How Screwed Are You? Raccoon City vs Silent Hill

Let's play a game, a game I'd like to call "Raccoon City is more fucked up than Silent Hill and here's how"

First off, Raccoon City doesn't toy around with psychological conflicts. It just throws you straight into the pits of hell itself. Zombies, fires, crashed cars, destroyed buildings surrounds you no matter where you go. You might have a weapon, a gun even. However, if you do have a weapon, you have very little ammo. The clothes you are wearing right now is what you're wearing in this scene. So A.) You're fucked no matter what because you can't carry that much and B.) One bite from a zombie, you're just dead. Leon and Claire at least had some stuff on themselves to protect them from zombie attacks. Don't even bother asking me what was going on with Jill in Resident Evil 3. I'll just say that her survival instincts from the Spencer Mannor led her to successfully leave the city.

But you? You're just stranded, in the city, that's about to be nuked off the map because it's just infested with zombies. So what do you do? Let's say, you believed those who said Umbrella was evil, you believed the media about Chief Brian Irons being a corrupted Chief of Police, and because of that news, you refuse to go to the police station. That alone, is probably the safest move to make. Once you got yourself to the police station as Claire or Leon, you just were in constant trouble in almost every room you went into. You never really saw any lickers out in the streets, did you? Okay then. Not to mention, claustrophobic rooms with zombies ready to eat you, doesn't sound so safe. And the fact that William Birkin, who was already infected with the virus is roaming around underground the damn station,  that whole entire area alone would have given your chances of survival going from "I think I can do this" to "absolutely fucking no."

However, there's been one confimed monster that roams around the city, and it's name is Nemesis. You might say, "Well, he's only after S.T.A.R.S. members, he won't go after me." That's fine and dandy, but he's killed people who aren't S.T.A.R.S.. Granted, those people were in the way of Jill, but let's say, you're in Raccoon City probably around the same time she is escaping. You just happen to come across her, and she's got this giant ass mother fucker chasing her. And what do you know? He lays eyes on you. So, now he's after you, because he thinks you're an obstacle in the way of killing Jill. And good luck trying to get this fucker to leave you alone. He won't go away until you are dead or you somehow found enough ammo to fight back. And knowing how spread ammo boxes are in Raccoon City and depending on if you're the type that shoots everything on sight or is smart enough to spare some ammo and just run pass everything, you'll either be successful and lucky, or just dumb out of your luck. My bet is, almost more than half of you would be wasting your ammo on everything that moves, even if a random mouse were to just come out of a hole, you'd shoot it too... and most likely miss.

And what's funny about Raccoon City is that none of the police officers thought "Screw protocal, let's go for the fucking head." I've been told why police officers don't just go immediately for the head of those who fight back. But we're not dealing with crimminals, we're dealing with the undead. Not a single officer in Raccoon City thought to aim to the head. They're shooting at the chests of these undead freaks and wasting precious ammo. So, how reliable are the police in this city? Well, all except one are dead, so uhhh... Pretty un-fucking-reliable I'd say.

But some people will still say "Silent Hill screws you more than Raccoon City." I don't see how that is. I don't. Silent Hill is basically a live-action scene if I were to have a sit-down converation with Scarecrow from Batman. All my horrors and nightmares are alive and coming after me. Oh, you mean hordes of spiders and darkness? Okay, well, I think I could over come my fear of spiders and the dark if I actually tried to stop being a pussy about it and just deal with it. I've killed a handful of spiders on my own without any hand holding, so I think I'd be okay in killing more of them. And, well, if I find a light, I can easily get out of the dark. How exactly are my nightmares supposed to make me feel like I cannot survive when my nightmares aren't that scary and can be overcomed? Now, some other people might have scarier nightmares, but it depends on the person, depends on their mentality, depends on how they choose to overcome things. Is it easy? No, becuase I never said anything of overcoming fears is easy, but I can assume how I can overcome it. And, if you heard that there are people who survived Silent Hill, hey, more good luck on your shoulders.

