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TomNook7 posted...

so like, man the graphics in that game are amazing. especially for the time. areas come to life with random weather effects, day & night cycles, and all around the atmosphere is top notch. all the major areas are linked, and theres no loading screens between them, so it really feels like youre exploring a strange alien world

This is how I remember it

TomNook7 posted...

combat is pretty braindead tho. dodge button only works half the time, theres a shield move thats completely useless, and every encounter plays out the same. and theres only like 3 bosses in the entire game lol wtf?

But then I also remember this.

Grimlyn posted...

also wth stream started with the nicest person who's first comment about my voice being calming wth how is that like the 3rd time I got that specific comment when I'm so strongly dysphoric about my voiceeeee. really hits me right in the giddies tho

If it helps any (more), your voice is very calming and cute and very welcome on a sleepless 4am to try and relax

The Atom

Beef with Scoot McNairy is pretty much why we have Taylor's Version albums.

Dang, you have it nice.

Here's me on mobile. On every page. Every refresh. The last 5-10 minutes.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/97d3c294.jpg

What name did you decide on? For the fem&ms?

Mine

I legit have had nothing the past three times I've seen this prompt except this. And it's only because "Father of Mine" plays in my head each time. Nonsense.

Estelle
Abstain

I am absolutely fine with "Star-Spangled Man" being my lowest! I don't remember my exact reasons for nominating it, but after going through two dozen or so superhero...

Wow. This is "Welcome to the Black Parade?" I thought I'd heard it before, but apparently not and I am underwhelmed by the hype.

Anyways, going through tons of superhero themes and power rangers and mostly instrumentals, hearing how different "Star-Spangled Man" was in comparison was the point where I nominated it and moved on without a second thought. There was also an interest in how it would rank because I didn't expect "Fresh Goes Better" to be a hit when I nominated it before (or someone else nominated it and I nominated it again later? It's 1am), so... I'm not surprised, I'm not sad, I'm glad it's my first one out, and if anything, I'm getting Radiohead's "Idioteque" flashbacks right now with "Welcome to the Black Parade," like am I just not getting why people rave about it?

EDIT:RE:#375 "(First Reaction: Why is this song not ending? How am I only two minutes into this song and why does it feel so much longer? Is this some type of torture device that disrupts the flow of time to prolong the listener's suffering?" FOR REAL

Shop of Horrors

Dropping songs already! Excitement

Trails In The Sky

I don't know how channel points or twitch works at all.

*headpats here* swishswishswish

Innoruuk (Everquest)
Kerafyrm the Sleeper (Everquest)
Penance (Final Fantasy X)

And for fun,

Spikey Tiger (Secret of Mana)

The

Max Mercury

Dream

...I had never heard the term 'hornyposting' until CE went private. I don't see how that has ever been a common referral.

Meatball Sub
Gobbler (Turkey, Stuffing, Mayo, Cranberry Sauce)
Philly Cheesesteak
Cubano

#20. Gaur Plain
Game: Xenoblade Chronicles
Nominated: jcgamer107 (May 2012) & Ed Bellis (September 2012)
Scores: #30th [2/5] & - [4/25]
Games Rank: 7/61
Time: 4:19
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDJtsfR51To
Note: In a game with plenty of amazing tracks, this is currently my favorite. No doubt things can change with further and more extensive perusal.

Xenoblade had already been large. A big starting town in a large lake surrounded by huge walls and tons of wildlife. But like Final Fantasy VII, the first town can be stupidly large and take up the first few hours no problem. And also like Final Fantasy VII, leaving town for the first time and seeing just how vast the rest of the world is... is huge. First you get the real first sight of sky and dimension leaving that cavern, then you hit Gaur Plains and... my goodness. It's so vast with so much wildlife and monsters that do not cater to the player's level, AND THE MUSIC. One of the best tracks in a video game, IMO, and it accompanies just how real an adventure you're finding yourself on.

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#19. Blue Water Blue Sky
Game: Guilty Gear X2
Nominated: Ed Bellis (September 2012)
Score: - [3/25]
Games Rank: 6/61
Time: 2:57
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhpisRcYuZw
Note: It's like travelling through a dream, racing towards the light. One of the most upbeat and soul-filling songs I've had the pleasure to listen to.

Still is. This is what I picture cruising along towards the beach on a day of sun and surf and hakuna matata to be. It's summer adventure and blue skies on the open road. I still love this song, and will always love this song.

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#18. A Simple Life
Game: Guilty Gear X2
Nominated: Ed Bellis (September 2012)
Score: - [2/25]
Games Rank: 5/61
Time: 3:07
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yklYElgOyN4&
Note: Thanks to Satai_Delenn for turning me on to such an amazing soundtrack. This song is awesome.

I always forget how this goes, and coming at this write-up a month after I put it above BWBS, I have to rediscover why. Oh, it's even more wonderful and road-trippy! The guitar sings in this track~

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#17. Uptown Girl
Artist: Billy Joel
Nominated: ZeroSignal620 (June 2015)
Score: --- [1/5]
Standard Rank: 13/49
Time: 3:22
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuMWrfXG4E

The music video is captivating, and the music is incredible. A beautiful throwback to 50s rock and roll, Billy joel is an amazing singer. How can you not tap your toes, sing into wrenches, or do half-shirted pop-and-locking when this comes on?

