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[dracosollicitus]

25 Days of SW update

Hey guys,

I know I’m a day or two behind on the 25 Days if Star Wars countdown. Without getting too personal, I’m going through a very tough time right now with my mental health. I’d love to keep updating regularly, especially with IX coming out so soon, but it’ll be a tough go of it (and I wouldnt be surprised if you noticed that the quality of my writing — while never that high — has taken a dip in the last month or so because honestly it’s all I can do to even hit 3-4kwords on a chapter update sometimes)

Anyway, I hope you’re having a great weekend, and I hope you’re doing many Star Wars-y things to get in the mood for TROS! Here’s a picture of babie Yoda to lighten the mood

[nostalgiaissue]

Living Long Enough to See Your Hero Become the Villain: A Personal History of Pokemon and Me

by Julianne Estur, design by Grace Ciacciarelli

I’ve never been much of a romantic. For as long as I remember, my ideal relationship has been one that looks a lot like a regular best friend relationship. I always loved the term “partner.” It perfectly evoked the kind of intimacy I always dreamed of: the kind shared by equals who were always thriving together.

The first fictional pairing I ever loved was PearlShipping. For those who don’t understand the language of Pokemon’s unorthodox ship naming conventions, PearlShipping was Ash/Dawn from the “Diamond and Pearl” saga. I loved how, in contrast with his previous female companions, Dawn was always presented as Ash’s equal. They were constantly shown training together. Utilizing each other’s techniques was sometimes what secured the victory in a particularly close battle. They never missed each other’s matches, and they even have a signature high five and an entire song called “High Touch” dedicated to their bond. Detractors argue that their relationship reads as too platonic. This was the exact reason I adored them so much as a kid. To me, Ash and Dawn exemplified the concept of “partners.” PearlShipping single-handedly shaped my romantic sensibilities. This is all a roundabout way of saying that the Pokemon franchise, specifically the Sinnoh games of “Diamond”/”Pearl”/”Platinum” and the accompanying anime (also known as “Generation 4”), made me who I am.

Of course, though I had a deep fondness for the originals, I dreamed of one day seeing these games get modern updates so I could immerse myself in Sinnoh like never before. Pokemon has always had a custom of remaking older games for newer hardware, which are actually often beneficial for the source material. After Generation 3 remakes on the 3DS in 2014, Generation 4 was next in line. “Sinnoh confirmed” was a meme for the fanbase, with many begging and praying for a drop every single time that Pokemon said they were going to announce something new.

After literal years, finally… Sinnoh was confirmed. On November 19, 2021, “Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl” were released for the Switch. But they were incomplete. Copies came with a message urging players to download a day one patch because the games were missing content, including basic elements like a finalized soundtrack. But how did we get here? What started as a simple idea inspired by creator Satoshi Tajiri’s childhood love of catching bugs has exploded into the highest-grossing media franchise of all time in a mere 25 years, surpassing much older franchises like Hello Kitty, Star Wars, and Mickey Mouse & Friends with a total profit of $100 billion. Even in the throes of the pandemic, Pokemon managed to rack up its biggest net profit ever in 2020, clocking in at around $174 million.

Pokemon isn’t just a video game series; it’s an unfathomably gigantic brand consisting of merchandise such as stuffed animals and clothing, an entire trading card game with its own worldwide collecting and competitive scene, an animated show, 23 movies, and a plethora of other more obscure properties like ASMR YouTube videos. The video games are the lifeblood of it all: a new generation means new merchandisable Pokemon. Pokemon games don’t have to be great as long as they provide the material for other avenues of profit. 

A new Pokemon game comes out about every two years, even though many of the failings of post-DS Pokemon could be rectified with longer development times. The first main titles on the Switch, “Sword and Shield” (2019), most exemplify this. The promotion period was rife with controversy and increasingly divided the fanbase over many issues, most notably the infamous “Dexit”. The National Dex is a feature in every past game that essentially indexes the code of every Pokemon, past or present, into the game, therefore allowing all Pokemon to be used (via trade or transferring from different games) even if they aren’t available in that region by default. “Sword and Shield” are the first games to cut this feature; hence, “Dexit.” The backlash wasn’t necessarily because of Dexit itself, but because of how the developers at “Game Freak” rationalized this decision. They stated that they cut some Pokemon out in order to focus on giving the ones that were in the game new models and animations. This makes sense; after all, it’s much harder to manage 3D models of 700+ Pokemon than the pixel sprites of the pre-3D days. However, once the game actually came out, people realized very quickly that the models and animations for Pokemon and human characters alike were completely recycled from previous games. It’s the dishonesty of the developers that really upset fans so much, and this was also concerning since the corner-cutting was a result of the unnecessary time crunch. 

There were a lot of other problems in “Sword and Shield” that originated in the 3DS era, where many believe things started to go downhill. Exploration is a huge component of the series. Many of the older games achieved this through nonlinear regions and the inclusion of completely extra areas, the discoveries of which acted as rewards for players who put in the time. “Sword and Shield,” however, was the most linear game yet. Most of the routes were straight lines, and cities were large but mainly composed of set dressing. There was an egregious amount of hand-holding—yet another way to steer players from exploring. Pokemon, despite its expansive scale that now encompasses a multiverse, has been shrinking. Much of this is in line with the mindset of director Junichi Masuda, who explained in a 2014 interview that apparently kids are too busy playing free mobile games and have no time for Pokemon, so making the games hard would probably turn them away from it. This is an out-of-touch and frankly insulting sentiment. Don’t kids nowadays deserve fulfilling and stimulating media experiences?

Wasn’t this the franchise whose famous theme song starts with the line, “I wanna be the very best like no one ever was”? Growth is so inherent to Pokemon’s philosophy. Yes, there are arguments to be made about how Ash Ketchum being the protagonist of the anime for 20 years and counting exhibits stagnation, but there’s still something poignant about how there are always places he has yet to go and things he has yet to learn. The games themselves start out with you having nothing except a level five starter Pokemon and makes you fight increasingly difficult trainers until you become the Champion of the region. All the while, your team is leveling up and evolving into more powerful forms. It was so bizarre to see a series so furiously at odds with its own identity.

It felt a lot like finding out Santa Claus isn’t real, except it happens when you’re a lot older and think that nothing can faze you anymore. I was already a senior in high school during the height of the backlash; I’d lived through J.K. Rowling’s self-inflicted character assassination and Disney’s… well,  everything. It shouldn’t have surprised me, but it was still unexpected. I had spent so long imagining a Pokemon game on the grand scale the series deserved.

Before high school, I made the silly decision to get rid of all my games, telling myself I had “outgrown” them. I would eventually regret this; the DS games are now out of print, and the only way to obtain copies is secondhand. Even this wasn’t viable for me, as authentic cartridges of older Pokemon games were now selling for several hundred dollars on eBay. It was discouraging to know that these pieces of my childhood were unattainable. There were methods like emulation to replay the games, but it wasn’t the same. There was something too special to me about getting to own the physical cartridges. This changed in 2018 when my friend somehow got me a copy of “Platinum” for Christmas. 

I finally replayed “Platinum” over winter break last year, and it certainly has its flaws. Every single Pokemon game, including “Platinum,” follows the exact same formula with very little deviance to the story structure or gameplay. The Sinnoh games are notoriously slow-paced, and certain areas were so annoying to travel through that it sometimes took me out of it completely. 

But Sinnoh is home to me. It’s so distinct. I still see it as the Pokemon region that’s just a little more esoteric than its other counterparts. It’s the coldest region, and there’s charm in the remnants of melting snow among the otherwise green scenery of your hometown, Twinleaf Town. Sinnoh is home to the Pokemon world’s creation mythos: Dialga (time), Palkia (space), Giratina (antimatter), and Arceus (“The Original One”). Platinum has the player travel through the Distortion World, an awesomely wicked and disorienting dungeon that involves descending deeper and deeper to a confrontation with the shadowy Giratina. There are events like the player waking up on an island after experiencing a bad dream, where they encounter Darkrai, a Pokemon heavily associated with nightmares. Sinnoh is a little bit dark in flavor, and yet it is heavily juxtaposed by many beautiful locations like the pastel flower fields of Floaroma Town, or Hearthome City and its motto of “Warm & Kind.”

This was also the same time I realized that I really sucked at video games as a child. Cynthia, the final boss of the Sinnoh games, is widely considered to be one of the hardest battles in the entire series. This was because I literally always got rid of my stat buffing and debuffing moves in favor of only using attacking moves. This time, I used a move to buff my Houndoom’s attack to +6. Houndoom promptly proceeded to one shot her entire team, including her ace Garchomp, which is legendary among fans for how hard it is to take down. It was satisfying, being able to realize, “Yes, I actually am smarter than I was when I was ten.”

I’ve also been rewatching “Diamond and Pearl,” expecting to find it a lot more immature this time. The series still elicits embarrassingly strong emotional reactions from me. There’s a lot of solid character writing, including a thoughtful storyline that involves Ash taking in a Chimchar that was abused by its former trainer, an arc that stretches the entirety of the series and culminates in a touching victory against the same person who discarded it due to its perceived weakness. Dawn’s journey to feeling more confident in herself is one that made her my all-time favorite character as a kid, and I still think she’s deserving of a spot on my favorites list. I’ll probably be a PearlShipping lover forever. Much of my rewatch has involved me yelling “shut up” (because I feel miserable over how darn cute they are) at the screen whenever Ash and Dawn interact, which is almost all the time. Dawn made a reappearance in the new Pokemon anime earlier in January, and I’m not exaggerating when I say I almost fell to my knees and wept after seeing Ash Dawn high-five again. In 2022!

There are some pieces of media that you’ll always love, no matter how much you or it changes. I was hurt by the fact that my favorite childhood franchise refused to grow with me, but it hurt because I loved it so much and wanted to see it be better than it was before. It’s not as if the series has never tried though it’s arguably worse to only be given glimpses of what could be. “Sword and Shield” introduced the open world mechanic of the Wild Area, even if it was ultimately empty and full of Pokemon that did very little except walk around aimlessly. The drive for profit continuously refuses to let it evolve fully. The Pokemon Company takes advantage of the fact that whatever it releases will sell. Despite its flaws, Sword and Shield sold 22.6 million copies. Even though Pokemon’s current model sabotages itself alone, it continues to reap the rewards.

“Pokemon: Legends Arceus,” released on January 28, gives me hope for the future of the series after playing it for around 10 hours. It’s the biggest deviation from the formula to date: real-time combat mechanics, brand new animations for every Pokemon in the game (finally), and being a prequel set in Ancient Sinnoh;  yet it is so quintessentially Pokemon. This idea of having to document every Pokemon in the region harkens back to the series’ original slogan of “Gotta catch ‘em all!” and so much of the game simply involves the player exploring these vast new areas with a refreshing lack of hand-holding. There are some shortcomings, of course. The graphics aren’t great, and some Pokemon at a distance run at what looks like 2 FPS. The world is bigger than it's ever been but still suffers from feeling empty at times.

There is so much possibility for the future of Pokemon. Oftentimes, the most innovative mechanics in one generation are scrapped the next. They could return to the old formula now. Or they could take the series to unimaginable heights. With three years having passed since “Sword and Shield,” Generation 9 could be close, with some speculating an announcement as early as Spring 2022 (personally, the best case scenario is that they don’t say anything for the next three years, because that would mean they’re actually giving “Game Freak” longer development times). Either way, for better or for worse, I’ll be sticking around to see it.

