MaskedRider

BWAHAHA! After 10,000 years I'm free! Time to troll... ah forget it. Yeah, I was here back in the Early 2000's. I went by MaxSonic, and I got banned mutiple times. I had multiple accounts, trolled people, and had a weird or just immature sense of humor. I WAS good at writing stories, although I would occasionally do a humerous one featuring board members. I'm sure I was a thorn in James side quite often. Btw, do you still like Jet Set Radio James? Anyways, I came back shortly during college after James erased all the banned accounts, and I've mellowed out since then. So don't worry, I will keep trolling at bay.

Ok CaNz... you will tell me where that awesome Zaku is from... Now.

As cool as super-robots are, I'd have to pick a realistic robot. I was going to say the Zaku II, but if I'm going to go Zeon, I'm going to do it big. Enter the MS-18 Kampfer, also known as the run in and kill EVERYTHING suit. Pump action shotgun? Check. Mine-Whip? Check. Dual-Wielding Rocket Launchers? Check. Built int RPG's? Check. The ability to take out a whole squad of Federation suits single handed? Check. The ability to take out the Federation's Prototype RX-78 NT-1 Gundam? Umm... I'll get back to you on that.

So after watching videos on YouTube, getting recommendations from /m/, and being a huge Gundam fan with a love of video games, I decided to bite the bullet and buy Gundam 0081 for the PS3. For those of you that don't know what the game is, let me explain. It's a PS3 exclusive Gundam game from Japan, taking place during the Universal Century series, a couple years after the original series ends. There are a few remnant Zeon soldiers rebelling, and a special Federation team is created to deal with them. You can play as the Federation team, the Zeon remnants (SEIG ZEON!), or later, a Mercenary who can play both sides. After paying 80 dollars for this game online, I was quite nervous about the possibility of my money going to waste. There have been a lot of crappy Gundam games, and quite a few mediocre games as well. Also, I was unfamiliar with how easily it was for an English player to play it. When I got the game, at first I was skeptical, but then I grew to love it. It is arguably the best Gundam game ever. The game plays like a 3rd person shooter, with great controls, and a nice selection of mobile suits. If you're looking for beam-spam suits like Wing Zero and Freedom, or girly pilots like Kira, don't look here. No, these are the good old Universal Century suits, and it's great how accurately they are portrayed. The Zakus take as much damage as you think, and so does an RX-78. The neat thing is, even when fighting an AI suit, the suits are the same. For example, a high powered beam rifle will take out a Zaku II in about two hits, regardless of whether you're using it, or someone else is. You can extend the usefulness of a suit by adding custom parts, like new armor, boosters, targeting systems, ect. You can even add certain parts to change it into a new suit (Zaku II into a Zaku Cannon, or a Zgok into Char's Zgok). The best part is the online play. You can go online, play with people of your own faction, or deathmatch against other people in PvP. If you're looking to get a certain upgrade part or weapon, go online and have some friends help you. Sure, there's a bit of lag when you play with Japanese players, but it's almost nonexistent when you play against people from your area. You can easily find a copy of this game on eBay, and anyone who loves Gundam with a PS3, they should check it out. It makes up for the crappy launch title Gundam game.

I watch his videos religiosly, and will probably buy the DVD's from him. I'm not so much entertained by his humor, but more about his knowledge of classic gaming. I also like the skits he does (Bugs Bunny and SuperMegaDeath Christ), and I always look forward to his next video. Sure, I disagree with him once and a while (I loved Michael Jackson's MoonWalker) but for the most part I agree with what he says. For some reason, I get an excited nostalgia when he mentions a game that I'm fond of (like the NES Batman game), especially when he compliments them.

For the money, and what it does, the PS3 completely kicks 360's butt. Before you 360 lovers get mad, let me back up what I said. The PS3 is an all round multimedia device. As the advertisements say, it does everything. It is considered one of the best Blue Ray players, has built in WiFi and harddrive, easy to use XMB, has 90% the same games as 360, and gives full 1080p output. Now the thing is, are you looking for all that, or just a gaming machine? If you want a gaming machine, let me list the pros and cons of each. 360 pros Great Online Play, Nice Controller (for the most part), Custom Soundtracks, Exclusive games, 360 Cons Online costs money (cheap though), Horrible D-Pad on Controller, Poorly Designed Console/RROD, No Built In WiFi, Proprietary Hardware, PS3 Pros Blue Ray, Universal Harddrives, Familiar Controller, USB Plug And Play, Bluetooth, WiFi, Free Online That's Good (I'm looking at you Nintendo), Exclusive Titles, All Round Multimedia, "Full" HD Output, PS3 Cons Less Online Features, Lazy Third Parties, Custom Soundtrack Support is limited, Limited Backwards Compatibility Overall, I think the most important aspect should be the exclusive games. Do you want Metal Gear Solid 4 or Halo 3? I chose the PS3 for several reasons. First, I needed a BluRay player for my new HDTV. I also liked more of the PS3 exclusives like Metal Gear Solid 4 and Little Big Planet. The PS3 is also more compatible with devices than the 360. For example, most USB controllers work for it, so I can use my custom made street fighter controller for it easily, and if I want to change the harddrive, I can get one from any computer store. Meanwhile, the 360 has to have licensed version of every product, even the off brand controllers. So I made my decision. I'm not a fanboy (unless it's for SEGA), I'm just a unbiased consumer.

