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  1. Ka-Chan
    ... That's it.
     
    Yeah, seriously. Everyone there was either playing Hordes or plain ol' Warhammer. The only other two 40kers were already engaged in battle *see in the doodle, the Eldar rolling the d6 against the Gray Knight* and there was no way I could join in. So I waited an hour before I gave up and just hit the long, rainy road home.
  2. Ka-Chan
    Yes! Transformers Desecration:Endgame is underway, and I should be prepped to make the intro post to show to the RPG Approval Topic by next week.
     
    We have our goals, our guidelines and plot laid out, so we have a much better sense of direction then more-then-slighty disasterous TFDO.
     
    For the players of the original games, TFDE will take place 15 years or so after the events of TFDO, and will essentially be a brand new story in itself with some ties to the past. Ultimately, it's going to take the goodness of the original RPG and learn from the mistakes of the second to make an all in all better entry to do justice to my little "franchise" .
     
    Can't tell you much more then that, though!
     
    *parks haphazardly into Transformers RPG parking spot*
  3. Ka-Chan

    Road Rage{1{

    By Ka-Chan,

    Road Rage{1{ Bahumbug  
    It was about the sixtieth time she had heard Elvis's holiday hit "Blue Christmas" today, and at this point she was starting to relate to the song. "If I hear this song one more time, it's gonna be a blue Christmas because I'll let myself suffocate." She grumbled and thrust her head back into the pillow.
     
    Her name was Jade Terasuku, and she was not suprised that this year's Christmas commute in the family Terasuku Trans-Cruiser was as dull as ever. She figured that after being in service for over 3 decades, they would have learned to give Trans-Cruiser transport modules more privacy and remove the stereo systems from individual rooms. Sure, she had only been around for nearly 2 of those decades with the Super Highway systems, but Poppa-Gramps would never shut up about them and now she knew more about the huge vehicles then she ever really wanted to. I mean, she didn't hate it, but still. Heck, in all honesty she liked mechanics somewhat, but only because of years upon years of having to share this same Trans-Cruiser with every possible member of her family resulted in Poppa-Gramp's yammerings being hammered into her skull. She didn't care if the Trans-Cruiser was the most effective way of conserving what little precious fuel was left on the planet, would it cripple the economy so badly to tweak the freaking vehicle so she didn't have to hear Elvis drone on forever and ever? Until they actually arrived at the Terasuku holiday home on America's East coast, all she ever wanted for Christmas would be to get the heck away from her family. This year was a first for her to also want to get away from Elvis as well.
     
    Her complain-train of thought was suddenly derailed with the sound of someone repetively knocking on her door.
     
    "Who is it?" She sighed, parting her head from the pillow just long enough to let that single sentence loose. Please don't let it be Uncle Vernim, if he offers me a full dollar to rub his sores like he did last year, I'm screwed. Oh God, I still can't unsee it...
     
    "It's mom. What are you doing in there? We're all about to have dinner."
     
    "Can't I just eat in here?"
     
    "Of course not! Don't you want to catch up on things with Alice and her relatives? She just got back from college."
     
    "Trust me, if I'm within what little visual range Uncle Vernim has, it ain't gonna be worth it."
     
    "...Still scarred by the sore incident, Sweetie?"
     
    " Aren't you?"
     
    "No- we got it all cleaned up from the rugs after all, right? Besides, you did get that full dollar for doing so."
     
    Jade did her best to imagine the whole Super Highway exploding beneath their wheels to keep out the images from the Sore Incident. It was reasons like Uncle Vernim that made her afraid of riding the Trans Cruiser, not those "Road Pirates" the Higway Patrol Force occasionally yanked out from beneath the roads during the holiday traffic season. It wasn't that she disliked her family, it was just that... She couldn't put her finger on it. They were just family, really. A really, really uncomfortable family, though. It was either Poppa-Gramp's endless blabbering about mechanics and engineering things designed for the Super Highways, Vernim and his ability to always scrounge together an impossibley gross job that came straight out of a B- comedy, or her parents whoms hearts were most definitley bigger then their brains. The first impression they would leave were usually more then enough to scare off every guy she had met for the past 8 years.
     
