semblance of a plot behind it all. They even made a Jigoku Shoujo reference, complete with Noto Mamiko voicing the character. That makes it great. Also, they didn't just make a Dragon Ball joke... they made a Dragon Ball Evolution joke.

"We should collect seven spherical objects with stars on them!"
"Evolution..."
"DON'T EVEN SAY THAT! THAT WAS HORRIBLE!"


Sora no Otoshimono

Another "lolwut" series this season. It's a simple of a high school boy who wanted nothing more than a normal life only to have it snatched away as a strange girl literally falls out of the sky. She calls him her master and offers to use her powers to give him whatever he desires. He quickly becomes mad with power, wishing for money, power, and the ability to grope women in the changing room while invisible. He even does a little dance through his school while naked and time is frozen. He then comes to a realization that this power was wrong and he could not abuse it any further.

No, not really, he just cries like a little bitch and abuses the weird girl every episode instead. I can't help but yell at him... he's voiced by Souichiro Hoshi, one of the manliest voices in anime, stop crying!

Anyways decent show, at very least it's fun. Also, flock of panties migrating across the world for the win.


Toaru Kagaku no Railgun

Should I even be mentioning this here? I said I wouldn't mention second seasons... though this honestly isn't really a second season, more of a spin-off of Toaru Majutsu no Index. Essential idea is that they took the target audience's (read as loli lovers) favourite minor character and gave her her own show. That's more or less it. I have to admit though, she always seemed like a more interesting character than Touma ever did. Though now I'm starting to question that considering the lack of an actual storyline so far...

Whatever, bottom line, she flicks a coin and gets the same sort of effect as if it were fired from a Railgun. That's kind of awesome.



Anyways, that's it for another season, I'll probably be making another of these come January, not to mention whatever other little random anime comments I come up with in between.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

So I have just finished Uncharted 2, one of the biggest games of the year. I have not been this excited for a game release in awhile (yes, even more than Tales of Monkey Island) and when I was able to get a copy, my heart just raced, knowing I was in for a real treat as I have previously professed my love for the original and played it around 5 times through. I was in love with the game play, the characters, the writing, and yes even the acting, all having influences from pulp adventure serials such as my favorite movie of all time, Raiders of the lost ark. For Nathan Drake's second adventure on the PS3 however, words cannot describe how amazing this game is. EVERYTHING is improved from the original game. The single player campaign is longer, the script writing and acting is top notch and is probably one of the best I've ever seen in a video game, and the set pieces are so unbelievable iconic that the action can really make you bite your nails as you actually care about the characters surviving. There were moments in this game that I have never experienced before, truly bridging the gap between cinematic and interactive entertainment. Oh and there's a very competent multiplayer mode as well on top of that with many features that will have you hooked for months. If you have a PS3, get this game now! And if you don't have a PS3 yet, pick this up along with its prequel, don't miss out on one of the best games of the year, possibly the century. It's that damn good!

Gotcha

Just picked up my copy of Uncharted 2 ^o^ but i cant play it till i get home...which wont be for a long time T-T. im really hyped for this game though. sucks that you cant do the story as co-op though, that woulda been a great feature to have, though they do make up for it with new missions just for co-op. wooooooo

Sick, Like a Boss

Well I came down with what i though was a sore throat, then the next day, a sore neck, so I went to the doctors and asked her;
"Yo, Whats a matter with me?"
her reply was;
"You got strep thoat"
Then i said;
"Mammamai."
Then her;
"By the way Charles, your stereotypical Italian accent sucks."
Me;
"Thats a spicy meat-a-ball!"

Anyways I KNOW MY STORY TYPING SKILLZ SUCK THE BUCKET, Comment on it and get speared, or kicked in the nuts, like a boss, on a boat, while jizzing in your pants, as I walk away from an explosion.

Zombies at the MOVIES!!!

So I'm going to see Zombieland this weekend with some of the gang and I'm definatly psyched for it. Who else wouldn't want to see a Left 4 Dead movie, oh wait I know, ICHIDA! (Yeah I'm still holding a grudge for him missing last weeks episode...)

End of an era...

Garnett Lee just announced that the Listenup/1up yours podcast is officially ending as he's taking his new position at gamefly. The reason why this is noteworthy is that 1up yours was the inspiration to Star Hill Radio. I'm gonna miss hearing the guys talk about the latest in the industry.

In other news, Ichida is a bitch for skipping out on Star Hill Radio last night and before you mention it, Kevin had a good excuse!

Left 4 Dead Crash Course

It broke me.... Why must you break down generator?!? WHY!

First post.

First Post on this blog, All i need to say is...

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMEEENNNN!!!!!
kthxbai

My work is never done

I hate computers...theres always some sorta new component or something that comes out which blows the previous versions away and i always want it. Like the ATI Eyefinity i mentioned before. Though right now it something more simple i need. with all the upgrades ive been making to my computer recently ive neglected to replace the power supply accordingly so right now my rig is extrmly under powered and its sapping performance like a mofo. now i gotta go out and spend 100 bucks on a new supply to keep this watt guzzling glutton happy. might as well buy a quad core while im at it...i hate computrs

Ichida and Uncharted 2 demo

FUCKING SHIELD SPAMMING! GOD DAMN IT!

ATI Eyefinity

For those of you who listen to SHR I mentioned during the news segment a few episodes back about a new series of video cards from ATI with the ability to support up to 6 monitors all running off one card and able to display crazy resolutions. Now ive seen the thing in action and i gotta say...I am definatly buying one

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/09/28/amds_ati_eyefinity_technology_review

Theres a video on that page that shows you some of the stuff this beast can do, and even though the model they review is only capable of supporting 3 monitors its stll quite a sight to behold. Theres something about seeinf Call of Duty, Half-Life and Need for Speed on such a large panoramic view that makes me jizz in my pants. Just imagine with a setup like this you'll now never get surprised by a dude jumping out of the side of your vission trying to gun you down. And later on in the video during the shots of NfS with the wheel setup OMG O_O why would anyone want to drive a real car? EVER?! The only downside is theres no crossfire. but i dont think im going to be running up to 12 monitors anytime soon.

And word has it this card is going retail next week. I dont know what the price range for it is yet but someone told me it'd be in the $400 range. Now i just gotta work on getting the money to buy the card, a 3rd monitor, and a new power supply so i can keep this thing fed. Though apparently it only needs 18 watts when idle so power may not be too big of an issue.

Down goes my money and time

Kingdom Hearts DS
Uncharted 2
Brutal Legend
Borderlands
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Left 4 Dead 2 (both pc and 360)
Assassin's Creed 2
Mario and Luigi 3

All this in the next few weeks.... Fuck my life!

Tales of Monkey Island - Chapter 3

So I just finished Chapter 3 of Tales of Monkey Island which released yesterday and so far I'm very impressed with what Telltale is doing with the franchise. Clearly doing a continuous plot line instead of their usual stand alone episodes is definably producing better results for their episodic model. They are finally doing some new interesting character development with Guybrush through the use of Morgan and creating a rift between his marriage with Elaine. So far I'm really loving the humor and atmosphere which the writers have really nailed down. With only two chapters left, I'm really eager to finish the story and I'm ready to say this is so far shaping up to be better than my favorite game in the series, Curse of Monkey Island. Keep up the great work Telltale!