Mistake in Adventure Time

In the episode BMO Noire at the end, Finn is wearing two socks even though he left the house earlier wearing only one. That's it. Also, I enjoyed noticing that this episode links to the episode called Princess Potluck. I always wondered where they were going with Jake wearing makeup like that. I love it when they do that.

The only problem with manga style comics is... ok again I lied, you know there's always more than one problem with most things.

The main problem is that the art style is more unrealistic than American comic book style, proportion-wise. You either love it or you hate it.

I like it but I wouldn't say I love it.
It's slightly easier to copy that style than American style.
To clarify, I will call the superhero comic book classic style that we all know (e.g DC, Marvel, Dark Horse etc) American style here, just for quick differentiation.
I know that in America and Japan they have more than one drawing style, and anyone can draw in different styles but the mainstream styles are what I'm talking about. I also know that you can get manga style comics from China, Taiwan, Korea and other countries but include those in Manga style. Ok?
Most western Manga style comics are not drawn correctly. They are done too cartoony and blocky and do not have the same feel at all. Usually done by people who want to jump on the Manga bandwagon and make some money. However some of us who have an eye for good lines and curves, can tell the difference immediately. Some western Manga are not bad. But most, suck, frankly. They are poor copies of something good. Even their stories and dialogue are childishly lacking in nuance (subtle quality) or originality.
I hate giving Manga a capital. So lower case here we go.

Weaknesses for manga?
Overly emotional and sometimes goes more dark than American.
Sometimes really dark... torture, rape, gore, incest, pedophilia. I have to be very careful what manga I get into. It's such a mess sometimes.
Less attention to movement, more to backgrounds, beauty and emotional expression.
Sometimes too dramatic, and sometimes too weird, e.g stuff gets lost in translation... your sense of humor may vary...
Slow to build up action sometimes. This can make a story a downer or boring.
The EYES... too big!
Ridculous hair! and some ridiculous heroes, it's hard for me to believe in a story if the characters are too over the top ridiculous in appearance or their powers or how they talk. I don't feel a connection, it doesn't feel real enough and so I have no sympathy or interest in them. Maybe because I'm not Japanese I have this problem, I don't know.
Cheesy too, sometimes. Esp shonen (manga for boys). 'You're my rival! YOU CAN'T LOSE, PROMISE ME!!!' *amazing amount of crying*
Why is there almost always a pervert?
Why is there almost always a main character who is an IDIOT???
Why are girl's boob sizes so important????
So much magic....
So much ridiculous levelling up! And new powers and abilities being discovered.
Dying is not always permanent, but they don't do that quite as much as the American ones do. Although that's only because modern manga which is becoming like Asian mutant (they never call it that though) superhero madness (copying you-know-who), is younger than American comics, so they haven't had superhero (sorry don't know what Japan would call it) characters running in comics for literally decades yet. But they are close!
Art getting better, more fluid, colourful etc, but most characters becoming cliques of older ideas that were done better and more meaningfully. Basically the better the art, the worse the story seems to be, these days. A few exceptions but generally, my catchphrase is, 'Oh yeah, that's like .... and I liked .... better. Oh, you don't know what .... is? Google it. Watch it or read it. I promise you it's way better.'
Manga adaption to anime is often bad, depending on what studio takes up the story and how many episodes they are prepared to do. They ruined Ouran High School Host Club, in the anime. Sorry but the manga was MILES better.
Sometimes hard to tell characters apart. But that's the same as American style.

Strengths:
So different.
Sailor Moon. Ranma. The 90's stuff was good, art was improving, becoming more ambitious, yet retaining good characters and interesting plotlines. It was all new.
Novels become manga become anime (aka animation, cartoons). Or even better, live drama. And can become a game or several games! Awesome.
Beauty. Style, grace, intelligent dialogue (sometimes haha). The hero isn't American. Or always a male. Or even human! It doesn't matter. They stories are good, lots of plot twists but not so stupidly complicated that people give up.
Not always a perfectly happy ending or a stereotypical ending. Slam Dunk, for example. Oops, spoiler alert. On the other hand, at least most manga have an end in sight. American comics....when will it all end satisfactorily? Nobody knows.
Black and white is usually enough. I don't need colour, the drawings are good enough to see what's going on. Usually...
Amazingly diverse stories, and characters (usually). Interestingly diverse powers or skills. Lots of humor. Clever stories sometimes. Thrillers, mysteries, sci fi, fantasy, magic, everything. They can take any idea movie or story and turn it into manga. They did it with Star Trek, and the Labyrinth, and likely many others.
Attention to detail, clothes, water, backgrounds. Even a table.
Interesting characters than you can relate to, and you end up caring about so many, not just the hero.
Anywayyy at the end of the say it's all a matter of taste.