Honestly, I've thought about this for a while, how it would play, and who would be in it. I'd like to think it would play similar to the first Power Stone game for Dreamcast, where you can run around freely in the environment. Another neat feature would be unlockable costumes. Seeing how long Batman's been in buisness, there would be a nice selection of different costumes. We could have Batman's default costume, his "Golden Era" costume, and a suit from one of the movies. These would mostly be unlockable. However, even though this is a theoretical fighting game, I'm going to have to disagree somewhat with your characters. I think the game would have more popular or familiar characters unlocked by default, and lesser known characters as unlockables. I don't really see the point of having Jason Todd as a playable Robin, even as an unlockable. The default Robin would probably be the more recent Tim Drake, and Nightwing would be Dick Grayson. Jason had the shortest career as a Robin, and was generally disliked (the fans voted to kill him off), not to mention he is also the current version of the Red Hood. Different Robins could easily be the traditonal, the movie Robin, and even the [I]Dark Knight Returns[/i] Robin. As for two Robin characters, I think that's a bit much, especially for a series with so many characters to choose from. As for my character list... [b]Starters[/b] Batman (Default/Movie/GoldenYears/Beyond/DKR) Robin (Default/Movie/DKR) BatGirl (Default/BettyCain/CassandraCain) Nightwing (Default/AnimatedSeries/SupermanVersion) Joker (Default/1989 Movie/DarkKnight Version) Penguin (Default/Batman Returns/Classic Version) Catwoman (Default/Batman Returns/ Animated Series) Riddler (Default/Movie/Classic) MrFreeze (Default/Movie...lol/Animated Series) Bane (Default/Animated Series/ArkamAsylum) TwoFace (Default/DarkKnight/BillyDeeWilliamsVersion) ScareCrow (Default/TheDarkKnight/ArkamAsylumNightmare) ClayFace (BasilKarlo/PrestonPayne/SondraFuller) PoisonIvy (Default/Movie/AnimatedSeries) Ra's al Ghul (Default/Movie/AnimatedSeries) [b]Unlockables[/b] Harley Quinn RedHood Hush BlackMask MadHatter Ventriloquist/Scarface FireFly DeadShot KillerCroc ManBat SuperMan Default Characters have at least 3 costumes, while the unlockables don't. I think little inclusions like the Superman version of Nightwing and the Betty Cain Batgirl (both are the lesser know original versions of these characters), and a Billy Dee Williams version of TwoFace (seeing as he was Harvy Dent in the 1989 movie) will be nice fanservice to the hardcore Batman fans.

This last Tuesday, SEGA released a new game for the Wii, called MadWorld. On the surface, it looks like a fancy beat-em-up. But it's actually one of the most original and stylish (not to mention violent) games out right now. The game involves you playing as the chainsaw wielding Jack in a deathmatch tournament against an entire city. The more violent and creative the deaths, the more points you get, and the faster you progress. The game oozes with style, from the Sin-City monochrome graphics, to the kicking soundtrack, this is one of the most creative games since Jet Set Radio. I just recently beat the normal mode, and am about to work through the Hard Mode. Anyone else picked this up?

Actually, I'd go ahead and pick up the Guitar Hero World Tour bundle, and then later pick up the Rock Band 2 disk. In my opinion, the Guitar Hero guitar is far better than the Rockband guitars any day, and the drums I think comes down to a matter of opinion. However, if you purchace the Guitar Hero set, you can use the instruments to play ANY Guitar Hero game for Wii, as well as RockBand 2. Rockband instruments do not play Guitar Hero games on the Wii. You can't play the older RockBand games for the Wii, but those are so abysmal they're not worth getting. Both games have thier pros and cons. I think that RockBand 2 has a nicer look to it, while Guitar Hero seems to have more of a "hardcore" experience. Plus, Guitar Hero is coming out with Metallica and Greatest Hits later this year, so that's more songs for you (TTFATF Returns!).

