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Kicking off 2009 with a 2008 VG meme. AREN'T I HIP?
17 years ago
Well, all, it’s a Hap-friggin’-tacular New Year, I hope you all had the best of times and will continue to have the best, or it least the most tolerable of times as 2009 takes us forth into its mysterious depths. Lacking any real fascinating tales to regale you all with about how I rang in the New Year (That is unless you consider “Went-out-with-friends-to-a-neighbourhood-I-wasn’t-familiar-with,-got-drunk,-got-into-a-fight,-went-home,-got-hung-over-and-then-got-drunk-again-on-the-new-year’s-DAY-party” to be a delectable tale of the human experience)… I guess what I’ll do here is rely on my good ol’ friend, Mr. Meme, to bring something of substance to my journal. In this case, it’s this VG meme that’s been worming its way through FA and managed to slither its way up my pant leg.
*Clears throat* Okay, here we go:
1) What was your FIRST video game console?
That would be the original NES. Got it one Christmas morning when I was about four. Dad videotaped me and my brother playing it, where you could see me jump up and down on the couch in sync with Mario on the screen as I played. It wasn’t until weeks later that I actually read the instruction manual and realized that you could throw fireballs.
2) Name a few games you played on said console.
Way too many to list… Marios one through three, Kid Icarus, Yo! Noid… and back then, they had them thar cartridges that had, like, OMG, 100 games in one!! AND, and we had two of ‘em, so that gave me a solid 200 to screw around with. Playing sports games was how I learned to rules of hockey and baseball before I actually played them for realz.
3) Excluding handhelds, how many VG consoles do you own presently?
PS3 and Wii. And if not for your discriminating policy, I could include my DS on that list. Seriously, man, what’s you problem??
4) Were you a Street Fighter nut? Any character in particular?
Hardly a nut, but I played it and enjoyed it. I do remember, though, I’d frequently pick either Chun-Li or E. Honda and do high kicks so I could see underneath their skirts… >:)
5) Do you think Capcom is a FUCKING awesome company?
Capcom can be simultaneously the best and the worst video game company. They seem to have a business plan that goes something like this:
Step 1: Release an original, fresh, awesome and critically acclaimed game that garners tons of sales and attracts millions of fans.
Step 2: Release sequel for said game, and make it almost exactly the same as the first one, with only the addition of a couple’a token tweaks.
Step 3: Repeat step 2 until original game’s franchise has been bled acridly dry. Go back to step one, and begin process all over again.
6) Here's the scenario.. You had some friends over and you all ate FRIED CHICKEN! After the meal you all decide to play some video games. As your friend reaches for a controller you notice his/her hands are very "greasy." Are you the type that would insist they wash their hands before pawing the controller, or is it no big deal?
If that waste-of-sperm doesn’t even have the fricken’ courtesy to wash off his or her hands before he or she touches my wii-mote, I would not insist, I would YELL that they go wash the hell off. This actually happened during the aforementioned New Years Day party, except substitute chicken with Lime-Daiquiri-sticky hands. Of course, the washed hand didn’t stop him from breaking the fucking wine glass while swinging around.
7) What's your favorite RPG/Action RPG? I will allow a second and third fave if you insist.
Uh… I would say Final Fantasy 7 was the RPG for which the experience of playing it blew me away like nothing else I can remember having blown me… uh… I mean… *cough* …ANYWAYS, second and third, respectively, would be Zelda: Twilight Princess and Kingdom Hearts 2.
8) Do you prefer 2D games or 3D games?
Seeing as how I have a little problem with depth perception, I am most definitely partial to 2D… but only by yae so much.
9) Are you an SNK fan?
Quoi?
9) Are you good at DDR?
No. I was embarrassed enough the first time I tried playing that game in an arcade… but guilty as the pleasure it was, I’d like to try it again, however seeing as how shame won’t let me do it in a room with other people, it’s kinda what the experts would call a catch-22.
10) Who wants to kick that dog's ass from Duck Hunt?
“Wants”? Motherfucker, I DID. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/11439 *BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM!*
11) Have you skipped out on important events in life because of video games?
Not really, no. In the podunk little buttfuck town I grew up in, there was little else to do. Well… little else to do that could be done LEGALLY. >:D
12) Do you listen to video game music?
Some, yeah. The Megaman franchise’s music stuck pretty well in my mind, and it wasn’t until much later that I realized that was J-Pop. Now whenever I hear a Japanese chart-topper, I think “Hey! This is just like Crashman’s level!” And them some fat, sweaty weaboo slaps me.
