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misticaltom · 7 years
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I fucked up.
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misticaltom · 7 years
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I’ve recently picked up Blade and Soul with my friends. Here’s a few of the cooler screenshots we’ve taken.
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misticaltom · 9 years
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Something tells me that this is not a coincidence.
I’m watching Steve Universe, and it’s pretty Awesome, but when Steven starts singing a song about inspiring people during a work out, I’m already thinking about Coach and his rocky inspirational rock-ness during the Gunbusters training montage in episode 1.
The Glasses and megaphone push it into obvious territory.
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misticaltom · 9 years
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Oh, so were just ignoring Eureka Seven then?
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Animation Studios [3/?]: Bones
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misticaltom · 9 years
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Gamagoori's car has this huge design over the front of it. I have always wanted to know what exactly it was, but nobody seemed to know. The mark is known as a Beginners Mark, or Shoshinsha Mark. It signifies a beginner, and Japanese teens are required to have this on their car for an entire year to warn other drivers that they just received their licenses. While I am unsure as to how many actually follow this rule, the rule-following Gamagoori SHOWS THE DAMN THING OFF FOR ALL TO SEE! A little piece of trivia to better understand Kill la Kill.
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misticaltom · 10 years
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Canti eating Afest 2014
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misticaltom · 10 years
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More bad phone pictures, this time Red Canti at Anime Fest 2014
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misticaltom · 10 years
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Shin is a dork.
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misticaltom · 10 years
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GX-9901-DX Gundam Double X Satellite System Loading Mobile Suit HGAW 1/144 Model Gundam, the Gundam from After War Gundam X. Also known as "wasn't that on Gundam Wing?" To everybody I know and could physically show it to. So have some low quality phone photos tumblr.
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misticaltom · 10 years
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My friend Lord Canti in a couple low quality pictures from my Phone during A kon 25. Hope he gets me the better quality photos soon.
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misticaltom · 10 years
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Shibari no Sou, the name of Gamagoori's 3 star Uniform. The word "Shibari" means "to Bind" and is also slang for Bondage. But that is only phase 1. The Scourge Regalia has its own pun, and Sourge has nothing to do with it. The "Shibaki no Sou" sounds familiar, but the Ri is replace with Ki, changing the word. "Shibaki" trabslates to "Strike, or to hit someone with a stick". This makes his 2nd form a Strike Regalia rather than Sourge... but don't forget the double meaning! Shibaki is also the word for Spanking in Japanese, English is odd in how hitting someone has an additional word when its for punishment. So Gamagoori uses the Binding and Striking uniform, also called a Bondage and Spanking uniform. Word games are fun.
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misticaltom · 10 years
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Explore. No, for serious, explore the shit out of the place. Dark Souls 2's "tutorial" is worthless I say! You gotta run around and find out what you're supposed to do.  Technically you do indeed have a chance at killing the giant dudes as you are now, but don't beat yourself up if you can't! Go talk to every NPC you can find, find alternate paths to take, and eventually pick up your own cool sets of armor. Want to see what the area is like? Run around the giant dudes! You keep items you pick up, so go pick things up.
Most unfortunately, only Demons Souls has the Message "Low-levels should try this area later" that people can put down, else someone would've warned you to stay away from the giant dudes in armor.
Seriously??! IS THIS GAME SUPPOSE TO BE FUN CAUSE ITS NOT!!! I mean It was at first having to fight the zombie dudes and stuff but then i guess that was just the tutorial stuff cause the real enemy’s ARE FUCKING GIANT DUDES IN ARMOR WITH GIANT WEAPONS THAT KILL YOU IN ONE FUCKING HIT Like wow!!!!...
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misticaltom · 10 years
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Dark Souls 2 has no tutorial.
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As I waited for Dark Souls 2's eventual release, I dreamed about that amazing tutorial I was sure to come. People of the Internet, I am disappoint.
The difference between Demons Souls and Dark Souls is most evident in their opening moments.  The massive world of Dark Souls throws it's Chosen Undead into a prison, and facilitates their escape. The player is instantly pitted against the massive Abyssal Demon with nothing but a broken sword.  With a bit of exploration(and perhaps a few deaths) you'll find a hidden doorway out of the room. You're given a proper weapon and shield, taught how to fight through messages and a few hollows, and sent back into the Boss Room with more knowledge than you had before.  Bosses in Dark Souls were powerful creatures, but with a bit of practice and ingenuity, you could face these challenges. If the challenge was too great, go get some experience somewhere else in he world.
