Quackity Quack, Joyduck's Back: w/ Dota 2, Saints Row the Third and the best Anime Ive ever watched

Everyone, how have you been. As Promised Ive come back... although a little longer than a few days ... ehehe, still, better latethen never..eh...eh? (Im sorry, dont hate me ;-; )

Lets get this party started!

ANYWAY, Lets get strightinto things. First of all, This Dota 2 Game. I Love valve, I love their games, and I must say im impressed with my first MOBA called Dota 2. However, as a n00b player, i can confirm for people like me who have never touched games like this... they are HARD. In dota 2, i kept on dying, didnt know how to use any items, failed as support and ultimatly didnt have as much fun as I thought (although i had quite a bit). But I loved the co-op mode, pretty much you a friends v bots. its amazing, just like any other co-op game. However, this is all i played and 'luckly' didnt go online as the community is rumoured to be hating people like me D:. So I'll just stick to bots and friends for now. Ok, I'll admit I raged every now and then, but I blame myself for going into this full on genre unprepared. When i pick it up in future, i'll be sure to study it like my economics and get good so i can fully appreciated it :D

Honesty is a Virtue

So overall, I found it hard... but fun. Valve have done another master work (that appeals to others rather than myself) so when this releases as a free title (THATS RIGHt, FREE, THIS IS AMAZING), be sure to check it out!

Also recently, I must say, I have  a new favourite game (not of all time, but close) is Saints Row: The Third. Everything about it is simply outstanding.The Combat is smooth, the driving is smoother, the customization is INSANE, the story is entertaining (makes you feel like a BOSS) and best of all, THE ENTIRE GAME IS CO-OP COMPATIBLE. THAT IS RIGHT, everything can be done with a friend. Which Im currently doing when i get free time! Im so glad I got this game, man, even just free-roaming with a friend is amazing, for example how I piss off a gang to distract them while he gets a chopper to destory their base and pick me up as we draw out an assassination target, and then CRASH THE HELICOPTER INTO HIM as we jump to safety in our well hidden boat and run away from the gang until their rage meter dies down. ALL OF THAT WAS NOT SCRIPTED, IT IS COMPLETELY POSSIBLE LITERALLY EVERYWHERE IN THE GAME. Its like your own action movie, where you decided what to do and when you do it, it is always awesome.

Not to mention this game is Hilarious!

Finally, its time to get mildly serious. Ive finished Clannad, and by far, it is the saddest anime Ive ever watched, and officially the best as well!

Last time I saw you guys, I was just 10 episodes In and was on the verge of tears. 38 episodes later my jumper is soaked. This anime is made me laugh one second, and cry the next. Each scene was more beautiful than the last and I honestly loved the characters to death. Without spoiling much (serious GO WATCH IT ASAP), it wasn't the depressing scenes that saddened me the most, but it was this one scene near the end, filled with realization, regret and a new revival that made me burst out in tears... with a gigantic smile on my face. That scene that made me cry was not all that depressing, but compassionate. I truly enjoyed the sunflower scene the most, infact, that whole episode. After Tomoya and his daughter reunite. It touched me more than anything else ever has in the entertainment industry. Unlike Angel Beats, the ending was simply perfect. It was not sad, nor did it leave me feeling empty, but it was fulfilling, satisfying and brought me... again, to tears. I cannot comprehend how wonderful this anime is. So please, GO now and watch it. You will not regret it.

The most Beautiful Scene in Anime

And you know what the best part is, Its not over. I'll admit while I am satisfied, i still want a little bit more clannad.... well... apparently there IS!. Not only where there 2 alternative universe episodes that showed the guy ending up with other girls (although Nagisa was the best, it was still entertaining to watch... and to dream) but not only that... Clannad is a Visual Novel... just like Katawa Shoujo, and it takes 300 hours to complete 100%... these feels...... 300 Hours of emotion, feels, plot, story, character development, fun and imagination WAITING FOR ME, and all of it rumored to be if not BETTER than Katawa Shoujo, the visual novel that also gave me similar feels. i want to play it, i need to play it, I cant actually comprehend after watching this life changing anime that  SO MUCH MORE is waiting for me, highlighting the routes of the girls that where never explored (excluding the 2 alternative routes) in the anime (Kyou Especially).

FFS year 12 END ALREADY. I have so much waiting for me, including you guys and much more to come. My list of games, anime, manga, visual novels to run through is almost endless and it only encourages me to work even harder for these end of year exams and get a great score in the end. So until then, I'll be posting as often as I can, I do enjoy it, although sometimes I barley get round to getting on the computer let alone the blog or internet. Goodbye for now, my friends, and  Remember; Love, Life, Peace, Prospes-GTFO THIS WEBSITE AND GO WATCH CLANNAD!!!! NOWAAWOOO!!!