13) Have you ever cosplayed a VG character?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHahah… *snort-cough-cough*… no.
Not counting Halloween, anyways. Remember that thing I was saying about DDR and my personal fucking dignity?
14) Have you ever been in an arcade playing a fighting game, KICKING ASS, and then some 6 year old asian kid comes in and OWNS YOU??
Yes… but considering that I myself was six years old at the time, it wasn’t really that big a deal to be beaten by another six year old… didn’t stop me from kicking him for real, though… and I had Ski Boots on.
15) Name three games you would love to see remakes of if it was done properly.
Assuming they were faithfully rendered versions in the spirit of the originals and NOT these shitty remakes where the characters are remodelled into these shitty metrosexual heroes fighting against the backdrop of some poser metal music (Lookin’ at you, Castlevania D:< ) … then Double Dragon, Adventure Island, aaaannnnddd… R-Type.
16) Mario or Sonic?
IT BE MARIO FOR LIFE, FOO’. WHAT? :D
17) When a movie shows up in the theaters, let's use Spider-man as an example, are you likely to buy the GAME version?
No. Not unless they receive insanely good reviews and universal critical acclaim, but that hasn’t happened since Goldeneye… and thus it’s strictly rentals for yours truly.
18) What is your LEAST favorite genre of video games? (ex. fighting, sports, shooters, etc.)
Puzzle games. I’m sorry but… what the hell is the appeal?! Don’t get those. Can’t get the people who get those. Don’t WANT to get the people who get those. Want to stay far away from them, and want to have a gun to ensure that the perimeter is maintained.
19) Is there a game out there that you feel was unique and didn't get enough love?
Oh, gawd, the list of the brilliant-yet-criminally-ignored is too much to remember all at once… but off the top of my head, Earthbound. HEY, CUNTS, WE KNOW THERE’S A SEQUEL, IT’S BEEN SITTING THERE IN JAPAN FOR YEARS!! WHY THE FRICK WON’T YOU TRANSLATE AND RELEASE IT?!?! *Rage-Rage-Rage-Rage*
20) Have you ever verbally abused a game because you couldn't beat one of the levels and/or bosses?
Not the game itself, no. The controllers, on the other hand, had to endure a great deal of my wrath. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutte.....hy/2595689115/ , my DS touch screen is getting a little scratchy due to some tense strokes.
21) Do you own any VG apparel?
Absolutely not. I won’t cosplay, and I won’t even wear the clothes… not even those hip, ironic ones from Hot Topic. (I did used to own some Mario underwear in the foolish years of mine youth, though…*shudder*)
22) What are your thoughts on the live-action Super Mario Bros movie?
I don’t think much thinking was done on the part of the makers of that movie, and less thinking is therefore healthy for the audience, consequently. Xp
23) On that note, what did you think about the live-action Street Fighter movie?
I wanted to crack open my own skull, scoop out my brain and set it on fire to make absolutely sure than any memories I had of that abomination were incinerated. I could envision the evil spirits being burned out, while screeching “YYAAAAIIIEEEE!!! YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE LAST OF MEEEEEEEE!!!”
24) Who's hottest out of the KOF chicks?
Your mother.
25) Do you say "old-school" a lot when you're having a VG conversation with others?
No, that term is so overused that its original context has been lost in the void of subjective application.
26) Have you ever lent someone a game and they returned it to you damaged?
Nope. In the case of this example, I’M actually the guilty party.
27) Do you own any imported games?
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, ikuzo!!! SAN, NI, ICH, TSUE!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlxyR-sTOkk
28) Are you ready for this meme to be over, or could you keep going?
What? Why? Is something wrong? Do you want to leave? I dunno about you, but I was having fun. Is it me? Did I do something wrong?? Come baaaaaack…
29) In this scenario, let's pretend you're going to get a video game tattoo! What would you get and where? This can be simple or elaborate.
A tattoo? Seriously? You did read that part about how I felt about cosplay and apparel, right? I mean, if you forced me at gunpoint, I guess I’d pick a tiny little 8-bit Mario mushroom to be placed on my ass, where hopefully no one would see it in public, and on the off chance a date ever noticed it, it wouldn’t be a deal-breaker.
30) Have you ever cried after you beat a game? If so why?
Strangely enough, SNES Aladdin. Something about the ending music just set me off. Of course, I immediately slapped myself seventeen times while screaming “Be a MAN, you big blubbering vagina!”
Am I supposed to Tag someone? Well, tell ya what… you see this meme, and ya wants to do it, then do it.
