*is flattered*

[seiberwing]

Pepper's made a companion piece to my "The 10th Sex", and I consider it to be quite win. Go read it.

Also, time for a Let's Play link dump!

Grim Fandango (episodic video format) is a bizarre and enthralling story about a travel agent named Manny Calavera, who works in the Land of the Dead in an attempt to pay off his debt and get a ticket to the next world. The setting is weird, sure, but it's a very good story and I was pretty much hooked on it by the end. Also it's recommended by Ben "Yahtzee" Crowshaw, which should tell you something.

Sanitarium (screenshot with cutscene videos format) is a point-and-click psychological thriller initially set in an insane asylum. However, it spans out into even weirder settings until your character, stricken with amnesia and uncertain of his own sanity, is left desperately trying to figure out what the hell is going on and also trying not to die. I found it quite amusing, although it caters to my personal tastes in setting and topic.

American McGee's Alice (video with commentary format) is the story of Lewis Caroll's Alice after her parents die in a house fire. Alice goes near-catatonic with survivor's grief, is put in an asylum, and mentally retreats into Wonderland. Since Wonderland is largely a creation of her own subconscious, it has also become horribly twisted, and Alice must save Wonderland in order to save herself. Admittedly I fast-forwarded through the duller parts of gameplay, but the cutscenes are worth sticking around for and the reviewer has a sexy voice, all right?.

To continue with the insanity trend, we also have Silent Hill One, Two, Three, and Four, done in screenshot style with amusing commentary by the player. This was invaluable when I wrote my Freudian/Jungian analysis of James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2, as I haven't actually played the game. Stayed up until two in the morning looking through just for the fun of it.

Any one of these should take up your morning if you're bored.

Comments

[sonofwolf.livejournal.com]

Napalmriot.com ftw :D

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

Eh?

[raisedbymoogles.livejournal.com]

*is pimped!* ^_____^

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

*urm, Pepper, bad phrasing...*

[raisedbymoogles.livejournal.com]

*...fic is pimped. Fic.*

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

*much better*

[vani-nessa.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of "Let's Play" before - and Sanitarium caught my interest. I found myself spending the night engrossed in following along. I'm a little past halfway, it's such a fascinating concept. I love games that test your sanity and what's 'real'. That one patient that rhymed made me think of a disturbed Wheelie. I'm quite fond of Alice in Wonderland - so I'll definitely check that one out too. I'm quite familiar with SH despite never playing myself because I took part in a private RP that was set there. I had the knowledge and concepts thrust upon me. Though, I'm probably too chicken to play them myself anyway - despite how Noa insists I will when I move in.

Anyway. *rambling* Fic pimps! I'll need to read yours first. *scurries off to do so with vigor*

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

The entire concept of SH (especially SH2) fascinates me, as there's so much you can do with it. The monsters are pretty much designer-made to correspond to their hosts' neuroses, so any character you put in there will have their own nightmare to deal with. If I had more besides concepts I'd probably make something up for crossing with my other fandoms.

AG's Alice is played by a Caroll fan so you've got quality commentary going on there--but everything else is pretty twisted.

[vani-nessa.livejournal.com]

There's so much symbolism in SH, I wouldn't know where to start. It was definitely a great place to throw characters into - especially the tortured lot we had. Though, after TF characters starting invading our lives and taking over the RP... we rebooted and moved to a fully TF setting instead of multifandom. I do miss a lot of the old setting though. Especially when we had curses. Human!cursed TFs were hilarious. I found a human Cyclonus design with bunny ears and could not resist using it (and adding that he had a tail too for lulz). That night did not go well for him, actually... got in a fight, sensitive little ears tugged, tail molested, monsters nearly tearing him apart, witnessing Galvatron molesting someone who wasn't him... poor thing.

A lot of Alice inspired things are twisted, unsurprisingly. Not that I mind, I love seeing the interpretations people take on it. This commentary sounds interesting.

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

Damn, that RP sounds awesome. There was someone who was going to do a Silent Hill setting and I had a human!Demolishor to toss in there, but they kind of just faded away.

Well, the source material itself isn't really that sane.

[vani-nessa.livejournal.com]

It was very fun, even with just Noa, Matty, Taryn and myself. We started with a much larger group... but slowly RL came in and it dwindled down. Either way, there was a lot of crack and pure love. I miss playing Cheza from Wolf's Rain. Her affinity with wolves made her practically own every badass werewolf there. XD Fenrir Greback carried her around and was very possessive of her. It was cute. This (http://yaoi.y-gallery.net/view/372039/) was the Cyclonus model I used. I love it so much; he's appropriately sexy. Those two artists have some great human designs - I'm sad they've stopped. I'd have loved to see more.