    "Well, I'll just tell them all that you're feeling car sick, okay Sweetie? I really hope you change your mind, though. If your dad remembered to yank all the stuffing out of turkey before he cooked it this year, it's sure to be a feast- with less scorch marks!"
     
    Jade mumbled and nodded to herself. "Okay mom, we'll see where it goes!" She could practically hear her mom smile from behind the door- she was so predictable that it freaked her out. "That's the Christmas spirit, dear!" Jade smiled through her teeth as though her mother could somehow see through that door. "I do my best to get more into it every year, mom. I'm happy to hear I'm doing well!" She heard her mom give a happy laugh in agreement. Once the sound of the laugh had safely floated away, her smile took a 180 flip into a puckered frown. "Bah-humbug."
     
    Jade rolled over on her bed and gazed up at the ceiling and her well-placed poster of the star from Intensive Care VI. The shirtless man with the huge cleft chin was fending himself off from a group of asylum patient zombies with only a gattling gun, the beautiful girl he had rescued at the end of the third movie was hiding behind his legs. She sighed. "Man, what I wouldn't give to be in your shoes. Killing something would be a welcome escape from this real life horror movie." Without thinking, Jade tied up her long turqoise hair into twin ponytails and closed her yellow eyes. Quietly, she began to zone out, the rumbling of the massive Trans-Cruiser wheels and the sound of Elvis' Blue Christmas endlessly droning on in the background fading from existence.
     
    The snow fell peacefully outside, seemingly immune to the chaotic holiday bustle within the rolling home. For the first time since they set off on the holiday exodus 2 days ago, everything seemed relaxing to Jade.
     
    There are many one in a million chance things that could happen in that next moment. The bridge could have finally given in under years worth of pressure and collapsed, plunging them into the cold ocean below the Super Highway. A meteorite could have come burning through the thick clouds above and blown the Trans-Cruiser into as many fragments as there were snowflakes falling from the sky. The Loch Ness monster could have risen from the beneath the frozen ocean surface and devoured the vehicle like a pack of uletide sardines. Heck, if she was lucky enough Uncle Vernim might have suddenly aged 300 years in an instant and never ask her to rub his sores again. But nope, in that one moment, out of the billions of things that could have happened, it had to be that... Nothing.
     
    Instead it was the next moment that the right side of the mass bridge happened to explode into huge chunks.
     
    Ironically, it felt almost exactly how Jade had imagined it earlier when she was fighting off the haunting memories of Uncle Vernim.
     
     
     
    Well, what do you guys think? Want part 2?
  5. Ka-Chan

    Hitting The Wall

    By Ka-Chan,

    After constant weeks and weeks of staying the habit of doing rigorous weightlifting, it seems I've finally done what many athletes refer to as "hitting the wall" .
     
    Basically, I've blow just about every gear in my upper body with the intense weightlifting. I'm gonna be fine- I just need to take a week off and gentley reacclimate myself back into the workout and I should be fine.
     
    Blugh. My entire body is sore. Serves me right for pushing myself until I could lift at least 80 pounds with every muscle I've got >,o;
  6. Ka-Chan

    Ka Misses His Mudskips.

    By Ka-Chan,

    When it comes to dead fish, I can usually just give em' the flush and have no problem whatsoever.
     
    But that's not how it worked with my Mudskippers ];
     
    I spent many long months planning and learn about aquariums so I could rear the little buggers. Mudskippers are just awesome, man. Way cooler then your average goldfish. The little fellas are gobies that spend more of their time on the land then water. The jump around, they skip across water as well, and they like to climb stuff. And as I learned the hard way, they also love Fiddler Crabs- compatibility my butt >,>
     
    But yeah. Ka lost his precious Runt, Med, and Goliath well over 6 months ago. But as I stare at the empty, bone-dry tank sitting in the hallway waiting to be taken back into the basement, I can't help but get all sad. I MISS YOU GRUMPY BUT CUTE FELLOWS
     
     
    THEY WERE CUTE, DANGIT. HOW CAN YOU SAY NO TO A FACE LIKE THIS
     

     
    I SUCCESFULLY CARED FOR AN ODD BREED OF FISH FOR OVER A YEAR BEFORE IN A BRACKISH WATER TANK THAT ONLY WAS FILLED A FITH OF IT'S SIZE WITH WATER. I TOOK GREAT CARE OF THE SALINITY AND TEMPERATURES AND MANGROVES AND EVERYTHING. THEY JUST SUDDENLY DIED FROM CAUSES I DO NOT KNOW. GOD, YOU STUPID FISHIES- WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DIEEEE~ YOU BETTER HAVE DIED FROM BEING OLD D<
     
    I miss those buggers...
  8. Ka-Chan

    Terminator: Salvation

    By Ka-Chan,

    So me and Jay somehow wound up talking about Terminator in general on our hour long convo over the phone today. It was only when we started discussing the new movie that we became to think of things we never though of before.
     