It was mourning in Gotham City. The sky was about as clear as it could get, and the sun was shining. Bruce Wayne looked out the large window in his office. He was the owner of this building, this company. It was his father?s legacy, Wayne Enterprise. It?s many different facilities ran and researched everything from medicine to weapons to industrial technologies. It was one of the leading businesses in the world, but it was run by one man. And this was NOT Bruce Wayne. It was his good friend Lucius Fox who currently ran the business, with Bruce as more of a figurehead, although Bruce had the final say on what happens. Bruce continued to look out the window, admiring the city he grew up in. He was a tall man, with broad shoulders on a well built body. His stern face gazed out the window. There were bags under his eyes, obviously from a long night. He turned and walked towards the large desk in front of the window, and glanced at a fresh newspaper on his desk, reading, ?Mysterious vigilante busts weapons dealers.? He smiled a bit, something that was rare for him, but the smile vanished as soon as the door opened, and Lucius walked in the room. ?Well, it?s nice to see you?re here today, Mr.Wayne.? Lucius stated. He was a tall, slender black man, his face wrinkled with age, and his mustache and hair silver. He wore a business suit, well ironed but a little worn out. He smiled at Bruce. ?I thought it might be nice to show up once and a while. You know, to keep you all busy.? Bruce responded, sarcastically. He didn?t smile, but Lucius knew he was kidding around. ?By the way, thanks for those parts I asked for.? ?Always a pleasure, Mr.Wayne. Let me guess, you need a few more?? Lucius had been supplying Bruce with several parts for the past few months. Lucius didn?t know what they were for, but he trusted Bruce, not matter how strange the request. ?Actually, I just recently purchased a new car, and I was thinking of asking you for some advice to modify it.? ?Now Mr.Wayne, do I look like Xibit to you? Sure, I can do some work on it, but?? ?That?s not what I had in mind, Lucius.? Bruce interrupted. ?I bought a Corvette, thought I?d use it as a test vehicle. I?d like to modify it? for combat purposes.? There was a brief silence in the room, Lucius gave Bruce a strange look. ?Let me guess? that?s what the parts you ordered were for?? Lucius asked. ?You know me too well.? ?E-Mail me the blueprints and I?ll take a look at them. I sure hope you know what you?re doing, Mr. Wayne.? Lucius responded. He shook his head, and left the room. Bruce took a look at his watch. ?I?d better be getting back home. I?ve got work to do tonight.?

They were dead. His mother was dead, and his father was dead. They were dead, not because they did something wrong, but because they stood up for themselves against the wrong. And they were dead. Shot down in cold blood in front of him. It was like it happened yesterday. He watched as he stood there, his father muttering something he couldn?t understand, because his lungs were emptying their last breath. He watched as his fathers eyes turned cold. And as they turned cold, the young boy watching turned cold. His innocent heart hardened into stone. The love of his parents became anger and hatred. He would have his revenge. It would take him 25 years from that day, but he would have his revenge. It was raining outside the warehouse. A group of men entered the building, carrying umbrellas. There were five of them, and they walked into the warehouse wearing suits. They looked like typical businessmen, here to strike a deal with the owners of the warehouse to buy some of their fine goods. The warehouse was filled with large crates and boxes. The whole place stunk of wood and rain? and blood. These men were from the city mob, here to buy some weapons from this warehouse. They were met by a trio of men. They began to converse, to strike a deal for the goods. Money would be traded for weapons that would get them power. They would use this power to gain more money, and the cycle would continue. That is, until he intervened. ?So I hear Joe?s back in town. Did he have a nice vacation?? asked one of the buyers. ?Now you know the boss doesn?t like to mix business and his personal life.? responded the dealer. CRASH! Lighting struck outside, and with it the power went out. ?The fuck is this? You ain?t got no backup generator?? a buyer complained. He pulled out a lighter and lit it. Fluttering was heard coming from the ceiling. ?Probably just a goddamn bird. Hey! Go get some goddamn flashlights!? a dealer exclaimed. One of the three dealers walked off to go look. ?Man, you guys trying to pull some shit? Red doesn?t play games you know.? ?Hell, you guys decided to make a purchase during a thunderstorm. We ain?t pulling nothing? A scream was heard from the distance, and three shots were fired. ?Goddamnit!? What the hell!?? The lighter went out, and darkness plunged over the group. Along with it, came a fury of punches and kicks. A few shots were fired in the dark, lighting up a large, black creature. But this creature knew they could not see him, and therefore could not shoot him. He took them out one by one, until only one was left. One of the dealers stood there, shaking with fear. ?So tell me about your boss?? a raspy voice echoed through the warehouse. ?He?ll fucking kill you? I swear to god he?ll kill you!? the dealer shouted. ?Wrong answer? the voice replied. The dealer was dropped to the ground by a blunt object. He pulled out his gun, and let loose a barrage of bullets. He pulled the trigger again and again, until all that was left was the clicking sound. He sat there in the dark, paralyzed by fear. He knew he had wasted all of his bullets. ?Let me ask you again? tell me about your boss.? the voice demanded. ?I won?t tell you anything! Who the hell do you think you are!?? the dealer yelled out. Suddenly, he was pulled into the air by his leg. He flew up, and almost hit the ceiling, but stopped suddenly. There was just enough light from the moon outside to see a man?s face covered by a dark mask. The creature shouted out to him? ?Who am I? I?M THE GODDAMN BATMAN!?