[slade-neko]

Saw this video game tag thing pop up on my dash a few days ago. Wanted to do it.

1. First game you played obsessively? Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, I believe I was 5yo. Still waiting on that FF7 Remake treatment.

2. A game that has influenced you creatively? Writing, drawing, etc. Well if I play a game and like it, then I'll create sims of it. Does that count?

3. Who did you play with as a kid? My brother from the day I was born.

4. Who do you play with now? My brother FROM THE DAY I WAS BORN.

5. Ever use cheat codes? I wasn't lying when I made this post. {link}

6. Ever buy strategy guides? Yes! Mainly to look at the artwork though. (Don't need no guide!)

7. Any games you have multiple copies of? Lots of games, most being Left 4 Dead with 6 copies (3 Xbox 360, 1 PC case, 2 PC digitally.) What can I say, its a GOOD GAME!

8. Rarest/Most expensive game in your collection? Gold cartridge Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (maybe that's rare?)

9. Most regrettable purchase? I don't regret my purchases, but I have received games I have never played like Cubix (PS2) no clue where that game came from, but I have it somehow. Madagascar (Xbox 360) came with my Xbox 360, never opened it from its case. And Monsters Inc. Scream Arena (Gamecube) or something... it was a gift.

10. Ever go to a midnight game release or stand in line for hours? No, because then I'd have to interact with people.

11. Have you ever made new friends from playing video games? I'm only friends with people BECAUSE of video games, so yes.

12. Ever get picked on for liking games? No, that'd be ridiculous.

13. A game you’ve never played that everyone else has? Probably a lot, I'd say Call of Duty, but I technically played CoD 1, 2, and 4. The campaign mode was alright, but I don't really care for CoD games at ALL.

14. Favorite game music? Koji Kondo and Grant Kirkhope are two BIG ones.

15. If it was a requirement to get a game related tattoo, what would you pick? Triforce is the most basic option, but I'd rather not get a tattoo.

16. Favorite game to play with your friends IRL? Super Smash Bros. Brawl with hacks, but that was over a decade ago.

17. Ever lose a friend over a game? No, that'd be ridiculous.

18. Would you date someone that hates gaming? No, that'd be RIDICULOUS.

19. Favorite handheld console? PSP. 3DS is great, but PSP Monster Hunter has ALL of my portable gaming memories. Like playing in school after End of Grade tests with my friend.

20. Game that you know like the back of your hand? Sims 4 I like to think I know everything about Left 4 Dead. Quite a bit about Monster Hunter, more so of a series though than a specific game.

21. Game that you didn’t like or understand as a kid but love now? I'd say Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. I loved it as a kid, but had a lot of complex pen & paper RPG mechanics that I never understood. I understand a lot more of it now, but its still complex as all heck. I just know you hit things, they die.

22. Do you wear game related clothing/accessories? That's the only thing I wear.

23. The game that you’ve logged the most hours into? Not sure so I'll list a few. Sims 4, Smash Bros. Brawl, Monster Hunter (its a series though), or Left 4 Dead

24. First Pokemon game? Leaf Green

25. Were you ever an arcade game player? No, don't like paying to play.

26. Ever form any gaming rivalries? No.

27. Game that makes you rage? I don't get mad at games, but I had a custom modded Hard Eight mutation in Left 4 Dead that is absolute bullsh*t!

28. Ever play in a tournament? No, because then I'd have to interact with people.

29. What is your gaming set up? A giant wall of video game consoles spanning from NES to Switch, 4 TVs, but I sit at a desk with a PC.

30. How many consoles do you own? "I own every console that's ever existed." - I Don't Play Games When I Play Games (My STRENTH) original song by Smooth McGroove BUT no seriously I own 32 consoles including handhelds.

31. Does the 3DS and/or Virtual Boy hurt your eyes or give you headaches? Yes. 3DS gave me headaches though I only really played with the 3D feature in Ocarina of Time 3D. I think my eyes broke because I couldn't get my 3D to work very well after.

32. Did you ever play a game based on your favorite show/cartoon/movie/comic? Sure I play games based on a lot of things. Literally any anime game. If I had to pick Dragon Ball Xenoverse is kinda like a dream Dragon Ball game. Oh, Attack on Titan 2 is pretty neat too!

33. Did you ever have any bootleg games or plug-n-play games? Some SEGA plug-n-play thing once. Played it like once and now its lost to time (or my closet.)

34. Do either of your parents play video games? Yes. Mom and Dad played NES Super Mario Bros. My Dad went HARD at that game until he saved the Princess. Then he quit forever.

35. Ever work in a game store? Or do you have a favorite game shop? "Hi. Welcome to Gamestop!"I never want to hear that again, but it was my main store until I went full digital/ online orders.

36. Have you ever shed actual blood, sweat or tears over a game? No, I don't tend to get upset or emotional, but Bill dying in Left 4 Dead made me pretty pissed.

37. Have you played E.T. for the Atari 2600? Do you think that’s the worst game ever, or do you have another nomination? Never played it. I don't really play "bad" games, but maybe Sims 4.

38. A game you’re ashamed to admit that you like? The Sims 4

39. A sequel that you would die for them to make? Dragon's Dogma 2 WHICH I think is actually in development, so I'd have to say Fallout New Vegas 2. C'mon Bethesda you cowards, hand the keys back over to Obsidian so they can make another good Fallout game!

40. What to you think of virtual reality headsets or motion controls? Two part question, two answers. VR Headset to immerse in world, yes. Motion Controls, no.

41. A genre that you just can’t get into? MOBAs and MMOs. I don't like paying to keep playing.

42. Maybe it wasn’t your first game, but what was the game that started you on your path to nerdiness? Nintendo 64 opened me up to what video games could be as a kid. Sad to say my parents' NES didn't really do that for me. And years later Fallout 3 was a big game changer for me too.

43. Ever play games when you really should have been concentrating on something else? Every day of my LIFE.

44. Arcade machine that has consumed the most of your quarters? None. I'd rather emulate.

45. How are you at Mario Kart? Pretty dang good. 3-STARS MARIO KART WII, BABY!

46. Do you like relaxing games like Animal Crossing or Harvest Moon? Yes, both of those. I preferred when Animal Crossing had more character to it. New Horizons looks so pretty, but feels so bland compared to classic AC.

47. Do you like competitive games? No. Not really. Usually amongst friends or if I can get competitive against AI Bots. I love my machine bot friends cause they don't cry like 10 year olds when they lose.

48. How long does it take your to customize your player character? Too long. I've seriously restarted games because I wasn't happy with my character's appearance.

49. In games where you can pick your class, do you always tend to go for the same type of character? Yes, I am always the magic man, my brother is always brute warrior, and my friend is the ranger.

50. If you were a game designer, what masterpiece would you create? I don't really know. Honestly, I'd rather mod already good games to make them better than create something completely new.

51. Have you ever played a game for so long that you forgot to eat or sleep? No, that'd be ridiculous. But I've had a friend fall asleep playing games at my house 3 different times and currently dozes off during our Minecraft sessions. So, maybe that's not a completely ridiculous thing after all.

52. A game that you begged your parents for as a kid? Kirby 64 apparently. My brother tells me we had to count out pennies to buy it. I must've been too young with no recollection, but I believe it.

53. What’s your opinion on DLC these days? It's good if its not in the game's files from the beginning and is actually developed AFTER launch... and pre-order bonuses should be standard DLC a month or two later. Some games have content lost to time because of that pre-order bullsh*t.

54. Do you give in to Steam sales? Of course. If you want a game and its on sale then why not? I typically wait just for Steam sales to get games.

55. Did you ever make someone you hated in the Sims and did mean stuff to them? No? I typically make people and characters I like in Sims. I've made villains like Dio, but he's an anime villain and I don't really HATE him despite the horrible things he's done.

56. Did you ever play Roller Coaster Tycoon and kill off your guests? No. Never played that game.

57. Did you ever play a game to 100% or get all of the achievements? I try to for all the games I really like.

58. If you can only play 3 games for the rest of your life, which ones do you pick? The Sims 4, Skyrim, & Fallout: New Vegas. Mods make them live forever. Left 4 Dead and Monster Hunter are good choices too.

59. Do you play any cell phone games? Those aren't games.

60. Do you know the Konami Code? No? But I'll take a guess. Is it make an IP and forget it exists?

61. Do you trade in your games or keep them forever? Keep forever... even the bad ones.

62. Ever buy a console specifically to play one game? PS4 Pro for Monster Hunter World. It was basically for early access since the PC version was being developed and releasing after PS4, but I don't like waiting.

63. Ever go to a gaming convention or tournament? Sort of. Been to anime cons and walked into the gaming tournament rooms only to walk out less than 10 minutes later.

64. Ever make a TV or monitor purchase based on what would be best for gaming? No, but I'm going to be doing that soon, hopefully.

65. Ever have a Game Genie, Game Shark or Action Replay? Did it ever mess up your game’s save file? GameShark for N64, PS2, Gameboy, and Action Replay for Gamecube, DS, 3DS. And no not really, I would cheat responsibly... but there was this one time at school my friend and I borrowed another friend's Gameboy game, loaded it up with my Gameshark, tried playing, it crashed, loaded it back up, save file corrupted... we just stared at each other jaws dropped, "Here's your game back, dude. Make sure you don't play it til you get back home!"

66. Did you ever have have an old Nokia with Snake on it? No, but I remember seeing them on billboards in the game DRIV3R on PS2.

67. Do you have a happy gaming-related childhood memory you want to share? Every game I play is filled with happy memories (mostly.)

68. Ever save up a ton of tickets in an arcade to get something cool? These tiger plushes. My brother got white and I got orange. They were the coolest. Got a butt load of tickets from some jackpot spinning light game thing as I was good at the timing with repeated jackpot hits.

69. In your opinion, best game ever made? I've played quite a few masterpiece games, but to pick one, I'd say Fallout: New Vegas

70. Very first game you ever beat? Super Mario 64. I was a mere child on a Sunday morning and ate celebratory pancakes made by my Dad.

Wow, that was long... I get the feeling this was supposed to be a "send me ask with numbers" thing, but answering all at once is more fun.

[gamersonthego]

Matt Giguere’s Top 25 DS Games

It’s strange to think Nintendo, once again, had to prove themselves in the handheld space after the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance handily served every bit of competition it faced. Yet in 2004, the Nintendo DS faced an uphill battle to show that having the best and fastest hardware wouldn’t necessarily result in the best sales. 16 years and 154 million units later, the legacy of the DS is strong, evident in the deluge of smartphone and mobile games that rely on a touch interface. It’s a shame Nintendo and other publishers are not being better stewards to their catalogues of games as there are still many that are only playable on the original hardware, and few seem to make the jump to the current set of consoles and computers. Still, it is easy to find an original DS that works and there are still plenty of cheap titles to pick up. Here’s a selection of my favorite games to hit the handheld.

1. Meteos

Can a puzzle game top Tetris?  Honestly, thanks to the minds of Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Masahiro Sakurai, Meteos manages to blast past the mesosphere and comes the closest to a space rendezvous with the original falling brick puzzler. What makes it fun to play? While it can get rather hectic and fast paced, the touch screen makes matching three or more pieces a cinch. Blasting off these little “meteos” using rocket propulsion and fighting against the forces of gravity creates a very addictive hook with some variety that keeps it from being stale. It is a simple and effective puzzle game that showcases why a touch-based interface can work for some games better than what button presses can do. Add in easy to use single cart multiplayer and the single-player Star Trip mode to keep you sharp, and you have a puzzle game for the ages.  

