More One-offs from CartemJ823

Sorry about the lack of posts lately, we're all pretty busy. But I want to give CartemJ823 some credit for making time in the past few weeks to put up a few more entries of his "One-offs" series (even if it took him a week to upload the most recent one to the G2D channel).

Anglerte's Ten Games of the Week (03/04)

I made a habit out of pairing zeros with single digit numbers in titles like this, so if that bothers you, get over it. 

Just as with the Soundtrack of the Week segment and all the unedited videos that I've been lagging behind on, I'm going to try to make up for lost time by posting in bulk. That was kind of a strange way to word that, but it's already been done, so why bother backtracking when I'm already about two weeks behind. As far as the videos go, I won't be able to catch up quite as easily, but I'll try to make time where I can reasonably manage to do so. By the way, Stevie Jay decided add some of the games that he knows I own to the list, so there's a chance I may reference some of the games that he(or Anglerbe) already added. With that established, on with the list:

http://gamed2death.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Our_Game_Library#Games

1. Carnivores (PC)

2. In-Fisherman: Freshwater Trophies (PC)

3. Hunting Unlimited (PC)  

4. Hunting Unlimited 3 (PC)

5. InFamous 2 (PS3)

6. Mario Party 5 (GCN)

7. MotorStorm (PS3)

8. Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter (GBC) 

9. Star Wars: The New Droid Army (GBA)

10. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem 

Anglerbe's Soundtrack of the Week

The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

Ballad of the Goddess
Being the theme of the game, I can well imagine that this one is overused on top track lists around the net...maybe. In any case, I argue that it well earns such a title. Sure, a chunk of it is Zelda's Lullaby backwards (major spoiler at this point, I know), but that's only for the better. The fact that a classic Nintendo theme could be manipulated and restructured into an (almost) completely new track, and yet be equally as pleasant to the ears, really says something about the musical talent over at Nintendo HQ. This creative take on a main theme reflects the entirety of Skyward Sword; not only does it have a creative art direction, it also handles both the overworld and underworld in a different manner than past entries in the series, and characters are arguably at their best. Of course, as exemplified here in the Ballad of the Goddess, the orchestrated music adds a certain level of "epic" (I don't like to throw that word around a lot, but there's no better substitute I can think of here) to the audio, and, by extension, the game itself. Not to mention, it's incredibly catchy.

Central Coast Comic Con (C4) 2013 with Gamed2Death

Anglerbe, Jburitto and I went to Comic Con at the Ventura County Fair Grounds and did some stuff. Enjoy, and sorry for the delay! (This was recorded on September 7, 2013)

Soundtrack For The Weak

We all know that there are many fantastic tunes to bob your head to when taking a bathroom break. This song, is no exception, and does in fact make you much stronger than you normally are during that period of time (refer to the top comment). That is why I, Steven Jerep, entitle this song to be the "Soundtrack For The Weak". This song is the theme song to the Rocky movie series, and if you are not familiar with the story, he's an italian boxer with the urge to kill his first person in the ring, until he realized he is too weak to do so. He later talked with his Chief Sensei, Julio Iglesias, about wanting enough power to kill someone in the ring. Chief Sensei Julio recommended to him to listen to this song on repeat until his ears exploded of agony. When that finally happened, he killed his first victim, Yoko Ono.

Anglerbe's 5 Games of the Something 02

1. Silent Hill Origins

2. Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil 0

3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell HD Trilogy

4. Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter 3

5. The Legend of Zelda Collectors Edition

Anglerbe's Soundtrack of the Week

Silent Hill Origins

Illusion In Me
This one's actually I game I haven't beaten--yet. An LP is underway, and will EVENTUALLY be finished. In the meantime, I can simply reinforce the statement that Silent Hill games always have exceptional music. Deeply metaphorical, melancholy, and yet some glimmer of hope. It seems to me that it reflects the series well. This particular track is no exception to the rule, and thus far I think its well suited to the origin story.

Safety Measures We Should All Know

(This article is in no way a joke, please take it in all seriousness)

Let's face it, high school is a jungle, with something new lurking around every day, just waiting for your discovery. An example of this could be being elected as school president, talking to your crush for the first time, or  accidentally burning the entire school down. Speaking of schools being burnt down, I feel the need to educate every one of you on taking the proper safety precautions at your school, and what better way to do it, than a video starring veteran Fire Marshall, Bill Burns.