It was raining as the man walked into the pub. It was one of those dark dreary nights that make you want to stay inside by a warm fireplace. But there was no fireplace in this pub. It was cold in there, but the men inside didn?t seem to mind. Perhaps they were too much into their talking and ranting to notice the cold air. Perhaps they were too drunk to care. Or perhaps they were as cold inside as it was outside. Any way he saw it, they were all going to die, sooner or later. Most of them sooner. The man stood there at the door, observing the pub from behind a bandaged face with dark sunglasses. Nobody seemed to notice him standing there, in his dark trench coat. He watched them carry on, looking for the man he was looking for. He saw several familiar faces, most of them would probably die that night as well. But he was looking for one specific man. And he found him. He was sitting at the bar, hitting on the waitress. He wore dark blue pants, and a worn leather jacket. He was a short fellow, but somewhat muscular. He had a friendly face to him, he looked like a man you could trust. But the bandaged man at the door knew better. He knew better than to trust the face of Clark Rowes, who was currently a police lieutenant. The bandaged man walked towards him, and stopped beside a table next to the bar, with a single bottle of liquor on it. ?Clark Rowes!? called out the bandaged man. The pub grew a little quieter. Nobody fucked with Clark Rowes. He?d have you killed in a heartbeat. But this strange man, dressed in a strange outfit, had just called him out in front of everyone. ?The fuck you want, wanker?? responded Clark, getting up from his barstool. The face that looked trustworthy a second ago had just twisted into an angry face. This was Clarks real face. The bandaged man slowly reached for the bottle of liquor on the table. ?Johnathan says hi.? responded the bandaged man. Clarks face changed again, but this time to a look of pure horror. It would change once more, as the bandaged man threw the liquor bottle at it. The bottle shattered on impact, blood immediately spewing in every direction, along with shards of glass and liquor. A distorted yell came from the creature that was once Clark. People cried out in the bar, some going for the door, some for their guns. The bandaged man jerked his arm back quickly, which made a loud clanking noise, before lowering a shotgun down the sleeve of the arm. He thrusted his arm towards Clarks face, armed with the shotgun. A burst of fire spewed from the gun, and Clarks head exploded on impact, the body dropping to the ground. A man jumped up behind the bandaged man, stabbing him with a knife, but to little or no effect. The bandaged man reached his free hand into his coat and pulled out a modified brass knuckle. The knuckle had been equipped with half of a saw blade, which the bandaged man dug into the attacker?s face. Blood splattered everywhere. Another man jumped at the bandaged man, but was too slow to dodge another blast from the shotgun. The man?s chest burst open, and he dropped to the ground. He cried out and was silenced with another blast to the back of the neck, severing his head. A man in the distance pulled out a hand gun and loaded 4 bullets into the bandaged man?s back. The bandaged man turned around, unphased by the assault, and pointed the gun at the man. He then raised the gun to the ceiling above the attacker, and let off another shot, bringing down a large chandelier on the attacker. The bandaged man dropped his shotgun, and removed his brown hat. He reached inside and pulled out a small grenade. Pulling the pin, he tossed it in the general direction of the man he had just downed with the chandelier. As the bandaged man ducked down, the grenade exploded, taking out a good portion of the bar. Smoke clogged the air. Random shotgun blasts were heard, along with the screams of men. This was no assassination, it was a massacre. A few minutes later, the bandaged man walked out of the bar, dragging the body of Clark Rowes. He looked up at the sign above the pub. It stated ?Champagne Lounge?. He looked down at the corpse, and started digging into it with the saw blade. A few hours later, the police arrived on the scene. Outside, and unrecognizable and dismembered corpse was found. The word ?GHOST? was dug into the flesh. The killer was nowhere to be found.

