Thu Staph

I s'pose it's time I introduced you to the staff. Well, here they are:

Dextrose Theguy - It's me. I do most of the articles here.

Isabel of the Not-Having-a-Last-Name - Izzy doesn't actually exist. Or something like that. She usually only comes out to help keep my sporking clean.

Patsy McCoopington - An otherdimensional equivalent of me. Human. He has, like, all of my energy and none of my brains.

Danny Howarth - Another otherdimensional equivalent. Also human. Has all my brains and gaming skills.

Flux Jargon - It's not her real name, but she ain't talking. Affectionately referred to as the grandmaster science nerd.

Those are the only dudes who've done actual posting, but there are some who might post later on, such as:

Cassandra Weatherstorm

Nidorina

Doctor James Guapo

And all them.

So, yes. Our illustrious staff. All I have to do is hope Patsy didn't misspell the title, and we're pretty much home free.

Public Service Announcement

Always remember...

As champion smitemaster...

I OUTRANK YOU, KNAVE! NOW FETCH THE FLAMETHROWER LAUNCHER!!

Best. Game. EVAR.

In case you hadn't noticed, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2 is my favorite video game of all time. The gameplay honestly isn't all that great without some motivation. So how the crap is it such a great game?

The answer, my friends, is the plot.

The plot is what makes a truly great game. Don't give me any of your graphics crap, Microsoft. You too, Sony. (Of course, the graphics aren't bad or anything. It's just that this generation of consoles, you can't see imperfections in the 3D-ness unless you get waaay closer than you'd want to. Hecks, I couldn't tell on the GameCube.) Gameplay had better not be dumb, either. If I have to go through a bunch of /crap/ to get the story done, I--don't like. Also, crappygamedesigners, there's a fine line between fun-challenging and /stupid/-challenging. Also music. Music makes a good game. Good music, of course.

Anyways. The plot. I don't know. It's one of those games that I cried at the end of. I-it was touching, what can I say? (Oh, good, now I have to address the issue of crying in video games.) Everything seemed well-timed. Just when I was getting tired of pointless exploration, I get some real tasks. I admit I haven't gone all the freaking way through. It's just I get hungry for more world saving and start the game over.

So, about the crying thing. Have you ever cried during a movie before at a character's death or death equivalent? Or a book, Brian forbid? (I'm not sure I used that phrase correctly.) What's the difference? I'll tell you what the difference is. In a book, the character's actions are all in your imagination. In a movie, you watch them happen. But in a video game, the actions are, essentially, actions you have made. The video game is the only medium that can identify you with the character so fully. Why can't they be seen as what they are, another storytelling medium? Probably because a lot of them actually aren't, but let's not get into that.

Anyways, we managed to get off the topic of the ultimate game and onto the topic of my philosophical superiority. My apologies.

Umm... I'm pretty sure I can end this post here, right? Please? Well, I don't care what you say; I'm done.

Dex's Summer Project of INCREDIBLENESS

Guess what. Video games ain't gonna be my main focus this summer. Just something a little... video games related.

THE THIRTEENTH SANDWICH: UNSLICED.

It wasn't working in prose form, so I changed the plot, changed most of the characters, and voila!... Basically, I started over and made it a comic. But still!

It's not going to be about PMD2 anymore. Well, maybe a little bit. Around the end of it, actually, but my point is it's not the main focus. I split the characters into different groups. Kard and Torchic are their own team, Team Ultimate, and Mort, Patsy, and Nidorina form Team SmiteSquad. I don't even know where Flux is.

Perhaps an explanation is in order. As an author, I understand a few things you don't. For example, Team Ultimate's name. It was not a name I made up; rather, a name that it sounded like Kard and Torchic would choose. In my original story, Patsy was becoming quite the Gary-Stu. In short, I'M A GOOD WRITER YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.

Anyways, I need to go learn how to draw half my characters before then. And also review the amount of the plot that I'm, uh... repeating? Also, I'll probably have to learn a few things about webcomicery, like how to make the whole next-last-previous button thing. I may need a more... usable site to put it on.

So. Any ideas, tell me. Thanks bye.