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#16. On Melancholy Hill
Artist: Gorillaz
Nominated: Bane Of Despair (November 2013)
Score: --- [2/3]
Standard Rank: 12/49
Time: ~3:55
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04mfKJWDSzI

The best song on Plastic Beach, one of the best Gorillaz songs, so ethereal and hopeful. There's a few songs I have shortlisted in my brain to pull me out of a depression spiral, and this is at the top of what I think of.

And that's where I left off a month ago.

Songs Remaining:

Barenaked Ladies, "Some Fantastic" (Bane_Of_Despair 11/13; ZeroSignal620 4/15)
Bill Conti, "Going the Distance" (tazzy 4/12)
Bruce Falcouner, "SSJ3 Ascension" (tazzy 4/12)
Dave Koz, "Faces of the Heart" (Bospsy 1/13)
Dave Matthews Band, "Two Step" (Kanzaris 1/13)
Lindsey Stirling, "Roundtable Rival" (profDEADPOOL 3/15)
Mariah Carey, "Fantasy" (ZeroSignal620 4/15)
Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch, "Good Vibrations" (Bospsy 1/13)
R.E.M., "Harborcoat" (VincentLauw/Menji76 5-6/12; Kanzaris 1/13; profDEADPOOL 3/15)
The Cranberries, "Linger" (ZeroSignal620 4/15)
The National, "Exile Vilify" (Ed Bellis 9/12)
Third Eye Blind, "Motorcycle Drive-By" (Raetsel's 1st)
virt, "Get on the Bus" (jcgamer107 5/12)
Yutaka Minobe, "Kingdom of Ixa'taka" (Ed Bellis CHANGED 9/12)
zts, "discolor" (Ed Bellis CHANGED 9/12)

There it is again that funny feeling

tazzyboyishere posted...

Okay, the top 20 is FINALIZED. Write-up messages have been sent, so if you didn't get anything, then the games you offered to write about didn't make it in (no spoilers in here if that's the case plz).

If you would like to offer your critical examinations, I can still accept them, so long as we are ready by next Thursday. And again, feel free to keep giving me the side lists!

Ah, good. The only ones I felt any comfort writing up were the ones that definitely didn't make it (M.C. Kids, Bee 52, Chip n Dale)

Queen

Oooh....

oooh............

Hey Jude
I Want to Hold your Hand
Eleanor Rigby
A Hard Day's Night

It'd be tough even to choose ten, much less four

MESSAGE TO BEARS | MOUNTAINS (4:01)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXcOyYEldZY
@Mega_Mana

SMOSH | GIRLS ARE GROSS (3:14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m05-LCVTysE
@Mega_Mana

DAVE KOZ | FACES OF THE HEART (3:43)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB3ILJtYTlo
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Bombadil >_>

Though The Shining towards the top of people's lists feels kind of default judging against the rest of the list, I dare anyone who listed it as #1 to watch it again in a theatre or without any distractions (book/phone/Shining as background) and see how it holds up to you. The movie is a slog.

One of my most disappointing theatre experiences was going to watch a special showing on the big screen. I'd seen it plenty of times before, loved the book and Room 237 and had some Nostalgia Critic-induced praise for the miniseries, and was going to see it with another horror-King friend. So while The Shining has so many great moments and memorable scenes... it feels like a four or five hour slog when you're just sitting there waiting for anything at all to actually happen. It is a slow, boring movie. I am so glad it didn't take top spot and The Thing did.

It's still a great piece of cinema! I've enjoyed it again since, at home--when I can do other things during 80% of the runtime. But I completely understand it getting blasted with terrible reviews for its theatrical run. It's insane to me how opposite The Shining is to a lot of other movies where Big Screen > Small Screen.

1. Space Lion
2. Tank!
3. Rain
4. The Egg & I
5. Spokey Dokey
6. Waltz for Zizi - A Charlie Brown's Hundred-Acre Wood
7. Car 24
8. Rush
9. Felt Tip Pen
10. Digging My Potato
11. Too Good Too Bad
12. Bad Dog No Biscuits
13. Piano Black
14. Cat Blues
15. Pot City
16. Cosmos
17. Memory

Quick Stephen King Ranking:

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. Doctor Sleep (2019)
3. The Mist (2007)
4. The Green Mile (1999)
5. The Stand (TV-1994)
6. The Shining (1980)
7. Storm of the Century (TV-1999)
8. It (2017)
9. It (TV-1990)
10. Carrie (1976)
11. 1408 (2007)
12. Mr. Mercedes (TV-2017-2019)
13. Stand By Me (1986)
14. The Dead Zone (1983)
15. The Running Man (1987)
16. Under the Dome (TV-2013-2015)
17. Needful Things (1993)
18. The Shining (TV-1997)
19. The Tommyknockers (TV-1993)
20. Rose Red (TV-2002)
21. The Langoliers (TV-1995)
22. Secret Window (2004)
23. Dreamcatcher (2003)
24. The Dead Zone (TV-2002-07)
25. Christine (1983)
26. The Dark Half (1993)
27. The Stand (TV-2020-2021)
28. Firestarter (1984)

Haven would be somewhere in the late teens if I watched more of it, possibly higher.

