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CJones posted...

I've been on a huge Ayreon kick recently. Arjen Lucassen writes these rock/metal operas, then gets his friends to perform them. If you ever get the chance, listen to The Human Equation.

I think this album may be a little too on the nose, as it were. After a day of talking to myself and the representations of my feelings, I take a break to try listening to something different... which has someone talking to themself and representations of their feelings.

Like, I not mad at it, but this is feeling like meta commentary on my existence and giving me a headache. I'll finish listening to it some other day because this is bending my mind in ways that... aren't exactly painful, but feels like something that I shouldn't be approaching at this exact moment. It's just weird; it's somehow so incredibly relevant that I'm a bit scared of it, like it might contain some deep personal relevations that I'm not prepared to face. But it's also not even remotely similar, like none of his personifications have animal traits or names related to pop culture

[Fluttershy=My Little Pony

Raetsel=Phi-Brain

Luce=Tecnically short for Luceid from Wild ARMs, though I generally distance myself from the association these days.

...Though this raises further questions about certain aspects that don't seem to have a direct pop culture connection.]

So, part way through the third song and I seem to be more broken than usual. Which is probably good? But weird. And I think I'm just gonna set this album aside for a while.

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In lighter topics, I never really thought about his speaking voice. That's pretty neat!

MORE SUPPORT(S):

+ Void Stranger | Rage Rave | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM3GAhysgGI
+ Pilotwings 64 | Birdman | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DROiSgvFsRY

Isabelle
Knight

Fixed formatting issue.

Toy Story
Finding Nemo
Cars
Up

Yeah, I feel like changmas solved this one.

MORE SUPPORTS:

+ Spark the Electric Jester | Lunar Bass | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgEAV4C2Us
+ Sonic R | Radiant Emerald: Diamond In The Sky | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J81_NbpiZb4
+ Arknights | Tower Fierce | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_8rlp9ut04

Mordin
Booker

James Taylor - Your Smiling Face

Particularly the chorus. "No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong today".

Pentious

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Viridian

Friendship is Witchcraft - Pinkie's Brew (Extended Version)

tazzyboyishere posted...

Okay, so if you want to submit lists for top 10s in the following:

PC (1980s & Prior) [Just including all the computer games in one]
Arcade (70s & 80s)
Atari 2600
Sega Master System

You can either PM me through GameFAQs or through Discord to roboquote using this format:

+3
+2
+2
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1

Same rules apply. These will be posted as bonuses to the NES list.

I don't think I know enough really early computer games, but I'll do my best to get the other lists sent in when I get a chance.

Dark

Cher song. Not my favorite song of hers, but memorable enough.

2B
Estelle

One more support before the pause:

+ Dodonpachi: Daifukkatsu Black Label | INTERCEPTION - Town in Upheaval (Stage1) | https://youtu.be/h6lkM48eR90?si=sGGDgcWXEoYyUhiz

No, extra songs don't have any really odd restrictions like that. Also, technically Charlie's song works as a character theme, so you already met the "one character song minimum" requirement even if I wanted to enforce it.

Yeah, up to five more songs. Part of me would like to offer the full 15 to everyone, but the song list would balloon wildly out of control if everyone took me up on the offer... so 5 more feels like a good compromise; or at least a "yeah, if I aim for 10 songs a day, that would be up to two nominators worth of extra songs per day... that sounds reasonable" compromise.

+5 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
+4 Vice: Project Doom
+4 Casino Kid
+3 Mega Man 3
+3 Mega Man 2
+3 Super Mario Bros.
+2 Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
+2 Anticipation
+2 The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
+2 Golgo 13: Top Secret Mission
+1 Cocoron
+1 Yume Penguin Monogatari
+1 Ninja Gaiden
+1 Shadowgate
+1 Mega Man
+1 Pictionary
+1 Wily & Light no Rockboard: That's Paradise
+1 Remote Control
+1 Classic Concentration
+1 Wheel of Fortune

Very board game & game show heavy, but I know what I like. I'm hoping Japanese only games are allowed, but if not, let me know and I'll swap out those three.

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Armstrong

I'd really like to switch accounts for this, but I have things that I have to do under this account on other boards and I'll just mess things up if I try to get a "keep switching accounts for each topic" thing going. Ah well.