    Four words: Major. Jumping. The. Shark.
     
    The first two movies were good, we both agreed on that. But between the third, all the comics and games, the really wonked tv series... Oh my God.
     
    The Terminator franchise has divided by zero, folks. Time traveling back and forth over and over again. There have been like, what, 7 actors for John Connor over just 3 movies? I mean, jeez! They ended the war once in the first, then they ended it again in the second. They ended it like, twice in the third and they ended it ANOTHER FEW DOZEN TIMES in all the other media formats! It's an endless loophole of madness! Skynet is playing Time-Traveling Tennis of War with the resistance, and Miles Davis has died probably numerous times in vain...
     
    It's a total mind$*%#, man. How can John sleep at night, knowing that are at least half a dozen attempts being made on his life over and over again?
     
    Will they have 5 minute intermissions every now and then in Salvation where the war suddenly ends and all ceases to exist, just to suddenly happen again when T-1000 shows up or the robo-chick from the third comes back with Christopher Walken and his army of cybernetic leprechauns that came into existence as a side-effect of all the fan-fics clashing with the highly unstable balance of reality itself?
     
    Yeesh, and appearently Salvation is just one in a whole new trilogy.
     
    There is a point where one must ask themself if it's worth handing their creation to the ever-ravenous beast that is the Franchise Machine or to just let it die peacefully in it's sleep.
     
    They should have named the movie Terminator: Blowing Stuff Up In The Hamster Wheel Of Time .
     
    Now my head hurts...
  9. Ka-Chan
    Yes, I am aware I have become something of a ghost on Bzp. My love for Bionicle has died out some, CoT has proved hardly interesting anymore because of the fact a good 65% of it has become RPGs, and nothing too interesting has happened these last few days besides getting Hamlet the Nutcracker.
     
    I plan to remedy this, though! Less Gmod and Soulstorm, more Bzp! Or something. I dunno. Point is, I am now going to perform CPR on myself.
     
    Mind you, this is gonna look really weird.
  10. Ka-Chan

    So Yeah, I Lost Again.

    By Ka-Chan,

    *sigh*
     

     
    I'm starting to feel as though all I'm doing is bringing shame to the Necrons. Sure, my force was primarily anti-infantry forces going up against some old dude's "mechanized" Eldar force *Ppft, 3 Fire Prisms. Try 'Cheesy As ######' Eldar force* - I still sucked horribley and lost epically for the third time in a row.
     

  11. Ka-Chan

    Doyle.

    By Ka-Chan,

    Ka's Personas: Doyle, Lord Of Rage 

     
    When it comes to frustrated/angry/annoyed emotions, Doyle is in control. Tiny, ugly and always angry, Doyle is painfully loud. Think Alvin And The Chipmunks on helium and every harmful substance known to man. Peeve him off *which is extemely easy, as you have all seen before* and he'll gnaw your ear off.
     
    Thing is, that's just about all he can do. No matter how much he wills to kill you with an axe, no matter how many complex murder plots he establishes, the only way his constant rage is ever going to come out is in the form of angry whining and tempertantrums.
     
    So in the end, Doyle is just harmless- unless you have some sort of vibration-induced seizure condition *yeah, he's just that loud*. It's a good thing Doyle loves to be enraged *it's practically all he knows* , because everyone seems to like to enrage him simply to get amusement out of the following rage fit.
  12. Ka-Chan

    Blawg Fluff

    By Ka-Chan,

    Yeah, not much going on at the moment, so just to keep this thing going I'm gonna to post a few random facts and whatnot.
     
    ~ I have a strange liking towards burnt food. Never figured out exactly why, but burnt stuff tastes pretty good.
     