I just feel that Raccoon City offers more hazards than Silent Hill. Psychological horror vs survival horror. Survival. That alone should be key in knowing how fucked you are because survival means you need to know your shit about everything in the situation you're in. Otherwise, yeah, you're screwed.

Raccoon City gets the vote.

I Haven't Abandoned This

Although it seems like a century... or since August, since I last wrote here, I promise to keep it alive.

I'll be talking about some interesting games that I've played over the last several months:

Dishonored 2 and the DLC
Town of Salem
PUBG
Ark
Borderlands series
Doom
Call of Duty WW2
And obviously Sonic Mania

Sonic Mania And Why You NEED To Play It

I've been wanting a great Sonic the Hedgehog game for a very long time. I can't believe it took this many years to make a 2D Sonic game that people have been begging for a very long time to see.

You NEED to get Sonic Mania. The nostolgia that hit me during every single level was amazing. Sure there were new levels that were in this, but they had elements from previous games in those levels. The sounds that I heard, I can recall where I heard them, from what game, from which level... It was amazing.

The difficulty is also there as well. I remember when I was a kid, I could never beat a Sonic game without cheats because I hated losing coins that badly. Sonic 3 and Game Genie combined was what I spent countless of times on. Racking up thousands of coins, breaking meters, it was hysterical.

Sure, there were some levels I would love to have seen, but what's not to say this game could easily get DLC, or a sequel that those levels could make an appearance.

There's a few levels I would love to see return:

Spring Yard Zone from the original, Metropolis Zone from Sonic 2, Ice Cap Zone and Launch Base from Sonic 3.

And... that giant plane that dropped bombs in the second act of Angel Island needs to return and have an even more epic scene!


But besides not seeing a few levels I'd like to have seen, just everything in this game was brilliant. I think I screamed the loudest when I saw Hydrocity as a level, and the boss at the end of act 1... oh. my. GOD! You are literally riding the machine that RoBUTTnik rode at the end of Hydrocity Act 2 in Sonic 3. YOU ARE LITERALLY RIDING THE MACHINE THAT ROBUTTNIK RODE AT THE END OF HYDROCITY ACT 2 IN SONIC 3. I had to pause the game and just sit there in awe, the fact that they decided to take it upon themselves to give you a chance to give Robotnik a taste of his own medicine brought a tear to my eye.

I will say the level I struggled the most on was Oil Ocean. The momentum that Sonic has behind him is a little too much that I kept getting crushed by those lids that flew in the air. That and FUCK THOSE OCTOPI... and sea horses... despite that I like sea horses. Those things just have precise shooting skills that knows when you're going to jump. And the end boss... it took me several times to figure out that you have to take down the guns first before hitting on the actual boss.

The special stages were awesome. I like that the Blue Spheres made an appearance, I have not beaten them all yet. And the UFO chase is a fun one too. I don't have that much to say about them because I unfortunately didn't get all the chaos emeralds in my first run, and I kept running passed all the checkmarks.


But seriously, I could go on and on about this game, but I think I'm going to end it here because I really want people to go out and get this game. It is definitely worth getting. After all this wait for the perfect Sonic game, they finally made one!

PS... the end boss of Chemical Plant Zone.... MEAN BEAN MACHINE!!!!

Do NOT Buy This Book, Please!

Zoe "Five Guys" Quinn decided to write a book detailing everything that she went through during the whole Gamergate issue. I think it's hilarious that this cumbucket is still playing victim to get money. When will it end?

Amazon's description of the book itself is also nothing but one giant lie. It basically says that her ex-boyfriend demanded people go out and rage at her, which is completely false and she knows it.

Throughout the entire Gamergate issue, I couldn't sit here and understand why one of my favorite hobbies was getting trashed by these hasbeens. All of the people who sided with this whore were and still trying to destroy the gaming industry. It's why I have no respect whatsoever for Shitaku, Anita Sarkeesian, yeuck, just naming them irritates me.

