The Bandicoot Banter

So it's been a while since I've done one of these, all the way back to my Ratchet and Clank article.  But now I feel like I've been away from this sort of article for a while, so here we go! Some interesting facts about the Sega Dreamcast game, Jet Set Radio. Sega Graffiti Contest in America An entry into the "Graffiti is Art" graffiti contest. A few weeks before the North American release of Jet Set Radio (then Jet Grind Radio), Sega hosted a contest in San Francisco, CA called "Graffiti is Art".  The contest aimed to promote Graffiti as an art form rather than vandalism, since their new game had graffiti as a central mechanic.   Then mayor of San Francisco, Willie Brown, attempted to shut down the contest through the revocation of Sega's permits to host such an event.  However, Sega of America had acquired all of it's permits to host the event in a completely lawful manner, and the contest went on as planned.  Over 138 entries of ...

So the new Spider-Man is up and coming in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will appear for the first time in " Captain America: Civil War ", however, this will be the hero's third time on the silver screen and his third re-cast in Tom Holland after Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. I wanted to talk about why this third iteration needed to happen, and why there is now a third chance for a new Spider-Man lore to be restarted on the big screen.  To do this, we'll evaluate Spider-Man throughout Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's time as the web-crawler, and pose the question...why so many Spider-Men?  It should be noted as well that these are all different Spider-Men (Maguire - Original, Garfield - Amazing, and Holland - Marvel Cinematic Universe). Tobey Maguire The first iteration of Spidey was introduced in 2002 by Sam Raimi and his actor of choice, Tobey Maguire.  Although Raimi's casting of Peter Parker was on point, the acting in this nerd turned h...

So let's talk for a brief moment about one of modern gaming's most persistent video game franchises...or series...or genres (I'm not even sure what to consider these games considering they are from the same developer, but they feature many different IPs in their repertoire.)  We'll call it a franchise for now and dub it the "Lego Video Games Licensed Property Franchise." In the past 10 years, Lego video games have been on the rise and, no one really knows why.  This year's release of Lego: Marvel's Avengers will make the 20th Licensed Property (LP) Lego Video Game release since their debut in 2005.  I mean, they're decent games yes, but why make every single franchise into a Lego version of itself and marketing it as such (probably to milk every penny they can out of the franchises before they die or are forgotten, but that's none of my business.  So I guess the best place to begin would be at the beginning, and it just so happens that I bega...

So now that I have posted another double article (Pokemon Pokedex Entries) I felt less bad about taking another swing into the Crash Bandicoot Universe.  I'd actually like to start doing more Top 10s, as I thoroughly enjoyed writing the Christmas one.  In this list I will only be featuring titles that were in the main series, so no mobile games or handheld games  will be included in this list. So without further ado, here are my opinions on the Top 10 Crash Bandicoot Titles from worst to best. 10. Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex This atrocity of a Crash Bandicoot game was Crash's debut onto the Playstation 2, and many people had incredibly high hopes for the Australian marsupial's leap onto the platform.  However, this game was a major let down to fans all across the world, as this game took away from the original's success in so many ways.  The first of which, and the most obvious area, is the graphics.  The original Crash Bandicoot all the way u...

So it's no news to anyone that the comic book anti-hero Deadpool's popularity has skyrocketed in the past couple of years seemingly out of nowhere, and with good reason.  He is definitely my all-time favorite comic book character due his unique nature, set of powers, and personality.  In this article, I'll be discussing the history, lore and background of Deadpool, as well as the hype behind him and what to probably expect from his upcoming film.  All of these topics will be headlined, so if you already know the majority of the background, you can just skip that part and go straight into my opinions on what to expect from the film. Sound good? History of Deadpool So the history behind Deadpool is somewhat jaded.  The most accepted truth is that Deadpool's real name is Wade Winston Wilson, but he is also called Wade T. Wilson, Jack, and has been accused of actually stealing the identity of Wade Wilson by his enemy, Wade Wilson in one comic book issue. Loki cla...

Well, it's been a short break, but here I am at the public library being one of those guys who feels he has to write so strongly that he has to take to a public place to do so.  I have to say, I never thought I'd be one of those people that wrote their 'all important' pieces at a Starbucks, but here I am.  The only difference is that I don't think I'm that much of an arrogant A-hole, and the fact that instead of being surrounded by overpriced mocha-latte-ccinnos, I'm surrounded by books and movies.  And, as luck would have it, this library has free wi-fi and I have a laptop, so huzzah! I was actually beginning to miss writing about the smallest things that irk me and the things that I care very deeply about, which is geek culture.  So with that, I would like to re-introduce the blog to the people who care, which is a surprising amount of people.  Honestly I didn't think anyone read this thing, but I have a few hits on all of my posts, so thank you to the...

Welcome to the continuation onto my article on the creepiest Pokedex entries! It's my Christmas present to all of you, so let's dive into more creepy Pokedex entries! Haunter Haunter "Its tongue is made of gas.  If licked, its victim starts shaking constantly until death eventually comes."(Silver) So this Pokemon likes to lick, just like Lickitung or Lickilicky! EXCEPT THESE LICKS CAUSE SEIZURES AND DEATH! Really though, why in a children's game would the creators make such a gruesome and horrible side effect to a lick from something children come in constant contact with in the game! I had a right to be scared of Haunter as a kid, he can kill me with just one stroke of his massive tongue! Banette Banette This entry tells kids never to leave their plushes alone, or else they will turn into freaky Pokemon and come back for your bones. "An abandoned plush doll became this Pokemon." (for some reason) "They are said to live in garba...