SUPPORTS:

+ Um Jammer Lammy | Fire Fire!! | https://youtu.be/T8nstPPlObQ?si=RsKgxkt3sckghgtZ
+ Parasite Eve | Somnia Memorias | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9MYXO1nDJc
+ Uma Musume: Pretty Derby | BLOW my GALE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1StEneaFqA
+ Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim | Quatera Woods | https://youtu.be/jTZheAo7nCs
+ Enthusia Professional Racing | Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDXpjtRBWTk
+ Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | Late Goodbye | https://youtu.be/kdonCg8IjW4
+ Let's Tap | Tap de Papapaya (Long Version) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9IRakr7KrE
+ Void Stranger | Voided | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9U7JTGJLWM

Probably not. I don't use Discord and I don't do well in real time chatting environments; I need space to keep editing and deleting posts to feel comfortable. I could probably adjust eventually, but I likely won't even try.

Sazh

*abstain*

*abstain*
Flowey

Cuphead

Velvet

Jeopardy
Wheel of Fortune
The Price is Right
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

EDIT: Fixing a spacing error.

Fun topic, thanks for running it!

All

I'm thinking of the AEW PPV, but I see no reason to count it differently than other uses of the term.

Madeline
Goose

Either getting the platinum in FFX HD or clearing the Farewell chapter in Celeste; neither one is completely fair--I used a guide for parts of FFX & I did look up how long the final stretch in Celeste was because I was starting to break and had to know if I was even close to the finish. Still, they were big accomplishments for me.

1: Do Hot Girls Like Chords?
2: Real Nice Moment
3: Crash the Car
4: Knower Forever
5: Same Smile, Different Face
6: I'm the President
7: Ride That Dolphin
8: The Abyss
9: Nightmare
10: It's All Nothing Until It's Everything
11: It Will Get Real

This album's selection is rather conveniently timed for me. NFUN assumed I'd be into at least one song on this album and had to gamble on which one, so I felt I'd need to look over the entire album and rank them anyway. I can now confirm that he was right & I would say "Do Hot Girls Like Chords?" is my favorite on the album, though "Real Nice Moment" is close and I might prefer it some days.

It's All Nothing Until It's Everything: I kinda love the very beautiful outro in the last 30 or so seconds of the song, but I'm really not into the rest of it. Which is possibly intentional given the title (the song is nothing, until it isn't), but doesn't make me enjoy it as a whole.

Fall

Too many people talking about the new show for me to think of anything else.

Sans
*abstain*

28/330

I wasn't aiming for exactly 7 each day, but I suppose this is working for now.

X-Men VS Street Fighter


It took an expansion cartridge to run, but it was an improvement over the arcade & proved the Saturn was the definitive system for 2D. While the Playstation could only manage 1-on-1 fights (minus a gimmicky mode that required both teams to be identical so it still only had to load two characters) and still had to cut animation frames, the Saturn had the complete game & even had speed options to run the game in turbo mode. [Why in the world you'd want to make the game ludicrously fast is an unanswered question, but it is still impressive.]

Of course, not many people wanted 2D games at the time, but in terms of 2D power this game is a full console generation over the Playstation and completely embarrasses it.

Back to the Future
The Terminator
Groundhog Day
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

I should try to think more objectively, but I don't know much about cinema & like these movies & they already have votee, so whatever.

The AI generated songs are great.

Wake
Chrom
Missile

14/330

Progress remains steady at 7 per day.

Nominate Konami Games

Had a dream which implied a Konami Rushmore caused a lot of drama, so now I want to see what happens. ...I know the answer is nothing and I'm not a prophet, I still want to nominate it anyway.

Fluttershy_Pony posted...

Do Yourself A Favor and If You Really Love Me. Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer

Never got around to a third listen for the nominated album, but I did check out those two songs. "Do Yourself A Favor" didn't really click with me, but "Never Dreamed..." was neat. Thank you again!

Missile
Papyrus

7/330 for the second pass. I'll be going back to the "aiming for 5 to 10 each day" goal for a while and will likely take a second break when VGMC noms start because trying to go through that infinite barrage of music will likely take all my time for a while. Thank you in advance for your patience.

jcgamer107 posted...

I'd think Solaris is the clear winner:

https://youtu.be/f68IjW7_w98?si=xKNKCaXXR1xdoT4H

I don't recall hearing about Solaris before, but yeah, I think you're right. That looks really good.

Anagram posted...

Were not doing old Atari systems, either.

In that case, let me say that the 2600 port of Double Dragon should win if you were to ever do such a topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDQ-iK31JLQ

A functional beat-em-up with an actual end boss is amazing for how limited the system is. Not worth making a topic for & it has the advantage of coming out 12 years after the system released, but it's quite impressive.