Get Moving!

My Friends, it has been a long time!

Hello everyone, its good to be back, even for this short while.

Last time we meet, I was waving goodbye about how intense the next year was going to be, how I would study Like I meant it, how I would go all out so I could get good grades then come back to gaming, anime, manga and steam near the end of the year… Well, I just finished my mid-Year exams yesterday. So I think Im allowed a good break or so, (and if the earlier post a few days ago wasn't an obvious hint) and Ive come back for a little while with a HUGE JUICY post on what has happened since I left, gaming and animation related, so sit back, enjoy and read this (hopefully not too big, but I feel it is needed to make up for everything I’ve missed out on)

"Im Back, baby" 

Starting off, Lets look at some gaming!

I’ll admit Ive managed to fit a few hours for games on the slim weekend; usually it was battlefield 3, but not anymore. My love for battlefield has slowly been leaving me, it seems with the ridiculously patches and consistent problems with origin and battlelog are getting to me. Its only fun with friends and even then It was no match to my beloved bad company 2, which was exciting and so much more enjoyable. (one example is how it felt like an adventure every time I played rush… unlike battlefield 3 which makes it seems like a chore). And with this new battlefield premium service coming, I think the last ship is about to set sale. I don’t hate battlefield, it just seems I don’t love it as much as I used to.

So what can possibly fill the void for this game? Ive looked and BAM, it hit me in the head, it was so obvious before, why didn’t I see it......… ARMA!!!!. It’s the most realistic war simulator out there, and if you know me, I LOVE THAT. I don’t know why I didn’t see this before, maybe my battlefield fanboyism blinded me. But with ARMA 3 coming out soon, and how EPIC it looks (FREAKING SUCBA DIVING MAN). This might turn into my next main military FPS, as BF and COD don’t seem as good anymore.

I still cant believe I couldn't see how awesome this game looked before

And continuing the discussion of games… and ARMA… Did I ever tell you guys about that dream I have for a real zombie survival game, which revolves around barley staying alive, with about 50 other players in a large world with zombies everywhere in which you can decide to team up with others or kill each other…Well, In the recent trend… I think I’ve finally found this. It’s called DAY Z, an Arma 2 Mod which looks amazing, not only was I thinking of getting into arma, but GETTING TO PLAY DAY Z IS A REASON TO BUY ARMA. I mean, I could go all on about how this fits the bill for my sought after real zombie apocalyptic realistic survival FPS , but I have yet to play it so I cant confirm jut yet. Im planning to buy Arma 2 for me and a few friends at the end of the year and play through it then, even better as it will have more updates and fixes by then, but that’s when I will make my verdict (And I will have a large post on how it lives up to my expectations of the zombie survival game Ive always wanted). Here is a deep trailer about why this is so different, so realistic, so much like the game of my dreams I think im going to love it!

 

What else is there? That’s right!, I finished amnesia last time I got a bit of free time, and from my experience , is was one of the best single games Ive played. Truly the scariest game Ive played… ever. BUT, hear me out, so many people play the first few levels and stop playing because its too scary… THAT WAS ME AS WELL. So when I came back out to it, I discovered that its actually the most scariest at the start! After a while through the game, you get used to how the monsters work, you get used to how to run, hide and you can even sneak around within meters of monsters once you get used to it. This game is not too hard; you get better at it and… I guess that makes it less scary, but all the more fun! So those who think its too scary and not fun enough at the beginning, I WAS LIKE YOU, please, keep trying and you will see that it will get much more funner and less scary (STILL PRETTY DAMN SCARY THOUGH) than at the beginning. I believe this is partly due to the little amount of space you have to move in the first few levels with the monster, and how you are subjected to them without any knowledge of how to survive. But after a while, you will get used to it, and then it becomes fun and challenging scary rather than shit my pants scary.

 On Another note, I love the fanart for Daniel (guy you play as in Amnesia), its kinda what I though he looked like, but this fits his character so well.

This guys is hotter than pancakes!

I also played Justine, but had one problem. This DLC IS HARD! You cannot save, if you didn’t know already and the monsters one hit you, BUT not only that but they get wayyyy harder to avoid in the later levels, especially the water one, AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT if you DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO IN ALMOST NO TIME AT ALL, YOU WILL DIE. That’s the thing of Justine, it’s too challenging, and punishes you heavily for relying on trial and error, which is basically what you need in order to survive in Justine WITHOUT THE SAVE. So I ended up using a guide, because it is too hard, but when I did… I STILL FOUND IT HARD, RUSHED AND ADRENEILINE FILLED. Maybe that’s the point, but heed my warning!!! This DLC is hard and not like the full game, be warned and tread with caution, don’t be afraid to use a walkthrough before you get too frustrated to continue.