2. Elite Beat Agents

Imagine being stuck in an impossible situation, like having to face down a runaway golem, or sneak into a corporate office using your ninja powers? Who do you call to help in this situation? This is a job for the Elite Beat Agents: A government agency that cheers you on to the grooves of radio hits from the ’70s to the ’00s. The idea of playing a rhythm game where you have to tap and slide didn’t sit well with my snobbish DDR and Guitar Hero ways. Why tap a screen when I can “dance” and “rock out?” Little did I know this was just as valid a way to feel the music and beat out a jam, and soon after I was feeling the hand cramps of too much furious tapping while I carefully made sure I didn't “Ouendan” the bottom screen. There’s a very strange energy to this game that permeates from the different scenarios to the beat of the soundtrack. I might not dig every song served in the playlist, but I can’t help but try and top my score on Sk8er Boi for the 100th time! With all the trouble in the world, maybe we need more games (and people) like EBA these days.

3. Advance Wars: Dual Strike

Oh Advance Wars, your time was too short over here. But hey! At least we were given a great first outing on the DS, and all these years later, it is still a blast to play. Using the second screen to quickly glance at unit and area information is a welcomed addition, but Second Front battles add a new dimension to the core strategy game that really sells the top screen. Throw in all the CO Tag Powers and a map editor built for a touch interface, and it’s hard to see how anything can top this release of Advance Wars. But seriously Intelligent Systems and Nintendo, please give the franchise one more shot!  

4. Tetris DS

Yeah, it's Tetris. But also, it’s Tetris! Maybe it is one of those “skips a generation” thing, as you can kind of plot the best versions of portable Tetris are on the GameBoy, the DS, and the Switch. Tetris DS may be sacrilegious to some with its hold options and infinity spin technique, but this is what I think makes this version unique beyond the various modes and dual screen support. To me it creates a faster version of Tetris that is easy to get into, but can be a fun challenge to master. The addition of Nintendo-themed boards to go with the different modes of play not seen in other versions also adds to this unique addition to the Tetris line. Looking for a version of Tetris with more to do than just the base game? Tetris DS has the most to offer.  

5. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

This game should have been a hit. Maybe the marketing hyped this game up too much? Maybe more people were spoiled by the full 3D realization of the GTA formula with GTA 3? Maybe the music wasn’t the same without the radio hits? Maybe if the synthwave revival had hit the scene sooner it would’ve helped? Whatever the case, this is a gem of a GTA game. While it misses out on the full production of the home console and PSP “Stories” line (I think full voice acting would have helped this version of the game immensely,) just about every aspect of the big brother version is here in this miniature version of Liberty City. From hijacking cars to outrunning the fuzz, this top-down 3D GTA gives a full helping of the open world mayhem the series is known for. The bottom screen minigames can get a touch annoying, but they hardly get in the way like many other games on the DS. Rounding out this game is the drug peddling economy minigame. Not only does it fit the setting and overall style of the game, but  it enables a great opportunity for emergent gameplay to unfold with big risks and big gains. It baffles me* how Rockstar won’t develop this further in their games’ single player campaigns. Check it out, as it’s still rather cheap on the DS and is also available on the PSP and most modern mobile devices. *I’m clearly ignoring the real money cash flow of online microtransactions. 6. Kirby: Canvas Curse

7. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

8. Mario Kart DS

9. Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck

10. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

11. WarioWare Touched!

12. Star Fox Command

13. Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story

14. 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

15. Final Fantasy IV

16. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

17. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!

18. The World Ends with You

19. Professor Layton and the Curious Village

20. Mega Man XZ

21. Pokemon Black/White

22. Photo Dojo

23. Style Savvy

24. New Super Mario Bros

25. The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass

[jackoshadows]

From a recent interview with GRRM:

“The success of the show and the success of other things has injected a lot of other aspects into my life. So sometimes I lay in bed at night and I’m not thinking about…Westeros. I’m thinking about some other problem I’m having, one of the other shows I’m involved with, or a deadline on an anthology I’m editing, or something that’s happening with the non-profit organization that I started. All of these other things are filling my head and that is one of the thing’s that’s delayed me. I really have to get Winds done. I have to put myself on a state where I’m not being distracted by other stuff, and that period of time at night is filled with the voices of Tyrion Lannister and Arya Stark and the other fictional characters who live inside of me.” 

”Now that the show’s over, any stress in that regard is done, but of course, we have five successor shows in various stages of development ... I’m involved with those as well. Game of Thrones, that particular story, may be over on TV, but it’s not over for me–I still have these two more books to write. And there’s other stories in the world of Westeros, which is an entire world, and I’m still deeply involved with those. So believe me, there’s plenty to keep me busy.” 

"I do indeed have millions of people waiting for this book to come out, which is very gratifying…but some of them are extremely impatient and some of them are full of their own ideas about the fates of the various characters. I’m glad they can get so emotionally involved with these characters, but sometimes I yearn for the days when I could just work in quiet obscurity…but those days are gone for me, I’m afraid. This is the reality of my life now."

https://wgnradio.com/2019/10/04/the-chicago-way-w-john-kass-10-04-19-george-r-r-martin-talks-about-got-haunting-his-dreams-finishing-the-ice-fire-series/

Extremely impatient fans? What the everloving fuck? Fans waiting for the ending to the series for 25 years are impatient? Waiting for the next book for 10 years in a series is impatient? Does he realize that the entire TV series started and ended and he has yet to put out one book? That people have been born and graduated and married and had children and have still not got an ending?

At one point I had thought we would at the least get TWoW, but now it’s clear that he’s not writing anymore and we are not even going to get the next book.

As much as D&D are trash writers who could not land the ending, GRRM is half to blame for not even attempting to finish the series after 25 fucking years. It’s clear that he does not know how to get to that vague ending he had in his mind originally and hence is putting off writing.

And that’s why all his words about being traumatized about the show’s writing  rings fake to me. If one is so traumatized and pissed off at how the Ds are mangling one’s story then sit one’s ass down and write one’s own damn story you know?

This is the guy who said that he was going to stop being involved in GOT after season 4 in 2014 to concentrate and focus on writing TWoW.  And now he’s focused on developing the prequel series instead of finishing the original story.... Like who gives a damn about the prequel series after how badly they fucked up the GOT ending?

Recall that in the original trilogy that these books were supposed to be: book one was about the War of the 5 kings, book 2 was about Dany’s invasion of Westeros and book 3 was about the war against the ice zombies in the North. Five books in and we have only now finished the war of the 5K and Dany has not even set out to Westeros yet! That’s how far behind he is. And he expects to finish this story in 2 books!

That’s the sad part about how badly the show ended. I always knew that we would not be getting a book ending from GRRM and was therefore looking for a good finish to the show as the only ending we were going to get. And those asshats in their rush to finish the series and move on to Star Wars dumped a steaming pile of manure on our laps.  And can we really blame them for writing their own fanfiction at the end, considering the writer of this series has lost interest and does not bother to even finish the books before working on other projects.

GRRM’s been swindling fans for years about how he is writing these books. And using this to get people to watch the shows.  And him thinking that he is the American Tolkien and criticizing Tolkien’s characters and plots? Laughable. Finish the books first buddy and then we can see if you measure up.

Until then he’s not even as good as the likes of Jordan and Sanderson who have completed entire fantasy series’ with a proper beginning, middle and end. Jordan wrote 11 huge books in 15 years and dictated notes on his deathbed so that someone else could complete the series and give fans an ending. That’s what dedication looks like and understanding that fans gave so much of their time to this story and that a writer owes it to them to finish. GRRM is only famous right now because of the TV show D&D made. So you are ‘traumatized’ by their writing of your characters? Then maybe finish what you started 25 years ago or just let the fans know that you are no longer interested so that we can move on, instead of grumbling about how impatient we all are.

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Drarry Fic Recs

Heed All Warnings and tags etc. They are in place for a reason. 

 I’ve compiled a small master list of Drarry Fanfiction recommendations - excuse the fact that I only read like 4 authors, all their stuff is just really good and I end up falling down a rabbit hole. Irregardless, I hope you find new fics to indulge in! Every single one of these authors are brilliant and I cannot sing their praises enough. 

Short - Up to 20k

Fine I'll hold my breath / til i forget it's complicated by Teatrolley

10k - E

Summary: Harry and Draco become friends with benefits, and Harry thinks it's more complicated than it actually is

Erosmancy by astolat

11k - M

Summary: Blaise was immune to whatever it was people usually felt around his mother, for which he was profoundly grateful, since no one needed an Oedipal complex on quite that spectacular a scale, but that didn’t mean he didn’t have a thorough respect for her gift.

Newts by astolat

13k - E

Summary: “I’m twenty-eight!” Harry said. “I’ve been an Auror for ten years! You want me to go back to Hogwarts now?"

Notes: Written for prompt #1 by jokerofish: Harry's about to be promoted to the Head of the Auror Department when Zacharias Smith brings up a 235 year old law that states a department head must be a Hogwarts graduate- now Harry has to go back and graduate Hogwarts - unfortunately that means convincing Professor Malfoy to give him something more than D.

Reparatio by astolat

17k - E

Summary: Draco snorted. “I’m not reduced to penury. I want something considerably beyond money, and I rather think you’re the only one can give it to me.”“You want the Invisibility Cloak,” Harry said, flatly. He’d half expected as much; it was the only thing he had that Draco could want—“Don’t be stupid, Potter,” Draco said. “I want my reputation back.”

Medium - 20k - 70k

Here Be Dragons by birdsofshore

21k - E

Summary: Harry doesn’t want to waste his time investigating illegal dragonhide trading, whether it involves a fetish club in Knockturn Alley or visiting a remote island in Wales. Why the bloody hell does Malfoy always have to be up to something?

The Rules of Matchbreaking by PalenDrome (nerdherderette)

22k - E

Summary:

For Prompt #51: When Draco gets fired, he reluctantly agrees to break up a girl’s relationship for her disapproving mother. Through word of mouth, the one-time gig turns him into a professional Matchbreaker, however he winds up falling for one of his clients and must somehow balance his secret job and love life.

[excerpt]: “So who is it? The Curse-breaker and the Veela? The head of the Department of Magical Transportation?” Draco’s eyes lit up. “The Dragon-tamer?” Now that particular Weasley could be fun.“No. It’s Harry,” Hermione said, the name exploding out of her in a rush.Draco blinked, stunned into silence.“Harry,” he said, after he recovered his faculties. “You want me to break up Harry and the Weaselette?!"

The Critiquer by dysonrules

24k - E

Summary: When Harry submits his cock photo to a renowned Cock Critiquer and gets a terrible review, he decides to take a photography class to hopefully improve his skills.

Draco's Proposal by sibamoono

23k - E

Summary: Based off the film "The Proposal" Draco Malfoy has spent years making ammends for his misdeeds as a teenager. However it seems its not enough, as it continues to hinder his career. That is, until Harry Potter pops in unexpectedly.

Wish Upon A Star (as dreamers do) by ICMezzo

27k - R  (You need an ao3 account for this particular fic - but it can also be found on LiveJournal)

Summary: There’s plant magic and celestial magic and dark magic and the normal magic that allows Harry to use a spell to clean his socks when Myrtle’s taken up in his laundry room again. Then there are wishes, and dreams, and love, and those are even more magical still.

