Q and A Video EXTRAVAGANZA!!
Here it is. You've been waiting for it, my big Q&A Video which includes some BIG Voiceover announcements! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShJQ3-o9O98
Q/A ANNOUNCENT!
Been considering this for a while and thought it would be fun if I do a Q&A Video.
- You can ask up to 3 questions
-You can practically ask me anything you like as long as its not complicated or weird/awkward, so keep it short & Simple. (Top 5, Bang/Marry/kill ect...)
-Please check the spelling & Grammar of your questions. I know its unfair to those that have poor typing/English skills but if I can't understand your question or find it too hard to read it won't be answered, or will be asked to rephrase them in a simpler way.
-The Deadline is the 20th/21st of July after which point I will accept no further Questions.
Goodbye 2017.
Hey there, had a Good Christmas? Mine was alright, although I came down with a Stomach Virus and was ill on Xmas Day and Boxing day which was NOT a nice gift to have,(I'm better now though). I received some Jedi Slippers, a carry bag to store my laptop (which I mostly use for gaming. I don't think it's powerful as a PC gaming rig but it runs games like Sonic Mania really well.), Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 on Blu-Ray, a Rick & Morty 2018 calendar, a new electric Toothbrush and Razor with electric trimmer, a huge amount of sweets, some shirts as well as various toiletries. And I got some books like the Captain Phasma novel (you know, the female chrome trooper who only had 30 seconds of screentime in the new Star Wars Movies), and a Ripley's 2018 book. It was a shame I didn't eat much Christmas Dinner as I received a huge Turkey from my management at work. ( You get a Turkey when you are employed there for over a year). It was so big I had to struggle carrying it to the Bus Stop, and as it was in a Carry Box a passenger thought I had a pet in there or something XD. So what we did with the leftovers was fed it through a mincer and made Turkey Burgers out of it.
I mostly slept that day and saw the Doctor Who special which was Capaldi's Final story and it had him team up with his very first Incarnation (played by David 'Walder Frey' Bradley as Will Hartnell died years ago) who is about to regenerate for the first time. I thought the story was alright and I liked the Banter between the Two Doctors and yeah he was a bit old-fashioned with women but he was from the 1960's you see. I like how he got one final goodbye with Bill..who was kinda there but I wish we get a companion who doesn't get an ending where she/he becomes this godlike entity. It's why I liked Amy & Rory pond as I found them relatable and they had a bittersweet sendoff. I also pretty much had a feeling who the WW1 Soldier really was and what the first thing that'll happen to the new female Doctor Jodie Whittaker. I am interested in what kind of Doctor she'll be and I don’t mind having a female Doctor as Regeneration is supposed to be random and unpredictable. (As a kid I drew pics of The Doctor as a Fox due to a regeneration malfunction) I can see her act a bit like Sally Solomon from 'Third Rock from the Sun' who is an alien (supposedly male) in a Human female body.
A few days later where I got better, me and my parents went to see my older brother and his wife and kids living in Haselmere where my Aunt also joined us. Had a wonderful roast dinner and got some more presents like a book about NES games, a Star Wars book about Bounty Hunters and the Wonder Woman movie on blu-ray ( Which I do agree is a decent movie and it's pretty much 'Wonder Woman: The first Leaguer' and it kinda had elements from God of War thrown in as well). I also bonded with my 11-year old Niece over Doctor Who episode trivia. Nice to know there's another Whovian in the family.
The following day after staying at a hotel in Guildford we went to see a local pantomine production of 'Dick Whittington' and I realized it used the same actors from the last time we were there doing the same sort of roles and repeating the same jokes. When you see their rendition of 'the 12 days of christmas' a second time it's not so funny. But it has some funny moments as well.
I also got myself one final thing after Christmas which was a Nintendo Switch! It's a pretty nifty console which changes from a TV console to a handheld and I like how tiny it is which reminds me of The Gamecube. I wanted to get Mario Odyssey for it but can't find a copy anywhere so I had to order it online. Did try out the demo for Octopath Traveller which is just like the old 2D Final Fantasy Games and I love the 2D sprites on the 3D pixelated environments, but I found the voice acting a bit irritating so I had them disabled so I don't have to hear them say "hmm! yes! of Course!" Over and over in dialogue boxes. Hope that comes out in 2018.
