Post by Goobsausage on Apr 30, 2017 20:12:08 GMT -6
I finally got around to finishing the episode after listening to it in bits and pieces over the week!
-It's good to see/hear some Tin Follin love! His soundtracks really were the best parts of the game he worked on.
-I'm fine with whatever Adi Shankar does for the R-rated Mega Man project. Artists tend to make their best work whenever they're given the freedom to do whatever they want, and I've enjoyed his previous work. It also probably won't have any story impact on the Capcom games and instead be its own re-imagining/stand-alone thing.
-At the same time, I can understand if people don't like the idea of an R-rated Mega Man. After all, art and entertainment quality are often subjective and people can have different reasons for liking or disliking things.
-I hope whatever IGA does for the inverted castle equivalent in Bloodstained ends up being more than just repeating what SOTN did. I would rather see new areas and rooms than just old rooms flipped upside down with different backgrounds and enemies. But at the same time, I also think it would be cool if the player could flip/invert/rotate the game map by 90 degrees (left, right, and upside-down) in order to access new areas or solve certain puzzles.
And because he was mentioned on the podcast, I thought it'd be good to recommend some comic book/graphic novel series Warren Ellis worked on. Most of these should be available in comic book stores, regular book stores that carry comic books/graphic novels, digital services like Comixology or Marvel Unlimited, or possibly even for free at your local library!
-Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.
It's a stand-alone crazy, newcomer-friendly superhero series in the Marvel universe. It has one of my favorite origin stories, reading it will have you saying things like "Wow, Machine Man is sure is total ****," it will help you understand the value of money, and you will cower in fear of FIN FANG FOOM! The Elvis alt costume MODOK has in MVC3 first appeared here. It lasts for 12 issues and is collected in two different versions: one book containing all of them, and two books collecting six each.
-Doom 2099
This is set in a cyberpunk future where Marvel's Doctor Doom tries to do things like take over countries. Warren Ellis wrote issues 24-39, they've been re-published together, and it's considered to be the best of Marvel's 2099 series.
-Planetary
It's a stand-alone sci-fi/archaeology/superhero series that's not really a superhero series and focuses on a team of people with special abilities as try to solve mysteries about Earth. It lasts for 27 issues over 4 volumes and is also available in an omnibus format. One of the main characters, Elijah Snow, is one of my favorite fictional protagonists.
-Transmetropolitan
This is considered Ellis's best work and I'm reading through the whole series right now. It's a dark comedy/satire starring Spider Jerusalem, a Hunter S. Thompson-style gonzo journalist searching for truth in a sucky city set in a cyberpunk future. It's also bittersweet to read because so many of the ideas it's talking about have come true or are coming true. I'm enjoying it, but I would not recommend this if you're uncomfortable with strong language, graphic violence, or things like an in-universe kids TV show called "Sex Puppets" where the puppets have puppet genitals. It lasts for 60 issues over 10 volumes.
-It's good to see/hear some Tin Follin love! His soundtracks really were the best parts of the game he worked on.
-I'm fine with whatever Adi Shankar does for the R-rated Mega Man project. Artists tend to make their best work whenever they're given the freedom to do whatever they want, and I've enjoyed his previous work. It also probably won't have any story impact on the Capcom games and instead be its own re-imagining/stand-alone thing.
-At the same time, I can understand if people don't like the idea of an R-rated Mega Man. After all, art and entertainment quality are often subjective and people can have different reasons for liking or disliking things.
-I hope whatever IGA does for the inverted castle equivalent in Bloodstained ends up being more than just repeating what SOTN did. I would rather see new areas and rooms than just old rooms flipped upside down with different backgrounds and enemies. But at the same time, I also think it would be cool if the player could flip/invert/rotate the game map by 90 degrees (left, right, and upside-down) in order to access new areas or solve certain puzzles.
And because he was mentioned on the podcast, I thought it'd be good to recommend some comic book/graphic novel series Warren Ellis worked on. Most of these should be available in comic book stores, regular book stores that carry comic books/graphic novels, digital services like Comixology or Marvel Unlimited, or possibly even for free at your local library!
-Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.
It's a stand-alone crazy, newcomer-friendly superhero series in the Marvel universe. It has one of my favorite origin stories, reading it will have you saying things like "Wow, Machine Man is sure is total ****," it will help you understand the value of money, and you will cower in fear of FIN FANG FOOM! The Elvis alt costume MODOK has in MVC3 first appeared here. It lasts for 12 issues and is collected in two different versions: one book containing all of them, and two books collecting six each.
-Doom 2099
This is set in a cyberpunk future where Marvel's Doctor Doom tries to do things like take over countries. Warren Ellis wrote issues 24-39, they've been re-published together, and it's considered to be the best of Marvel's 2099 series.
-Planetary
It's a stand-alone sci-fi/archaeology/superhero series that's not really a superhero series and focuses on a team of people with special abilities as try to solve mysteries about Earth. It lasts for 27 issues over 4 volumes and is also available in an omnibus format. One of the main characters, Elijah Snow, is one of my favorite fictional protagonists.
-Transmetropolitan
This is considered Ellis's best work and I'm reading through the whole series right now. It's a dark comedy/satire starring Spider Jerusalem, a Hunter S. Thompson-style gonzo journalist searching for truth in a sucky city set in a cyberpunk future. It's also bittersweet to read because so many of the ideas it's talking about have come true or are coming true. I'm enjoying it, but I would not recommend this if you're uncomfortable with strong language, graphic violence, or things like an in-universe kids TV show called "Sex Puppets" where the puppets have puppet genitals. It lasts for 60 issues over 10 volumes.
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