Megadoomer

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  Megadoomer

• May 11, 2020

Finished Little Garden in my One Piece re-read, and I made it to the start of Drum Island. I really hope that there's a story arc in Elbaf at some point.

Also, I was confused at first why Dorry and Broggy only had bounties of 100 million Berries when they would have to go backwards through the New World to get to Little Garden, before I realized that their time as pirates happened LONG before Roger's death and the dramatic increase of pirates in the Grand Line. (100 million Berries might have been a massive reward roughly 80 years before Roger's death, and they haven't left Little Garden since then)

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  Megadoomer

• May 9, 2020

Taking this time to re-read One Piece. I'm not going to go too in-depth on my thoughts once I get to later arcs, since even the identity of at least one of the Straw Hats is a major spoiler if someone hasn't read/watched the series and wants to give it a shot, but I've just finished Usopp's introduction arc.

Despite people saying that the series gets good at Arlong, these earlier chapters have held up really well in my opinion, with some scenes (like Chou Chou trying to fight Mohji, or Usopp trying to stop the pirates from getting into town) being downright heartbreaking.

Next up: the introduction of Johnny and Yosaku, and arriving at the Baratie. This is roughly the point where I got hooked on the series, so it will be interesting to read it again after so long.

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  Megadoomer

• May 5, 2020

I've beaten Ocarina of Time for the first time! Ganon's Castle was a great way to finish the game off, and even when knowing what to do, Ganon was still intimidating. (Though since I had the Biggoron's Sword, the extra range made the tennis part much easier than it was against Phantom Ganon)

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  Megadoomer

• May 3, 2020

Nearly done with the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time. Glad that I used a guide, because there are a handful of keys in locations that I wouldn't have thought to check, and it seems like it would be frustrating to recall where the rooms that change the water levels are, let alone figuring out when to change them or what level to change them to.

I'm playing it through the Gamecube Collector's Edition - I know that the 3DS version makes some changes to make the entire dungeon much easier, but I don't have that.

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  Megadoomer

• May 2, 2020

Made a decent amount of progress in Ocarina of Time today - I beat the Forest and Fire Temples, completed the trading side quest for Biggoron's Sword (which is the first time that I've done that, I think), and got the Iron Boots and all of the tunics. Tomorrow, I'll be going through the Water Temple, which I am definitely using a guide for.

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  Megadoomer

• May 1, 2020

Just watched the Venom movie; it was better than I thought. (compared to Fant4stic, which was worse than I thought) Still wish that they picked a different colour for the villain than "dark gray" - having him fight Venom at night made it tougher to tell who was who. I'd be interested in watching a sequel, at least on a cheap night at the theater.

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  Megadoomer

• Apr 29, 2020

I think I'm going to sit down and play Ocarina of Time. Not sure if I'll pick up where I left off or start fresh, but I want to play through the full game, even if I've probably seen the entire thing in bits and pieces by watching others play it.

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  Megadoomer

• Apr 23, 2020

What video game songs have you been listening to lately? I don't even have a PS4, but for whatever reason, I've been going back to Take Over from Persona 5 Royal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ2KB5LVdqA) and Bombing Mission from the Final Fantasy 7 remake. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rPPDddFPzo)

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  Megadoomer

• Apr 16, 2020

The latest update for Windows 10 seems to have broken Windows 10. Among other issues, everything in the My Documents, My Pictures, etc. folders seems to have vanished.

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  Megadoomer

• Apr 10, 2020

I'm nearly back to where I was in my Persona 4 playthrough before the save data deleted itself - I just finished dungeon 5! I've almost got all of my party's Personas upgraded, which should be a huge help since most of the upgrades remove the character's elemental weakness.

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  Megadoomer

• Apr 7, 2020

My copy of One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 came in! I'm looking forward to playing it - I don't have much experience with the Warriors series (it's mainly Hyrule Warriors and the two Fist of the North Star games), so I'm looking forward to playing that and Persona 5 Scramble (whenever the latter is released outside of Japan)

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  Megadoomer

• Apr 5, 2020

I lost about 30 hours of progress on my Persona 4 save due to a glitch of some sort where one of my save files was deleted. I'll have to replay three dungeons.

However, I should be able to get through it quicker this time since I don't need to read the dialogue and I have a better idea of how to upgrade my social stats and Social Links.

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  Megadoomer

• Apr 4, 2020

I beat Naoto's dungeon in Persona 4, so once Naoto recovers, I should have access to every single party member! (unless there's an extra hidden character like in Chrono Trigger) Enjoying the game so far - the bosses seem tougher than in Persona 5, and I'm having trouble with finding some of the Social Links, but I've maxed out the links for Yosuke, Chie, Nanako, and Dojima, so that should make things easier.