The Four Ds of Apparition (or: Destination, Determination, Deliberation, and Dicks) by eidheann and firethesound

36k - E

Summary: After transferring to the Apparition Department, Harry's life becomes one big dick joke. And all his friends are arseholes. So is Malfoy, but what else is new? AKA Harry Potter and the eighteen twenty dicks.

A Convenient Impracticality by firethesound

38k - E

Summary: Somehow Harry ends up agreeing to a fake relationship with his ex-nemesis-turned-friendly-acquaintance-with-benefits, except for some reason it involves an awful lot of actual dating and, sadly, not much sex. Confused? Harry is too, but when has anything with Draco Malfoy ever been as straightforward as it seems?

The vanishing department by dicta_contrion

37k - E

Summary: The things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, even if that involves a lot more form-filling, bickering, covert glancing, miscommunication, and flying furniture than we might expect.

The Boy Who Only Lived Twice by lettered

54k - E

Summary: Harry Potter is an Unspeakable. Draco Malfoy is the wizard who shagged him. Adventure! Intrigue! Secret identities, celebrities, spies! It's all right here, folks.

Naked by bixgirl1

57k - E

Summary: Harry and Draco are sent on an undercover assignment to catch a Dark wizard — which might not be so bad if it weren't at a Muggle nudist resort.Now Draco has to deal with a very interested Harry, temptation he's long-since learned to ignore, and threats around every corner — including the one to his heart.

A Guide to the Morphology of Magic by wendlaa

64k - E

Summary: When Draco Malfoy is hand picked to investigate a string of curses cropping up in Muggle communities in North America, the last person he wanted to be traveling with was Harry Potter. Still, duty calls, and the two set off on an adventure chasing down mysterious curses, sleeping in cramped hotel rooms, and trying to navigate their newly formed post-War selves as they make their way through small towns and long, dark stretches of highway.

You Open Always (petal by petal) by birdsofshore

65k - E

Summary: Harry’s not the kind of person who pays for sex. He really isn’t. Until he is.

Long - Over 70k

Tea and No Sympathy by Who-La-Hoop

70k - E

Summary: It's Potter's fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It's been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco's getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter steps in and ruins it all, just like always. At first, though, the time loop seems liberating. For the first time in his life, he can do anything, say anything, be anything, without consequence. But the more Draco repeats the day, the more he realises the uncomfortable truth: he's falling head over heels for the speccy git. And suddenly, the time loop feels like a trap. For how can he ever get Harry to love him back when time is, quite literally, against him?

Unhook the Stars by jad

70k - E

This is Top!Draco, so if that’s not your thing, maybe skip this one!

Summary: "Love is like a Rubix Cube: there are countless wrong twists and turns, but once you get it right, it's perfect no matter how you look at it." Seventy-thousand words of pornographic discourse between two boys-turned-men that still haven't learned how to communicate like normal people – with words. Guest appearances by Pansy Parkinson, Neville Longbottom, Hermione Granger, Blaise Zabini, Teddy Lupin, Gregory Goyle, the Weird Sisters, ex-wives, several Weasleys, a Boggart, and a Honey Badger.

Headlights In The Snow by Saras_Girl

71k - M

Summary: What’s big and purple and smells like tea? Harry is about to find out.

Reparations by Saras_Girl

87k - E

Summary: Harry is about to discover that the steepest learning curve comes after Healer training, and that second chances can be found in unexpected places.

Azoth by zeitgeistic (faire_weather)

88k - E

Summary: Now that Harry is back at Hogwarts with Hermione for eighth year, he realises that something’s missing from his life, and it either has to do with Ron, his boggart, Snape, or Malfoy. Furthermore, what, exactly, does it mean when one’s life is defined by the desire to simultaneously impress and annoy a portrait? Harry has no idea; he’s too busy trying not to be in love with Malfoy to care.

Balance, Imperfect by bixgirl1

91k - E

Summary: When Harry sustains an injury in the line of work, he no longer knows how to navigate the life he loved, and finds help and solace from the most unexpected source.

Helix by Saras_Girl

92k - E

Summary: Seven months after the end of the war, Harry is feeling lost. Fortunately, he is about to be offered an unexpected and sparkling chance to find himself again.

At Your Service by Faith Wood (faithwood)

95k - E

Summary: Hogwarts students are in danger; Harry is determined to save them all. There's only one thing he knows for certain: Draco Malfoy is somehow involved.

Bloody But Unbowed by Lomonaaeren

100k - E

Summary: Nothing in Harry’s life since the war has gone the way he expected. And now he’s the mediwizard assigned to take care of Lucius Malfoy, of all people. But he’s Harry; he grits his teeth and endures. He won’t allow even Draco Malfoy’s flirting, which he knows is just a joke, to disconcert him.

Starts With A Spin by Maxine

119k - E

Summary: It started with the spin of a bottle, and now Harry and Draco have gotten themselves so far into their own game there's almost no way out again. Except to keep playing.

Level Two: Series one by Ashii Black (ashiiblack), blamebrampton, Catsintheattic, dustmouth, epithalamium, incandescent (lmeden), JosephineStone, leveltwo, nerakrose, raitala, Romaine, Vaysh, Writcraft

113k - E

Summary: Witches and wizards are disappearing in a seemingly random fashion. Coincidence? Abductions? But no one is claiming ransom. The Aurors are not even sure the disappearances are connected, then one of the missing turns up dead. Meanwhile, Auror Harry Potter is thrown into the infamous Sirius Black Muggle murder case from 25 years ago. Given a chance to clear his godfather's name for good, Harry is not above accepting even the help of magical specialist Draco Malfoy.

Written On The Heart by Who-La-Hoop

113k - E

Summary: Harry doesn’t mind that so many Slytherins from his year have returned to finish their NEWTs, really he doesn’t. It’s just – do they have to be so friendly? He’s not prejudiced, really he’s not. It’s just – they’ve got to be up to something, right? Unnerved by the attention he’s attracting from everyone – the Slytherins are the least of it, to be fair – and struggling with a raft of changes to Hogwarts itself, Harry wishes he could be happy that one constant remains: Draco Malfoy really fucking hates him.

When he’s hit by an illegal love-spell though, Harry finds he has more to worry about than whether or not Blaise Zabini actually wants to be his friend. For if everyone affected has been blessed – or cursed, by the look on Malfoy’s face – with a magical tattoo revealing the name of their soulmate, what does it mean that Harry’s skin remains completely bare?

What We Pretend We Can't See by gyzym

131k - E

Summary: Seven years out from the war, Harry learns the hard truth of old history: it’s never quite as far behind you as you thought.

Any Instrument by dicta_contrion

131k - E

Summary: Draco Malfoy wouldn't go back to England for anything less than an exceptional case. Being asked to figure out why Harry Potter can't control his magic might be exceptional enough to qualify.

All Our Secrets Laid Bare by firethesound

149k - E

Summary: Over the six years Draco Malfoy has been an Auror, four of his partners have turned up dead. Harry Potter is assigned as his newest partner to investigate just what is going on.

Mental by sara_holmes

186k - M

Summary: Harry has had quite enough of sharing his mind with someone else, thankyouverymuch. A miscast Legilimecy spell says otherwise.

Turn by Saras_Girl

306k - E

Summary:‌ One good turn always deserves another. Apparently.

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1. Breaking Bad

(2008–2013)

49 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

9,5  9

A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future.

Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt

Votes: 1.139.188

2. Sherlock

(2010– )

88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

9,2  10

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves

Votes: 672.954

3. Avatar: Son Hava Bükücü

(2003–2008)

23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

9,2  Rate

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.

Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Zach Tyler, Mae Whitman, Jack De Sena

Votes: 179.269

4. Kara Ayna

(2011– )

60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

8,9  10

An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech world where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.

Stars: Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen, Michaela Coel, Beatrice Robertson-Jones

Votes: 269.348

5. Tuhaf Seyler

(2016– )

51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

8,9  Rate

When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief, and his friends must confront terrifying forces in order to get him back.

Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour

Votes: 538.354

6. House of Cards

(2013–2018)

51 min | Drama

8,9  9

A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.

Stars: Kevin Spacey, Michel Gill, Robin Wright, Kate Mara

Votes: 416.835

7. The Haunting of Hill House

(2018– )

50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

8,8  Rate

Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.

Stars: Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser

Votes: 84.587

8. Peaky Blinders

(2013– )

60 min | Crime, Drama

8,8  Rate

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England; centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.

Stars: Helen McCrory, Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle

Votes: 164.225

9. Narcos

(2015–2017)

49 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

8,8  7

A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.

Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann

Votes: 273.239

10. Daredevil

(2015–2018)

54 min | Action, Crime, Drama

8,7  Rate

A blind lawyer by day, vigilante by night. Matt Murdock fights the crime of New York as Daredevil.

Stars: Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson

Votes: 314.323

11. Dexter

(2006–2013)

53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,7  Rate

By day, mild-mannered Dexter is a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But at night, he is a serial killer who only targets other murderers.

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar

Votes: 582.566

12. Vikingler

(2013– )

44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

8,6  Rate

Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore - and raid - the distant shores across the ocean.

Stars: Gustaf Skarsgård, Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Ludwig, Travis Fimmel

Votes: 313.556

13. Suits

(2011– )

44 min | Comedy, Drama

8,6  Rate

On the run from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant college dropout, finds himself a job working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City's best lawyers.

Stars: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty

Votes: 314.575

14. La casa de papel

(2017– )

15+ | 70 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

8,6  Rate

A group of very peculiar robbers assault the Factory of Moneda and Timbre to carry out the most perfect robbery in the history of Spain and take home 2.4 billion euros.

Stars: Úrsula Corberó, Itziar Ituño, Álvaro Morte, Alba Flores

Votes: 104.577

15. The Punisher

(2017– )

53 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

8,6  Rate

After the murder of his family, Marine veteran Frank Castle becomes the vigilante known as "The Punisher," with only one goal in mind: to avenge them.

Stars: Jon Bernthal, Amber Rose Revah, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ben Barnes

Votes: 118.094

16. Mindhunter

(2017– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8,6  Rate

Set in the late 1970s, two FBI agents are tasked with interviewing serial killers to solve open cases.

Stars: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross

Votes: 104.505

17. Dark

(2017– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,6  Rate

A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town, where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.

Stars: Oliver Masucci, Karoline Eichhorn, Jördis Triebel, Louis Hofmann

Votes: 87.320

18. Line of Duty

(2012– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,6  Rate

DS Steve Arnott is transferred to the police anti-corruption unit after the death of a man in a mistaken shooting during a counter-terrorist operation.

Stars: Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson

Votes: 14.922

19. Luther

(2010–2019)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,5  Rate

DCI John Luther is a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.

Stars: Idris Elba, Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley, Warren Brown

Votes: 95.648

20. Happy Valley

(2014– )

58 min | Crime, Drama

8,5  Rate

Catherine Cawood is the sergeant on duty when flustered and nervous accountant Kevin Weatherill comes into her West Yorkshire station to report a crime.

Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, Shane Zaza, Charlie Murphy

Votes: 25.355

21. Ozark

(2017– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8,4  Rate

A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.

