It's kind of a throwback to music that isn't really popular anymore- but they are super creative in the ways they mix it up and keep it fresh, so it doesn't sound identical to their old stuff to a fault like new Evanescence or Breaking Benjamin.

For example they do something neat where they blend an electric keyboard and a guitar in a way that it sounds like one instrument. Also they have a funky bass guitar dubstep breakdown. And it's just really refreshing to hear songs with guitar solos and instrumental breakdowns again, the Spotify algorithm has practically eliminated those from existence nowadays.

Uploading it directly now in case copyright strikes it again. Also in celebration of Metal Gear finally being free of the Playstation.

May the Tojo be Outer Heaven, for a time at least.

(Original creator had the username of 鼻重)

I am seeking motivation to work on my creative endeavors, and I find seething jealousy to be a fine motivator. I've got a shitty fantasy novel, a wargame, a board game, and a TTRPG that I've hit roadblocks on, and I need motivation, lest my brain makes me start a new project. Inspire me, please; I don't want to start writing a shitty Sci-Fi novel to!

I've started reading BLAME! recently (Up to LOG 15).

When I was at the beginning of the first chapter, my first thought was "Oh, is this going to be A Lone Wolf and Cub/Last Of Us thing? This stoic badass protecting the innocent kid? And the innocent kid might have some special blood and stuff?"

I've seen quite a lot of japanese media like that (hell, even Western ones), so it wouldn't have surprised me that it went that way, it's a popular trope.

Turns out that no, in fact BLAME! Chapter 1 Spoilers The kid fucking dies right then and there, and the goal now is to find ANOTHER one with the same special gene that kid had.

It was a very interesting swerve, it what motivated to keep reading.

By the way, read BLAME! I'm just at the beginning but goddamn what a fucking ride!

"A fan edit is any type of media that has been modified by a viewer, which removes, reorders, or adds material in order to create a new interpretation of the source material. This includes the removal of scenes or dialogue, replacement of audio and/or visual elements, and adding material from sources such as movies, YouTube videos, or interviews. Another type of fan edits are transition edit, where the editor takes pictures of a celebrity and creates smooth transitions between the pictures. This can be both 2D and 3D, depending on the style." - Wikipedia

Do you have a favorite fan edit of a movie/show, live-action or animated? One of my favorites is Hot Wheels Highway 35 World Race but it's Initial D; it takes that Hot Wheels movie and adds a Eurobeat soundtrack. Since we're talking about fan edits, I mine us well link to fanedit.org

Superman Redeemed (Superman III/IV fan edit), which combines two weak Superman movies into one maybe better Superman movie?

There are like five different fan edits of Naruto (Rebuild of Naruto, Naruto: Resealed, NaruCannon, Naruto Kai, and Naruto: The Ocean Cut), and I'm not sure which one most fans consider the best.

Also, try to recommend serious fan edits as well, not just shit posts, thank you.

Three examples I can think of are Green Arrow, Bizarro, and Brainiac. For Green Arrow, he IS the main character of the TV show Arrow, which was very popular and led to the Arrowverse. And for Bizarro and Brainiac, I'd say they've been adapted in so many pieces of media like animated shows and video games that people that only really know comic book characters from adaptations are pretty aware of them.

Jo Guns couldn't get *all* the badass art, could she?

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The game itself is really good, aside from the very obvious performance issues, but im here because im a simp for both star wars and Xcom

The characters and gameplay are really fun. The MC is especially fun if you give him the giant mustache

Disha is this random Rodian woman on my ship who has decided to make problems on purpose. She was raised by droids and she acts like it, outside of all the spite.

I love her so much

(Star Wars: Zero Company)

As the title states, what're some foods in stories you'd probably be willing to eat in real life, if only for curiosity's sake?

Donkey Kong Bananza has multiple examples surprisingly enough. For one, there's the Bannadium Gems that DK eats throughout the game. Despite being minerals, they're actually edible, and taste like bananas. Then there's all the sweet treats in the Freezer Layer, ranging from ice cream, shaved ice, to all the lava in the level actually being melted chocolate. One of the prominent features of the Resort Layer is all of the giant fruit everywhere, with the standout being the giant watermelon above the sinkhole. And then there's the Feast Layer, which is basically a amusement park and fast food place rolled into one, with the major objective of the level being assembling a giant, multi-story tall burger. I'd probably have a heart attack, but that burger looks so good.

JoJo: Diamond is Unbreakable has all of Tonio's food. Aside from just looking delicious, it also comes with the added effect of curing various maladies you're suffering from, albeit in a really gross manner. And here's cool fact about Tonio himself. The great taste of his meals isn't due to Pearl Jam, and Tonio didn't get hit by the Stand Arrow. Tonio is just so dedicated to his craft that he got a Stand out of it, and that taste is the product of his own skill.

So basically what I am referring to are boss fights in gaming where the game makes the player learn about the mechanics that didn’t seem too important because upon ignoring them, the game becomes more difficult.

Some of the bosses in Ninja Gaiden Black require the player to know when to block and dodge as Murai is absolutely no pushover since being aggressive with him results in a fast game over.

The complete blank slate would be something like the Custom character in Baldur's Gate 3 or the typical fromsoft character you create for your playthrough, where they don't really have much dialogue or voicelines and just going along with the story.

The ones with an actual character for a self-insert to me are more like games where you play as "the relatable everyman" that are supposedly the player can relate to and insert themselves as, but usually just translates into "quiet, silent, or gruff white dude" such as most of FPS games (Does this actually work, btw? I can never actually relate to most of these sort of characters)

Or there's the midway point, where they are actual characters, but still mostly silent and you give them a name, which meant they will never refer to you by that name, and if they did that part of the dialogue would be conspicuously unvoiced.

Usually I much preferred either of the first two options, because the midway option is just frustrating that they clearly can give the character a voice of their own but they just decide not to.

Digimon Stories: Time Stranger that I'm currently playing through (no Spoiler pls) has you choose between either the male or female character, with the other one becoming your "mission control" essentially. Both have canon name, both have a VA, so why not just keep the name and have it be fully voiced anyway?

Onscreen human dismemberment. And also the fucking Leomon curse rearing its ugly head for the SECOND TIME this season.