Blade Kitten: First Thoughts

I played the demo version of this, so idk how much holds true to the full game. But here goes:

The characters are pretty bland. You get the Neko girl who is looking for adventure. The thieving blond accented girl who is your rival, and then there is the odd-colored warlock looking girl who I assume is the antagonist. Then there are all the weak guards who are trained to atack and defend, but suck at it compared to a cat-girl with a floating sword.

The battle style can be a little more exciting. The enemies dying in one hit is really boring, at least in games like Jak and Daxter, the enemies take some skill to defeat. You need to skill at all to defeat these enemies. You don't even defeat them in a stylish format either, like you do in Dust an Elysian Tail.

The game is easy, you can climb and attach to walls like Spiderman, wall jump, double jump, infinity shield yourself, dash, and attack at long distance. So The games main protagonist is OP right from the start. It makes traveling through the levels a breeze. Just mash the X button a million times. You don't even need to know where you are going, you'll get there eventually.

About to die? No worries, you have infinite lives, and there is a checkpoint every two minutes, you know, because you obviously are too stupid to play the game correctly. I guess even the game thinks it's made for girls, and thus, has to be overly easy and idiotic. All you really have to do is walk, jump, and slice. You don't even have to stop.

That game in and of itself is pretty fun. Well... I had fun. It's not as fun as it's counterparts, Dust and Elysian Tail, or even Mark of the Ninja. But it wasn't half bad.

I'd recommend you try this game out for yourselves, which you can do, for free!

Final Fantasy X Characters from Worst to Best

I love FFX, I played it religiously (no pun intended) growing up. Many of the characters you get to fight with are crappy, or mediocre at best. I am going to list these characters in order from worst to best, finally arriving at the 3 characters I use most in my Party. Now I know that all stats are based on the Sphere Grid, so I am just going by the stats using the path that we usually are forced to go on until we get Key Spheres.

7. Kimahri - Sorry fellow furries, but in lines of practicality in battle, Kihmari sucks. His main skill is Lancet, which steals a small, small amount of health and MP from your opponent, and in all reality is a waste of a turn. Using this ability he is able to learn moves for his overdrive, but all the moves he learns are weak, or useless. His attack is not much higher then Tidus', and his HP does not make up for it. Overall, he is not all that good in the line of battle.

6. Rikku - With low attack, defense, HP, MP, skills, etc, why is she above Kimahri in terms of usefulness? Two reasons: Steal, and Use. These two things allows her to attack with a high base power, or boost stats very quickly. But her saving grace comes from her Overdrive, Mix. I loved mixing various combinations of items to see what I get, you get tons of choices based on your decision. You can come up with a high powered elemental/physical attack, or an extremely good healing potion, etc. But you are limited to the items you have in your inventory, and some are rare, and cannot be re-obtained.

5. Wakka - Wakka's only saving grace is that he can blind his opponent. Or silence them, etc. Also, he is great when attacking monsters from very far distances away, flyers, etc. But his attack is low, and his main role is to give your opponent a status effects. And even then, his MP is not very high, so using his skills is limited. His Overdrive consists of a weak attack in whatever elemental power you are lucky enough to land on at the time, and is basically useless in any boss battle.

4. Tidus - His attack, health, and MP is pretty mediocre, and in terms of overdrive... it's passable. During a boss battle he is by no means a last resort, He makes the best backup characters for when you need a stronger character in your lineup.

3. Lulu- Her main attack sucks, but she has the best niche magical abilities in the game. Got a fire monster? Attack it with ice! No, not water, ice. Her MP is very generous, although her HP could have been better. She is one of the easiest characters to have killed off by a single attack in battle. Her overdrive is great, it allows you to cast multiple versions of the same spell, at the same time. Of which, you can power up using the joystick. A great attack when fighting elemental monsters.

2. Auron - Unrivaled attack power, and a brilliantly high amount of HP, Auron is a must for any party. His skills allows him to lower enemy stats while also hurting them in the process. And his overdrive is way overpowered. It allows him to attack all the enemies at the same time, dealing large amounts of damage.

