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.

The Croft's Butler

I know that literally every single person who has played the original Tomb Raider series knows who this man is.

I know that literally every single person who has played the original Tomb Raider series has always considered him "annoying".

I know that literally every single person who has played the original Tomb Raider series has always locked him in the fridge.

For the longest time, before I stumbled across game forums and such on the internet, I thought I was the only one who knew to do this when the butler just started to get on my nerves. Seriously, this guy just walks around, following you wherever you go. Sure you out run him greatly, sure he doesn't follow you when you start climbing up random places and such... But he just follows you, and makes unsettling sounds as if he's about to take his last breath.

You don't interact with him. You can walk up to him, but he does absolutely nothing. It isn't until the third game where he becomes an actual target in the obstacle course. I'm assuming Edios realized how much we fans just couldn't stop putting him in the fridge after years of annoying us with the constant following. They decided to let us barrage him with bullets.

But of course, this was during the FUN years of Tomb Raider. Now we're just... discovering HOW we became the Lara Croft we know. Well... I wouldn't really say that she's turning into the Lara Croft we knew back in the 90s because this is a totally different Lara Croft.

You get the picture.

Discipline Priest Rules

Nuff said. I love this class, I wish the rest of the Warcraft community did though. Tired of not being able to play as it during heroic runs and such.

Listen, I fight with you while healing you at the same time. It's freaking cool. Appreciate it.

That is all.

Pokemon Go

I should have shared this story back in July, but I felt that Overwatch was more important at the time. Haha.

Well, as you can see, this is clearly a picture taken in a hospital bed. I suffer from a neurological disorder called Vasovagal Syncope. It's a very frustrating condition that causes me to pass out/ faint / collapse due to multiple triggers. Some of these triggers are dehydration, prolong standing, blood pressure dropping, claustrophobic environment. I've been fighting this misdiagnosed condition for almost ten years now and I've been doing my best to keep it under control. When this first started, I was having episodes at least twice a day. Now I managed to have it under control where it happens like every six months or so. But this one time... It was a little different.

So back in July, my cousin was having a graduation party on a mildly Summer day. I was under a tent the entire time, keeping myself hydrated and was thinking about hopping into the pool soon. I also had like a full meal for dinner since they had a taco bar. But out of nowhere, as I stood up, I just collapsed to the ground. 

Now, sometimes when I have these episodes, my body shakes. Some might think that I suffer from Epilepsy, but I can assure you, I don't. When my body shakes, it's got something to do with my blood pressure. But this time, my entire body was shaking so rapidly, my eyes were fixed on something, I was not talking, and this lasted for a good two minutes. 

My two cousins, who are nurses, truly believed I was suffering from a seizure that one of them was about to perform CPR on me because I was not waking up from it. I don't even recall the entire scene, all I can remember is my boyfriend holding me, my mother's hand by my head, and my uncle asking me if I wanted a straw in my water bottle.

Then off to the hospital I went.

This game... kept me from going insane. When I have to go to the hospital after these episodes, I cannot tell you how long it takes to get blood results or any results from whatever they wanted to check on me. Usually I don't have my phone all the time when I do go to the hospital. But this game just kept me from losing my shit.

I'm okay now, just extremely frustrated because that syncopal episode was the first one for this year, and the first in the last nine months of being Syncope free. I have yet to last a year without having an episode.

I'm going to defend people playing this game because I don't think they understand that it definitely can change people's lives. I also have some nasty anxiety to fight, ever since I had a disastrous relationship with a guy who will always be known as a dickface. It's kind of hard to talk to new people, be in a crowd of people, and just be myself without having to think, "Okay, is this person going to judge me harshly on my first word to them?" This game makes me completely forget that I'm shy towards new people, and just go out there and have fun. There have been countless of stories that talks about how this game has changed someone's life and such. Whenever I see someone just bash the crap out of this game, it makes me wonder if this person is happy behind their computers. Is their life really enjoyable or are they just miserable and can't stand to see people enjoying something?

Seriously, this game is fun. This game helps bring people out of their shells. It has done for me, it has also kept my sanity from going insane at a hospital. If you truly hate this game, no one wants to hear your opinions. The good always topples those who are unhappy in life. So enjoy your life, and throw some Pokeballs every once and a while.

I will fulfill my destiny in owning a gym with a strong ass Marowak or Persian! One day!