Oh yeah if you want my friend code It's SW-0213-2170-0266
So how did I find 2017? It was okay, I guess. Didn't find it that exciting or eventful during certain times and felt pretty much miserable in some moments but I had some good moments as well, especially near the end of the year. It didn't start well for me at the beginning of the year like in February where my younger brother was admitted into hospital for nearly a week due to a swelling in prt of his body. He's okay though and was discharged afterwards but i had to balance life at home and seeing him in hospital during that period.
Also had my two nieces and nephew staying over for a week in April which was fun. I remember one day my 4-year old Nephew was mucking around with a dangerous toy so we had to take it off him and on a taxi ride to Adventure Island in Southend he kept saying "I want my toy!". That's what kids are like I guess.
I don't think I met up with my online friends till around August where a Town near me was a having a 'Mini Con' which is a convention in 2 small halls. Met up with 
& 
there as well as 
. The Lucky Hit duo was selling some interesting merch and bought their 'Gaga & Cherry faff about in' DVD and a Darth Maul figurine. In another room they had a Mario Kart 8 Tournament where there are 2 racers competing in each match using the same track and have to control the racers using Wii remotes. I was competing with this kid who seemed a bit much and kinda rubbed it in my face when I lost but it was Euan who ended up racing to the final of the Tournament and won ! We also had a panel where we talked about Game collecting and the kid from earlier was there in a discussion about Pokemon and he said something like "We don’t talk about Bulbasaur". What did Bulbasaur do? Did he shoot Abe Lincoln? Was he accused of various sexual allegations? Guess we'll never know. Afterwards me & Euan just cruised around Basildon for a bit.
I think things got great in late 2017 when 
came down to visit us in September. Had a small meetup in Southend along with Aaron, 
, Euan and 
. We went to the seafront arcades, played an aracde game that completely plagiarizes Minecraft and got buried under a load of tickets. I used them to get a figurine of the sonic Boom version of Metal Sonic. We also pitched in to send 
flowers who we really wanted to have with us but couldn't due to travelling problems.
The following day we met up in Witham for their traditional Puppet festival. I talked to Pirates, saw some nosy seagulls and saw the star of the show the all-singing all-dancing Titan the Robot (Who also cries a lot).
In October I went to the London Comic Con where I cosplayed as Mario with Cappy on my head (From Mario Odyssey). As well as meeting up with Euan I met up with who was cosplaying as Blossom from the Powerpuff Girls as well as Jamie and then later met up with 
and Ben (who was cosplaying as Sylvester the Cat). It was great mucking around with the other cosplayers and having fun. I remember when I made everyone break down laughing when I put googly eyes on a Stand of Wonder Woman. I even met Chewbacca and tried to comfort him after he lost his best friend. He's coping okay.
Even work was great for me this year, the factory I work at is under new management now and work has been coming in rather well. Received some new Work shoes and shirts as well as a small Pay rise. I even bonded with my work mates more and often gone out drinking and clubbing with them.
I have played some interesting games this year. Spent most of the year playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Red Dead Redemption which were brilliant open-world games. Ever since I saw the Lord of the Rings Trilogy I always wanted to explore a version of Hyrule that was like Middle-Earth. Twilight Princess did kinda feel like a LOTR Zelda game but BOTW has that exploration feel that was like out of the works of Tolkein or C.S Lewis. Even the mini shrines were really fun. I can imagine them taking an idea out of the Middle-Earth games for a future Zelda where you can have a nemesis system and infiltrate the Bokoblin/Moblin Hierarchy, and they could have individual traits with Strengths & weaknesses and have Link create his own army.
There were also some interesting films I saw this year. I think my faves would be Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Dunkirk & the new Planet of the Apes movie where the apes looked so realistic you'd swear they were actually there. Although I'm a huge Star Wars fan I thought The Last Jedi was about Average. I didn't find it that great nor did I find it bad and I agree with both Pros & Cons of the movie. I felt it did drag on a bit and there was a pointless scene set in Space Vegas, But I liked the acting with some characters, especially Mark Hamill as old Luke and Carrie Fisher in her final performance as Leia. Also there's a meme going around where the bad guy takes his shirt off or something.