Do I have the necessary equipment to process and deliver?

Xenogears15 posted...

A voluptuous ass.

As in a "gyatt daam!"

Country

junglegirl posted...

dorchadas retired a long time ago in VGMC...

The 'note' is from a blurb in the actual nomination back in 2012. I'm happy to hear it retired though!

Yeah, Druid was only good for SoWing and taxiing iirc. I wasn't much better as a Ranger. I gave up and made a Warrior and that was even worse. I don't think I ever got a handle on playing until I made a Barbarian Rogue, and that's the character I enjoyed playing the most. I didn't have the patience to be a spellcaster once components were more involved.

azuarc posted...

This brings back memories. I started with a human druid from Surefall.

Half-Elf Ranger!

#25. Run Around
Artist: Jasan Radford
Nominated: PrestonStarry (October 2012)
Score: #6th [1/5]
Standard Rank: 16/49
Time: 2:12
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9ksIrSyOY

Digimon! Absolutel love for Digimon Season 1. I loved it better than all other cartoons for a good year or two, including Pokemon, X-Men, Spider-Man, Batman Beyond, Recess, Monster Rancher, Animaniacs, Rugrats, Angry Beavers, Rocket Power, Hey Arnold!, The Kids From Room 402, Angela Anaconda, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory, Ed Edd and Eddy, Scooby-Doo... um... yeah, pretty much everything until Dragonball Z & Toonami took over my life (see #26 above). The movie was a trip, and Digimon Season 2 had some great things going for it... but I fell off completely with BlackWargreymon and the Dark Spires. I must've tried three or four separate times and never got more than a few episodes further despite really enjoying the new kids and Kari's heightened role. Never gotten into later seasons despite hearing how good they were, or even Tri.

As far as soundtrack goes, Digimon: The Movie soundtrack goes hard. It captures early 2000s breezy cheesy skater-pop sunny Saturday morning vibes. If you could use it to sell a Capri-Sun, it was worth listening to. And exploring Japan's music with Brave Heart and Butter-Fly? *chef's kiss* This is probably me favorite track of all. It just pumps up the good adrenaline, like the best part of Secret of Mana's "Danger" but the entire song.

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#24. DORCHADAS
Game: Shikkoku no Shirnoth
Nominated: Ed Bellis (September 2012 - CHANGED)
Score: - [3/7]
Games Rank: 9/61
Time: 4:36
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkrsspsU1fI
Note: Hopeful winner of this year's VGMC.

VGMC! Someone else's nomination that I loved and supported for the two or three VGMCs I paid any attention to. DORCHADAS is a jaunty night at the local tavern. It's a journey, it's camaraderie, it's three cheers and a round of beers as the local band plays on a wooden stage. It's just such a good feel.

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#23. thanks for being born
Game: Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
Nominated: Ed Bellis (September 2012)
Score: - [5/25]
Games Rank: 8/61
Time: 3:09
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiHA7Aw2GiE
Note: It's a bittersweet symphony, that's life.

GRETEL! Just... all the Chapter 4 feels right here.

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#22. Holding Out For A Hero
Artist: Bonnie Tyler
Nominated: ZeroSignal620 (June 2015)
Score: --- [2/5]
Standard Rank: 15/49
Time: 4:44
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0

How is this song so epic? I thought before I started that it was going to be middle-to-low. Then I heard it again and it was so bombastic that it travelled up, but not too high. And then when I was eliminating... like it's not a favorite that I would slot in out of nostaglia, but it's too damn good to now have high. It's so epic, the video is insane, her voice is amazing, and Shrek uses it so well years from here. AHHH! AHHHHHH!

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#21. The World is Just Awesome
Artist: [Discovery Channel]
Nominated: Icon (June 2012)
Score: -- [1/3]
Standard Rank: 14/49
Time: 1:00
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0

It's been so long since Discovery Channel was as good as this. Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, Man vs. Wild, Deadliest Catch, etc. And this commerical was on par with a Toonami for grabbing your interest and promoting the channel so well. I love the way Bear Grylls says 'arach-a-nids,' Stephen Hawking's presence, and how it feels so global. It makes me remember that one guy, Matt, who had the video on Youtube where he just did a goofy dance everywhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY

bummp

Duke

Dang, no "Call Me" or "Blue"?

Natasha Bedingfield, "Pocketful of Sunshine"

Hypnospace posted...

Professor Helper here

Ready to help

*nightmare fuel'd*

Well hello there youngster! *crickety cranky kong canes around*

YOUNGSTER2 heals your Pokemon

They are return wearing shorts.

Alolan form ^.^

12

Got 23%. I'm very happy to be one of the 1.1% who got The Legend of Heroes: Trails From Zero

ooh, three more... hmm....