    ~ The only specific pain I fear is being stabbed in the arms.
     
    ~ The only things I seriously fear are human cruelty, surgery, deformed people, dying young, and straightjackets. I don't know why, but there is nothing more that I hate and fear on this planet then straightjackets. Even typing the word out makes my face contort into a grimace. Never bring them up around me, otherwise I'll either ditch you as quickly as possible OR get really agressive and tell you to shut up.
     
    ~I am an optimistic pesimist. I think a whole lot about life royally sucks, but it doesn't stop me from trying to find the best in everything. On the other hand, I'm a lot more critical in nature then some people.
     
    ~ I hate sudden loud noises. Even if I see a screamer coming, it still manages to make me jump and curse simply because of how obnoxiously loud it is.
     
    ~ Yoshimitsu is probably one of the sole reasons I play Soul Calibur II. Oh, and there's Spawn, but he doesn't count since he doesn't appear in the later games I have yet to get a hold of.
     
    ~ Although the Giant Squid and Octopi in general are my favorite of favorite animals, a little known fact is that I also love Owls and Mudskippers.
     
    ~Math is the only school subject that I resent in every sense of the word.
     
    ~ I am picky when it comes to community service type activities. Despite the fact that I want to help people out and make a difference, I have to either be helping out people I know or a cause that I openly support- otherwise, forget about it. I ain't doing it.
     
    ~I loathe celebrities and anything gossip-orientated like People magazine or Entertainment Weekly. I loathe them in every sense of the word, people. Somebody please, please vaporize Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Brad Pitt, Angolina or whatever all those souless abominations that bloat and horde valuable newsspace are.
     
    ~ I have no role model. Instead, I look to what I imagine myself to be at my greatest.
     
    ~ I had a dream this morning about a man being brutually slaughtered by a bowling alley. The only slightly rational reason this dream could have occured might have been becaue I had been thinking of that There Will Be Blood scene somehow. But yeah. Killer bowling alleys. I'm losing it. Either way, I'm gonna try to sell it to Stephen King before that dude keels over.
  13. Ka-Chan

    Things On My To-do-list

    By Ka-Chan,

    *coughs, holds palm out and lights up a Dead-Space style hologram*
     
    ~ Make Necron moc- in progress, mixed results.
     
    ~ Write and post the pilot chapter of Road Rage.
     
    ~ Get off butt and do the next round of the caption contests- Could easily do in five minutes. Gotta get it down and outta the way.
     
    ~ Make Interior Crocodile Alligator moc- finish Necron moc first.
     
    ~ Finish drawing of a Fire Warrior blowing a Dark Eldar's brains out at point blank range so I can do sketches for Road Rage.
     
    Yeah, that's the sorta stuff you're going to be seeing around the blog.
  14. Ka-Chan

    Today, In The News...

    By Ka-Chan,

    It's raining cats and dogs, Star Wars fans love Jar-Jar, Daniel Radcliffe might be straight, the Y2K Bug is back like it proclaimed to be, DX is confident about being a male and my computer's AIDs are suffering from AIDs.
     
    Yup. It's the end of the world.
     
    Basically, if you have me on Yahoo Messenger, expect very little activity from me because either I'm unable to use it properly because of the Apocalypse or I've just decided to use the downstairs computer instead.
     
    *Disclaimer: Daniel Radcliffe is probably not straight, it's not seriously raining cats and dogs, Jar-Jar will always suck, I don't even really know what the Y2K bug is and DX is still Aho- the statements used at the beginning of the entry were merely fictious statements meant to add comedic effect to an otherwise really crummy situation. Kativa does not claim to know everything and any offenses caused by the statements were not intentional and Ka is vewy vewy sowwy. But he doesn't take it back one bit that Daniel Radcliffe is probably as straight as a dog's hind leg. Thank you for your understanding*
  15. Ka-Chan
    ... Is a Big Daddy.
     

     
    One minute I'm doing my usual prowling the nets, suddenly I'm looking up Big Daddies and now I'm hoping Bioshock Two: Sea of Dreams comes out soon.
     
    The sooner I *also hopefully* get Fallout 3 for Xmas, the better. I feel like I'm going into some sort of drug-addiction withdrawl with no Dead Space and old Bioshock nostalgia being wiffed >,o
  16. Ka-Chan

    Airsoft Battles.