Whether you think American style  is better than manga style.
I like both. Sometimes you don't need to choose. You can enjoy everything.
To be clear, I am not saying one is better than the other.
I'm just listing likes and dislikes, which is something I like to do.

The only problem with American comic books...ok I lied, it's more than one problem really.

The only problem with American comic books is that they are too cheesy.
Men who say women watch too many soap operas and dramas need to take a step back.
If a man reads comics, he is reading male-centered soap operas.
American comics are too much. Too much cheesy dialogue, overly-complicated plot lines, over the top dramatics and to be honest, there are so many superheroes that I can't be bothered with most of them. And they all have a massive list of abilities and skills and so on, not even necessarily super ones, eg; martial artist, high IQ, master strategist, millionaire, high stamina or whatever and so on.

I like to dip in now and again but I tell you, after reading about three or four issues, I get bored.
Add to that the fact that only about half the artists are any good at making each character look different to the next (let alone recognisable), and the sometimes glaringly bad block colours, and let's not go into ridiculously unrealistic anatomy. I think the main reason they invented costumes for superheroes is so that you can tell who is whom. It's actually easier to recognise most of the characters in costume than out of it.
They make everyone so strong that they have to make up elaborate back stories to provide weaknesses for them all.
They're all basically demi-gods of one type or another.
And the dramatic relationship issues.
Not even talking about marriages and hook ups. I mean, guys making alliances, they falling out over weak plot contrived disagreements that half the time don't actually make sense if you think about the characters, what they have in common and what they have already been through. And the whole, 'He dies, then gets brought back to life by ..... or for this or that reason.' And don't forget 'Loses his powers and then..... basically later on gets his powers back.'
Stereotypical characters. 'Minorities'. Exploitation. ESP women. I need not say more, surely.

Oh also one last problem; EXPOSITION.
Stop telling me in long-winded comments to yourself in your head what's going on unless it's difficult to figure it out. I'm not an idiot. I can tell a lot by context and by what other characters do and say around you. Idiot hero. Or in this case, idiot writers.

Things they do right?
Good usually (but not always) wins, which is nice and not at all like real life.
Who doesn't wish they were one of the many superheroes? Everyone in the world could identify with at least one out of the hundreds must be by now.
Fantasy is great for a while. In moderation.
Awesome new ideas for new superpowers or weapons etc.
Great original costume ideas.
So many ideas for cosplay.
Jokes. So bad they are good. I love you for that, Spiderman. You're one of the funniest.
Predicting the future is what sci fi does well.
Dick Tracy's wristwatch thingy is becoming a reality isn't it?
Also apparently men on the moon was done in sci fi before it became a reality.
Although that all depends on whether or not you actually believe that men have landed on the moon or was it a hoax?
I sum it up like this:
I don't care.

Right.
Have a great day!

Pokemon Puzzle Challenge available in Nintendo E-shop at last

One of my all-time favourite games EVER bar none (not just Nintendo but ANY game company's spawn) has just come out in the Nintendo E-shop.
Pokemon Puzzle Challenge.
Basically it's a better version of Tetris.
Awesome music, lotsa fun, easy but also challenging.
Loved it when I played a rom on my computer years ago (no job, no money for the real thing).
Now I have the legit version. So happy.

All I need now is EVERY Sailor Moon SNES game ever to come out again (including the Nakayoshi one), and then Mortal Kombat 1, 2 and 3 and my happiness will be complete.

Not to boast but (yes I will then) I clocked all the Sailor Moon balloon games.
I found the Sailor Stars version and a dude reviewing it said it was impossible to clock.
So when I clocked it, I was like, 'Yeeeaaaahhhhh!'
SMUGNESS.

Anyway, try Pokemon Puzzle Challenge.
It's actually fabulous.

RANTTTT about event Pokemon...

