#and while i don't care about zombie jesus day specifically

[bookgeekgrrl]

Soundtracks this week (4-Apr-21)

PODCASTS

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Footnoting History - Anne Neville and the Wars of the Roses

Fated Mates: A Romance Novel Podcast - S03.33: Age Gap Romance Interstitial

Song Exploder - Lianne La Havas - “Can't Fight”

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Hope Cemetary

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Pyramiden

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Grasshopper Glacier

MUSIC

Jurassic Park  

📺  Relaxing Music with Sea Turtles in Hawaii with | Great Escapes

'80s Breakdance

Jesus Christ Superstar (2012 Digitally Re-Mastered Edition) - The Original Studio Cast, 1970

Jesus Christ Superstar (Remastered 2005) - 1996 London Cast - Alice Cooper as Herod

Jesus Christ Superstar (2000 New Cast Soundtrack Recording) - 2000 London Cast

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (Original Soundtrack of the NBC Live Event) - 2018 Original Television Cast - back again to Alice for Herod

Jesus Christ Superstar (20th Anniversary London Cast Recording (1992))

📺  🚀 Spaceship Sleep Quarters, Starship in Space Journey with Rumbling White Noise Engine Sound

Essential New Wave

📺  Garden Pond Indoors with Nature Sounds, Water Sounds and Spring Singing Birds for Relaxation

Julie and the Phantoms: Season 1

Huge Hits

📺  🌴 Tropical Island View with Beautiful White Sand Beach, Relaxing Ocean Waves and Waving Palm Trees

Trav'lin' Light [Queen Latifah]

Put a Little Spring in Your Step

Presenting Lizzo

📺 Dominican Beach with Waves Rolling - Natural Background With Ocean Sounds

Lianne La Havas

Empire Records (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - in honor of Rex Manning Day, of course!

'90s One-Hit Wonders

📺  Tree House Ambience - Relaxing Gentle Rain Sounds & Fireplace Sounds to Sleep, Relax and Study

[comicaurora]

first, thank you for recommending the sonic idw comics they are great second second i think its interesting how sonic was one of the first people to get infected by the metal virus

it adds stakes to the plot since sonic has to continue running until he tires himself or get turned into a zombie

and it also adds a point of contrast with shadow who when getting infected was too proud to run away and got completely infected

so what do you think about that situation?

Infecting Sonic from minute one was a very good writing decision because it added a ticking clock and forced Sonic into a very unusual position for him: being unable to directly help. Because he was still a carrier for the virus it made it impossible for him to touch anyone without infecting them.

He had to stay away from friends and loved ones, literally ran himself ragged to keep himself from turning, and on several occasions had to actually run away from active danger he could theoretically help with to avoid becoming the danger.

Putting the devil-may-care happy-go-lucky paragon in this situation was a recipe for some very interesting character moments for him, and as the story wore on and he had less and less energy, we even saw the optimism slip and crack a few times.

It's a moment that hits in the same way that making the comic relief character terrified or miserable hits - we don't expect to see this kind of character completely lose hope or a sense of humor, and when it does happen, it's a sign that shit is really bad.

And on the flip side, separating him from the rest of the cast additionally made it so the tone everyone else was dealing with was much bleaker than usual. Because in a very real way, Sonic couldn't reliably save the day if Sonic also needed to be saved.

side note, sweet nugget jesus

ROLLIN' AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SAD

So it's a very smart writing move to give Sonic a unique handicap to deal with for the whole arc that dramatically changes the game.

Shadow getting zombotted was the perfect blend of totally in-character, deeply unfortunate and unfortunately hilarious.

It makes perfect sense for him to be dumb about this, since he's got the right blend of hubris and usually-justifiable confidence. If Sonic can handle it, obviously so can he.

Of course he doesn't actually understand what he's dealing with, and he keeps misinterpreting "run" as "run away", not "physically move faster."

And this officially makes him the first really dangerous character to get zombotted, which further changes the tone of the story.

But because he gets got so early and retains none of his crazy powers or actual smarts, his zombot version isn't much more dangerous than the other zombots. His transformation doesn't really change the tide of the overall conflict, it just highlights his unique character flaws and how in this specific circumstances they completely fucked him over.

You could read into their foil dynamic in this specific point of contrast - that Sonic is willing to take any number of personal Ls if it means a tactical victory for his friends, while Shadow is so hopped up on pride and Being The Ultimate Lifeform that he can't really make any tactical considerations that don't involve him being the main character. It makes sense. It does, unfortunately, make him a bit of a punching bag for the rest of the arc.

this isn't really about that anymore I just gotta rep my boy knucks

lookit him go

[earthnashes]

Heya Songie, hope you're doing well! I'm going to buy a game on steam but not sure what should i buy. I tried to play Outlast but it scare the shit out of me. I'm thinking to buy The Witcher trio, but i wanted to ask you. I want to buy a game that has a great story, the gameplay and graphics don't bother me at all. What is your advice? Other than horror i can play any games!

Oh I don’t play PC much: I only have the Fallout series and Skyrim in my Steam archive. All of the other games I’ve played are always on PS4.