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  Megadoomer

• Apr 1, 2020

Made it over halfway through the fourth dungeon of Persona 4. It seems more difficult than the last two (enemies are roughly five levels higher than my party and hit like a truck, especially when they use a spell called Megido), though I took a break to upgrade my team's equipment. Hopefully that helps.

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  Megadoomer

• Apr 1, 2020

Nintendo just confirmed the identity of the ARMS character that's being added to Smash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 31, 2020

I'm in the lead-up to the fourth dungeon for Persona 4. The game's acting like this is the climax, but that's obviously not the case for a bunch of reasons. (chief among them - I know that Naoto joins the party and that hasn't happened yet)

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 29, 2020

Watching the Godfather Part 2 for the first time - Robert De Niro is practically unrecognizable as Don Corleone, at least to me. (I haven't watched his earlier movies)

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 23, 2020

I'm tempted to get Doom Eternal and/or Ori and the Will of the Wisps, since I loved Doom (2016) and Ori and the Blind Forest. However, I'm not sure if I should wait for a Switch version or not. (I could probably double dip on Ori since it's $40 on Steam and a Switch version hasn't even been announced, but Doom Eternal is $80 before tax and I need to watch my spending)

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  RetrogamerMax

• Mar 21, 2020

Megadoomer yeah. I really want to see Smoothie in action in a fight against Zoro or somebody else.

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 20, 2020

I just watched One Piece: Stampede and Citizen Kane tonight. Two VERY different movies, to say the least. Citizen Kane was, obviously, the better movie (it's the Citizen Kane of movies!), but One Piece was more fun, especially as a long-time fan of the series.

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 20, 2020

I just got One Piece Stampede on BluRay! Between that, and One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 coming out next week, it's a good time to be a One Piece fan. (though there is a break this week for the manga, but the newest chapter was pretty good)

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 19, 2020

I REALLY want to play Doom Eternal after how much I enjoyed Doom (both the 2016 and 1993 games), but I'm going to wait for the Switch version rather than double dipping (as long as the Switch version is on a cartridge instead of the physical version being a code in a box), so I'll play Doom 2 instead.

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 18, 2020

Does anyone have recommendations for gaming Youtubers? I figure I should try to broaden my horizons beyond the handful of Youtubers that I follow. (Game Grumps, the Completionist, Dunkey, Maximilian Dood, Achievement Hunter/Let's Play/Funhaus, Alpharad)

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 16, 2020

I beat Shadow Kanji in Persona 4, who was tough, but easier than the first boss. I also played a bit of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, meeting Vandham. Between those two games, that should give me plenty to do in order to get through these 2-3 weeks off.

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 15, 2020

I beat Link's Awakening! That leaves me with four physical Switch games that I own but haven't beaten. (Or, in the case of collections, that I haven't beaten at least one game in - I'll try Crash 1 and 2 eventually, but the levels that I was stuck on were frustrating) - Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Final Fantasy X (and X-2), Collection of Mana, and Astral Chain.

Not sure which I'll focus on first; for FF10, I wanted to beat FF9 first, but I don't necessarily have to.

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 13, 2020

Playing A Hat In Time on the Switch. Loading times are terrible, and many of the images are poor quality jpegs (particularly with Mustache Girl's plan and the loading screen) but once the game actually loads, it's a lot of fun.

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 12, 2020

Watching Casablanca at the moment. I've never seen it before, but I can see why it's viewed so highly. Plus, it's interesting to watch it knowing that was made when Nazis were still occupying France, especially with the La Marseillaise scene. (so satisfying to watch the Nazis get a giant metaphorical middle finger, and the actors did a great job, even the extras)

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 11, 2020

Got a pretty good haul today while killing time for work - I got posters for Smash Bros. Ultimate (the box art - would be great to have the full fighter banner, but that's not an option) and Army of Darkness, as well as DVDs for Casablanca, Raging Bull, Spirited Away, and the Bill and Ted movies.

I haven't seen any of those movies before, but the price was right (everything but Spirited Away was $5 or $10), and three of them are on a bucket list that I got. (Bill and Ted was both for fun and to see Keanu Reeves in something other than John Wick or the Matrix)

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  Megadoomer

• Mar 10, 2020

Not sure whether I'll continue with Persona 4 tonight or, in the spirit of it being Mar10, play some of Super Mario Bros. through the All-Stars collection on the Wii. Then again, I could probably do both, even if I'll likely be terrible at Super Mario Bros.