Anglerte's Five Games of the Week 02

 "Game Library" list on Wiki'd2Death.

http://gamed2death.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Our_Game_Library#Games

1. Pokemon Emerald Version (GBA)

2. Shadow the Hedgehog (GCN)

3. Battlefield 3 (PS3)

4. Cabela's Ultimate Deer Hunt (PC)

5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (GCN)

Anglerbe's 5 Games of the Something 01

Because let's be honest, when do I ever meet the deadline?

1. Resident Evil REmake (Nintendo Wii)

2. Uncharted 2: Among Theives (PS3)

3. Devil May Cry HD Collection (PS3)

4. Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo DS)

5. Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (NES)

Anglerbe's Soundtrack of the Week

Sonic Colors

Aquarium Park 1
Despite it's relatively short length (or so it seemed to me at least), Sonic Colors was the game that pretty much got Sonic back on track after a long and painful train-wreck. Like the majority of Sonic games, the soundtrack is excellent and catchy. On top of this though, Sonic Colors actually decided to attempt the unthinkable-- create a non-tedious, fun-to-play, well designed aquatic-themed level. And I must admit, it succeeded, not just in the realm of the Sonic series, but quite arguably in any game. Or at least it's in the top 5. It's like running around in a giant, beautiful Japanese aquarium, kind of hard to beat that. The music is well fitting to this title; upbeat and aquatic, yet with a hint of sadness.

Carnivores Dinosaur Hunter HD for PlayStation 3! It's been done!

After eons upon eons, against all odds, a courageous and ambitious game development group finally brought us what is sure to be one of the greatest Hunting games ever to be released on a home console platform! After so many of the "good ol' " hunting game series had withered and gone to die, Carnivores is living strong! I'm absolutely thrilled, but frankly shocked, that someone actually realized that this was a good idea, and that there is actually a fairly significant audience awaiting this type of release. Assuming it's not plagued with what is essentially "required" dlc, that is, assuming they don't force you to pay with actual money for each individual in-game entity (ex: weapons, maps, targets, etc), this could be one of the greatest things ever to happen to not only the series, but to the entire genre of survival hunting.

Seriously, when was the last time we received a hunting game on a home console system that managed, even in any minuscule way, to surpass a rank of mediocrity at best? The Carnivores 2 port, entitled "Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter" just as all the other ports, to the PlayStation 3 came no where near to establishing the quality of game play and smoothness of control that were offered to a reasonable extent in most of the other ports. Certainly the touch screen controls didn't live up to the quality of the original PC game's mouse and keyboard system, but the use of touch screen was far more efficiently applied to the game's FPS style than the horrifically designed PlayStation 3 version. I'm more than willing to bet that someone in possession of any common sense at all made the observation that it was not so convenient or intelligent to stray drastically from the control style that every other game of the sort abides by to a reasonable degree. Seriously, what genius thought it would be innovative and clever to assign  basic first-person camera movement to anything other than the directional pad or directional buttons!? X and TRIANGLE!? REALLY!? REALLLY!? 

But like I established above, this announcement, or perhaps more simply the pure conception of this product involved far too much logic to associate this game with stupidity of such a magnitude as was exposed to the other port. If you haven't heard of the "Carnivores" series before: one, you probably don't follow this blog because I know for a fact we've discussed it on multiple occasions, and the port of the second entry was actually one of the candidates for Gamed2Death's Game of the Year 2012; two, if you are new to the series but want to investigate, when you come across "Carnivores: Cityscape", either let it be the first in the series that you play, or the last, because it's just that different; three, if you are a skeptic about the quality of the hunting genre, or if you're just a pillock who wants nothing to do with it, I strongly recommend the former group to investigate (the latter group shouldn't even be here). Actually, generally speaking I don't have anything against those who don't like hunting games or games pertaining to hunting, but the Carnivores series was so significantly innovative in its genre that it essentially established the undefeated standard for dangerous animals in a hunting game. Sorry Cabela's, but being tackled off of a cliff by a mountain lion only to land fifteen feet from an aggravated black bear will never summon from me the same adrenaline as being charged by a freaking spinosaurus, all the while its screeching and I'm running in panicked , tactless circles. 

That online, less fiction-oriented hunting game which I believe is titled simply "The Hunter", simply does not hold a candle to the potential of this game for three basic reasons: first and least important (concerning the hunting genre, not the underlying concept of the Carnivores series), this game has dinosaurs, so already there is a pretty significant boost; second, Carnivores HD is a console game that possess the overwhelmingly exciting potential to be more awesome than any PC game released in the last seven years; finally, the dlc bs which I alluded to conceptually was something actually instigated by the developers of "The Hunter", so this game is pretty much limited to an audience that both enjoys hunting games and is willing to pay a hefty subscription fee (that can't be a broad population).      