I remember a few cool PC games (and a few games that aren’t exclusive), though, so I’d recommend:

Fallout 3, 4, and New Vegas: Legit if you haven’t played any of them I urge you to. Don’t care what anyone says, the games’ stories are always what drag me in and despite FO4′s shortcomings, specifically when it came to story DLC (they only had 2, Far Harbor was fantastic but Nuka World needed more to it), all of them delivers. Not just that, the mods. You want a game that can tell new stories over and over and over? Fallout provides that just fine alone, like you always discover something new even if it’s like your 20th playthrough, but it’s the mods that helps the game shine. I’m talkin’ the quest mods and complete overhauls into a new game. For example? Fallout The Frontier: I’m super excited for that one to drop. I’m keeping my eye on another, Fallout: Miami. Or Fallout 4: New Vegas, in which it’s basically building Fallout New Vegas from the ground up using Fallout 4 as a base. The remake we deserve but probably will never get. What is essentially a full remake, another a completely new game... All for the stunning price of... nothing. You get it for free thanks to these amazing people putting their worth into this shit. If you can, support your modders. They do some good work, dare I say better work putting so much care into their creations of the game.

Elder Scrolls Skyrim: Bro it’s basically the same deal here as it is with Fallout: get it for the game itself and it’s fun base-game stories, stay for the fantastic mods. They also feature DLC-sized mods, mods that are essentially brand new games, and once more the modding community continue to amaze me with their dedication.

Ori and the Blind Forest: I watched this game since I didn’t buy it myself and it is gorgeous.

Cuphead: if ya don’t mind being angry, I hear it’s hard but great. I admire it deeply for its animation style.

Stardew Valley: I actually played this one but on the PS4. It doesn’t have like a full and deep story but what’s great about this game is that it’s very relaxing, aesthetically pleasing, and it’s the characters that are surprisingly well written and have complex personalities you get to discover through tiny cutscenes.

The Walking Dead (telltale): Fucking fantastic game, specifically the first two series. 3 was aight, with Clementine stealing the show (but I personally wasn’t interested in playing it because you didn’t get to play as Clementine exclusively like no thx I wanna see Sweetpea.)

The Witcher 3: It looks like a truly beautiful game with a deep and engaging story, so much so that I’m considering playing it myself.

ARK Survival: Okay so, in my opinion ARK isn’t actually worth it’s price tag, primarily because of the toxicity of PVP (like it’s moreso than usual) and the plethura of bugs it has and the admittedly shady practices of its developer. Now, that said? I love the game. For all of it’s faults, it’s honestly really fun: I prefer solo play but if you get a good band of buds to play with on PVP or PVE it’s even more fun. It has like.. some sort of semblance of a story, but it’s mostly just background noise, but this game is absolutely fantastic if you like a game that gives you the tools to essentially create your own story and essentially roleplay it out. That’s what me and my friends kinda did and we used to play the game for hours and days at a time because of it. I’ll tell ya’ll some of the shit we got up to later, I fondly remember them.

7 Days to Die: It’s a lot like ARK in that it doesn’t actually have much of a story to tell (in this case. barely at all) so it’s up to you and your friends (or just you if solo) to make one up and roleplay it. Unlike ARK, this game is sinfully cheap for the amount of fun it provides and don’t let it’s dated-like graphics fool you. It is a very solidly built game and some of the most fun I’ve had with a zombie game in years. It’s also on sale right now I think?

MASS EFFECT SERIES: YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  SORRY BUT THIS IS LEGIT MY FAVORITE GAME OF ALL TIME???? FUCK. I love this game! The characters, all of them are so well written and compelling and arguably the best part of the game. The atmosphere is breathtaking, especially the places you get to visit while playing the game (especially Andromeda like wow the game’s gorgeous), the gameplay is fantastic (it has it’s flaws but it works for the game for sure), the dialogue is some of the best I’ve experienced, and the story honestly makes you feel like every little thing you do in the game actually matters. Like everything has it’s rewards and everything has a small story to tell in this game: it’s why when I replay the entirety of it I play all of the games from the very first one to Andromeda. Now, I will say if you’ve never played this game I highly recommend playing the first one first. Not only because of the story but because, as much as I adore the game, the gameplay is.... well. It’s kinda bad. Like it’s legit my least favorite to play because it can be kinda taxing in the gameplay aspect, specifically combat and that goddamned Mako. Also don’t just listen to all of the naysayers about Andromeda if you decide to play it because honestly, it is not that bad. And in comparison to the first? It does a much better job with setting up the series (if we ever get more of it, fuckin’ EA) than the first does, especially the characters. But like all games, I just recommend that you play them and make that judgement for yourself whether or not you think it’s worth your time.

Dragon Age series: I’ve never played the first, I will be playing the second soon, but I have played the third and I’m honestly surprised by how much it impressed me? This game seems to get a bad rep for a lot of stuff but from my perspective as a newcomer, it was a lot of fun to play and the story was fun and the cutscenes, when they mattered, were goosebumps inducing. That scene, the scene where they show their faith in you? I’m not gonna spoil it but jesus. The combat takes some getting used to but overall a fun game with a fun story and, once again, it’s the characters that draw me in.

Far Cry Series: From what I hear the stories are good enough as well as the gameplay and, from my experience playing the 5th one, that’s all true. I dunno about the rest of them but the 5th’s ending though? It’s total shit. I’d recommend playing it because, despite the bugs and some bullshit physics it honestly was really fun and the story did keep me interested to the bitter end. I’m just angry at how they ended it. Yeesh.