    By Ka-Chan,

    Well, where do I begin? After a few talks over the phone on Friday, me and my good buddies Dylan and Tyler invited me over to his place to play with Airsoft guns on Saturday morning before I had to leave to go to my grandparents' birthdays and whatnot. At the time, I just figured it'd be us free messing around in Tyler's back yard, but heh- turned out to be different then that Xp
     
    Well, I was dropped off at Tyler's place, he and Dylan were both there. We grabbed a few weapons and drove down to a really big area of woods behind a nursing home that was littered with old crates, huge tires, and so on. I'll admit I was a little concerned at first, because if it was anything like Paintball, I was bound to accumulate a few welts by the end of the day. After talking with them and learning a bit more, all the nervousness went away. Pretty funny that I felt fine, because later on Dylan said he felt bad for plunging me right into a battle XP
     
    So we geared up with protective gear *I was wearing a cool paintball mask, a cameo flak-jacket'ish airsoft coat and holsters* and chose our weapons. I went with an assault rifle with a pistol, Dylan decided to dual wield pistols while Tyler went with a shotgun.
     
    So we trekked out deep into the woods until we were in a really muddy, marshy area just bristling with pricker bushes . We decided that on three body shots and a head shot, you'd be "killed"- the only other rule being not to point our guns at the nearby highway so we would spend half the day in a jail cell XP . So we split up and until we couldn't see eachother. We all counted to three and then started the battle.
     
    I went stealthy, waiting for Dyl and Tyler to start fighting. I ended up crawling around them as they fought with eachother, having to endure a whole heckuva lot of pricker bushes cutting me all over and getting mud all over my clothes. So finally I sneak behind both of them and get into a comfortable firing area. Giving a quick note of the area around me, being the large stump in front of me I was using for cover, a whole field of prickers to the left and a group of trees to the right. I popped out from behind the stump and fired a burst at Tyler, then Dylan before taking cover again. Like I expected, I heard a few pelts whizz over my head.
     
    So yeah, then we broke into a big ol' fire-fight that lasted for around 15 minutes until Dylan and Tyler both realized I had the advantage of terrain and weapons. They ganged up on me. I was running out of ammo and was pinned down by them both. I had to get them off my backs, and soon. Dylan was the lesser of the two threats, but I knew Tyler would be charging in close to finish me off with his shotgun if I didn't keep him in check.
     
    So with my Assault rifle tucked under one arm and the other being free, I pulled out my pistol. With my one arm, I stuck my assaut rifle out of cover and fired blindly at Tyler, my goal being merely to supress him and keep him from getting any closer. With my other arm, I took to firing at Dylan, managing to get him twice in the hip before he ducked for cover. 'Course, it was only then that I realized I had took a shot myself- but I had Dylan wounded and out of the way for the moment, so I needed to put a stop to Tyler.
     
    I threw myself out from my cover towards the right, taking cover in the trees nearby, keeping a sharp eye out for Dylan the whole time. But I should have seen Tyler's attack coming when I turned my head to see if Dylan was flanking me- I got struck in the arm with a shot, leaving me down to only one body shot and head shot remaining. When I started hearing the crackling of branches behind me, I knew Dylan was closing in. With my brain all excited and racing, I realized I was pretty muched screwed at that point, and my best bet would be to try and go out with a bang.
     
    Bursting out from my cover, I charged head-on at Tyler, yelling a certain catchphrase of mine that I use while video gaming *undoubtedly I cannot repeat it here due to a slight language problem, so oh well* and going nuts with my rifle. If it had been a video game, I would have probably gone melee on him. Instead I just went for firing like crazy, and in that last second I remember both of us being blasted with who knows how many BBs. We both "killed" eachother and Dylan was left confused in the dust. Therefor he wonXD
     
    'Course I got torn to pieces, but I had scored two body shots on Dylan AND outright "killed" Tyler at the same time he blasted me from head to foot in shotgun shells. So yeah, I lost- but Tyler and Dylan both said I did really darn good for the first time!
     