Oh, and if ever someone here wants to know how to freak me right the fuck out: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1798540/ This fucker here
Ryuka knows all my weaknesses. Be sure to consult with him if ever I go mad with power and need to be taken down.
*Clears throat* Okay, here we go:
1) What was your FIRST video game console?
That would be the original NES. Got it one Christmas morning when I was about four. Dad videotaped me and my brother playing it, where you could see me jump up and down on the couch in sync with Mario on the screen as I played. It wasn’t until weeks later that I actually read the instruction manual and realized that you could throw fireballs.
2) Name a few games you played on said console.
Way too many to list… Marios one through three, Kid Icarus, Yo! Noid… and back then, they had them thar cartridges that had, like, OMG, 100 games in one!! AND, and we had two of ‘em, so that gave me a solid 200 to screw around with. Playing sports games was how I learned to rules of hockey and baseball before I actually played them for realz.
3) Excluding handhelds, how many VG consoles do you own presently?
PS3 and Wii. And if not for your discriminating policy, I could include my DS on that list. Seriously, man, what’s you problem??
4) Were you a Street Fighter nut? Any character in particular?
Hardly a nut, but I played it and enjoyed it. I do remember, though, I’d frequently pick either Chun-Li or E. Honda and do high kicks so I could see underneath their skirts… >:)
5) Do you think Capcom is a FUCKING awesome company?
Capcom can be simultaneously the best and the worst video game company. They seem to have a business plan that goes something like this:
Step 1: Release an original, fresh, awesome and critically acclaimed game that garners tons of sales and attracts millions of fans.
Step 2: Release sequel for said game, and make it almost exactly the same as the first one, with only the addition of a couple’a token tweaks.
Step 3: Repeat step 2 until original game’s franchise has been bled acridly dry. Go back to step one, and begin process all over again.
6) Here's the scenario.. You had some friends over and you all ate FRIED CHICKEN! After the meal you all decide to play some video games. As your friend reaches for a controller you notice his/her hands are very "greasy." Are you the type that would insist they wash their hands before pawing the controller, or is it no big deal?
If that waste-of-sperm doesn’t even have the fricken’ courtesy to wash off his or her hands before he or she touches my wii-mote, I would not insist, I would YELL that they go wash the hell off. This actually happened during the aforementioned New Years Day party, except substitute chicken with Lime-Daiquiri-sticky hands. Of course, the washed hand didn’t stop him from breaking the fucking wine glass while swinging around.
7) What's your favorite RPG/Action RPG? I will allow a second and third fave if you insist.
Uh… I would say Final Fantasy 7 was the RPG for which the experience of playing it blew me away like nothing else I can remember having blown me… uh… I mean… *cough* …ANYWAYS, second and third, respectively, would be Zelda: Twilight Princess and Kingdom Hearts 2.
8) Do you prefer 2D games or 3D games?
Seeing as how I have a little problem with depth perception, I am most definitely partial to 2D… but only by yae so much.
9) Are you an SNK fan?
Quoi?
9) Are you good at DDR?
No. I was embarrassed enough the first time I tried playing that game in an arcade… but guilty as the pleasure it was, I’d like to try it again, however seeing as how shame won’t let me do it in a room with other people, it’s kinda what the experts would call a catch-22.
10) Who wants to kick that dog's ass from Duck Hunt?
“Wants”? Motherfucker, I DID. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/11439 *BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM!*
11) Have you skipped out on important events in life because of video games?
Not really, no. In the podunk little buttfuck town I grew up in, there was little else to do. Well… little else to do that could be done LEGALLY. >:D
12) Do you listen to video game music?
Some, yeah. The Megaman franchise’s music stuck pretty well in my mind, and it wasn’t until much later that I realized that was J-Pop. Now whenever I hear a Japanese chart-topper, I think “Hey! This is just like Crashman’s level!” And them some fat, sweaty weaboo slaps me.
13) Have you ever cosplayed a VG character?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHahah… *snort-cough-cough*… no.
Not counting Halloween, anyways. Remember that thing I was saying about DDR and my personal fucking dignity?
14) Have you ever been in an arcade playing a fighting game, KICKING ASS, and then some 6 year old asian kid comes in and OWNS YOU??
Yes… but considering that I myself was six years old at the time, it wasn’t really that big a deal to be beaten by another six year old… didn’t stop me from kicking him for real, though… and I had Ski Boots on.
15) Name three games you would love to see remakes of if it was done properly.