1. Yuna - How in the world is Yuna a better pick then Auron? Well, in short, aeons. By herself, Yuna is great at healing, and has a pretty decent MP, but her attack and HP is terrible. She, by herself, cannot hold up a battle on her own. But with her wide array of aeons, she is extremely overpowered. She can hold a battle by herself for hours, allowing her numerous spirit monsters to fight her battle for her. Some of these, like the Magus Sisters, are highly overpowered.

In short, Lulu, Auron, and Yuna are my favorite characters to use in battle due to their usefulness and their abilities. Other people's teams may fluctuate, but this is simply the one's I picked based on how good they are in battle.

What is your best FFX party, and why?

Why Agahnim, Why!?!? (Game Research)

Agahnim, the dark wizard made famous by the masterpiece Super NES classic, A Link to the Past, is shrouded in mystery. What is his deal? Why is he committing these crimes?

Many believe that Agahnim is simply the "human" form of Ganon. They think this because Ganon generally takes a human form in other games, but he is always Ganodorf in those games. This would be the only time he would take the place of someone who is not Ganondorf.

When you defeat Agahnim in ALTTP for the second time, a bat flies out of his body, and leaves the mage behind. This bat is Ganon, or at least a part of Ganon. The body left behind is either the full mage, or the corpse of the mage, that he controlled to help stop Link. He could easily of just been using Agahnim as a vessel to bide his time until he became more powerful (No different than what Voldemort did in the first book). Ganon refers to him as his alter ego, but this does not mean Aganim is Ganon. As one may have forgotton, Ganon has a nack for controlling other people's bodies, including Zelda at one point. In fact, even some of Ganon's minions are keen at taking control of people, sometimes several people. So possessing someone's body in order the hinder the main protagonist is nothing new to the Zelda universe.

Now many people postulated that since Agahnim looks like Ganon, with blue skin and red clothing, that he must be the human version of Ganon. I don't think so, because whenever someone in the Zelda universe is posessed, they take on traits of the possessor. Namely, blue skin. This is seen in Zelda's posession in Twilight Princess, as well as Narue's possession in Oracle of Ages. Both obtained blue skin, and evil demeanor.

But why is Agahnim doing all this? The only logical reason with the evidence thus far, is that he was controlled by Ganon to do his bidding. Agahnim has no back story, and no, I am not going to use that horrible manga remake as evidence for the canon.

For all I can find out, there is no definitive answer. Agahnim is simply another one of those cliche' bad guys who have no real motivation. Many theories and stories can take place, but there is no true reasoning behind his attacks, unless he is simply possessed by Ganon, or Ganon's alter ego (which may be the bat, because he never again turns into a bat, ever.)

But what do you think? Mention it in the comments below!

Triond Review

I actually owned a Triond account which I wrote on for about a year from 2010-early 2012. At this time, I was really just learning the basics of the internet, something I never really had the chance to do before the age of 18. I mainly used Triond to help me earn a small amount of cash, because otherwise I earned no income until I got my first job at the age of 20. I now own one again, because I can always earn a little more cash, even if it is a dollar a month.

Triond is a good site to go to in order to hone your skills as a writer. Sites like Gather, Bukisa, Triond, etc, which reward you for writing good articles, and are filled with people who will in fact correct your mistakes, will help any developing writer grow.

When writing on triond, you can write about anything. From science to poetry, you can publish it... to an extent. They do review your writings and twiddle out the horrid from the not half good. Writings that are bad that make it through this review process then has to go through a hoard of flag-happy enthusiast who get bonus' for flagging content that is not up to snuff. The end result is a wide array of mediocre to brilliant articles on so many topics, written by people who usually are trying to make a couple bucks.

You cannot post any unoriginal content on Triond. Even if it is from your own blog. But if you post it on Triond first, you can then post it on your other blog if you want to. You own all the rights to your work, just after you post it on Triond.

The sites that they post your work on are.... less than professional. In fact, they load the sites with ads so much that it takes the site longer to load. But as a result, you get about a penny, per 10 views. Most of the traffic you get you have to make yourself, but that is not always the case. Just a day after I uploaded my first article, I got 6 views, without even posting it to twitter or facebook.

