Top Ten Anime/Game Weapons

I have always enjoyed Top Ten lists and videos for a long time now. Screwattack.com has some of the most interesting and fun lists to watch when your bored. This is my personal list of the Top Ten Weapons in all of Anime and games. This is my opinion and is in no way official but feel free to write a comment if I missed a weapon you think really deserves to be on this list...I will listen to your request but doubt I will honor it. These weapons are just sexy in everyway. they have to be fresh and inovative to make this list so without further ado I present the Top Ten weapons in anime/games.

10. Harman Smith (dragonuv sniper rifle)


This almost didn't make it and almost all of the killer 7 have amazing weapons but that's not air tank on this old mans wheelchair...

9. Wing Zero Custom (Buster Cannon)


Yep...insane

8. No More Heroes (Speed Buster)


Never trust old ladies with full shopping carts who knows they might have a tank cannon hidden inside...like to see her get robbed..you can run but I doubt she'll miss.

7. Nickolas D. Wolfwood (Cross-gun)


A traveling preacher who comes more then prepared. This this a swiss army knife of weapons and its looks really cool and wouldn't we all love to have a gatling gun, pistol cach and mini rocket launcher? hmmm?

6. No More Heroes (Beam Katana)


Star wars may have opened the door but travis doesn't mess around. Plus he has to shake it up and down in his crotch area to re...charge...it...ewww

5. Fallout 3 (Fat Man MIRV)


A handheld nuke launcher..yep *note to user firing indoors are your or disgrestion. Oh look a little man was sent flying...I don't think the landing killed him...

4. Trigun (Angel Arm)


Vash already has two guns that can take out a whole city but just for kicks why not add a thrid that can destroy whole planets...or put a hole in the moon...

3. EDF ( Genocide Gun)


The name speaks for itself...just look at what it does in the video...good thing hitler never knew about this...

2. Super Metroid (Rainbow Beam)


You have an undefeatable boss until your friend takes his own life to switch the balance of power making you spray rainbow energy. Anyone who can shoot rainbows that kill is pretty amazing in my book.

1. Outlaw Star (Caster gun)


Finding a Video that showcases this clever and most dangerous weapon was hard as it is to find ammo for it. The gun shoots mini to large BLACKHOLES people...no nuke or large explostion can top being sucked into oblivion plus the thing can sap part of your life per shot so don't go wasting it on small animals in the backyard.

Well that's my TOP TEN. I suggest if you haven't played or seen any of these games/shows you should!

August 4, 2009

No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle (Wii)

Well this is what I'm taking about. Linked from link from link and now it's finally here watered down the internet highway straight from me to you, a sneak peek at the next Suda 51 masterpiece!

June 17, 2009

Why does the Wii sleep alone at night?

This isn't a hard question to answer for most but all fanboy flame wars aside, why was the Wii such a hot seller if roughly 75% of the software being released was [below] passable to the game community? Why have sales continued to surpass the other two leading game hardware companies such as Microsoft and Sony. It seems to be a combination of things that are going on behind the Marketing over at the house that Nintendo Built. It's no hidden fact that the Wii could barely be duct-taped together fast enough( Sorry I set it up for that) to get out of the factory and into your home, living room or bathroom (that would be tricky to play...) but still as soon as they came into the store they were eaten up like a fat man at a Chinese Buffet. So let's be serious now, The Wii is a fresh new take on gaming and had its fun in the first year with games like Red Steal and the Wii-version of Zelda TLP but these games weren't perfect control wise and left the player more excited for the potential the next wave of games would bring but instead of doing just that the game well dried up and suddenly the Wii was still hard to find but the software was spilling out of the flood gates full of Herpes and Aids which forced many players to abandon their Wii's for risk of getting a shovelware STD. So this is where we are now at the Nintendo "river" or pipeline (whatever works for you) and its a quickly flowing stream of games (water...) but in that flowing river of games lurk the Leechware* waiting to suck you dry of your now very hard to earn money forcing you to put old Wii out to green pastures and turn toward the other systems but some of us (myself included) have hope that Nintendo can still clean up the mess other companies have left at it's house after what started as a fun party and get ready to start playing with the big boys and releasing Fresh water software that pushes the system and the control mechanic to a level that makes Wii fun again..sadly until then I will play No more Heroes and Mario Kart and hope....just hope....