What do I want for Christmas? The only thing I'm asking for is to spend time with one person who I care about deeply, even though she may not feel the same way. I don't want gifts, I can buy what I want with my job. Christmas for me is not longer Christmas since my mom won't be living this year. Hell, we haven't even set up the tree. All it is to me now is an excuse to buy stuff for people (something I enjoy doing).

First, this is just an idea I came up with, and I wanted to run it by you guys to see what you all thought. The concept has been on my mind since the first game came out. Now I know a lot of Sonic fans disliked the original Sonic Heroes, but the fact of the matter is, it go great reviews and it sold well. Plus, it?s a lot better than Shadow the Hedgehog or Sonic 2006. The basic idea of this would be a sequel to Sonic Heroes in terms of the general tag-team design, while dropping or improving on the games weakness, and adding new features to better the game. There would be a single player story mode where you play as Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails to thwart a generic Dr.Eggman plan. The plotline would be extremely simple, even pre-Dreamcast simple. You would still have tag team and the ability to power up your characters. But the levels would have numerous paths to take, and be generally much larger in design. The stages would be two acts and then a boss act, with a total of 7 zones and a final boss. You would also have extra side missions for each stage, which would encourage exploring the stages. Then there would be a free-play mode, which lets you play through the story mode stages with no story, but lets you select a wide variety of different characters. The more of the game you complete (emblems maybe), the more characters you unlock. You could create a team of any speed, power, and flying characters. Then there would be online/offline multiplayer. You would be able to play through the freeplay game with the other two characters being controlled by an online friend or someone beside you. If your friend is online, then they can go anywhere in the stage they want to, but can only progress so far without working together. There would be certain missions that would become a lot easier by playing co-op multiplayer, and these missions would still add to your unlockable characters. Then SEGA could add new missions to the game by download, and even new characters. The Versus mode would return, but not just in 1 on 1. You would have Co-op versus mode, where you have to race with two friends against another team of players. Also, there would be special race/flying/battle versus stages where speed/fly/power characters can compete in respectively. For example, there would be strait speed stages where you can only pick speed characters, heavy plat forming stages where you can only use flying, and battle stages where you fight using only power characters. I think that if SEGA put the right amount of effort into a game such as this, it would truly turn out to be an excellent game. Not only would it appeal to the kids that SEGA wants to sell Sonic games to, and the hardcore gamers that loved the old Sonic games and play Online.

Batman: Black Gotham The Batman has disappeared. For a little over a month, nobody has seen him. He has not answered the signal, he has not been prowling the streets. And most importantly, he has not been fighting crime. Gotham had just pulled itself back onto it's feet. With the help of the Batman, Commissioner Chief Gordan has begun to clean up the streets. However, there is only so much the police force could do against the psychos that seem to have been attacked to this city. It's only a matter of time before the likes of the Joker and other such monsters show their ugly faces, and drive this city to the ground. Will the Batman return, or is the city left to defend itself? This is a Batman RPG, in honor of the upcoming DVD release. You are an [b]existing[/b] villain in the Batman universe, living in a Gotham city that has finally begun to benefit from the Batman's crusade. You have been oppressed by his efforts, and driven from your crimes into hiding. But you are wary of his absence. Now is the time to put the city in the palm of your hands. You just have to make your move before another of your kind does... or the Batman Returns. Name: Your villain Alter Ego: If your villain has one (some are optional) Description: What your villain looks like. You can bend and shape this as you want, just as long as he still is recognizable as that villain. Background: Your villain's background. His origin story, if you want to tell it. You can bend this as you want, you can make it how you want, as long as it's still recognizable. For example, you could be the Joker, but choose to be a goofy funny one, or twisted, or even something completely different. Batman villains have been around for so long and seen so many different forms, that you have a lot to work with. You can even reinvent a villain, like they did with the Joker in the Dark Knight. I am the only hero to the story, Batman. Name: The Batman Alter Ego: Bruce Wayne Description: A dark shadow, few have seen him properly. Cloaked in a cape, with black body armor, a pointed mask, and short blades on the arms. A dull-gold belt wraps his waist. Background: The vigilante hero of the night. He has used his cunning intellect and arsenal of gadgets to strike fear into the hearts of criminals. However, recently his war on crime has seen a standstill...