Demolishor is from the Unicron Trilogy, correct? I've been sitting on the fence with whether or not I should get into that series or not. A lot of the characters really attract me though, like Override, Ransack and Crumplezone.

And no, not sane at all. XD

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

That does sound awesome. *envies* I do a lot of TF RP, but group settings never quite seem to work out for me. ;_;

Well, here's the thing. I love the Unicron Trilogy, but Armada's a matter of taste and Energon is horrid (and not necessary for enjoyment of Cybertron, really).

[vani-nessa.livejournal.com]

Awe. ): *hugs* Our little group is pretty tight. We're all laid back, and quite equally insane - so it works out. oh, so much smut.

I've heard that Armada is pretty well received. Energon... I have not heard much of anything for - but Cybertron has characters that make me curious. I'm not a difficult person to please, quite honestly, and I love seeing the different interpretations of characters. I will probably give it a shot seeing as I need something new to watch this summer.

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

Smut? This is relevant to my interests! Well, if you ever need another...

Energon has some interesting characters, mostly in the villains department, but the Autobots are pretty cookie-cutter and Kicker's just a flat-out dick. If you can put up with the plot being slow and going nowhere, you might like the interesting parts.

I liked Cybertron, as it at least tried to shake things up a bit with the multiple planets.

[vani-nessa.livejournal.com]

Smut like you wouldn't believe! Of all shapes and colours! ... well, not really - you get my meaning. I'd love to RP with you! I'm not one to be inviting, though... I'm probably the least 'in power' of the four of us. I sit and nod in agreement while Noa and Taryn elaborate on our already complex plot. What started out as making a few adjustments to fit characters in turned into our own form of canon. It's great fun, though. We have so many ships... Swindle/Wasp... yeah, no real canon sense whatsoever, but RP makes it so!

I've heard the human sidekick isn't all that great, alas. I might as well give it a chance though. It couldn't hurt.

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

Whoo! Well, if you happen to namedrop me to the others sometime... Also available for one-on-one stuff, as you may have noticed that I have no social life.

The human sidekicks never are, although I admittedly favor Armada's Alexis for at least having a personality that isn't either wimpy or Bossy Female.

[vani-nessa.livejournal.com]

I will mention it for sure. <3 ... I actually don't know if you'd have much selection on who to play though. We are greedy and have no restraint in picking characters up like nobody's business. Not that TF doesn't have hundreds of characters to choose from, but still, we have all the 'big main players' accounted for. Not that the smaller ones aren't just as fun.

But, I'd love to do one-on-one stuff too! Not that I don't have ten other things that I SHOULD be doing before considering offering such a thing... but still - I'd love to! ... at some point.

Awe, they're not ALL bad. I was fond of the Witwickies! And Raoul - he needs more love. I don't mind Sari either, despite her key of almightiness.

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

Do you guys do this over IM or what? And I like minor characters, they have more wiggle room for characterization.

That was back in G1 (and ahead in Animated), when they'd realized that people would be more interested in the characters of the robots than the antics of their relatable human sidekicks.

[vani-nessa.livejournal.com]

We use LJ for RP posting (we're f-locked though... because we are shy). MSN is our messenger of choice though for chatting. I think I play the least number of characters out of all of us, but as of right now I'm Arcee, Grimlock, Jazz, Tracks, Cyclonus, Scourge, Lugnut, Swindle, Lockdown, Octane, aaaaand Isaac Sumdac. *heavy exhale* Oh, and Scrapper and Long-Haul... but they haven't been intro-ed yet. I totally feel you on the minor characters.

Yeah, it's a bit strange that some people didn't make the connection that what people love about the show about giant transforming robots is... well, the giant transforming robots.

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

*has MSN and an LJ...*

That's also been an issue with a lot of the comics for me (as well as the high body count). Had someone bite my head off for stating it, though.

[vani-nessa.livejournal.com]

<3! You can add me to MSN if you'd like. My email is pinklawnflamingo@msn.com (no, don't ask - well, you can, but I don't have an explanation XD).

The only comics I've read are Megatron Origin and a decent amount of the Spotlights. I always thought it was a pretty common thing that people have a problem with... why did someone lash out at you?

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

Added. And considering I'm squidsonajet on AIM, I hardly have room to complain (although yes, there is an explanation).

I have no idea, probably just on account of me disagreeing with them. Lol fandom.