Assuming they were faithfully rendered versions in the spirit of the originals and NOT these shitty remakes where the characters are remodelled into these shitty metrosexual heroes fighting against the backdrop of some poser metal music (Lookin’ at you, Castlevania D:< ) … then Double Dragon, Adventure Island, aaaannnnddd… R-Type.
16) Mario or Sonic?
IT BE MARIO FOR LIFE, FOO’. WHAT? :D
17) When a movie shows up in the theaters, let's use Spider-man as an example, are you likely to buy the GAME version?
No. Not unless they receive insanely good reviews and universal critical acclaim, but that hasn’t happened since Goldeneye… and thus it’s strictly rentals for yours truly.
18) What is your LEAST favorite genre of video games? (ex. fighting, sports, shooters, etc.)
Puzzle games. I’m sorry but… what the hell is the appeal?! Don’t get those. Can’t get the people who get those. Don’t WANT to get the people who get those. Want to stay far away from them, and want to have a gun to ensure that the perimeter is maintained.
19) Is there a game out there that you feel was unique and didn't get enough love?
Oh, gawd, the list of the brilliant-yet-criminally-ignored is too much to remember all at once… but off the top of my head, Earthbound. HEY, CUNTS, WE KNOW THERE’S A SEQUEL, IT’S BEEN SITTING THERE IN JAPAN FOR YEARS!! WHY THE FRICK WON’T YOU TRANSLATE AND RELEASE IT?!?! *Rage-Rage-Rage-Rage*
20) Have you ever verbally abused a game because you couldn't beat one of the levels and/or bosses?
Not the game itself, no. The controllers, on the other hand, had to endure a great deal of my wrath. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutte.....hy/2595689115/ , my DS touch screen is getting a little scratchy due to some tense strokes.
21) Do you own any VG apparel?
Absolutely not. I won’t cosplay, and I won’t even wear the clothes… not even those hip, ironic ones from Hot Topic. (I did used to own some Mario underwear in the foolish years of mine youth, though…*shudder*)
22) What are your thoughts on the live-action Super Mario Bros movie?
I don’t think much thinking was done on the part of the makers of that movie, and less thinking is therefore healthy for the audience, consequently. Xp
23) On that note, what did you think about the live-action Street Fighter movie?
I wanted to crack open my own skull, scoop out my brain and set it on fire to make absolutely sure than any memories I had of that abomination were incinerated. I could envision the evil spirits being burned out, while screeching “YYAAAAIIIEEEE!!! YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE LAST OF MEEEEEEEE!!!”
24) Who's hottest out of the KOF chicks?
Your mother.
25) Do you say "old-school" a lot when you're having a VG conversation with others?
No, that term is so overused that its original context has been lost in the void of subjective application.
26) Have you ever lent someone a game and they returned it to you damaged?
Nope. In the case of this example, I’M actually the guilty party.
27) Do you own any imported games?
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, ikuzo!!! SAN, NI, ICH, TSUE!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlxyR-sTOkk
28) Are you ready for this meme to be over, or could you keep going?
What? Why? Is something wrong? Do you want to leave? I dunno about you, but I was having fun. Is it me? Did I do something wrong?? Come baaaaaack…
29) In this scenario, let's pretend you're going to get a video game tattoo! What would you get and where? This can be simple or elaborate.
A tattoo? Seriously? You did read that part about how I felt about cosplay and apparel, right? I mean, if you forced me at gunpoint, I guess I’d pick a tiny little 8-bit Mario mushroom to be placed on my ass, where hopefully no one would see it in public, and on the off chance a date ever noticed it, it wouldn’t be a deal-breaker.
30) Have you ever cried after you beat a game? If so why?
Strangely enough, SNES Aladdin. Something about the ending music just set me off. Of course, I immediately slapped myself seventeen times while screaming “Be a MAN, you big blubbering vagina!”
Am I supposed to Tag someone? Well, tell ya what… you see this meme, and ya wants to do it, then do it.
Oh, and if ever someone here wants to know how to freak me right the fuck out: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1798540/ This fucker here
Ryuka knows all my weaknesses. Be sure to consult with him if ever I go mad with power and need to be taken down.
I think I might try this meme soon. It seems like it was fun to write!
I'd hardly describe the night as "epic", but the misadventure label sounds about right. :)
Well, that and "nuts", "semi-disastrous" and "Holy-Shit."
30) Have you ever cried after you beat a game? If so why?
FFX.
Happy new year man, have a nice 2009
... that is, the non lethal stuff. :)
(FFX... yeah, kinda teary there, near the end, but didn't quite get me.)