If they some how include multiplayer in this package, which I admittedly jumped to praising before actually doing any research beyond watching the teaser trailer,  this game wins. I'm not even going to dictate or justify what that may be referring to. It just wins hands down. Everyone else can just get up and leave the room, because Carnivores Dinosaur Hunter HD (the name is a bit uncreative, but if that's the only thing that wasn't applified in this edition, I'll get over it immediately) has won not only the "hunting game of the past half-decade" crown, but it has embedded itself in history as one of the few games due for release this year (I don't actually know that, I'm just praying) that we will actually regard as worthy of being named a candidate for Gamed2Death: Best Game of the Year 2013. I'm seriously so thrilled and excited about this announcement that I'm not sure if any of the ideas I was trying to communicate were transcribed from my thoughts into something that was even mildly articulable. Just in case, I'll summarize concisely so that the reader has no chance of misinterpreting my message: buy this game when it comes out; play and enjoy this game for a substantial amount of time; recognize that Activision pretty much sucks.

Just think about what this is. A hunting game that actually looks halfway decent in that specific category. How long has it been? HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN!? DANGIT SUNSTORM!!!! STOP MAKING CUPCAKE SIMULATORS AND MAKE DEER HUNTER 6!!!!

(frozen expression of ecstasy)

Pokemon X & Y Version review and rant!

Hey guys! Stevie Jay here from G2D! I've published another exciting impression/complaint article on our new wiki! You can read it here:
http://gamed2death.wikia.com/wiki/Pokemon_X_%26_Y_Versions_Review_and_Impressions

Thanks for reading, and remember; Julio Iglesias loves you!

Top 10 worst side effects of in gaming...

10. Throwing up
Dead rising 2

9. Addiction
Fallout Series

8. Not being able to take the sun...
The elder scrolls Series

7. fake cubes
Mario Kart Series

6. not being able to ride trains
Red dead redemption

5. going on an lsd trip...
Max payne

4. going on an even bigger lsd trip
Surgeon Simulator

3. Makes you go on an extreme lsd ride of a lifetime
Batman Arkham City

2. makes you get really dizzy and fall over alot...
Grand theft auto 4


1. getting fat
grand theft auto san andreas

Anglerte's Five Games of the Week 01

The first list, of which I've already added to the "Game Library" section of Wiki'd2Death.

http://gamed2death.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Our_Game_Library#Games


1. Resident Evil (PS)

2. Mario Party 4 (GC)

3. Carnivores 2 (PC)

4. Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter (PC)

5. Uncharted (PS3)

New Weekly Segment from Wiki'd2Death

When StevieJay created Wiki'd2Death, he made a page entitled "Our Game Library", in which he planned to have each willing Gamed2Death member list out every video game and video game console that they own. Obviously the "video game console" section wasn't overwhelmingly tedious, but listing out every video game that I own wasn't going to be much fun in one sitting. And given that I didn't want to make too much of a job out of this blog, I decided to approach this section a little more craftily.

I decided I would make a regular blog segment out of this list, by listing out five games that I own every week before adding them to the list on the wiki, which can be found here:
http://gamed2death.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Our_Game_Library

Other than that, I don't know what else we'll be doing with the list. We may just link the list to corresponding reviews of the game, or we may eventually make a page for each game containing miscellaneous information, such as how it relates to each Gamed2Death member, videos that we've recorded concerning it, and other such random categories. Maybe we'll end up doing a bit of both. Then again, I own a lot of games, so that would get tedious fairly quickly; I guess I'll decide what to do as I post them. If you have any suggestions, please leave them in the comments section! Thank you, and enjoy the new segment!

Anglerbe's Soundtrack of the Week

Only a few weeks late this time...

Ico

You Were There
This track reminds me quite a bit of Summer of 2012, when I got the Ico/Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection. It has a kind of surreal quality that reflects both Ico and it's prequel incredibly well. A quiet, peaceful, sort of desolate theme, and yet also mysterious and adventurous. Ico is a very unique and enjoyable experience, despite Yorda's occasionally questionable AI, and I hope to Let's Play this game at some point. And hey, maybe one day The Last Guardian will actually be released.

Gamed2Death Update 8-18-13 (quite late)

Happy month after August! Better get a head start on those forty-one posts.

I almost forgot, I was finally able to upload this without horrific rejection. Enjoy!