Notes from the Gamer's Guide: Five Video Games That Need To Be Brought Back

Welcome to my list of five video games that need to be brought back. Let me get explain; my "brought back" I mean they need to remade for Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, and PS4. This is my list, in no particular top five order, because I love them all. Hilarious, we all know that I am obsessed with Injustice: Gods Among Us, but it's not on this list, because they are making an Injustice 2 for Xbox One and PS4. Anyone that has any kind of contacts with the creators of these games...please make this a thing!

1. Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (PS2/ Xbox): The Marvel version of DC's Injustice: Gods Among Us, and one of the best freaking game of all time. This is one of the few games that can actually compete with the Injustice for the number one spot of my favorite video game.

2. Duel Masters (PS2): I was obsessed with the show and the trading card game. When I got the game for PS2, I never stopped playing... until my baby brother accidently broke it.

3. Dragonball Z: Budakai Tenkaichi 2 (PS2): My favorite game of all time, I would play this game endlessly, for days, ignoring my dozens of other PS2 games. I got it when I was 12 and didn't stop playing it until I was 17, and that was only because my PS2 broke and I got an Xbox 360.

4. Ape Escape 3 (PS2): In all honesty, this was one game that I played more than Dragonball Z. Everything about it was just flawless.

5. Spiderman 2 (PS2): This was my very first game type that was similar to Batman: Arkham Knight. Long story short...this game was freaking perfect. I won't even lie, I haven't even tried playing the Amazing Spiderman games, because I don't think they'll measure up.



Notes From the Nerd's Notebook: Super Power Breakdown: Complete Body Strike

Complete Body Strike, hilariously enough, is less like a power and more like a martial arts technique, which is possessed by many users, though the most prominent user (via his frog kata) is the shinobi Naruto Uzumaki. The user of this technique can strike in such a way that by striking one part of the foe's body, the damage resonates throughout the entire body. For example, a blow to forehead would resonate throughout the entire body, dealing equal damage to the body as a whole.

Unfortunately, this technique might have physical consequences on the users body. Not only that, but it may also cause an unwanted amount of damage on the target. This technique is associated with the abilities of Combat Empowerment, Critical Impact, Damage Amplification, Energy Strike, Enhanced Combat, and Enhanced Strength.

Notes From the Nerd's Notebook: Super Power Breakdown: Mentifery

Mentifery is a powerful ability and honestly, it's one of my favorites. Mentifery is the ability to warp, shape and alter the very fabric of reality with a mere thought and based on the users imagination. With this, the user could change any minor thing about themselves, or change the entire universe. Hell, with this power, the user could create their own dimension and crown themselves God.

With this power under one's belt, they could literally do anything they could imagine. Mentifery is the purest and most powerful form  Reality Warping, as imagination is both rational and irrational.

There are, however, limitations with this and every power. Since this power is based on the user's mind, it will not be effective if the user is not in a peak mental state. Meaning if they're sick, tired, stressed, et cetera. A lot of training is required to keep this power under control, especially is they're like me and have over active imaginations; meaning if they don't have the necessary control, every little thought could run rampant and have devastating consequences. Last, but not least, the user cannot form and/ or create what they are incapable of imagining. Meaning if you can't picture your dream spouse, or dream life, then you sure as hell aren't getting it. 

Page From the Gamer's Guide: Five Movies That Should Be Decision Based Video Games

In the world of video games, one of many types are decision based video games, such as Until Dawn, wherein every decision you make can and will alter the story in some way, shape, and/or form. So that got me thinking... what movies would actually make a good, or at the very least a somewhat decent decision based video game?

5. Prom Night (2008): The movie is suspenseful, and is a good, old fashioned serial killer horror movie. On the Prom Night shared by high school friends, who would make it out alive when an obsessed serial killer infiltrates the hotel the prom is being hosted at and starts picking people off just to get to a specific character?

4. Titanic: In this iconic movie, let's see if we can prevent as many people from dying, or if more people die by our hands.

3. The Perfect Guy/ Enough: In both movies, women are trapped in toxic relationships and have to escape. Both end in the death of the toxic ex-boyfriend/ spouse. How long would it take for us to reach that point with our hands on the controller or keyboard.

2. Bruce Almighty: Simply put, how would the decisions we make now differ from the ones we would make if we were gifted God's powers?

1. Blue is the Warmest Color: Literally, my all time favorite movie/ graphic novel. In the book, she dies at the end. In the movie, she doesn't. Which direction would we walk in the shoes of Clementine...or Adele in the movie.

Are there any movies you think should be on this list? Are there any movies here you feel shouldn't be? Drop a comment below and let me know. Stay weird, my friends.