Stars: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Julia Garner, Sofia Hublitz

Votes: 92.715

22. The Expanse

(2015– )

60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

8,4  Rate

A police detective in the asteroid belt, the first officer of an interplanetary ice freighter and an earth-bound United Nations executive slowly discover a vast conspiracy that threatens the Earth's rebellious colony on the asteroid belt.

Stars: Steven Strait, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham

Votes: 62.249

23. The Last Kingdom

(2015– )

60 min | Action, Drama, History

8,3  Rate

The year is 872, and many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Danes, leaving the great kingdom of Wessex standing alone and defiant under the... See full summary »

Stars: Alexander Dreymon, Ian Hart, David Dawson, Eliza Butterworth

Votes: 44.430

24. Hakan: Muhafiz

(2018– )

15+ | 40 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

8,3  7

Given mystical powers by a talismanic keepsake, a young man embarks on a quest to fight shadowy forces and solve a mystery from his past.

Stars: Çagatay Ulusoy, Ayça Aysin Turan, Hazar Ergüçlü, Okan Yalabik

Votes: 8.569

25. Broadchurch

(2013–2017)

48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,3  Rate

The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

Stars: David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan

Votes: 68.712

26. Bodyguard

(2018– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8,2  Rate

A contemporary thriller featuring the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service.

Stars: Richard Madden, Sophie Rundle, Vincent Franklin, Ash Tandon

Votes: 38.592

27. Manhunt: Unabomber

(2017– )

60 min | Crime, Drama

8,2  Rate

An in-depth look at how an FBI profiler helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.

Stars: Sam Worthington, Jeremy Bobb, Ben Weber, Chris Noth

Votes: 30.959

28. The Blacklist

(2013– )

43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,1  Rate

A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.

Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 147.930

29. Jessica Jones

(2015– )

56 min | Action, Crime, Drama

8,1  Rate

Following the tragic end of her brief superhero career, Jessica Jones tries to rebuild her life as a private investigator, dealing with cases involving people with remarkable abilities in New York City.

Stars: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, Carrie-Anne Moss

Votes: 165.189

30. River

(2015)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,1  Rate

John River is a brilliant police inspector whose genius lies side-by-side with the fragility of his mind. He is a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest.

Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Nicola Walker, Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan

Votes: 14.985

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1. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? michael, but for simplicity’s sake since i already know a michael or two i also answer to the name of loser 2. WHAT IS YOUR REAL NAME? michael rory kerney 3. DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU WERE CALLED THAT? because i and my parents both like that name 4. ARE YOU SINGLE OR TAKEN? taken 5. HAVE ANY ABILITIES OR POWERS? uh no, i’m like a normal kid. i’m good at math though if that counts?? i think that should count 6. STOP BEING A MARY SUE/GARY STU. don’t tell me what to do :/ 7. WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOR? blue 8. HOW ABOUT YOUR HAIR COLOR? brown 9. HAVE YOU ANY FAMILY MEMBERS? i live with my mom and dad 10. OH? WHAT ABOUT PETS? i have 2 turtles named Scully and Mulder, and an old fat cat named Meatball 11. THAT’S COOL I GUESS, NOW TELL ME ABOUT SOMETHING YOU DON’T LIKE. i don't like that this question sounds so disinterested in response to the previous one. respect my turtles asshole!! 12. DO YOU HAVE ANY HOBBIES/ACTIVITIES YOU LIKE DOING? i like collecting things! comic books, dnd dice sets, gameboy and ds games, wasn't planned but i kind of started collecting star wars stuff just ‘cause my parents always get me so much star wars shit since it reminds them of me. 13. EVER HURT ANYONE BEFORE? i’ve hurt people’s feelings i guess, but i never like, smacked the shit out of them or anything, no 14. EVER… KILLED ANYONE BEFORE? no 15. WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL ARE YOU? i’m not but if i were i’d be a cat even though meatball is the worst example of a cat i know 16. NAME YOUR WORST HABITS. 17. DO YOU LOOK UP TO ANYONE AT ALL? my parents 18. GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL? bisexual 19. DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL? not right now 20. DO YOU EVER WANT TO MARRY AND HAVE KIDS ONE DAY? maybe someday 21. DO YOU HAVE ANY FANBOYS/FANGIRLS? i’m getting pretty popular with the other kids these days, so yeah?? i guess?? pretty much everyone thinks i’m hot and they’re right 22. WHAT ARE YOU MOST AFRAID OF? 23. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY WEAR? my favorite outfit is this super comfy captain america logo shirt i have which i almost always wear with a red plaid shirt on top 24. DO YOU LOVE SOMEONE? maybe 25. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WET YOURSELF? i stopped doing that when i was potty trained 26. WHAT CLASS ARE YOU? (HIGH CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS, LOW CLASS) middle 27. HOW MANY FRIENDS DO YOU HAVE? probably around 20 28. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON PIE? pie is good!! i like lemon meringue the most 29. FAVORITE DRINK? orange juice 30. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE? my room 31. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SOMEONE? yes 32. WHAT’S YOUR BRA CUP SIZE AND/OR HOW BIG IS YOUR WILLY? big enough ;) 33. WOULD YOU RATHER SWIM IN THE LAKE OR THE OCEAN? lake. the ocean scares me a little and i’ve only ever been in a swimming pool 34. WHAT’S YOUR TYPE? i kind of like soft sensitive creative types i guess? artists are sexy 35. ANY FETISHES? not that i can think of. kinks, yes. fetishes, no. 36. TOP OR BOTTOM? DOMINANT OR SUBMISSIVE? this is vers/switch erasure 37. CAMPING OR INDOORS? indoors. camping never appeals to me as something i would enjoy except for the first 2 minutes when it's exciting 38. ARE YOU WANTING THE QUIZ TO END? yes, not that it's not fun but i’ve got other things to do

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🏐🏐🏐🏐Funny Volleyball Team Names

1. Hit For Brains – Definitely not the smartest team out there.

2. Size Matters – Only if you’re short... or small, even.

3. Beavis and Bumphead – After Beavis and Butthead.

4. Ball Busters – The ball won’t be the same shape after playing this team.

5. Phantom Balls – Now you see them, now you don’t.

6. Setsaholics Anonymous – They’re going to sets you up.

7. Block Magic – After the South Park episode Cock Magic.

8. ACME Roofing – There won’t be a roof for long when you play this team.

9. Balls In Your Face – That’s got to be painful.

10. Safe Sets – How sets should be.

11. Practice Safe Sets – Practice every

day.

12. Where’s My Beaches At? – At the

beach?

13. How I Set Your Mother – Do tell.

14. The Dirty Half Dozen – Nice and filthy.

15. Hit Head – Why score points when you

can reduce your rivals’ brain cells?

16. Sand Eaters – They have a habit of

falling over.

17. Donald Bump – Bumping away

ignorantly of the rest of the world.

18. Nine Inch Males – So small?

19. Heads In The Sand – Stay away from

danger!

20. Good Volley Ms. Molly – Why thank

you!

21. Clever Beaches – Get ready to be

outsmarted.

22. Sand In The Vaseline – I’m sure

they’re having a great time at the

beach.

23. The Fighting Amish – Playing the old-

fashioned way.

24. Ball Bangers – Hitting balls a little too

hard.

25. Bros And Hoes – For a mixed team.

26. Public Sets Offenders – They’re not

allowed near certain places.

27. The Blair Hits Project – Getting

beaten by them is like a horror movie.

28. Ball Whisperers – They’ll get that ball

to go anywhere they want.

29. Setsy Time – After Borat’s

catchphrase.

30. Natural Disasters – It’s totally normal

for this team to lose.

31. Kinky Sets – The best kind of sets.

32. Men In Speedos – They make

everyone at the beach feel awkward.

33. Net Servers – For a techie crowd.

34. Touch And Go – Win some, lose some.

35. Caution! Low Roof! – About to leap

into space!

36. Wild Sets – These guys are passionate

about sets.

37. This Won’t Take Long – Beating their

rivals in seconds... or are they the ones

who get beaten?

38. The Joy Of Sets – Gotta love good

sets.

39. Set ‘Em Hussein – After Saddam

Hussein.

40. Spike Me Hard, Baby – It’s the only

way it should be done.

41. Setting Ducks – They have no idea

what they’re doing here.

42. Will Work For Sets – Nothing wrong

with that.

43. We Need Sets – We all do!

44. Hits Don’t Lie – After My Hips Don’t

Lie by Shakira.

45. Kiss My Ace – With pleasure.

46. Thongs And Dongs – Another perfect

name for a mixed team.

47. All Net – A team with no chance of

scoring.

48. The Blazing Sunburns – You’ll spot

this team a mile away.

49. Team Ibuprofen – They may be a little

sickly.

50. A Case Of The Hits – The only illness

that’s guaranteed to help you win.

51. Chicks With Digs – Why can’t chicks

have digs?

52. Trump’s Wall – Non–existent then?

53. Sonova Beach – Say it fast...

54. Sets With A Stranger – Players, 100%.

55. I’ve Seen Better Digging In A

Graveyard – Ouch!

56. Sand Castles – They might get a little

distracted.

57. We Showed Up – To what? To lose?

58. Chewblocka – After Chewbacca from

Star Wars.

59. Itsy Bitsy Spikers – Too cute to be

taken seriously.

60. Drunk, Stupid and Clumsy – And

honest.

61. Spiky Nips – For a girls’ team that’s got

that perfect spike.

62. Full Of Hits – They talk a lot of crap.

63. The Powerpuff Girls – Great for a girl

team made of three.

64. Setsy And We Know It – And so does

everyone else.

65. Unprotected Sets – Not advisable.

66. Big Swinging Ds And Ts – Another

name for a mixed team.

67. Go Sets Yourself – Just not on the

beach.

68. Johan Sebastian Block – Composing

a win!

69. Scared Hitless – Is what the other

team will be!

70. Death Volley – Wordplay on Death

Valley.

71. Hit And Miss – Haven’t quite got the

hang of this game yet have you guys?

72. 2 Legit 2 Hit – Well at least you have a

reason...

73. One Hit Wonders – Will score and it

will be amazing, but only once.

74. We Like Big Balls – Big balls are more

fun.

75. You’ve Been Served – Will be in court

right after this game.

76. We Dig 4-Play – Looking for another

team that also enjoys a bit of 4-play.

77. Vertically Challenged – For a team of

shorties.

78. Salad Tossers – Good at throwing

things around.

79. Sand Slingers – Why play fairly and

lose when you could play dirty and win?

80. Not In The Face! – These team will

definitely get hit hard in the face.

81. Setsy Ladies – All the guys on the

beach are looking at them.

82. Bumping Uglies – Not the most

handsome team in the world.

83. Interracial Sets – For a team made up

of people of different racial

backgrounds.

84. Here For The Exercise – Not the most

athletic team.

85. That’s What She Sets – Wordplay on

the phrase ‘that’s what she said’.

86. Smack Your Balls – Painful.

87. Butt Sets – Kinky.

88. If Pigs Could Fly – A team of fat guys

who can jump amazingly high for their

size.

89. Wild Wings – Wordplay on the song

Wild Thing by The Troggs.

90. Sets On The Beach – A dream come

true.

91. Sloppy Sets – They need a bit of

practice.

92. Just The Tip – They’re gentle.

93. Ain’t That A Beach – It certainly is.

94. Six Packs – Great stomachs or a pack

of six beers?

95. Court Jesters – More interested in

making the audience laugh than

winning.