On the other hand, Demons Souls introduces you to a bleak world of zombies and men driven crazy by the all powerful Demons who've taken over the land. The tutorial is simple, leaving the player to discover by walking down the path, learning the controls through experimentation or the messages upon the floor. At the end of the tutorial, the game throws you against the Demon Vanguard. A massive creature. The boss room is small and cramped, complete with pillars to hide behind. Not that hiding helps any, as the demon simply smashes through such puny obstacles, killing you instantly. If by some stroke of luck or skill you defeat the boss, you're killed anyways. A massive Dragon will spew fire into the room.
It doesn't end there! Demons Souls will then take away half of your health bar, a solid 50%!  The tutorial stats you at full Health, and the game seems easy enough. But after the forced death, you're trapped at 50% for the entire first level.  Thrown into Boletaria, you ,must make your way through a massive level full of monsters, traps, and deadly falls.  At the end, you're pitted against your first proper boss, the Phalanx.  It is only after defeating him that you obtain the ability to level up, and spend any souls you earned along the way.
It took me a long while to get past the Boletarian Palace.  The level itself is easy, but it takes one mistake on your part to screw it all up, starting back at the Arcstone to redo all that hard work.  Mastering Boletarian Palace is the first step in beating Demons Souls, only then are you ready for the rest of the cruel cruel game.
Dark Souls 2's  Tutorial? It's a couple messages and obviously placed Hollows.  It's designed to teach the controls, and nothing more. Fog gates line several caves as you pass by, entering them teaches you a bit about the controls.  You're given no reward or meaning to completing the tutorial, and many players accidently skip it. The path just points you straight to the exit, with nothing in the way. No tutorial boss to introduce you to Boss fights, something Dark Souls 2 is HEAVILY invested in with their improved A.I. and amazing fight design. Each boss in Dark Souls 2 tests the player in some way, yet nothing present right at the start? No little taste at the joy ahead? Worse off, the Emerald Herald is nearly invisible. She neither stands at the Bonfire, awaiting your arrival, or looks suspiciously important like the ever popular Maiden in Black.  She stands off to the side, green as the grass around her.  Dark Souls and Demons Souls didn't tell you what to do, they cleverly lead you towards the information you needed.
There are a lot of things Dark Souls 2 has done great in. Bosses, Torches, Visual Design, Combat improvements. But the Tutorial? It's a lazy piece of crap, they could have done so much better.
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misticaltom · 10 years
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Two Great Kill la Kill scenes you just might have missed.
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misticaltom · 10 years
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As a member of the Company of Champions, I agree!
Members of the Company of Champions have Co-op turned off, receive more damage, and maybe other stuff I don't actually know yet, as I'm not done with my first playthrough either.
However, from what I've seen of the bosses, Dark Souls 2 heavily encourages co-op play.  Going so far as to offer NPC Summons for most bosses(also turned off in the Company of Champions), in case you can't find someone, you're offline, or playing in the distant dystopian future in which Dark Souls 2 has had it's online service turned off.  Generally much higher Health pools and more punishing bosses in general make Co-op more fun!
If you have used the internet to look up a boss or a mechanic and then claim this game is easy….. Just stop…. The challenge of this game is the “learning curve”. Using a wiki or even worse a video is like taking a test with the answer sheet in your pocket, you haven’t actually accomplished...
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misticaltom · 10 years
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Spiders drop everything because they eat everything.
11 Bandit Axes
2 Mastadon Greatswords
4 Mail Breakers
A Buncha gemstones
and 1 Prince Ricard's Rapier.
Like....what? Prince Ricard's Rapier? With the 8-Stab OP Combo? Whaaaaaaat? I mean, I was sure it's in the game, but from a Spider now? That's just a little too crazy, don't you think?
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misticaltom · 10 years
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Satsuki-Sama's Introduction in Episode 1 is one powerful introduction. Actually, the Introductory-moments for Characters in Kill la Kill are all amazing. From Gamagoori bursting through a door to Tsumugu's Motorcycle ride.
People claimed Kill la Kill was misogynistic right from the first episode, but seeing Satsuki's introduction, can you really think that?
THAT IS THE INTRODUCTION OF ONE ABSURDLY POWERFUL STUDENT PRESIDENT.
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