    So after that we cleaned up, drove back home and watched a bit of the hillariously bad Resident Evil: Extinction before I got picked up by my parents and taken to my grandfather's ludicrously boring house for a few relative's birthdays. Then we drove back and picked up Dylan and he spent the night over here. We watched Christmas Vacation and Dead Space: Downfall before spending two more hours talking in the dark.
     
    And that's a wrap, folks!
     
    I want to do it again with them 8D
  17. Ka-Chan

    Necrawnz 2.0

    By Ka-Chan,

    Posted these pix in the Warhammer 40K topic a few days ago, but I think I'll get maximum comments and critisism on here.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     
    Well, what do you think?
  18. Ka-Chan

    My Holiday Desktops.

    By Ka-Chan,

    Downstairs gaming computer- got it off the nets a few months back. Kept it stored safe and sound for this time ;3
     

     
     
    My upstairs personal computer. Photoshopped it today! I just cropped Miku and Santa Spawn after I plucked them off the nets, but Santa Isaac and the holiday Clone Trooper are my own works.
     

    Not much in the way of fancy finishing touches, I know. That and I fail miserabley at fonts- I'm still a novice at the editing buisness >,<;
     
    More about my tales prepping for the Christmas tommorow!
  19. Ka-Chan
    I dunno about you guys, but what I think this place needs is a good CAPTION CONTEST~
    Just two simple rules. Follow Bzp rules, and make captions that are supposed to make everyone laugh- not just one to woo me *AKA THE ONLY JUDGE* over so you can win.
     

     
     
    And now, my children... Begin.
  21. Ka-Chan
    Love to eat turkey... Love to eat tur-tur-turkey.
     

    Love to eat turkey 'Cause it's good
    Love to eat turkey
    Like a good boy should
    'Cause it's turkey to eat
    So good
     
    Turkey for me
    Turkey for you
    Let's eat the turkey
    In my big brown shoe
    Love to eat the turkey
    At the table
    I once saw a movie
    With Betty Grable
    Eat that turkey
    All night long
    Fifty million Elvis fans
    Can't be wrong
    Turkey lurkey doo and
    Turkey lurkey dap
    I eat that turkey
    Then I take a nap
     
    Thanksgiving is a special night
    Jimmy Walker used to say Dynomite
    That's right
    Turkey with gravy and cranberry
    Can't believe the Mets traded Darryl Strawberry
    Turkey for you and
    Turkey for me
    Can't believe Tyson...
     
    White meat, dark meat
    You just can't lose
    I fell off my moped
    And I got a bruise
    Turkey in the oven
    And the buns in the toaster
    I'll never take down
    My Cheryl Tiegs poster
     
    Turkey and sweet potato pie
    Sammy Davis Jr.
    Only had one eye
     
    Turkey for the girls and
    Turkey for the boys
    My favorite kind of pants
    Are corduroys
    Gobble gobble goo and
    Gobble gobble gickel
    I wish turkey
    Only cost a nickel
    Oh I love turkey on Thanksgiving
     
    Happy Thanksgiving everybody! =D
     
    *BTW, Adam Sandler cooked this song up. I am taking no credit in case somebody doesn't know*
  22. Ka-Chan
    That hunk of crud would be his bedroom's computer.
     
    Yeah. These past two weeks my computer has become really screwed up. Horrible internet, crashes, lockups... I don't know what happened to the thing. Hopefully my dad will be able to fix it, or I am gonna have to do a large amount of preserving and also purging related tasks before the thing goes supernova on me.
     
    Basically, this means I'm going to be somewhat agitated from here on to the solution of the problem, I'll also be unable to post some things since they are no longer accesible, and so on.
     
    >/
  23. Ka-Chan
    For the past month and a half, I have been constantly filling my blog with a steam of babble all about Dead Space- and for good reason, the game is just terrific.
     
    Well today, I can say it is finished. I spent the whole day playing the game one last time, fufilling all the achievements. ADS Cannon *Also known as "Don't Get Cocky Kid!" on the list* with 50% and up of shield integrity. I maxed out all the weapons and suit stuff, becoming a brutal killing machine.
     
    I beat the game for the fourth time today, walking away with all 48 achievements unlocked. At last, I had played the game to it's maximum.
     
    And by a hillariously sheer coincidence, I got Dead Space Downfall in the mail today from Netflix, which my mom rented for me without telling. She wanted to watch it as well, but knowing her I just said she probably wouldn't be into it XP
     
    So yeah. I finished the game once and for all, then celebrated by watching the animated movie.
     
