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BG Newsletter #6
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BG Member Of The Week: kuronosan
Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. About 6-7 years now. I joined before BLU was a thing and before we had to re-register for the forums.
Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
20 year old game spoiler inc. Don't you cry about it! XD
A. Chrono Trigger is probably the all-time favorite of mine. I love the closed-loop nature of the story and the idea that the entire existence of the universe was the dying recollection of some entity. It made for a sad but neat twist in a game that started out as a freak-accident by a mad scientist.
Q. Let's face it, while BG is a lot of things, it is pretty well known for Final Fantasy. Do you have a favorite Final Fantasy character?
A. I absolutely do. My favorite character is Auron. Not only is he unabashedly bad-ass, his motives are admirable. He died protecting the honor of his friend, who essentially died for nothing, and spent the remainder of his time honoring the wishes of two of his closest friends. He was the only character in the game who really had any sort of depth and I wish they had spent more time on his story (though none was really needed).
Q. What's something you find interesting about yourself?
A. My brain never sleeps. Literally. It spends all of its time analyzing every little detail and it forces me to look back at things I've learned, done, or said, and see if there was a better way to handle it or approach it. Typically I like that I am free to evolve my thinking beyond what I know and sometimes I regret opening my mouth before I know better.
Q. Tell us about a memorable Halloween costume you have worn or if you are going to dress up this Halloween what will you be dressed as?
A. When I was a kid I dressed up as Wicket for 3-4 years straight and won every costume contest, until Batman and other movies came out and ROTJ was an afterthought. I would love to dress up as Tony Stark, because most of my friends tell me I'm just like him.
Weekly Trivia Question 1: We all know Christopher Columbus sailed in 1492 to find India/Asia. But who successfully found India in 1498?
Weekly Trivia Question 2: What is the main theme song from Zelda Skyward Sword based on?
I included the main theme youtube link in the spoiler tag in case you aren't familiar with it.
Spoiler: show
Scroll to the bottom of the newsletter for the trivia answer.
Major Game Releases Arriving Next Week:
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
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Release Date: 10/14/2014
PS3 360 PC
Unce unce unce unce unce unce... The pre-sequel thread is this way.. unce unce unce unce...:
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/120...S?goto=newpost
Mina: Welcome to Elpis, where you get to play as one of the four vault hunters that were hired by BL2's main villain to save the world. What can I say... More guns, more butt slaming, more jumping, more enemies. If you bought and loved BL1 and BL2 there's not need for me to sell you on BL The Pre Sequel. You've already got this preordered.
Sonomaa: HYPE CANNONS MADE OF EXPLOSIONS MADE OF EVEN BIGGER EXPLOSIONS! I put an obnoxious amount of time into Borderlands 1 and 2, more of it will be even more amazing. The worst thing about this game so far has been the lack of 4 pack and that fanfest is a few days away LEAVING ME WITH VERY LITTLE TIME TO EXPLOSIONS.
(BGer of the Week) kuronosan: I like the animated nature of the game as it reminds me very much of Cowboy Bebop meets Farcry meets Halo. It's kind of like the animation of Telltale Games' Walking Dead. To me it looks like just another first-person blast-a-thon with nothing special about it at all. I watched three different trailers to get a feel for what the game was supposed to be and all I could get from it was "Buy this game, you loved the first one!". There was absolutely nothing in those trailers that made me want to buy it. Isn't Harmonix the same company that made Rock Band? I'm waiting for one of these characters to start parkouring across a guitar riff while a guy in the background sings "Enter Sandman". That would be a good trailer. There just doesn't feel like anything special about this game.
The Evil Within
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Release Date: 10/14/2014
Xbox One 360 PS4 PS3 PC
We have a thread already for this game!:
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/115...n?goto=newpost
Mina: ... *Mina cannot be reached at this time as she has curled up into a ball and started to cry. Figure out whether or not you want this game on your own.* ...
Sonomaa: I watched the trailer for this game, which looked like a horror movie, then remembered it was October and its that time of the year again when all the horror games come out. As expected it looked sufficiently creepy but I wonder if it will be able to achieve the tension and suspense and outright fear inducing hysteria that Amnesia was able to do for very likely a third of the price.
(BGer of the Week) kuronosan: Ah now here's a game I can get behind. Survival horror without the disappointment of Dead Space. It's probably because it's made by the same guy. In fact, they really need to just reboot Resident Evil and go this route. I'm already creeped out just from watching the first few minutes of gameplay. Holy crap this is creepy. A survival horror game is definitely made by these camera angles and the music. Holy crap that dude just got chainsawed. This is a game I want. This has purpose. Watching this makes me want to play simply because it's unknown, it's self-explanatory, and it's unique. Why is that guy chasing us? Who cares!? RUN! I feel like I'm immersed in it and watching that horror movie where you yell "STAB HIM IN THE FACE DUDE WHAT THE HELL". Mikami's done it again. Damn that camera not letting me see what's going on! WANT. WANT. WANT. To me, this is scarier than most Resident Evils have been since 4, and it's probably because they're going for the ambience without sacrificing action. RE has grown to be so over the top that I'm over it as a series. This seems fresh, fun, and scary.
Raven's Cry
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Release Date: 10/14/2014
PS4 PS3 360 PC
Mina: It's unfortunate. I'm sure if AC4: Black Flag wasn't a thing we could say it was a pirate game worth experiencing but no matter what I see I think to myself that man... I'd rather be playing AC4: Black Flag.
Sonomaa: Ive watched two trailers and I cant decide if this is a game wanting to be a movie or a movie wanting to be a game. Combat looks slow and chunky, graphics look low for last gen. Sounds like a game somebody decided to make after seeing Black Flag and going WE CAN DO THAT, BUT FOR CHEAPER AND STUFF.
(BGer of the Week) kuronosan: What is this, Pirates of the Assassin's Creed? Elder Scrolls of Barbados meets 300? It reminds me of Pirates, only with more grit. I also want this, provided the main character doesn't screw it up with "Shiver Me Timbers" halfway through the game (or any point, really). Seems like they're going to score on this, as long as the gameplay isn't repetitive and the story compelling. I don't have much else to comment on with this one, as there wasn't much to see. From what I have seen, I like it. Then again, there was Battlefield Earth...
Random Comic:
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It no longer updates and I'm sure most of us have read every one of these due to how old of a comic it is but maybe you needed that nostalgia reminder about it. Brawl in the Family was a webcomic built originally around the idea of well... you probably guessed it. Super Smash Bros Brawl. The webcomic of course grew to be about game in general. It has 600 comic pages (well take the filler out and I'm not sure how many are there are) dedicated to it. That's the nice thing about a finished webcomic, you can consume it all!
http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com...1/alpha-comik/
Threads of Interest:
Did you know that FF13 came out on steam? Well of course you did because steam had it on their frontpage all last week.
FFXIII coming to steam: http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/123...m?goto=newpost
That. Funimation. Box. Is an understatement, Correction.
Cowboy Bebop on Blu-ray coming this December: http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/123...-this-December
As Warlords of Draenor comes closer and closer to launching, the conversations (and data dumps) are getting larger! Come see what it's about!
World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor: http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/118...r?goto=newpost
Weekly Trivia Answer:
Spoiler: show
Question of the Week:
Previous Question: Which do you find more fascinating--what could be in our oceans or what could be out there in space?
Originally Posted by Omniyoji
NEW QUESTION: What pet animal do you love the most and why?
:D Probably the last question of the week for a while.
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