96. Couch Potatoes – They really get this

much exercise.

97. Sets Pistols – After the band The Sex

Pistols.

98. We’re All HIV Positive – And proud.

99. Blue Balls – You guys all need to get to

a doctor immediately.

100. Red Hot Silly Peppers – Another

bunch of comedians.

Cool Volleyball Team Names

A cool team deserves a cool name, the following are cool volleyball team names you can call your team.

101. The Tidal Waves – Invading the entire beach.

102. SWAT Team – Swatting that ball out of the way.

103. Score More – Than the other team.

104. Mission Unblockable – No ball gets

past them.

105. Cobra Kai – After the martial arts team

in The Karate Kid.

106. Atomic Block – Blasting that ball away!

107. Shaken, Not Stirred – Just like 007.

108. We Always Get Up – When this team

gets knocked down, they’re quick to get

back on their feet.

109. Big Digs And Hot Passes – You know

what to expect.

110. Arm And Hammer – For a tough team.

111. In Your Face – Winning and damn proud.

112. Bump It Up – That ball will never touch the ground.

113. Net Domination – The other team will never even get it past the net.

114. Soaring At The Net – Where they play best.

115. Air Force One – After the US presidents private jet.

116. In Motion – They can’t stop moving.

117. On Your Knees – The other team will

be...

118. That Hurt? – It probably did if it came

from this team.

119. Spin Doctors – They always think

they’re winning, even when they’re not.

120. On Fire – Just unstoppable.

121. Spider Chicks – They can reach

anything.

122. Net Results – Scoring at the net.

123. Killer Serves – The other team will be

flabbergasted.

124. Sabretooth Spikers – Aggressive

spikes, to say the least.

125. Pure Energy – The other team won’t

know where you get it from.

126. Attack Pack – They play like animals.

127. Hanging Loose – The most relaxed

volleyball team you’ll ever meet.

128. Prime Time Players – A team that’s

playing in its prime.

129. Gung-Ho – Ready for just about

anything.

130. Block Or Bleed – The other team will

be too afraid to do anything.

131. Bump, Set, Dismember – After they

beat you, they’ll cut you up.

132. Hit Me – If you dare.

133. Lightning Strike – When they hit that

ball they light up the sky.

134. Planet Volleywood – So good they

should be famous.

135. It’s Gotta Be Da Shoes – Nope, they

just play amazingly.

136. Now Serving – So get ready to lose.

137. Bumping Maniacs – Addicted to

bumping.

138. Elite Volleyball – The absolute best.

139. Set To Kill – The other team.

140. Sonic Boom – You can hear them

hitting that ball from space.

141. I’d Hit That – You really should.

142. Death At The Net – There isn’t a worse

way to die.

143. The Wall – No balls get past them.

144. Volley Girls – Girls who own this game.

145. The Lost Boys – Unruly savages.

146. Extreme Volleyball – Volleyball isn’t

supposed to be a leisurely sport, it

should be hardcore.

147. EZ Pass – Making the other team look

like amateurs.

148. That’s Some Serve – You bet it is!

149. Sand People – After the fictional

characters in Star Wars.

150. Hit-men – Hired to assassinate the

other team.

151. See Ya – Wouldn’t wanna be ya!

152. Block You Like A Hurricane – After

the song “Rock You like a Hurricane” by

The Scorpions.

153. Game On ��� Yeah, winning is great, but

these guys just love playing.

154. Court Hogs – Loving the game so

much, they won’t let anyone else on the

court.

155. Volley Vipers – They’ve got a bite

that’ll kill.

156. High–Performance Volleyball – Don’t

even think about playing this team

unless you’re in the same league.

157. Air Traffic Control – Spectators can be

forgiven for thinking that ball was a

plane.

158. Speedy Spikers – Fast and very spiky.

159. Flight Fight – Known to hit balls in mid-

air.

160. Team World Class – Should really be

playing in the Olympics.

161. Net Ninjas – Assassinating that ball

whenever it gets to the net.

162. Net Assets – They’re owning the

game.

163. White Lightning – Striking out the

other team.

164. The Challengers – They make the

other team want to play better.

165. Volleyball Above All – It is a way of

life.

166. All Set At The Net – Can’t pass this

defense.

167. It’s A Hard Bump Life – It is.

168. The WildCats – The most vicious team

you’ll play against.

169. Vision Quest – Playing to reach a

higher power.

170. Monster Spikes – Those are some mean spikes

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Gaming Meme

Thank you @aki888 for the tag!

Not sure who hasn’t done this yet... so please feel free to tag yourself in if you’d like to play! 

1. Favourite game from the last 5 years?

Hahahahaha... Star Wars the Old Republic.

2. Most nostalgic game?

It’s a tie between Final Fantasy 6 and Secret of Monkey Island

3. Game that deserves a sequel?

Oh... I don’t know. A lot of games I wound up really enjoying and getting into were part of a series.  

4. Game that deserves a remaster?

Um, Final Fantasy 6 deserves a real 3D remastering in 3D like Final Fantasy 7 et all got. I mean, I know why it didn’t, but that story, those characters, and that world deserve the royal treatment in my opinion.

5. Favorite game series?

Monkey Island, Final Fantasy, Sims, and it looks like SWTOR/Bioware games go in there. (I refuse to choose!)

6. Favorite genre?

RPG, Action/Platformers, and adventure/puzzle type games. Mostly anything character based where you can get sucked into another world and really get attached to the cast.

7. Least favorite genre?

First person shooters

8. Favorite song from a game?

Terra/the title theme from Final Fantasy 6. It has so much emotion and just evokes adventure, mystery, and longing to me. It also has some amazing remixes.  

9. Favorite character from a game?

This always change on when you ask me, but right now? I’m so stupidly in love with Theron Shan from SWTOR. Not even sorry, I love my Disaster Spy Princess.

10. Favorite ship from a game?

Theron Shan x Jedi Knight. Just... I have so many feelings about these two idiots. I love them so much.

11. Favorite voice actor from a game?

Troy Baker, Kari Wahlgren, Laura Bailey 

12. Favorite cutscene?

y u maek me pick? Ohhh... okay, if I have to pick just one, I think right now my favorite is the last cutscene in Rishi, because it was the first time I had seen my favorite two idiots genuinely smile and be happy in the game. I have so many other moments I love, but right now that’s probably my favorite. (And I don’t even have pictures of it.

13. Favorite boss?

...I’m trying to think of non-SWTOR answers here, but that’s where my brain is at. I think for boss fights, one of the ones I find most fun is the Malgus fight in the False Emperor storyline. While it can be a little frustrating, I like the fact that it has this little hero moment built in for each member of the party. Just kind of a cool thing that really draws you in.

14. First console?

Atari somethingsomething. My brother hogged it so I didn’t get to play it much.

15. Current console or consoles?

PC, PS3, PS2, Wii, PSP, and I have a Nintendo DS somewhere. 

16. Console you want?

I’m kind of happy with my PC? But I’ll probably have PS4 envy at some point when they inevitably publish a game I can only play there.

17. Place from a game that you’d like to visit?

Tython and Odeseen. I love the forested mountaintops. 

18. Place from a game that you’d like to live in?

Maybe Inaba from Persona 4. Other than the kidnapping and murder, it seems like a nice quiet town, if a little boring. And I’d live at that tofu shop.

19. Ridiculous crossover that would never happen but would be super fun?

Final Fantasy and Disney. lololol like that would ever happen! Can you imagine Mickey Mouse and Cloud Strife meeting up to do battle with Sephiroth? RIDICULOUS AMIRITE?

20. Book that would make a good game?

The Kingskiller Chronicles seems like it would be fun! 

21. Show/Movie that would make a good game?

A serious HIghlander game would actually be quite fun. Sword combat, immortality so you heal up between battles, lots of lightning and pyrotechnics. That crazy NeoGeo game based on the animated series almost no one remembers doesn’t count. Although I’m sure they had a NES game or something too.

22. Games you want to play?

The list is too long, and my Steam library is getting out of control. About half the time I wind up watching the cutscenes or a Let’s Play on YouTube and call it a day. Although I might pick up Quest for Glory or King’s Quest because I’ve had a lot of fun watching Paw Dugan play them and other adventure games. 

23. Have you gotten 100% completion in a game?

Probably not. I get distracted easily.

24. Have you cried over a game?

Yes. *glares at every favorite for their heartwrenching scenes*

25. What power-up or ability would you want IRL?

Just let me teleport so I can be lazy and not have to sit in traffic every day, plz

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From 1 to 30, please :D

You’re a cheeky one, aren’t ya?

1: Do you try to stay away from walkthroughs?

Usually. I try to avoid them unless I’m absolutely stuck in a situation. Even when I do watch them, I will only watch to where I am in the game.

2: Company you're always loyal to?

Nintendo.

3: Best game you've ever played?

Battlefront II for the PlayStation 2. I have so many great memories with that game (e.g. 128-85).

4: Worst game you've ever played?

Squeeballs Party DS. The single most boring game I’ve ever played.

5: A popular series/game you just can't get into no matter how much you try?

Legend of Zelda. I have a surprising amount of Zelda merch, love the characters in Smash Bros and even tried playing Wind Waker HD, but it never caught on.

6: A game that's changed you the most?

Pokemon.

7: A game you'll never forget?

The Mario Kart series, namely Wii. It was one of the first games I got once I had the Wii U and I was the best player I knew by a large margin. In fact: my records from Nintendo WFC indicate a VR of 6299 and a win-loss ratio of 768:549.

8: Best soundtrack?

Smash Bros aside (too obvious), I’m going with Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island (ex. A: Fetid Forest; ex. B: Final Battle).

9: A game you turn your volume off every time you play it?

Most games if I’m out in public. I’ll also turn down the volume whenever I’m breeding and/or randomly Wonder Trading.

10: A game you've completely given up on?

I’m afraid there have been a lot. Super Mario Sunshine, Disney Infinity, Yoshi’s New Island, and Shovel Knight all come to mind.

11: Hardest game you've played?

Pokemon Ultra Sun was really difficult (mainly because I tried to speed through and so didn’t get many Rotom boosts), but Tak and the Great Juju Challenge has an unforgiving difficulty curve right at the end.

12: Shortest time you've beaten a game in?

I think I beat Sun in one weekend.

13: A game you were the most excited for when it wasn't released yet?

Back when Pokemon X and Y were new, I had no idea what the series was and it looked interesting. I was also really excited for EA’s Battlefront revival, but then...

14: A game you think would be cool if it had voice acting?

Pokemon, I guess. I’m thinking something like Colosseum's or XD’s story mode and giving voice acting to the cutscenes.

15: Which two games do you think would make an awesome crossover?

Legend of Zelda and the Lego games. If nothing else, I want to see a dungeon/castle with Lego-inspired puzzles in a Zelda game.

16: Character you've hated most? From what game?

I’ve bashed on Swellow enough, so I’m going to give it a break (don’t get used to it). Instead, I’m gonna bash PM!Crazy Hand. I went into the fight with five stocks and I lost them all so I couldn’t fight him again. Project M permanently crashed after this and I had to wipe the SD card. I never got my revenge and fighting SSB4!Crazy Hand just isn’t the same.

17: What game do you never tell people you play?

Tank Tank Tank. It’s a fun game to play with my cousins, but I’ve never introduced to anyone else (nor have I played the story mode).

