Ninja Gaiden: Gaming for a generation of masochists.
No, seriously. "OK, this boss takes away half your health if he gets a combo on you. And the combos are unbreakable so if you get hit once you lose half your health. And you can't block any of his attacks, or use counter-attack. Oh, and if you try to attack with anything other than a standard combo he's going to disappear." That is not how you make a game challenging.
Oh, you want to continue? OK, let's try again. Oh, look at that, you got hit before you actually gained control of your character! Then again before he could get up after being knocked down! Shucks, you lose! Want to try again?
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Like she's repeatedly had plastic surgery to look like Angelina Jolie because she's batshit.
Heh. I was sort of half-joking, I have no clue if the rumors are true or not. But it's pretty clear from that cover that they touched up her photo to look waxy and artificial.
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
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Oh, you want to continue? OK, let's try again. Oh, look at that, you got hit before you actually gained control of your character! Then again before he could get up after being knocked down! Shucks, you lose! Want to try again?
You ever play the old NES games?
If anything the XBox version was more forgiving, at least on normal difficulty.
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
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Oh, you want to continue? OK, let's try again. Oh, look at that, you got hit before you actually gained control of your character! Then again before he could get up after being knocked down! Shucks, you lose! Want to try again?
Yeah, old games are bad. Turns out they learned a thing or two.
Oh, you want to continue? OK, let's try again. Oh, look at that, you got hit before you actually gained control of your character! Then again before he could get up after being knocked down! Shucks, you lose! Want to try again?
Yeah, old games are bad. Turns out they learned a thing or two.
I should specify that I'm talking about the second boss in Ninja Gaiden II.
Second chapter.
Not that it being later in the game would make a lotto-boss any more excusable.
Oh, you want to continue? OK, let's try again. Oh, look at that, you got hit before you actually gained control of your character! Then again before he could get up after being knocked down! Shucks, you lose! Want to try again?
Yeah, old games are bad. Turns out they learned a thing or two.
Some of the older games top their newer versions. Harvest Moon didn't get any better after the N64.
Oh, you want to continue? OK, let's try again. Oh, look at that, you got hit before you actually gained control of your character! Then again before he could get up after being knocked down! Shucks, you lose! Want to try again?
You ever play the old NES games?
If anything the XBox version was more forgiving, at least on normal difficulty.
This is not unforgiving. This is cheating. Unforgiving implies that me dodging at the wrong moment gets me killed. Or that attacking at the wrong moment causes me to miss. No, he literally hit me before I could actually move, and when I pull off a lengthy combo he just disappears until it's over.
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I want Harvest Moon. But Harvest Moon doesn't want me
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Oh, you want to continue? OK, let's try again. Oh, look at that, you got hit before you actually gained control of your character! Then again before he could get up after being knocked down! Shucks, you lose! Want to try again?
Yeah, old games are bad. Turns out they learned a thing or two.
I should specify that I'm talking about the second boss in Ninja Gaiden II.
Second chapter.
Not that it being later in the game would make a lotto-boss any more excusable.
It took me a solid week before I actually got passed the first boss of the first XBox game. I got to the point where I could clear the first few levels without getting hit once.
I went back to try it again a couple of months ago and the first boss handed me my ass without me getting in one clean hit.
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
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Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
While I find James Vanderbeek very attractive, and really enjoyed Varsity Blues, I am proud to say that I have never watched an episode of Dawson's Creek.
I want Harvest Moon. But Harvest Moon doesn't want me
One of my favourite games of all time was Harvest Moon 64. Funny though, how wooing girls in that game was alright by me, but I absolutely hate it in any other game. Like GTA. No, I don't want to call Michelle. No, I don't want to answer Michelle's call. You know what I want to do? I want to not waste time on activities so different than what I bought this game for - driving fast and shooting shit up.
While I find James Vanderbeek very attractive, and really enjoyed Varsity Blues, I am proud to say that I have never watched an episode of Dawson's Creek.
Vanderbeek was good in Rules of Attraction, too.
The only reason to watch any Dawson's Creek is Katie Holmes, and even she isn't enough. When Seth Rogen guest stars in an episode, though, you gotta tune in.
Neither one. Actually, so far, I haven't seen one single "ninja guy" at all. Which is unsurprising, but I still don't know what you're talking about. The last one was a giant spider and this is a guy with a sword and a katar.
Neither one. Actually, so far, I haven't seen one single "ninja guy" at all. Which is unsurprising, but I still don't know what you're talking about. The last one was a giant spider and this is a guy with a sword and a katar.
Yeah that's the ninja guy I was talking about.
He basically a "block everything then counter attack" type boss. He only has one block-breaking that you can just dash away from.
Neither one. Actually, so far, I haven't seen one single "ninja guy" at all. Which is unsurprising, but I still don't know what you're talking about. The last one was a giant spider and this is a guy with a sword and a katar.
Yeah that's the ninja guy I was talking about.
He basically a "block everything then counter attack" type boss. He only has one block-breaking that you can just dash away from.
If I block, he hits me anyway. If I dash away, he teleports in front of me and then hits me anyway.
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Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
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Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
Neither one. Actually, so far, I haven't seen one single "ninja guy" at all. Which is unsurprising, but I still don't know what you're talking about. The last one was a giant spider and this is a guy with a sword and a katar.
Yeah that's the ninja guy I was talking about.
He basically a "block everything then counter attack" type boss. He only has one block-breaking that you can just dash away from.
If I block, he hits me anyway. If I dash away, he teleports in front of me and then hits me anyway.
Man I have no idea what you're doing wrong then. I beat that game on a couple different difficulties and I never had a problem with that fight.