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  Megadoomer

• Feb 28, 2020

I think I'm going to learn how to use RPG Maker. It would probably be for fun, since I don't think I could make a whole RPG from scratch and anything based on existing properties would be shut down almost immediately if I tried doing anything with it, but I have a few ideas and I want to see how feasible they are.

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  Megadoomer

• Feb 28, 2020

My first attempt at online teaching went really well! The students did an excellent job with speaking English, even when using words that might be troublesome given how unusual English can be some times. I just need to work on my pacing, since I found that I was going too slowly. (also, I'm going to try out dumplings to see what they're like - one student said that it's their favourite food)

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  Megadoomer

• Feb 22, 2020

I played through Sonic 2 as Knuckles through the Switch version. I'm impressed that Sega managed to add a completely new playable character to a (at the time) two-year old game, complete with all of his abilities, when he was never intended for that game (and didn't exist when it was made).

Not only that, but they even kept the wall-climbing, which really opens up the options for exploring the levels even though that was never intended. I get that Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles were intended to be one game that was split apart for time constraints, but the Sonic 2 bonus seemed like it went above and beyond.

Also, I have no idea why I've bought Sonic 2 at least five times. (in order, it's been Sega Smash Pack 2 for PC, Wii Virtual Console, Sega Genesis Collection for Steam, Sonic Mega Collection for Gamecube, the Switch version - ironically, I've never owned a Sega Genesis or had a Genesis version of the game) I guess Sonic Mania got me wanting to play one of the classic Sonic games on the Switch.

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  Megadoomer

• Feb 20, 2020

Looking forward to playing the Switch version of Devil May Cry 3. My biggest complaint in my original playthrough was how limited the style system was (you could only change styles at statues, meaning you were screwed if you went into a boss fight with the wrong style), and this version fixes that.

I'll also try the River City/Double Dragon collection and the re-release of Sonic 2 as well.

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  Megadoomer

• Feb 18, 2020

Working my way through my backlog of physical Switch games, I beat Super Bomberman R. Like Kirby Star Allies, it was an okay game made better through free updates. It was a step in the right direction for Konami, though my opinion would likely be better if I had a group of people to play multiplayer with.

The story mode is decent, though some levels (particularly in the bonus world added through updates) are frustrating, and the voice acting is 100% cheese. Being able to play through the game as Solid Snake was fun, though.

Next up, I'll either focus on Link's Awakening (to continue working through my physical Switch games) or Final Fantasy 9. (I have the physical version of FF10, but I want to beat 9 first)

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  Megadoomer

• Feb 17, 2020

I just beat Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2. It was a decent game - it reminded me of the best of Naruto, but also the worst of Naruto (even with their roles expanded, the supporting characters didn't get much to do, especially Gai's team).

Still, there was far more good than bad. It was fun, it did a good job with expanding on the story, and I'm glad that I accomplished my goal of beating it before One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 came out.

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  Megadoomer

• Feb 14, 2020

I've played a bit of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 on the Switch - enough to finish the Rescue Gaara arc. While the combat is, for the most part, pretty straightforward, the cinematics and story (and the super moves) remind me of why I liked Naruto.

Unfortunately, the game also contains the part of the story where I started to dislike Naruto (Sasuke vs. Itachi - from that point on, the Uchihas got more focus than everyone else, up to and including the title character, for a large portion of the series), so we'll see if that sticks.

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  Megadoomer

• Feb 12, 2020

I got a box set for Doctor Who today - it seems to cover the entire run of the Ninth and Tenth Doctors. Not sure when I'll find the time to watch all of that, but it seemed like a pretty good deal, and not something that I expected to find in my area.

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  Megadoomer

• Feb 9, 2020

Beat Dragon Quest 11! (though I still have to do post-game content to complete the defeated monsters list)

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  Megadoomer

• Feb 9, 2020

A third season of DLC characters was announced for Dragon Ball FighterZ - Kefla (Feb. 28th), Ultra Instinct Goku (Spring), and three others.

Not a fan of Ultra Instinct Goku (it seems lazy - he marks the fifth playable Goku, not counting fusions, Goku Black, or fusions involving Goku Black), but at the very least, we'll get at least one awesome Dramatic Finish out of it. Kefla's a great choice, though I'm aware that she's a divisive character (along with the characters who fuse to make her).

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  Megadoomer

• Feb 7, 2020

Just passed the 90 hour mark in Dragon Quest XI. I have a few more areas to revisit before I continue with the story. I've beaten over 600 types of monsters, so the Defeated Monster list is getting full. (My main goal, aside from beating the game, is to fill that).

Plus, I'm nearly done with the Tickington sidequests - just two more to go! (One based on Dragon Quest 1, and one based on DQ2). I don't play in 2D mode much (the random encounter rate seems quite high), but the enemy sprites are great.