2013-08-21 Entertainment Update

I have a bit of free time right now and I'd like to actually do something else but at work, I kinda shouldn't have anything that looks like fun on my screen. Incredibly, writing a blog post fits because it looks like I'm doing work and I'm also able to talk crap, have fun and waste time.

Well, here's a random update. I said I'd probably do these every so often. I'll use the title as it appears above. That's pretty much what it is, I'd say.

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"Current and recent" section:

Games:
So only now, upon starting this post, I realise that I haven't played Plants vs Zombies in a long time.
My poor plants haven't been watered in ages! THEY'RE PROBABLY BONE-DRY. SHRIVELLING UP AND GASPING. USING THE LAST WATER IN THEIR SYSTEM TO SHED A TEAR!
Anyway, so, I have become, once again, addicted to "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul" which I play on my Gameboy Advance Emulator. (Yes, that's why I posted that "comic" a little while back.)
As with most card games, a quick game (or "duel" in this case) can be played in a minute or two whenever you have free time, so it's pretty convenient. Plus, I've always loved the Yu-Gi-Oh card game as well as the anime.

Music:
Much to Verushka's dismay, the song that I currently can't get out of my head nowadays is J.Cole and Miguel's "Power Trip"
My taste in music varies quite a bit, okay. JUST... OKAY? (Cavie and Verushka will know why "varies" is in italics)

Series:
Finally got around to continuing with How I Met Your Mother. I didn't get to watch Season 8 till this month.
I'm quite glad I got back to it. Verushka and I will probably finish it within the couple weeks.



Movies:
Finally got to watch Oz: The Great and Powerful and I thought it was awesome. I am quite fond of James Franco. Still not sure whether I liked the idea of the black and white intro but it definitely made you notice the colour and beauty of the Land of Oz.
Favourite quote: "Look what you've done to me!" - Evanora
[Grins at Verushka]

Miscellaneous:
I may sorta be receiving my Samsung Galaxy S4 within the next couple hours...
I should have got it ages ago, but thanks to some egging on by someone, I finally filled in all the forms, sorted out my bank account and talked to the relevant people.
I've had a BlackBerry Bold 9780 till now and I'm still gonna keep and use it but Yay, I'll be glad to have a new phone to mess around with, jailbreak and probably brick it.
(I shouldn't make this joke because I joked about this with Cavie shortly before my PSP was bricked.)

Aaaanyway... I think that's about it for today.
KAY, BYE.

Clients and Problems (Visually Expressed)

Ib Paints a Wonderful Picture

Hello, readers.

To those of you who don't already know what this post is about from the title, see my post, What? Posts are Evolving!, for a tiny mention of this game.
If you do want to check out a description etc, here's a less spoiler-filled page (there's a download link there. v1.05 is the newest version), but if you really wanna ruin it and find out everything, here's the Wiki page.

So, yeah. I decided to chat a bit about yet another Indie game.
This time, it's a horror game called Ib, created by "kouri".
It's amazing how this game has the graphics of a SNES RPG but it made me jump way more than Slender ever did.

You play as Ib (pronounced "Eeb"), a 9-year old girl who goes on a fun trip with her parents to the art gallery. Naturally, as with any Japanese game, this does not stay as a simple trip to the art gallery (No, it's not porn). After Ib does some exploring and fiddling (not in a pornographic way), everything goes very, very wrong and Ib ends up trapped in the gallery. All you have to do is get out. Sounds simple, right? Well, it would be except that the artist who created everything in the gallery seems to be a deranged psychopath who wanted everyone to die. Maybe I'm judging him unfairly and it's just his creations that like to scare people to death.

Either way, if you're a fan of games, the Japanese, art and crapping yourself, I'd highly recommend this game.
And if you're still thinking about this being porn... Come on, she's NINE. No, Adolf. I'm not summoning you.

I initially, though briefly, mentioned this game a while ago, but I never got around to finishing it... because it was dark... and I was alone at home... and stuff... AND I TOTALLY HAD OTHER STUFF TO DO... AND STUFF.

Anyway, I thought this was an awesome game and it deserved its own post. Play it. Lemme know what you think in the comments, if you want.

The Posting of the Post about The Binding of Isaac

So this post is about another Indie game called "The Binding of Isaac".
I don't know to what extent a game remains in the "Indie" category, but this one became so successful that you can now find it (and its expansion, "The Wrath of the Lamb") on Steam!
So I mentioned this game recently in my post What? Posts are Evolving! but I thought it was really interesting and awesome (apart from being a horrible concept).

The game sorta jumped out at me because it plays a lot like a dark, gory and emotionally-scarring version of The Legend of Zelda. It was desiged by Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl.

Yes, that's the main image of the game. Pretty much sums up the game as well.

The Binding of Isaac is based on the biblical story of the same name. So the basic storyline of the game (you'll find out the same thing in the intro) is that Isaac is a cute, loving little kid that lives with his mum... "Mom".
His mum seems to be a nice lady. You find out she's also pretty religious. Maybe a little too religious.
She sorta proves this when God speaks to her and tells her that her son, Isaac, is a sinner, is being influenced by the world around him and should be sacrificed in order to prove Mom's love for him (where "him" = God).
Mom... as any loving mother would do... obliges. She locks Isaac away, takes away all his toys and even his clothes and prepares to sacrifice him. Naturally, Isaac manages to escape into the basement (or we wouldn't have a game to play, would we?). But has he really escaped? Maybe going down wasn't the best place to go.

In my opinion, this game is basically an incredibly harsh way of saying that you shouldn't blindly follow your religion. It might be a bit difficult to see that behind all the horrible gameplay. If you have a very open mind and actually play the game, it's pretty addictive and if you're an achievement whore, you'll love this game (especially the "Wrath of the Lamb" expansion).

I thought that this game deserved its own post even though I mentioned it before - Purely because I spent quite a while playing it.

Checked it out? Horrified? It's okay.
You'll feel much more comfortable when you play the game in my next post. :)

Yu-Gi-Oh on VisualBoyAdvance (Visually Expressed)

And so, I've decided to occasionally post comics as well as posts. (Yes, the term "Comics" might be slightly vague but it's what I'll keep the category as.)