Ammunition > Heroics

Well, yesterday I DID want to do a post, but the Internet was doing crazy stuff. I don't mean just regular crazy, I mean demented, maniacal, just wrong crazy. See, most web pages would load properly, but if it was something dynamic and encrypted (where you would have to log in), it went crazy. Of course, the kind of crazy depended on the situation. On my computer, it would either just not load the page, or load it but then not load when you signed in to whatever it was. On the Macintosh computer, it would load everything fine, but when you tried to sign in or sign out of something, it just reloaded the page. On my dad's laptop, it just didn't seem to be working at all. My aunt had the weirdest problem at all. She tried to sign in to her email and got someone else's account. Now, I don't know a ton about the Internet, but I do know quite a bit, and I certainly know enough to know that that's just not right. It doesn't work like that! It's like something you'd expect from Windows, actually. Maybe Microsoft was trying to take over the Internet; did anyone else experience similar problems last night?
Anyway, it's working fine today (for now...), so I'm going to go ahead and post the video game part of the list. I tried and tried to figure out some way of organizing it, but just couldn't. Instead, here are just all of my favorite video games (there are a lot of them!); commercial ones, though, since I've already mentioned most of my favorite free ones many times. Actually, most of these are just console/handheld video games and not computer games. I've never really had the technology to be really into commercial computer games; all my favorites are either free or pretty old. Also, the video games are pretty much all for Nintendo stuff. I guess that just goes to show.... Anyway, on with the list!

Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Anyone who has played this would put it on a list like this. It's pretty much the video game. It's really really long, has great gameplay, and is just plain fun. It's filled with great secrets, too. Personally, I haven't beaten the whole game. I'm stuck on... I think it's 8-3; really near the end with Lakitu. It's nuts.

New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
I actually don't own this game, but it needs to be on here; it captured the spirit of the original game really well; it's definitely the most Mario-y Mario game since the original. Even though I don't actually have the game, I've played through most of it (Andy has it so I used to be able to borrow it when he was still at home).

Tetris (Everything)
The ultimate puzzle game. I don't think anything really needs to be said about it. It's very simple, but incredibly addicting.

Meteos (DS)
Another great puzzle game, and another game I don't actually own (Again, one I borrowed from Andy) -- yet. It proves that puzzle games can actually be pretty in-depth and fun, yet simple at the same time. It's funny because the general "feel" of it is a lot like Smash Bros. I recently found out that it was apparently directed by Masahiro Sakurai, so that actually makes a lot of sense.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
This is pretty much my favorite Sonic game, and one of my favorite platformers too. It's fiendishly fast and really fun and interesting. It's cool how Sonic was basically created to be Sega's Mario, but the game itself (as well as the characters, settings... ah, everything) is very different. Sonic Advance (GBA) is also worth checking out, because it's a lot like the earlier games, but still adds some new stuff too.

The Legend of Zelda Series (Nintendo Stuff)
Every single one is a complete masterpiece. I don't know if there's any other series you can say that about. It's especially impressive considering how many of them there are. Zelda games are really great action-puzzle-RPGs, and they have fun and interesting storylines too, and great music (mostly by Koji Kondo). My personal favorites are Ocarina of Time (N64), A Link to the Past(SNES and GBA), and Phantom Hourglass (DS). I actually still haven't beaten OoT. If you're a Zelda fan, you'll know how much of a crime that is, but I don't know where the '64 is currently.

Final Fantasy VI (SNES, PSX, and GBA)
This game... is so... amazing. It's just... wow. It's got really solid graphics, awesome music, and great gameplay. Also, the story is astoundingly deep. Each of the characters (and there's over a dozen) has his or her own background, and this is revealed more throughout the course of the game; plus there's the main storyline and all of the events going on currently. This is another one that I haven't actually beaten yet, but I'm getting there; I just need to get my characters better, then I can go fight Kefka. Speaking of Kefka, he's pretty much the most evil villain ever. "Oh, there is no sweeter music than a hundred voices screaming in unison." I think that about sums it up.

Golden Sun (GBA)
This is a great RPG that's actually quite unique in both gameplay and setting. I also haven't finished this one, but I think I'm going to have to start over because I don't have enough Djinn (I'm not going to bother explaining that one; just go find the game or look it up).

Civilization III (PC and Mac)
This game is not only awesome in itself, it also is very easy to customize and play around with. I don't have Civ IV, but I think I would probably prefer this one, because the fourth is so much more complicated (particularly graphically), so it's not as easy to make mods for it. Also, there are a TON of mods for Civ III you can find online (my favorite site is www.civfanatics.com), and there are people that are actually still making them.

Roller Coaster Tycoon (PC and Mac)
I love this game.... Not only is it a really fun game just in general, it's also a very unique way to express one's creativity. I mean, how often do you get to build a roller coaster? Oh, you do, do you? Well fiiiiine. I bet this game is way easier though! One of the best parts about the game is how you can just mess around so much: "Hey, I think I'm going to make this go straight down this hill... yeah... then I'll make it go up a hill half as tall... OK, now it's done; let's see what happens!" or "This panda-suit guy is annoying me now. Let's see if you can swim, buddy!"


...Well, that's it for now. I'll probably come up with more that I've forgotten, so check back later today, and I'll let you know if I've added anything after today in later posts.

Now, a lot of you have probably seen that Facebook note with the weird quotes and all that, but it doesn't cover much of the stuff I hear around my house (or, really, a bunch of ridiculous stuff I say). So I've decided to share some weird stuff like that here:


"Shoot those wubblies!"
-Andy (seeing Doukutsu Monogatari for the first time)

"Something smells horrible.... Like trapezoids!"
-Luke

Me- "Excuse me; I may have heard wrong, but are you singing about Yiddish bananas?"
Molly- "Seth started it!!"

Me- "Oh yeah?! You wanna know what I think? Do you want to know what I think?"
Seth- "Albuquerque."
Me- "..."
Me- "I can't believe you saw that coming."

Molly- "Paul, get over here. He says this isn't a mushroom."
Seth- "No, that's not what I said! I said this is the stalk and cap, and it's part of the mushroom plant!"
Molly- "Yes, so it's a mushroom!"
Seth- "No. That's not the mushroom part."
Molly- "What IS the mushroom part?!"
Seth- "It's the underground stuff!"
Molly- "So this thing right here isn't a mushroom?"
Seth- "I didn't say that!"
Me- "I don't get it.... So you're saying this right here, just this thing, collectively, is not a mushroom?"
Seth- "It is, but that's not technically what you call it. Everyone does, but they're wrong!"
Molly- "What are you talking about?!"
Me- "Oooh, pick me!"
Molly- "Yes. Paul?"
Me- "Seth, YOU'RE A NUTCASE!"

"North Polaris!"
-John (A guess; in response to any question he doesn't know the answer to)


...Well, I'm sure there's plenty more of that, but that's probably enough nuttiness for now. I'm done.

:::Source= Paul M-unit 19.91 MKII
...Uh... Running out of ideas for post closure notice...

I've got nothing.

:::Source= Paul M-unit 19.91 MKII
FIN!