And as Cleft pointed out, there’s a sequel coming out, I am very excited and cant wait to play it as well. The only problem is it feels like it will be less scary, Why? What scared me most in amnesia was the torture chambers, this is because they were realistic. These horrid things actually happened to people and seeing them almost made me puke, and imaging me in them scared the pants out of my shit. Soooo, now we have a new game, that themes around killing pigs… how is that going to be more scary than torturing HUMANS?!?!? I cant relate to pigs, but I CAN relate to humans. Oh well, ahahahahah AHAHAHA, and this is why it’s going to be all so more exciting, I’m itching to see what they come up with to make this truly frightening.

Scary? We shall see!

With gaming, it also seems I have been able to get my hands on a Dota 2 beta key. This is extremely recent, and as a Game im looking forward to, Im mega happy. Personally, Im going to see if I can get some basic skills before it realises officially. But I’ll give ya my verdict on this in a few days, which I still should have some free time and played a decent amount of it.

 NOW ONTO SOME ANIMATION.

As playing games can take up to hours and hours, Ive been spending few blocks of my spare time watching cartoons and anime. Starting off with anime, I got round to finishing Full Metal Panic!? Fummouffu, which is probably the funniest anime ive seen, The comedy is golden so any other anime lovers reading this should check it out.

Another Anime (not full metal panic, forgive me for the typo) I have also started to watch is Clannad. This is said to be the most depressing and saddest anime created to date. Im only 10 episodes in where it hasn’t even got into anything near its dramatic climax and I can confirm this. Its already depressing me… in a good way. I love sad things that make me cry, just ask all the ninjas I blame for cutting onions on my desk. This anime ts turning out to even possibly top my all time favourite of Angel beats. As Im only half way through, I cant make any fair judgements and will give you my full review of this in a few days along with Dota 2. But like I said, so far this is amazing.

Fuko-chan.... D":

And Now, Ive saved the best news to last, but Promise me you will not make any bias judgements, read it til the end. I’ll put it especially in points so you can easily understand what I’m saying, If you haven’t yet promised to be unbias, don’t read on.




















 So you’re going to be accepting and unbias?, even for a minute? Awesome. So, What is all this, well, recently, Ive found a new love, although not as much as my love for anime, manga and games. Ive done what I sorta thought I might have ( as an internet otaku gamer, It seems like something I could appreciate) but still It happened…

Ive become a Brony, I Like My little Pony: Friendship is Magic

'Oh no, shock horror, kill me now before its too late?'.... No seriously, as promised, here are the points I want you to understand, to understand why.

• The Truth, By My little Pony, I mean generation 4 Friendship is magic (latest one post Oct 2010) All the other generations were highly demographical to younger target audience, however this one is not as much. How so? Its produced by the game person who made the powerpuff girls, fosters home for imaginary friends Phineas & Ferb … I loved those shows not long ago (about 5 years maybe, before we cut foxtell). My little pony Friendship is Magic (FiM is what I call it now so there are no misunderstandings) Truly is different than what Im sure everyone hated about MLP before
• Its fantastic, the writing is excellent, the animation is crisp, the music is great and the overall story has PLOT. That’s right, there are dragons, magic, evilness, and the themes, OH THE DARK MATURE THEMES (that I can appreciate from those long hard hours of English study); Here are some of the best examples I can give Image 1, Image 2, please look at how purely its themes make this show so much more mature and different from any other.
• About the Plot, although I said its got Plot, its not the best. There are so many times where I personally think I could make a much darker, more interesting like anime with twists or something tear0jerking as well as insanely awesome. Sadly, its not an anime, and It depresses me as it will never have super awesome epic plot. I mean, it won’t even get close to Avatar the Last Airbender, which is the least of what I would want (avatar still had awesome plot, just Ive seen better… and darker plot in other animes I would prefer.). Even the villan fights end with the villain getting too cocky and ‘letting the others win’ instead of bloody getting serious and WIPING THE FLOOR WITH THEM. (see below my post on discord). Although the show is still good enough, there are some magic battles, and the mystery about the lore, twilights true power, celestia’s secrets and much more that I can appreciate and although its not the best, that’s why I still love anime and will just enjoy this show for its what it does best in a non-anime way.
• The Fandom, the entire fandom and its huge diversity is ANOTHER AWESOME thing of this show. I mean, there are so many comics, animations, music (OH how I Love eurobeat brony, his music is some on my new electric favourites), communities (/r/mylittlepony has turned to be my most favourite subbreddit would you believe, partiull because r/anime has  a lot I don’t know abiyt, r/manga is a little underpopulated, and r/naruto is awesome, but not as popular as r/mlp) and the pure diversity, there is something for everyone, wither you like grimdark or dawwww , there is so much more I could go on about, but I’ll leave that for another day. In detail 
• Grimdark, Well, I did say that I’ll leave this for another day in detail, so I’ll give it brief, One of my favourite fandoms of MLP is the grimdark. I love grimdark, If you know me, you know I Love dark themes, themes of death, destruction, sacrifice, violence and evilness. FiM doesn’t make use of as much, some animes do, But the Grimdark fandom is more than enough for me. I’ll go into detail much more later, with examples, be prepared, MUAHAHAHAHAHA
• Discord, This GUY is one of my favourite villains. He’s super powerful, omnipotent, a troll and actually interesting with a deep backstory. He’s the villain of the second season’s pilot episodes and without spoiling too much, I can safely say he’s my favourite character in FiM, my favourite pony is another thing, but Discord is just too awesome. Any trekkies know about Q from Star trek?… well.. lets say Discord is his long lost cousin… who am I kidding HE IS VOICED BY THE SAME PERSON AS Q FROM STAR TREK. This is enough to see how awesome he is, and why he is one reason for watching this show alone. Discord, however, he never took the mane 6 (pun on 6 main cast and mane as pony hair) seriously and let them beat him. He could have wiped the floor with them, he could have conjured his dark powers and defeated the elements of harmony in one shot, HE COULD HAVE KILLED THEM IF HE WANTED TO. He did show us how he could bend the laws of nature, physics and order to his VERY WILL. He just wasn’t serious enough, and sigh, that’s because this is a kid’s show with lacking dark themes and too many safe themes like ‘the good guys always win’ blah blah. I don’t care, Discord is best pony!