DC Versus Marvel: Nightwing (DC) versus The Winter Soldier (Marvel)

 

For tonight's versus, we have the two best and most dangerous former sidekicks in the history of comics. The most talented and loved protégé of the Dark Knight himself, the former boy wonder, Nightwing, facing off against the only protégé of Captain America, Bucky Barnes, a.k.a, the Winter Soldier.

Powers:

Nightwing: Nightwing's childhood experiences as a circus acrobat and trapeze artist make him extremely agile. He is a superior fighter and has been trained by Batman and the Teen Titans in many forms of self-defense. Nightwing is a keen detective, and is driven to seek out adventure in the name of justice. Nightwing uses Escrima sticks to defend himself, and can be put together to form a bo staff. Also, his wrist and boot gauntlets contain smoke pellets, flares, and other items.

Winter Soldier: An Olympic level athlete with extraordinary skills, the Winter Soldier is also a superb marksman. His cybernetic arm also gives him super strength.

Showdown:

Let me start by saying, wow. This match-up was one that I thought up while trying to fight a medicine-induced haze of sleep. Two of the most talented protégé in the world of comics engaged in battle. Diving right into it, I'm going to say flat out, I think that this match will end in a draw. Sure, the Winter Soldier has super strength in his cybernetic arm, but Nightwing is extremely agile, able to dodge and evade most things the average human couldn't. Strangely enough, if it came down to direct hand-to-hand combat, it wouldn't stop until one of them dropped from exhaustion, Winter Soldier managed to actually shoot and kill Nightwing, or unless Nightwing broke a couple of bones in his normal limbs.

Notes From the Nerd's Notebook: Top 10 DC Power Couples

As an otaku and an active member in the anime community, I hear a lot about characters being "shipped", which means matching characters based on personalities, powers, and et cetera. So I figured, if people can do it in anime, why can't I do it amongst comic book characters. And so, I created this list... Let us begin.

10. Superman & Wonder Woman: Hilariously, I thought about this after playing Injustice: Gods Among Us. During this story line, Louis Lane is dead, and Wonder Woman is the rebound girl. Funnily enough, this is canon in DC's New 52. I just find this couple interesting because of the fact that they are so powerful, and the fact that they complete each other in a way that Louis Lane never could complete him.

9. Superboy & Power Girl: Both are super powered beings, and while many people would say that he should get with Wonder Girl (just like his "biological father", Superman), but I feel like he wouldn't be a good match with her. Like Superman, the Earth's yellow sun grants her power, leading many to believe that she is a clone of  Kara Zor-El, a.k.a Supergirl.

8. Batman & Talia Al Ghul: In DC's comic continuity, they have already had a child, the newest Robin--Damian Wayne. With Batman's genius level intellect, and martial arts prowess,Talia's charm and deadly skills as an assassin, pulled together my young Damian's combination of his mother's and father's training regiments and fighting styles, you have one force that even Superman and Wonder Woman wouldn't be able to stop.

7. Animal Man & Vixen: Both heroes with animal based super powers, I think that it would personally make, not only an interesting teamwork mechanic, but also an interesting relationship mechanic. Animal Man is connected to the Lifeweb, and Vixen's powers come from an totem. But relationship wise, I wonder how two animal based super heroes would function, since in the Justice League Unlimited television show, it was Green Lantern and Hawkgirl.

6. Shazam & Zatanna: I find that both of their powers are spawned from magic; Zatanna having magic as the Family Heirloom, so to speak, and Shazam being gifted with the powers of the Gods via magic.

5. Aqualad & Supergirl: The pupil of the king of Atlantis and the cousin of the Man of Steel. This seems like a good combination to me, because if they were to have children, they would be half Atlantean and half Kryptonian. In all honestly, they would be as dangerous a couple as Superman and Wonder Woman.

4. Red Robin & Oracle: The third Robin and the original Batgirl. After losing mobility of her legs, Red Robin and Oracle became closer and at one point were engaged. Both are genius detectives, though not as good as the Dark Knight, whom they've trained under.

3. Nightwing & Wonder Girl: A "bat brat" and the demi-God. I would find the team and relationship dynamic the two strange and fascinating. The boy wonder and the daughter of Zeus. Honestly, they need to make this canon.

2. Batwoman & Catwoman: Strangely enough, I just think this would be interesting to see in either the Batwoman or the Catwoman comic continuity, even it were just a one time fling between the two.

1. Batman & Harley Quinn: Hold on...what? Don't you mean The Joker? Nope. I mean Batman. Why? Because she's certifiably insane, and he's a freaking genius. Imagine how badly that would throw off each and every villain. That would be freaking amazing...not to mention...romantically, it would fun, to say the least.

Are there any couples you think should be on this list? Leave a comment below.