Gearing Up

Monday is proving itself to be quite interesting right now. I don't quite know how to explain how I know this. I just do. Maybe I'll just scream and be psychotic at work (in a good way) to help time pass.

Perhaps you'll hear about it tomorrow. Perhaps you won't. Either way, expect a good entry on Tuesday. For now, you'll have to make do with a picture of Solid Snake Sparkle taking on Metal Flutter Gear RAY.

I have both fear and amazement running through my veins right now.
(Image made by "GiantMosquito" and found on DeviantArt.)

That's what happens when you make a crossover of two of my favorite franchises. Hehe.

So, until the 'morrow. *grabs a FIM-92 and prepares to fight*

Strategic Pony

Time to roll out the big guns for this month. After four days of not posting anything decent in June, the tides turn and now... I strike the heart of monotony with my words... and my! Unholy! RANDOM! TAAAALENT!!! *cue overdramatic hammy acting*

Precarious for Black, is it not? If you don't think so, just wait 'til you see the rest of the board.

And now that the pieces are in position... let's play.

Saturmonday

Well, lookie what we got here, reader of mine, it's the same in every town - readers with shriveled minds, bored looks, and not a drop of laughter to be found!

Maybe they're not aware that there's really no need for this teary despair. (That the key that they need to solve this sad laughter shortage you and I will shaaaaaaaaaaaare!)

"Folks, it's the one and only, the biggest and the best!"

Yeah, that wasn't a flimflam introduction at all.

The Top Ten: Fictional Females

Time for another Top Ten list from yours truly, everyone! *fires confetti gun*

For today's segment, we'll be taking a closer look at various works of fiction and observing which characters are my favorites. More specifically, I'll be analyzing those who lack a "Y" chromosome - in other words: the females.

Now, keep in mind that there will most likely be spoilers - especially if the character in question goes through some scary things in the plot. Don't say I didn't warn you...

Anyway, let's go ahead and find out the fictional ladies who've earned a spot on my Top Ten list!

Distracted By Awesome

For the first time in a while I got a Sunday off that I didn't ask for. That partially explains why I haven't posted anything here until now, but what else was responsible for me slacking off on my writing?

Pinkie Pie doesn't know the answer to that question, and frankly, neither do I.

Still In a Dream

Thank you, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, for being on the 3DS. I can now have portable awesomeness wherever I go (so long as my battery holds out, at least.

Snake Eater is so amazing that this post is pretty much dedicated to one of my most favorite games of all time. Its awesomeness is so amazing that the only way it could be better is if it were to be combined with another awesome thing. In this case, we're going to combine it with my newfound addiction to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

I'd say it mixes well. When I saw this, the correlations actually made sense in my mind. Your mileage may vary, though.
(Image made by "johnjoseco" and found on DeviantArt.)

Anyway, let's just go to the meat of this entry - the music that helps make this game a very memorable one.





CURRENT MUSIC:
Cynthia Harrell - "Snake Eater"
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Original Soundtrack

"Snake Eater" is the theme song to the third game in the Metal Gear Solid series. "Snake Eater" is perhaps one of my favorite songs ever. Apart from the fact that it's the only theme song made for the franchise, it claims this title because of the fact that it represented more than just a game and more than just a story.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater didn't have just the feel of a video game - it had the tone and soul of an interactive spy movie. The obvious themes of tactical espionage action and self-aware fourth-wall breaking humor that the Metal Gear series prided itself on coupled harmoniously with that suave essence commonly used in spy flicks - and because of that, the game has played its way into my personal favorites. "Snake Eater" captured the very soul of the game, and to this day it remains as one of my favorite pieces ever made for a video game. By this, I mean that if this were to start playing, I'd start singing along no matter what, not caring about the looks I'd get or the fact that I'm no mezzo-soprano. (In the event that I can't sing, I'll definitely lip-sync.)

Anyway, enough rambling - I'm looking like a fanboy here, but we don't need any of that. "Snake Eater" resembles the title songs commonly heard in James Bond movies (and spy flicks in general), combining vocals and copious amounts of trumpeting fanfares and sultry strings to create a "spy-esque" theme song. Couple this song with a title sequence that also seems reminiscent of spy movies and you get an amazing set of opening credits that still make me wonder if I'm watching an espionage-based game or playing through a spy movie. (FYI: Click the link I provided if you don't believe me.)





I'll catch y'all tomorrow. I got a lot of work ahead of me, so maybe you'll hear about it then!

Tales and Confessions

According to the title of this entry, it's going to be interesting, right? I mean, "Tales and Confessions" - it sounds like that there was originally one topic, but now we have twice the topics to talk about now! Let's go ahead and pile that stuff on!

And when you pile things onto a person, they double in size until they're so big, they're tomatoes.

It looks like the fun has been doubled! Huzzah!