• My Favourite Pony? I have already said discord was my favourite Character, but who is my favourite pony? We’ll, I’ll be stright its Pinkamena Diana Pie. BUT, this is not the normal pinkie pie, this is her dark psychopathic split personality yandere side that ive fallen in love with (and I love Yandere’s, If my love for grimdark and dark themes wasnt an obvious indication in the first place). However, the side that I love most only exists in the grimdark fandom, but my favourite overall canon-wise is Pinkie Pie. She crazy, funny, odd, just like me, I can somewhat relate if that’s the best way to describe it, and honestly, I enjoy her being on the screen, even if it’s a comic relief to ruin the half done over plot that feels like a wasted potential, so whoop, whoop. In a sense, she still is Pinkamena , as she DID come out crazy In my favourite episode; Party of One, in which pinkie shows her true colours of insecurity and craziness, which in an argument I had lead me to prove how it relates to psychotic behaviour… and makes me love Pinkamena so much More. Pinkie Pie has much character depth to me, I can relate to her, I love both her sides and she is very similar to my own divided personality of psychotic behaviour and joyful craziness (which I’d rather not discuss right this instant). So She is my favourite pony, Discord is still my favourite character, unless he doesn’t return at all (due to lazy plot) and Pinkamena comes out  more… murderous in later episodes and plot, maybe in a battle, that would be cool. But split personality psychopaths that get strong and have epic battles with the villains only exist in anime (Marri Nikki, I’m looking at you)

Pinkamena/Pinkie Pie

And, That’s enough for today. I hope you can see why I love My little pony with those few, I can expand and explain in greater detail later on. But for now, if you love it, great, but if you don’t, don’t hate, everyone has differences. I can argue to my death the very complexities of psychological dementures and philosophical aspects of both objective and subjective opnions in the sense of favouritism, diversity and integral differences of the human intercept. But I’d rather not. Accept me for who I am, I mean, My names fricken Joyduck, as If that wasn’t a clear enough indication that I don’t give fucks about what people think of me.

But for those who do care, for those who do read, for those who don’t hate me and for those who have followed this blog for a while. Thank you, Thank you so much. Me and Cleft cant describe how awesome it is to blog and have people enjoy reading, even if we are inactive or not very personal sometimes, and even if we are not professional at all. I mean, I write what I’m thinking, I don’t actually waste time making sure my posts are politically correct, professional or unbias, its my post, and that’s what Im here to bring to you. This is not a news site, this is an opinion blog, we love it and we love games/anime. But most of all we love you, please, stay with us to the end!...

Well, at least the end of this year, because I have HEAPS of fun stuff planned, tonnes, and it doesn’t just involve us, but it involves YOU. Ive been thinking of ideas and when I finally finish year 12, Why shouldn’t we host some….competitions? That’s right, I don’t care if only a few people read this blog, one or 2 is enough, all the better for you, If I have a competition in future (which is most likely my plan), of an awesome game and only 2 dedicated followers enter, then they both have a 50% chance of winning. Is that not awesome? (for whoever is reading this lol)

I don’t need popularity to have fun, personally, I value one moral above all

Loyalty 

Until then, thanks for reading (seriously, you deserve a medal reading all that), so see you in a few days! (also, forgive me for any typos or spelling errors, I try my best but like everyone else, Im prone to typological errors)