And yes, I'm fairly aware that she was not the real reason behind Gamergate. Corrupted journalism in the gaming industry played mostly throughout it. But Zoe got involved right after her boyfriend at the time, dished out juicy secrets about how she was whoring herself around the gaming industry just for positive reviews of her "game". I loosely call Depression Quest a game because it's nothing more but a point and click text based borefest that's free on Steam.

She and two other Jezebels continued to make it look like the gaming industry was nothing more but horribly mean virgins that refuses to allow women to enjoy games or even become a part of the industry. Not a single gamer that I've encountered has a problem of what gender I am behind my username. They literally care if I have good internet connection and if I know how to play the game and I'm good at it. That's it.

I honestly don't want to sit here and type everything that you can literally Google because it's nothing more than something that shouldn't have even existed. But please for heaven's sake, DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK.

She's just looking for attention once again because it hasn't focused on her since she and Anita made their way to congress, demanding that people stop being mean to them online.

Fuck this bitch.

Really?

I'm literally lost for words after reading a post early today regarding about D.Va's new skin that's coming out next Tuesday for Overwatch. 

This skin looks badass. And people are already crying about it because of the issues this country is currently dealing with the police.

People are going to refuse to play D.Va because of this. They're refusing to heal D.Va players if they have this skin...

Which by the way, if I encounter you, I will report you and get the rest of my team to do the same thing as well as our opponents. I don't really play as D.Va that often, but the times that I do, I'd like to have my team back me up.

First of all, this is a cosmetic. Something that there's plenty of that have various different looks. Some might want to have it equipped, others might not want to. It's optional, it's not permanent. I'm sure the next cool skin she gets, the police skin will get replaced by majority of the players who finds her next new skin cooler.

Secondly, it's a game. A game that has no sort of subliminal message behind any of the skins. Sure some people might think otherwise, like I think it's paying homage to Zootopia, but in no way do I see Blizzard hiding any kind of message behind this skin other than "Let's give D.Va a police skin because we can make her mech look really cool." Like do you think they're hiding some subliminal message behind the Mariachi skin of Reaper's? Or the ballet skins for Widowmaker?

Or the Christmas skin for Mei?

Come on.

I seriously hope these "players" that are that butthurt over this, uninstalls the game and returns Overwatch to a Gamestop, get their $9.00 back and hopefully someone with their adult pants pulled up could buy it off of them. People who find this skin a problem and needs to cry about it, demanding Blizzard apologize for "offending" them or whatever, you don't deserve to play any kind of video games. People like you take the fun away from everything, and you ruin my interest in playing, and majority of the others with your constant bitching. I cannot comprehend how an optional thing is this bothersome to people, especially over the fact that she's Korean, she's part of a military, and... she's fictional.

There are far worst things in this world going on right now that could use this kind of attention to. You know like, how women are suffering in Africa with castrations and rape. The fact that in Chicago, over 1,000 people have been shot before half of a year passed. Endangered animals still being poached by assholes. The whole issue that's going on in the Middle East. None of that is important to these crying losers, just a cosmetic that's optional to have on.

I don't know, maybe in order to understand the "brain" of an SJW, one must become them. And I have absolutely no interest in becoming one. I'd rather eat paint chips than be a SWJ who whines over fictional stuff.

Dear Anita Sarkeesian

Please stop trying to make videos games seem like an evil hobby to enjoy.

Please stop acting like you know everything when it comes to video games... because you don't.

You sit here and claim that you have the "facts", but you really don't.

Double and triple checking your work seems cute, but unfortunately it doesn't help when you're still wrong.

Once again, you're targeting a game you have either not played, or have yet to get around to finish. Had you played Breath of the Wild, you would have realized that Zelda is not a damsel in the game. 

How many times do people have to point out your stupidity? Are you just doing this on purpose just to gain something from it?

Whatever it is, it's ridiculous and it's getting tiresome.

You are NOT a gamer. So stop acting like you are one, because you're not.

There is no sexism in these video games. All the kinds you're pointing out has been proven wrong.

Please go back staring at virtual Batman's ass while we actual gamers enjoy doing what we love best.

Playing and knowing video games.

Yours truly, an actual gamer.