April 17, 2009

Nintendo DSi is it an Industry improvement or just a classic case of one step forward and two steps back?

*UPDATE- DSi Seems to be in fact an improvement over the DS Lite

I posted with simply pictures before because I wanted them to do the talking but after about three months with the unit and watching as my perfectly healthy Lite gather dust I have decided that the DSi is a worthy replacement for the handheld (even if Nintendo claims it wont replace the lite...sure). The cameras at frist were a mixed bag but after I got the idea to use that camera for a flash game I'm developing, it's showing promise. While yes it's not the best pixel (front cam: 3 megapixel /inside cam: .03 megapixel) for your money it nice to have them and opens up the unit for game to tap into their use. Now the system is a bit more the the standard Ds Lite (DSi 169.99 USD) but I got it for twenty bucks so I feel it was my moneys worth. The DSi has a shop channel, which takes a page right from the Wii shop channel which isn't offering a whole lot as of right now. There are a few nintendo staples such as a Mario vs. Donkey Kong and a rehashing of Dr. Mario which isn't awful and if you got your DSi early they gave you 1000 points (equal to 10.00 USD) so thats nice. Gameloft and Activision have a few games up showing their suport and they arent copy and paste games either Mixed Messages by Activision is a great tool if you have a ton of friends and Gameloft has provided a 4th installment to Assphalt GT series with/o touch controls which is a plus over Namco's Ridge Racer which forced you to play a rehashed N64 game with touch only controls. So that's a start to the game content and I would be foolish to think games wont wow us later on with the service. The Web broswer wouldn't be as much fun if it weren't free. Now yes you may view pron (no I wanted to spell it that way) but parents can block all that should this system be for the little ones. Don't want little johny learning about what he can do when no ones around and forget to hang out with real girls now do we? So in final fasion I will say if you have the money and do not own any DS of any kind at this point ( you really should by now the library of titles is great...shame on you if you haven't) You should pick up the newest member of the handheld family because there is a little bit for everyone in this system from the games to the apps.

Overall: 4/5

April 5, 2009

*Download Content* The selling of incomplete and broken games!?

Now more then ever "DLC" or Downloadable Content as it were, has taken the gaming market by storm (mainly on X-box 360) and is showing no sign of slowing down. It has gotten to the point now that companies are including this content as a long term plan to draw out the life or replay value of their games so that they are being played longer after their release. But what if this isn't just a plan to stretch out the life of a game but more a fall back for when a game releases with bugs and glitches due to short production schedules? So if a game gets a poor review...they will say "wait!", there's more! and if you pay the additional 800 ms points (=10 USD) you can have what we meant to give you but were in a hurry to complete! thus making a USD 59.99 game into a USD 69.99 game plus local tax from when you first bought it. But this trend shows little sign of stopping from both sides the game companies love it and they have the users now looking forward to the next quick update and additional level to play that's about 3 dollars an hour if you think that's your moneys worth... Sound off your opinion in the comments section! Happy DLC day!




*UPDATE- Another major point is the pricing of this content and what happens when you are left with an overage. For example I will preform simple math to illustrate my point. Lets say you have purchased the new fallout 3 (which this games quality is not in question 10/10) and it's either one of the two standard price tags 59.99 or 79.99 (limited edition lunchbox) and lets add local Vermont sales tax to this purchase. So, you have 59.99, which already is a false asking price and add 7% sales tax, with 6% of it being state tax and 1% Burlington tax and this game at it's cheapest comes in at $64.19. The point system is different in retail and on the Microsoft Market place. Retail a point card comes in two flavors 1600 points and 4000 points (19.99 and 49.99 respectively) and on the site is ranges from 1000 points up to 7500 or something, I'm starting to skip steps to hurry my point sorry, and Fallout 3's DLC is 800 ms points. Well either way you have to get the points from either a retail chain or the site both will cost you more then the needed 800 points which leaves you with an overage and with nothing but pictures and themes to try your luck at spending the rest of your points on, which is a sad way to keep your points at bay or generally wasted or leave you with a 80 point gamer pic!! while you now have 70 ms points left thus returning you to buy more point cards should you want another Fallout 3 DLC and this would put you around over 80 dollars total for a game that was already costing you more then half a hundred from the start...I am not upset I just really wish I was apart of that financial pie!

March 5, 2009