This site will not make you rick, or get you quick money. It will get you pennies, sometimes only a few dollars a month, if that. But even a dollar a month is something extra, so if you are a writer, go for it.

Popular Song - MIKA

Umm... what did I just...?

Well, the video was awkward. It reminds me of a very cliche' movie. It must be a Disney show song, because Disney is literally that cliche. They are bullied by the popular kids, and as a result, they concoct a potion to turn them all into stone. Then, they smash them all to little bits with a dinner plate. Must have been some cheap stone. They stare at you the whole time too. With this look of eerie monotone apathy.

The song itself is pretty repetitive.

Popular, I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular, I know about popular And all that you have to do is be true to you That's all you ever need to know 

The message is the same old message mentioned time and time before. You know, the one that never holds water.

Always on the lookout for someone to hate,Picking on me like a dinner plateYou hid during classes, and in betweenDunked me in the toilets, now it's you that cleans themYou tried to make me feel bad with the things you doIt ain't so funny when the joke's on youOoh, the joke's on youGot everyone laughing, got everyone clapping, asking,"How come you look so cool?"'Cause that's the only thing that I've learned at school, boy (uh huh)I said that that's the only thing that I've learned at school

In other words. If you are a bully, you will always grow up to be doing hard manual labor at a dead end job, while the bullied is the one succeeding at life. While this may happen in some cases, for the most part, many people who are popular are able to succeed in life better because they have more connections. You know, while they are jerks, popular kids have their own hopes, and dreams, and ambitions. So chances are, they do succeed. While the bullied kid may become depressed, and have self hatred because of being bullied. and not make it in life.

Although bullies are more likely to become criminals and wreck havoc, the amount of bullies who simply don't make it in life can't be numbered. They are probably slightly higher then people on average.

Standing on the field with your pretty pompomNow you're working at the movie selling popular corn

Popular... no. Just, no. Never again.

The tune is pretty catchy, but this song probably does not deserve 36 million views and 400,000 likes. I would give it a 2.5 stars out of 5. 

Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Review

Not half bad, despite it being ungodly short. This was actually not a bad anime.

The anime, despite the opening, does not revolve around Madoka Kaname. Which is a pretty epic way to have the biggest main character be a character on the sidelines. The main character is actually Homura Akemi, who repeatedly goes back in time to try to prevent Kaname from dying so she can remain with her... reminds me of another twist ending plotline, oh right! Mirai Nikki!

The series is really dark. It involves love, but it also involves plenty of death, pain, and anguish. Mourning and scarred pasts are common. But in a good light, there is plenty of pubescent lesbianism in here, which makes it pretty awesome. Taboo and dark.

I love this anime both due to the dark feeling of the characters, and the magical abilities. The characters are able to fight witches due to the magical abilities they have gained by, basically selling their soul to alien lifeforms. The character development is pretty cool, and one of them even has fangs : 3

The ending was ok, if not kinda cliche'. She has the power and changes the entire universe, past, and future, because of it. That way nobody ever has to become a witch ever again. Kinda reminds me of... Mirai Nikki. This anime has a lot of correlations it seems. Person gains power to become ruler of space and time, and the other character fights to keep them in their memories despite everything.

I would recommend this anime to anyone who wants to watch it. Espessially those like me who like anime with a dark, macabre twist.

Red Like Roses Pt 2

Ok, so this song isn't really that bad. The guitar opening is actually extremely awesome and catchy. It makes you want to get up and dance, or expect this to be in the fighting scene in a videogame.

Then.... she sings. Casey Williams didn't do a bad job on her other songs, like Red Like Roses, Pt 1. But she simply does not have the voice for hardcore rock-ish music. It kinda sounds like a carebear being angsty. It simply doesn't work.

Now don't get me wrong, this song is super catchy, despite her voice. I keep listening to it on repeat. But the fact remains that they should have gotten another singer. There is only one throughout the whole series. Casey Williams, whom is Jeff Williams daughter. So it's not too shocking as to why she got all of the singing parts. Cheap talent.

But I digress. This would be a lot better if they got a different singer, but it's not a bad song. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to hear an epic song.