Ok, I beat him. Much as I thought it would, this boss fight went exactly like that Krogan in Mass Effect that tries to kidnap Liara. I just kept trying until I eventually got a fair fight.
One day I will meet someone who actually makes these games, and extract from him the knowledge of just how this kind of thing happens.
I loved NGII. I just thought it was really short. I actually enjoy the difficulty of the game. It's a challenge, and that's something video games don't do anymore.
my crazy week of research in dallas and miami is at a close
man it's like 75 degrees out down here, and it's nighttime
what the fuck
there are places like this
Dallas or Miami?
Also I can imagine you must be pretty wiped out. Getting back to your own bed is going to feel pretty good.
I can't speak for Dallas, but I know that is all true about Miami. I used to live 20 minutes from there.
We're visiting my uncle in DC for a week at the beginning of April. It's almost always a really nice time to go down, ditching the cold rainy Maine spring weather for sunny Maryland. Last time (two years ago?) we made it just as the cherry blossoms were in bloom, which made me nostalgic as all heck for Tokyo.
I'm really, really looking forward to it. Last time my uncle and a buddy of his took me (just me) to a tapas restaurant owned by Jose Andres, who had been on (and won) an episode of Iron Chef broadcast the night before. And I introduced my uncle to the Wii and struggled mightily to help him figure out bowling while we were all completely hammered.
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
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No, seriously. "OK, this boss takes away half your health if he gets a combo on you. And the combos are unbreakable so if you get hit once you lose half your health. And you can't block any of his attacks, or use counter-attack. Oh, and if you try to attack with anything other than a standard combo he's going to disappear." That is not how you make a game challenging.
Heh. I was sort of half-joking, I have no clue if the rumors are true or not. But it's pretty clear from that cover that they touched up her photo to look waxy and artificial.
Well done, asshole media people.
You ever play the old NES games?
If anything the XBox version was more forgiving, at least on normal difficulty.
Yeah, old games are bad. Turns out they learned a thing or two.
I should specify that I'm talking about the second boss in Ninja Gaiden II.
Second chapter.
Not that it being later in the game would make a lotto-boss any more excusable.
Do you mean the steam punk worm thing?
Or the ninja guy with two swords?
Some of the older games top their newer versions. Harvest Moon didn't get any better after the N64.
This is not unforgiving. This is cheating. Unforgiving implies that me dodging at the wrong moment gets me killed. Or that attacking at the wrong moment causes me to miss. No, he literally hit me before I could actually move, and when I pull off a lengthy combo he just disappears until it's over.
It took me a solid week before I actually got passed the first boss of the first XBox game. I got to the point where I could clear the first few levels without getting hit once.
I went back to try it again a couple of months ago and the first boss handed me my ass without me getting in one clean hit.
I want you!
But you don't want me, because I am not Harvest Moon.
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my crazy week of research in dallas and miami is at a close
man it's like 75 degrees out down here, and it's nighttime
what the fuck
there are places like this
While I find James Vanderbeek very attractive, and really enjoyed Varsity Blues, I am proud to say that I have never watched an episode of Dawson's Creek.
One of my favourite games of all time was Harvest Moon 64. Funny though, how wooing girls in that game was alright by me, but I absolutely hate it in any other game. Like GTA. No, I don't want to call Michelle. No, I don't want to answer Michelle's call. You know what I want to do? I want to not waste time on activities so different than what I bought this game for - driving fast and shooting shit up.
Vanderbeek was good in Rules of Attraction, too.
The only reason to watch any Dawson's Creek is Katie Holmes, and even she isn't enough. When Seth Rogen guest stars in an episode, though, you gotta tune in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUOMbjyY9ZE
blu-ray player
and a stand to put it all on.
damn expensive...
Neither one. Actually, so far, I haven't seen one single "ninja guy" at all. Which is unsurprising, but I still don't know what you're talking about. The last one was a giant spider and this is a guy with a sword and a katar.
Yeah that's the ninja guy I was talking about.
He basically a "block everything then counter attack" type boss. He only has one block-breaking that you can just dash away from.
Is he totally hawt in real life, too?
Welcome to Florida.
did you punch him?
If I block, he hits me anyway. If I dash away, he teleports in front of me and then hits me anyway.
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Dallas or Miami?
Also I can imagine you must be pretty wiped out. Getting back to your own bed is going to feel pretty good.
How many shameless things do you have left on your list?
Man I have no idea what you're doing wrong then. I beat that game on a couple different difficulties and I never had a problem with that fight.
One day I will meet someone who actually makes these games, and extract from him the knowledge of just how this kind of thing happens.
I can't speak for Dallas, but I know that is all true about Miami. I used to live 20 minutes from there.
I am playing Ninja Gaiden.
I loved NGII. I just thought it was really short. I actually enjoy the difficulty of the game. It's a challenge, and that's something video games don't do anymore.
We're visiting my uncle in DC for a week at the beginning of April. It's almost always a really nice time to go down, ditching the cold rainy Maine spring weather for sunny Maryland. Last time (two years ago?) we made it just as the cherry blossoms were in bloom, which made me nostalgic as all heck for Tokyo.
I'm really, really looking forward to it. Last time my uncle and a buddy of his took me (just me) to a tapas restaurant owned by Jose Andres, who had been on (and won) an episode of Iron Chef broadcast the night before. And I introduced my uncle to the Wii and struggled mightily to help him figure out bowling while we were all completely hammered.
Good times.
They did? When?
It used to be on the left side, as a button. Now it's part of the URL bar, on the right.
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