Video Game Track Bracket Round 2
Bio-engineering from Rain World
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The Only Thing I Know for Real (Maniac Agenda Mix) from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
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The Only Thing I Know for Real (Maniac Agenda Mix):
This song is about Jetstream Sam and how disillusioned he has become to fighting, especially after losing to Senator Armstrong. Sam only knows how to kill and has no reason why he's killing. It mirrors Raiden (the main character) who fights people for justice and to protect the weak, Sam fights just because.
Every single boss fight in Metal Gear Rising is all instrumental until you hit "critical" points in the fight, when the vocals come in. Not only does it make the scene feel even more epic, the lyrics apply to both the boss being fought AND the game's protagonist, Raiden. In this case, it's about their loss of identity, feeling that they have to fight all the time and sometimes that's all there is to them, and yet when the thrill of the battle is over their doubts and inner conflict still remains. Sam (the boss you fight) actually showed up and fought you at the beginning of the game, a battle you are scripted to lose. There are no lyrics during this fight, because Raiden isn't at a point where he can face up to him yet; they don't understand each other, and Sam even tells Raiden that he denies his weapon its purpose, because the sword Sam uses is a family heirloom destined to bring justice until he was misguided/strayed off the path he thought he'd be on. Their conflict starts at this point and it rises until you finally fight Sam as the second to last boss. There is also a moment where Raiden disarms Sam, but the fight goes on. The lyrics cut off abruptly in this moment, and they only continue when Sam picks his sword up again. People theorize this is because without his sword, this whole conflict of whether he's using his weapon for what it was meant to or what he thought he would disappears (since he's no longer using it), and maybe if he would stop fighting or if he tried to follow his ideals again and not just fight for the sake of fighting, he'd resolve those doubts. We'll never know because he does die 😔 but as every other boss in MGR, he parallels Raiden, maybe the most aside from the final boss (in my opinion lol) & the way the soundtrack reflects this, as well as characterizes him greatly, AND generally goes hard as hell is honestly amazing. Play MGR yall
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I finally got around to building my birthday present to myself. :D
A very nice build. Very simple, but looking great. There were a couple of parts I wondered at, but all in all this is really an excellent kit. Definitely not a Gundam, and taking full advantage of it for the range in motions.
It's weird. I never liked the Leo much in the series. Those fat thighs always turn me off. It's the same reason I dislike the Tallgeese design, even though I seem to be the only one.
But now that I've built the little fella, he has really started growing on me. Posed right and with all proportions correct, he does look cool.
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Huh. My phone has filters? I wonder what those are. Pencil drawing, painting, cubism... Ah, it's that stuff that is available online, too. Probably gonna suck the same-
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WHERE'S MY OTHER GUNPLA
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Donald "Duck" Dunn † May 13, 2012
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YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS LADS
*do not, under any circumstances, let ocelot give you your t shot, his ass is NOT certified to practice medicine
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Video Game Track Bracket Round 2
Want You Gone from Portal 2
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Rules of Nature (Platinum Mix) from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
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Want You Gone:
better than even Still Alive, fight me on that.
Rules of Nature (Platinum Mix):
guysguysguysguys look! its the funny me me song!!!!!!
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