So yeah That's what I pretty much thought of 2017. We don't know what's in store for us in 2018, and though we might encounter some bad moments in the new year we will have good moments to make the year memorable. There is one I'm looking forward to which is where 
& are going to get married in May and will be attending the wedding along with my other friends who I love so much. And there's some Royal Wedding going on around the same time I think..
And I have been working on some new pics which I've been very slow on as it's a long-overdue update to not one but three compilations! One is for a compilation that has not been updated in nearly 10 years! So I'll try and get that sorted out in the coming months.
And yes, I am interested to see what new Dissected videos I'll be doing with Roger in the new year and I'm also involved in a spinoff series with 
called 'Give me Chaos theories' (Basically inspired from that Sonic: Live in Sydney song) where me and Meltingman would speculate and theorize about things relating to Sonic.
I have also voice acted for a few projects that have yet to be finished. One being a small role in a Godzilla parody and another is for a James Bond comic animation where I voice Q. I usually have doubts where a Project I voice for seems to take a while to make but these things take time and I have faith in these clients as long as they keep me updated.
So that's it for me, have a happy 2018 everyone and look after yourself, especially your friends and family.
Reviewing some Fangames
The first one I'm gonna talk about is Sonic:Edge of Darkness. From what I saw, this sadly was never finished or is still in development and I can only find two demos. It's best to play the 'Act II Demo' as that has 3 Zones with Bossfights and is more polished. I played both versions to contrast the two. The original one had very floaty controls compared to the newer one's smoother gameplay and when Knuckles climbs up walls he looks really weird which has been fixed in the second demo.
Link: sonicedgeofdarkness.weebly.com…
Now there's not much here in terms of plot. Something about Eggman dissapearing for 3 years and he suddenly comes back with Metal Sonic and is working on something. You can play through 3 Zones as either Sonic, Tails or Knuckles and their abilities have been used pretty well here. What surprised me is that you can have Sonic walljump which is done quickly and transitions well, and he also has a homing attack if you press the jump button twice. The three Zones in question is a Jungle themed Zone (Which is obviously Green Hill Zone in disguise given the second stage's music), a Desert themed Zone and an Ice/Underwater Zone. The Desert one's quite interesting due to pipes leading you into these small factory areas but it gets a bit difficult getting past these crusher things. Also what's cool is that if you fly or climb with Tails or Knuckles you could find secrets that the other characters couldn't. There's no Special Stages though, even though the main menu said there are.
Now the Boss fights are okay, there is a Sonic only boss fight with Metal Sonic which I thought is going to be like Silver Sonic from Sonic 2 but I felt it was a bit too easy in my opinion, but then again it is the first boss.
I do like how you take on a giant Golem in Zone 2 like the one from Sonic 3 but you have to knock a giant block onto him to stun him and then hit him.
Then it gets really unfair in the third zone where at the end of Act 2, and you're playing as Sonic you are stuck between a giant Snowball and Eggman who keeps bombing you and it's hard to get a hit in, then you fight him again where he just keeps throwing missile after missile at you and when you automatically run and you're at the end of the screen it make its like you hit a wall and you slow down. But I did get to beat him at the end.
Then you are teased with the fourth Zone which seems to be based on 'Marble Zone' with some great music but then it just ends with the message 'See you next Demo'.
So yeah I think it's worth checking out. Bosses are quite hard in the third Zone but the gameplay is pretty good.
The second Sonic fangame I played is the well known Sonic: Before the Sequel. Both this and After the Sequel are Interquels set before and after Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Link: sonic-before-the-sequel.en.upt…
Before the Sequel seems to take place immediatly after Sonic 1 and it shows how Sonic & Tails first met and how they have to work together to take down the Prototype of the Death Egg. This game is extremely long, but what makes it interesting is that you play as Sonic in the first Zone then as Tails in the Second and it goes back & forth between them throughout the game. The game is also quite hard due to the placement of enemies & badniks but it is possible to get through and theres a lot of opportunities to go through loops and up walls. There's also some interesting level manipulation like if Tails gets hit by a spore-like enemy the level starts to go weird and it's like Tails is tripping out on Drugs!. And in a Sonic Stage you can have Sonic hit these multicoloured lights to make him jump higher, smash through floors and turn off the antigravity. Also there are Special Stages but you shouldn't worry about conserving rings as no matter how many rings you have at the end of every third act theres a ring you just jump in.