    The movie itself was pretty darn good in comparison to a lot of merchandising throw-ins you'll see for a dying franchise *which on another note, the Dead Space franchise is hardly dying. You'd be a fool to think that it wasn't the beginning of a franchise, either* . All in all, I really enjoyed it, especially since I myself am a major Dead Space fan.
     
    It wasn't perfect, though. I'll list off the good and bads.
     
    Good
    - The animation style was nice. I wouldn't call it anime, but it's good to see there are some American bred animation studios still out there making cartoon-style movies.
     
    - It was good to get a bit more backstory on Terrance Kyne, a character I wish had lived through the game.
     
    - They did very well with keeping the look of the game. The bridge and morgue were portrayed exactly like they were in the game.
     
    - I like how they kept note of things such as the RIG displays.
     
    - A lovely special feature menu that gives you the Art of Dead Space AND the soundtrack, although you don't get to cruise through the tracks independently.
     
    - The Necromorphs all looked like Necromorphs from the game. Alot of visual loyalty.
     
    - An overall pleasing explanation to how all of the chaos tore through the Ishimura.
     
    - I like how they made use of the "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" song that you originally only got to hear used in the game teaser and in the background of the Crew Quarters area in the game.
     
    Not So Good
     
    - While dominantly loyal, there were a few bits that made me cock my head and say "Eh?" . One, the captain has hair. He was bald, bald, and bald in the game. The Marker is black with red symbols and practically twice as big as it is in the game. The Necromorphs just shuffled around like classic zombies, not stalking the ship via the vents like they did in the game. The Marker is somehow able to supress the creepy crawlies as well for some odd reason. But that's just me being a nitpicky fan. It won't bother the more casual fans of the series.
     
    - While it wasn't over the top obvious or painfully annoying, many of the characters were cliched. At least they were portrayed well in their cliche'dness, though. But in the end, you still can't really care for any of them enough to miss them.
     
    - A growing problem with animation in general, the amount of CGI'd bits in the movie got irritating. It wasn't painfully bad, and after awhile you forget a lot of it's even there, but it still gets a little weird when it contrasts with the drawn characters. If they're gonna use CGI to lighten the animation load, they should at least put a bit more texture and shading quality into it so it doesn't stick out so much.
     
    - There was a really cool but sadly unfinished deleted scene in the special features that stars a Necromorph not in the game, appearently called a "Graverobber" . I WISHED THEY HAD USED IT SO BADLY.
     
    - While loads gory, the movie isn't even a quarter scary as the game is.
     
    - WHY THE HECK DIDN'T ISAAC GET TO USE A PLASMA CHAINSAW IN THE GAME D; ?!
     
     
     
    All in all though, fans should definitely rent it at the very least. Being a fan like myself, I'll probably go out and buy it with my 3$ off cupon after the holidays. And it was a sweet ending to an obsession that seriously possesed me for the past month and a half XP
     
    And now, I put Dead Space into the video game cabinet with my collection of the other six 360 games that I own.
     
    It's been a time and a half, Isaac!
  24. Ka-Chan

    *grunts*

    By Ka-Chan,

    Things that suck
     
    - The internet connection sucks.
     
    - Dark Eldar suck.
     
    - Imperial Gaurd sucks.
     
    - My luck sucks.
     
    - Anakin Skywalker sucks.
     
    - Yahoo Messenger sucks.
     
    - Trash night sucks.
     
    -Broken glass in the recycling bag sucks.
     
    Why does this all suck?
     
    BECAUSE IT'S TUESDAY.
     
     
  25. Ka-Chan

    *looks Over Tally*

    By Ka-Chan,

    Alright, lemme go over this...
     
     
    Sci-fi wins.
     
    Anime'ish wins.
     
    Female completey dominated male.
     
    I shall refrain from the dead Joker meme and say not-so-serious won.
     
    Mindblowing blew possible's mind away.
     
    And I got lots of mixed opinions on the interest scale.
     
     
    Righty then! One order coming right up!
     
    *flings self in dark room, slams door shut with the sign "Do not disturb, seriously twitchy kid at work"*
     
     
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