18: A game you wish your friends knew about?

None come to mind.

19: Which game do you think deserves a revival?

The Tak and the Power of Juju series, easily. The games should not have to suffer because of a crappy TV show.

20: What was the first video game you ever played?

My first video game device was a Nicktoons Plug-n-Play by Jakks-Pacific. My first “real” video game was Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island.

21: How old were you when you first played a video game?

I think I was 6 or 7.

22: If you could immerse yourself in any game for one day, which game would it be? What would you do?

Try to intern at one of the villain teams in Pokemon. Team Skull is the first one that comes to mind, but several of them look interesting.

23: Biggest disappointment you've had in gaming?

The entirety of my playthrough of Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Let’s just say that Phasma crashing my game multiple times during her boss fight was one of the more entertaining moments of my run.

24: Casual, Hardcore, or in the middle?

Definitely in the middle.

25: Be honest; have you ever used cheats (like ActionReplay or Gameshark)?

I have. I often use things like Powersaves to fine-tune things, but gone are the days where I would gen Pokemon left and right. I’m also open about using mods on my Smash Bros games (may try to get Project M again, but sadly my SSB4 mods are gone for the foreseeable future).

26: Handheld or console?

Handheld if I’m alone, console if I have a party.

27: Has there ever been a moment that has made you cry?

Not in a game, but in the Zoroark movie, the interactions between Zoroark and Zorua made me cry a bit (shut up, I was 14). Because of this, Zoroark was my favorite Pokemon for a period of time.

28: Which character's clothes do you wish you owned the most?

I’m gonna say Twilight Princess!Ganondorf’s wardrobe and whatever Silver uses to style his hair (minus the dye).

29: Which is more important, gameplay or story?

Really depends on the series. For example, gameplay’s all I care about in a Mario game but story’s very important to me in Pokemon.

30: A game that hasn't been localized in your country that you think should be localized?

Just for shits and giggles, Captain Rainbow.

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SO MANY QUESTIONS

Rules: answer all questions (that you can), add one question of your own and then tag as many people as there are questions (yeaaaaaaah, not gonna do that)

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I was tagged by @1stlieutenant-riza-hawkeye Thank you!

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1. coke or pepsi: Either, tbh

2. disney or dreamworks: I like SOME Disney films (mostly Pixar) and Disney is (in my opinion) way too overrated. I absolutely love Dreamworks because they blessed us with Kung Fu Panda, which I one of my all-time favourite films

3. coffe or tea: Tea! (so stereotypically British)

4. books or movies: Both. Just both. I love both too much

5. windows or mac: Windows. Hate Mac

6. dc or marvel: Marvel

7. x-box or playstation: … Neither, but I’ll just pretend Nintendo was an option. I grew up with Pokemon and Mario (getting my first DS and Pokemon Pearl for my seventh Christmas- the year Pearl came out)

8. dragon age or mass effect: Neither. I’ve never played those kind of games

9. night owl or early riser: Night owl

10. Cards or chess: Cards. I like pontoon

11. chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate

12. vans or converse: Converse. I’ve never owned a pair of Vans

13. avellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar: The who, the what, the when, the where, the why?

14. fluff or angst: BOTH SLAY ME. I’LL TAKE EITHER ANY DAY

15. beach or forest: Both again. But only forest if it’s sunny, and beach if it’s abroad (like Spain)

16. dogs or cats: Cats, because dogs are too jumpy. Although, I have a Miniature Schnauzer and I love her to bits

17. clear skies or rain: Clear sky. It feels so much better than rain

18. cooking or eating out: Eating out. The food is always better

19. spicy food or mild food: Mild, because I can’t stomach anything hotter than chilli Doritos

20. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas: Christmas, although I’m not much of a large celebration fan. I don’t see the hype over Halloween either :/

21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: This always bothers me. I prefer to be cold so then I can wrap myself in warm blankets and have cups of tea. So I’ll go with a little too cold

22. if you could have a superpower, what would it be: Shapeshifting, like Tonks in Harry Potter

23. animation or live action: Both. Definitely.

24. paragon or renegade: ????????????

25. baths or showers: Baths, but I always spend too long in them

26. team cap or team ironman: Iron Man, because RDJ is my spirit animal

27. fantasy or sci-fi: Fantasy

28. do you have three or four favorite quotes, if so what are they: (not in order)

I have way too many, but my favourites follow: * “Never doubt your significance in the eyes of history”- FMA * “We’re only as good as the promises we keep”- Fargo (TV show) * “When I, who am called weapon or monster, fight a real monster then I can realise that I’m just human”- FMA * “Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will”- the poem Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson

29. youtube or netflix: I don’t own Netflix unlike everybody else I know, and I kind of grew up with YouTube watching LPers like Chuggaaconroy (my absolute fave) and Marriland (also my fave)

30. harry potter or percy jackson: Harry Potter!!!!

31. when you feel accomplished: I don’t usually get this feeling

32. star wars or star trek: Neither. Not my bag.

33. paperback books or hardback books: Both again! I hate it when people hate on hardbacks :(

34. to live in a world without literature or without music?: I’d rather die along with the both of them

35. who was the last person to make you laugh?: My magnificent and hilarious grandma. I love her so.

36. sour or sweet candy: Sweet

37. dawn or dusk: Dusk (gotta love those sunsets)

38. piercings or tattoos: Either. I’d love to get a tattoo and I already have my ears pierced

39. girls? HOT?????: Most are and most slay, but not me. I’m a potato who tries her best and never succeeds *thumbs up*

40. snow or fog: Either, but fog brings back the haunting memories of my Belgium/France battlefields trip last October

41. do you sleep facing the wall or the room? My bed is in the middle of the room, but I face the window (laying on my leg side)

42. TRC or AFTG: dafuq??

43. horror or drama: Drama. I’d rather gouge out my eyes than watch a horror movie

44. ocarina of time or majora’s mask?: Haven’t played either. But I’ve watched a few Let’s Plays on both.

45. would you rather live in an area of more nature or city?: nature. Where I live is more nature-y but is in the town.

46. what’s your addiction right now?: Anything that includes the words ‘Royai’ and 'fic’. I just can’t live without thinking about them all day every day. Somebody give me more Royai fics??? I’ll give you cookies???

47. what languages can you speak?: English, and broken Welsh, German, Spanish, and French

48. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?: America, Belgium, or Japan

49. sun or moon?: Either. I don’t like too much sunlight and the moon ain’t bright enough

50. potato bread or banana bread?: What the hell is potato bread?? And I’ve never tried banana bread

51. are horses good?: Very good. Very helpful. Very beautiful.

52. Edward Elric or Alphonse Elric?: This is like asking whether I prefer to keep my arms or my legs (sorry FMA fans, reference not intended), but if I had to choose I’d say Edward

53. Logan or Deadpool?: Logan bae. Love a bit of Hugh Jackman

54. Pokémon or Digimon?: POKEMON. IT’S LITERALLY MY CHILDHOOD SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD. I was brought up with Diamond and Pearl, but HeartGold and SoulSilver are my favourites!

55. One-shots or lengthy fics?

I tag (and I have no clue who has done this before, so sorry in advance): @ificecanburn @queenxolivier @purplemaple-xoxo @serendipitous-fate @psycho-alchemist @the-alexandrian-alchemist @didsomeonesayroyai @rizaandthehawkeyes @toomuchfreetyme2 @lovesfma @fightforwhatubelievein @lonepiper5758 @icameheretowinry @ishvallas @tea-withjamandbread

[kindimbrunnen]

1. Coke or Pepsi: coke

2. Disney or Dreamworks: Disney

3. Coffee or Tea: tea

4. Books or Movies: movies

5. Windows or Mac: windows

6. DC or Marvel: marvel

7. Xbox or Playstation: nintendo DS lmao

8. Dragon Age or Mass Effect: mass effect but only bc my friends play it

9. Night Owl or Early Rise: since my allergies kicked in again: early rise

10. Cards or Chess: cards

11. Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate

12. Vans or Converse: neither lmao

13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash or Adaar: ???

14. Fluff or Angst:

15. Beach or Forest: beach

16. Dogs or Cats: both!!

17. Clear Skies or Rain: depends on whether i’m at home or outside

18. Cooking or Eating Out: eating out

19. Spicy Food or Mild Food: Spicy

20. Halloween/Samhain or Solstice/Yule/Christmas: Halloween all the fucking way!

21. Would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: a little too hot i hate freezing

22. If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: manipulating time

23. Animation or Live Action: depends

24. Paragon or Renegade:

25. Baths or Showers: showers, think of the environment my friends

26. Team Cap or Team Iron Man: Team Cap, I’m sorry

27. Fantasy or Sci-Fi: both

28. Do you have three or four favourite quotes? If so, what are they? I only have one:

Helena Bonham Carter “ There is no normality in life”

29. YouTube or Netflix: both

30. Harry Potter or Percy Jackson: Harry Potter

31. When You Feel Accomplished: after receiving good grades

32. Star Wars or Star Trek: haven’t seen both

33. Paperback Books or Hardback Book: hardback book

34. Handwriting or Typing: handwriting

35. Velvet or Satin: velvet

36. Video Games or Movies: movies

37. Would you rather be the dragon or own the dragon? own a dragon

38. Sunrise or sunset: sunset

39. What’s your favourite song? atm Spotlight by RuPaul

40. Horror Movies yes or no: nah

41. Long hair or short hair: short hair

42. Opera or Theatre: theatre

43. Assuming the multiverse theory is true and every story ever told has really happened somewhere, which one of the movie/book/tv show/game/etc worlds would you pick to travel to first?: Hogwarts

44: If you had to eat only one thing for the rest of your life what would it be?:

45: Older guys or young guys/girls?: older

46: If you could erase any show from TV history, what would it be?: how i met your mother

47: Singing or dancing: i love both

48: Instagram or Twitter: Twitter!!!!

49: What is your favorite country and why?: spain, it’s so different from germany and you can literally experience so many different landscapes there. and i love the language

50: Who’s your role model?: bianca del rio, a queen for the people

51: What’s your favourite album of all time?: victim to villain by new years day

52: What is something that you’re super proud of?:

53: If you could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would it be?: bianca del rio, sasha velour, ash costello and helena bonham carter

54. Who’s your favorite poet?: 

55. Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple?: idk

56. If you could start your life over, what would you have changed?: i wouldn’t trust certain people

57.If a genie granted you 3 wishes right now, what would you wish for? the perfect job for me, endless makeup and peace within my family

58: Your favourite fruit? peach

59: What band/artist from a genre you normally don’t like do you love nonetheless? eminem

60. What is your favourite movie of all time? Big Hero 6

+ 61. What’s your guilty pleasure? youtube poop lmao

thanks @americanpsychoaf ly

[a-moon-child-28]

The challenge game...