There doesn't seem to be any requirements for chaos emeralds so these stages are just used to farm for rings and extra lives. Can't say if the emeralds are in the game. Spoilers. There are some music from other Sonic games but I think there's some original soundtracks in the game. What I really like is how the music suddenly becomes Orchestral where you come near the end of the game and you hear the Sky Sanctuary theme as you try and get to the Death Egg Prototype.
Now, the bosses here are also pretty hard. Sonic fights Eggman whilst Tails fights a Robotic orb that changes it's form. Kinda like how in S&K Sonic fights Eggman and Knuckles fights an Eggman Robot. It involves a lot of trial & error trying to work out how to fight it and when to avoid it's attacks. Ring recovery is also quite scarce in some of them.
What I don't like about this fangame is that when you get a Game Over and you want to quickly go back into the fight so when you are at the menu screen the cursor is always on 'New Game' and needs to be moved to 'Load Game'. So if you are not careful you might accidentally reset the game.
In conclusion, whilst it is a pretty difficult Fangame it is really fun and if you got more than 2 hours to spare I say give it a go.
Now the last Fangame I played which is unreleated is one based on He-Man & the Masters of the Universe. As you got 80's franchises like Transformers & TMNT that got tons of Videogames He-Man is one of those franchises that really doesn't have that many games tied to it. The game retains music and the animated style straight from the cartoon so it feels like you're in an actual episode of the show.
Link: gamejolt.com/games/he-man/1943…
The game seems to be incomplete but it has a lot of content like the main game which is an arcade co-op Beat em up like Golden Axe and a Vs.Mode. You can chose characters from both He-Man and his allies the Masters of the Universe as well as his twin sister She-Ra and also his nemesis Skeletor & Evil Lyn. As an additinonal surprise the game also has Lion-O from Thundercats. You can use various attacks and combos to take out Hordaks evil Hoard. And collect gems to gain health and rescue Widgets (Basically the Eternian version of Halflings) Theres also the stages where you run through smashing enemies on a Mount like Battle-Cat or Panthor. Play these levels as She-Ra for added laughs.
The only gripes I have with the game is the levels where you have this giant hand that comes out from the bottom of the screen and would slap you back if you try to jump over it so you need a running jump to get over it and if you lose a life you appear at the other end of the hand.
And theres the level which is set in a labryinth which I feel slows the gameplay down a bit as you had to rush and find the widget to complete the level and you have a strict time limit as well.
But other than that if you ever grew up with the cartoon or was a fan of the show like I was it's definately worth checking out.
So I decided to make my own list from moments that I would find from watching Kid's TV shows and cartoons that scared me and probably made me hide behind the sofa like when our parents would get scared of the Daleks from Doctor Who when they were kids XD.
1. The scene in the BBC version of 'The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe' where Aslan gets horribly tortured and killed by the White Witch and her minions and there were these ghouls and demons dancing around the poor Lion which horrified me. (starts at 4:12)
2. The Rugrats episode where Angelica's parents tell her she might be getting a little brother and she get's a nightmare about this huge baby who tries to catch her and eat her. ( apologies for crap quality its the only decent vid I can find of that part)
3. This one's more Ancient. In the early 90's There was a cartoon called 'Widget the World watcher' which is about this alien living in a cave on the beach who can turn into animals & objects. In one episode involving Marine life & Toxic waste there was a scientist who drank some goo, then we see him go into a secret room and removed his lab jacket to reveal a Biker jacket, a shock of red hair and a terrifying face. It was like a Dr Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde Transformation! He terrified me so much as a kid that when I saw him in a later episode I ran out of the room Screaming. ( Starts at 12:08, could only find a foreign version of that ep)
4. Yes, even Superted scared me at one point. There was an episode set in a museum where the villians Texas Pete, Skeleton & Bulk steal Spotty's magic dust which brings exhibits to life. Bulk accidentally brings a statue of Poseidon to life which looms overhead and stares right down at you in thunder & lightning saying he will bring Doom & Destruction on the villians and even Spotty!. I know it's just Superted in disguise but as a kid I always covered my eyes during that bit. ( Starts at 6:00)
So those are my most scariest moments I saw on TV when I was a kid, what moments from shows or commercials scared you when you were little?