Challenge Game... Rules: Answer all questions, add one question of your own and tag people you want to do it but whoever wants to do this feel free :):) I don't remember who tagged me but I searched forever to find this again :):)... 1. Coke or Pepsi: If I have to Coke but I'm more of a creamy soda drinker lol
2. Disney or Dreamworks: Disney! Mainly for Mulan 
3. Coffee or Tea: Tea, coffee gives me the jitters
4. Books or Movies: books, but I love movies too 
5. Windows or Mac: Mac
6. DC or Marvel: Marvel, although I love Aquaman(the original comics not the new movie)
7. Xbox or Playstation: PlayStation 1 lol I game on the laptop mainly or my Nintendo DS
8. Dragon Age or Mass Effect: Dragon age.
9. Night Owl or Early Rise: Early Rise only since this year all the years before I was a massive night owl 
10. Cards or Chess: Chess but I'm super shit at it lol
11. Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate unless you mean French vanilla 
12. Vans or Converse: Vans ! But I love converse too!! 
13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash or Adaar: Lavellan
14. Fluff or Angst: To write, Fluff. To read, Angst.
15. Beach or Forest: Forest for sure
16. Dogs or Cats: Cats although I have a dog but she acts like a cat, it's barking inside dogs that's made me lean more towards cats tbh
17. Clear Skies or Rain: Rain if I'm inside 
18. Cooking or Eating Out: Cooking, eating out as a vegan is shit -_-
19. Spicy Food or Mild Food: Mild
20. Halloween/Samhain or Solstice/Yule/Christmas: Christmas ^-^ 21. Would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: Too Cold! I hate being hot it always makes me a miserable bitch.
22. If you could have a superpower, what would it be? I'd usually pick talk to animals but I don't think they'd really have that much to say lol so I'd go with healing powers.
23. Animation or Live Action: live action but not animated turned into live action they're usually always shit 
24. Paragon or Renegade: Paragon
25. Baths or Showers: Showers
26. Team Cap or Team Iron Man: Team Cap sorry iron man but in the comic you were kind of a dick :/
27. Fantasy or Sci-Fi? Both? Both! Both is good!!
28. Do you have three or four favourite quotes? If so, what are they: 
“You're never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream" -C.S.Lewis "Not all those who wander are lost" -J.R.R.Tolkien "It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to animals" -Joaquin Phoenix There's more but they're pretty long ones lol
29. YouTube or Netflix: YouTube. Australian Netflix sucks
30. Harry Potter or Percy Jackson: Harry Potter, I've never read Percy Jackson 
31. When You Feel Accomplished: Usually my uni teacher tells me to resubmit and then I loose that feeling 
32. Star Wars or Star Trek: How dare you make me decide!! BOTH!! But maybe Star Trek a tiny smidgen more 
33. Paperback Books or Hardback Books: Hardback 
34. Handwriting or Typing: Handwriting even though my handwriting is legit unreadable 
35. Velvet or Satin: Velvet! I love touching it lol
36. Video Games or Movies: Movies!
37. Would you rather be the dragon or own the dragon? Own it! I can't drive so free dragon rides to uni and the shops hells yeah ;);)
38. Sunrise or sunset: Sunrise ! 
39. What’s your favourite song? Of right now? Run boy run by woodkid
40. Horror Movies yes or no: YAS !! My favourite genre of everything lol 
41. Long hair or short hair: Go for what you feel people! But personally I'm myself I keep it above the shoulders cause I'm a lazy ass and don't want to deal with long hair 
42. Opera or Theatre: Theatre I've never been to the opera 
43. Assuming the multiverse theory is true and every story ever told has really happened somewhere, which one of the movie/book/tv show/game/etc worlds would you pick to travel to first? Star Trek universe as long as I'm a crew member 
44: If you had to eat only one thing for the rest of your life what would it be? Pasta
45: Older guys or young guys? Older because younger would be teenagers and I can't deal with teenage boy hormones I just can't 
46: If you could erase any show from TV history, what would it be? Neighbours I'm sorry Australia but that show is fucking shit I'm over it get rid of it !!
47: Singing or dancing? Dancing it's fun and it's counted as a workout 
48: Instagram or Twitter? It depends but I like scrolling through the memories on Instagram 
49: What quote or saying do people spout but is complete BS? Make America great again... like bro, again? It was never great in the first place, no country is great we're all just as shit as each other.
50: If there was a time period that you would gladly time travel to to live or visit, what would it be? The 50s 
51: If you could take one fictional character into this world to live with you and what not, under the contingency that the movie/book/tv/game universe they came from acts as if they never existed, who would it be and why? Yuri Plisetsky I want to be his bestie and take him away from Viktor and Yuuri !
52: What’s the story behind your tumblr account? At the start I always had things related to the show or book I was obsessing over but I'd end up changing my user like twice a month so I picked three things I really like and just suck them together lol 
53: If you were suddenly rendered invisible for the day (your clothing also, you don’t have to be naked… unless you want) what is the most mischievous thing you would do? I would just fuck with people who where being dicks on public transport... 54: if you could change the ending of a movie/tv/book what would it be? The darkest part of the forest, I wanted more Ben action! 55: If you could move to a country for a year where would you go? Russia, I've been learning the language and I'd like to just go there and write a book the Far East Russia though. 56: Do you believe in aliens? Yeah bruv... x files mate. 57: If you could take away someone's fame who's would it be? Trump... or the kardashians 58: Favourite colour, make it specific: Forest Green or Emerald green. Ok that's it if you want to do this tab please feel free :):) !!

[toriiel]

tagged by: stolen from @threewiishes

(please repost.)

1. co.ke or pe.psi: coke, i live in atlanta n’yall lmao 2. di.sney or drea.mworks: DIDNEY 3. coffee or tea: both! i drink coffee in the mornings and tea any other time of the day. 4. books or movies: movies 5. windo.ws or m.ac: windows lmao 7. x-b.ox or playsta.tion: idk neither?? i typically don’t play many games. i just play my DS really and my older consoles. 9. night owl or early riser: neither let me sleep please 11. chocolate or vanilla: chocolate 12. vans or converse: CONVERSE RIDE OR DIE!! 13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar: what are these i don’t understand 15. beach or forest: both r good, but if i had to choose i guess the forest?? the idea of swimming / going into the ocean kinda freaks me out 16. dogs or cats: how abt ...... BIRBS 17. clear skies or rain: clear skies, but w/  some cloud coverage and a light breeze. 18. cooking or eating out: if some1 cooks for me i choose cooking, i suck at cooking lmao 19. spicy food or mild food: mild, my body + stomach can’t handle spicy food. i was born really early and i had stomach issues as a baby, last time i ate something spicy i had symptoms similar to those of food poisoning. 20. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas: halloween b/c it’s lax and i can eat candy without being Shunned but christmas is chill 2. 21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: a little 2 cold r u kidding me 22. if you could have a superpower, what would it be: shapeshifting lmao 23. animation or live action: animated 24. paragon or renegade: what 25. baths or showers: showers 26. team cap or team ironman: i’m team planet, i love that fukin green man 27. fantasy or sci-fi: fantasy 28. do you have three or four favorite quotes, if so what are they: not really 29. youtube or netflix: youtube 30. harry potter or percy jackson: neither 31. when you feel accomplished: whenever one of my directors give me or my section a shout-out. it’s so empowering u all have no idea 33. paperback books or hardback books: idk i only really ever read for AP lit, so either works i guess???? 34. horror or rom-com: idk i guess rom-com? 35. tv shows or movies: it depends, just as long as it’s cartoons lmao  ( i love steven universe tho omgggggg ) 36. Pink or yellow lemonade: yellow 37: wolves or tigers: wolves 38. 2D or 3D animated films/shorts/shows: 2D for the most part 39. cake, pie, or cookies: cookies 40. Star Trek or Star Wars: neither 41. Bold, pastel, or neutral colors: pastel & neutral colors 42. Dub or sub? what 43. Rock or punk rock? punk rock 44. what would be the first thing you’d do if you won the lottery: pay for college + buy my dads like .... 2014 (?????) camry bc that thing drives so good omg, save some and donate the rest. 45. glasses or contacts? (if you need them): i usually stick with contacts just because it’s easier when i drive and put sunglasses on, but if i’m feeling lazy  ( like right now )  i wear glasses.

tagging: anyone who wants to do this, really lmao

[daandori]

rules: answer all the questions, add one of your own and tag as many people as there are questions.

Tagged by: @daisho-u​ & @eejoon​ tysm guys ily!! ♡♡♡♡

so sorry mobile ppl :’(

1. coke or pepsi: coke!

2. disney or dreamworks: i love them both ;o;

3. coffee or tea: tea!

4. books or movies: movies, just bc you can have it on in the bg and you dont have to set aside certain time for it

5. windows or mac: windows

6. dc or marvel: marvel!

7. xbox or playstation: i only have a ds :’) i wasnt allowed video games as a kid

8. dragon age or mass effect: havent played either !

9. night owl or early riser: defs a night owl omg but if i rly have to study then ill rise early 

10. cards or chess: cards omfg chess rly frustrates me

11. chocolate or vanilla: vanilla!

12. vans or converse: dont have either! id probs wear vans over converse tho

13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar: ???

14. fluff or angst FLUFF FOREVER GIVE ME SAPPIEST FLUFF IN THE WORLD 

15. beach or forest: beach!!

16. dogs or cats: cats but i love dogs too :’))))

17. clear skies or rain: clear skies! i do like rain tho

18. cooking or eating out: i eat out way more often

19. spicy or mild food: mild im too white

20. halloween or christmas: both!!! but i love the atmosphere around christmas sm ;v;

21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: a little too hot

22. if you could have a superpower what would it be: time control!

23. animation or live action: hmmmmmmm animation

24. paragon or renegade: ?

25. bath or shower: i would take a bath every single day if i could

26. team cap or team ironman: cap forever

27. fantasy or sci-fi: fantasy!

28. do you have 3 or 4 favorite quotes if so what are they: hmmm im not sure! weirdly enough i rly liked metroman’s speech to megamind in the movie???? so ill put that lmfao (i know it from memory, jic you thought i was cool)

“you know, little buddy, there’s a yin for every yang. if there’s bad, good will rise up against it! it’s taken me a long time to find my calling; now it’s about time you found yours.”

“yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.” - hayao miyazaki  

“so what? You failed your finals. You gained some weight. So what? You’re single again. You lost your job. So what? What now? You live. You try again. That’s what.”

29. youtube or netflix: youtube! youtube videos calm me tbh

30. harry potter or percy jackson: harry potter!! grew up with it :’))

31. when do you feel accomplished: when i work hard on something and i get a good grade aha

32. star wars or star trek: never watched either sry guys

33. paperback books or hardcover books: paperback!

34. fantastic beasts or cursed child: havent seen either! 

35. rock or pop music: pop!!

36. rock, paper, scissors GO!: usually scissors 

37. anime or cartoons?: anime

38. handwriting or typing: typing

39. favorite film: hmm i rly like scott pilgrim! i love lots of movies tho

40. favorite place in the world? seoul!

41. cds or vinyl: cds?

42. song lyric that’s important to you? but music and singing have been my refuge, and music and singing shall be my light

43. what’s your form of self-care? sitting in my basement and watching friends over and over (and taking super longs baths)

44. what language/languages would you like to learn? i defs wanna improve my korean during my exchange!! and my russian in general, haha. id wanna learn japanese too!!

45. fave song currently? hmmmmm, idk if i have a fave, but ive been listening to vip kid, 404 not found, and  サマーホラーパーティ (all by reol) and salaisuus by rajaton a lot lately!!

46. favorite game? all pokemons, all mario games, and acnl!

my question: 47. what type of bender would you be?

im not gonna tag 46 ppl lmao thats too much even for me, but i will tag @akaaishii @asexuallyaroused @yukiyuna @hinanoyas @koushii @flawlessmangakarohan @galaxy-tooru @oikz @tsuyius @heckks @caycchi no pressure!!!