BY THE WAYYYY -
So annoyed about how EB Games aka Game Stop? and JB HiFi screw ppl over by not giving out Pokemon codes without you making a purchase or pre-order (blackmail? extortion?) or not having enough, as in they only have fifty of them instore when they know damn well there's more than fifty players out there, even in New Zealand which I will admit, is small.
I never got a Heracross or Pinsir even though I BOUGHT both X and Y!
I'm not like those pricks who take more than one code and offer it to ppl online to rip them off.

And I never got a Diancie. No chance....
I don't actually want one, but it would be nice to have. Besides, how do I know what it's like if I can't even get one???? Why do they not give them out online???? They did that for Victini, didn't they?
I got ALL event Pokemon from BnW, so why the trouble now?

Whose fault is all this?
EB Games? Nintendo? Who????

You're a jerk, screwing your customers over who pay high prices for your games and consoles.
Btw just so you know, Sony is much nicer to their customers.

Their games are all cheaper.
And the Vita is better than the 3DS, sorry but it is.
Club Nintendo you suck too, I spend hundreds of dollars, now over a thousand dollars on your merchandise and I have almost no star points to get your cutesy Mario based crap like stickers or whatever.
The amount I have spent over the years on your stuff, you would think it would add up to something. I got a cardboard game card storage wallet thing, lined with foam.
It was worth more than 1000 stars.
It was the best thing out of the weak, pathetic line up of crap they have to offer us.
I hate Mario, btw.
Not that I'm racist or anything...
So if they had more Pokemon stuff I would probably be more annoyed about this, but actually I'm not.
Having said all that, you know I will stay a customer.
A) Not much else to do
B) I love Pokemon.
C) Even though the Vita is superior in many respects, it still often steers like a drunken cow when it comes to games.... At least the DS controls are better than that.

So this rant achieves nothing.
Oh well.
:D

More Pokemon Favorites. This time: NPC Trainers!

My top 3 fave NPC trainers to battle in every generation. Not necessarily the most challenging, just the most unique character designs, really. Or most amusing dialogue.
Just to be clear : Bulbapedia here lists them in two categories: Trainer Classes and Trainers.
I will simply refer to both types as Trainers. I am also only counting them in the official Pokemon rpg games, from original Red and Blue to Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby. Not Smash Bros or Rangers or any of the other offshoots. I'm also combining remakes with originals. It's lazy but it's my blog, so too bad. I will link to the Bulbapedia pages for each so you can have a look in case you don't remember them. Hopefully Bulbapedia won't mind...?

Gen I -
1) Bug Catchers were fun.

2) Burglars were a surprise, but fun too.

3) Youngsters. Just so enthusiastic. Lasses were annoying though.


Gen II -
1) Kimono Girls. I loved battling them on stage with all their Eevolutions. It was just a lot of fun. Many battles are mere grinding, and often an annoyance. But with these ladies it was actually enjoyable.

2) Ok, I'm not really supposed to count Eusine since he is the only Mystical Man class NPC that you battle, but it was more interesting battling him simply because he is rare. You kinda have to feel sorry for him, he spent forever tracking down Suicune and guess who ends up catching it?

3) I enjoyed fighting the Teachers. It was fun to fight Schoolkids and then their Teachers too.


Gen III -
1) Seniors and Juniors. Senpai and Kouhai, right? They were cute. And Sis and Bro teams too. Haha! I liked the Mysterious Sisters pairs in X and Y as well, even though I know it's too early to include them but hey, I'm cheating. Generally I love it when siblings battle together. It actually feels more fun and kinda warm-hearted, even if they scold each other. I wish my sister played Pokemon so we could battle together as well, but she simply isn't interested in most games. I do remember we used to play Sailor Moon together on the old SNES. That was so much fun for me. I would shoot the monsters and she would walk around, or vice versa. Wow, memory lane.

2) I always enjoyed battling the reporters, called Interviewers? Fun, and repeated battles too. Then they put it on tv about how cool I was. Hehe...

3) Aroma ladies. And Pokefans! Oh man, Gen III has been my fave gen forever. For so many reasons.


Gen IV -
1) Oh the Pokekids! In their little Pokemon suits! So cute. Not like the Pokemaniacs... urgh. I know they were much more prevalent in FireRed and LeafGreen.

2) Waiters and Waitresses. Fun!

3) The Double Team, I always call them Ace Trainers in my head. They were tough battlers, tougher than a lot of others but looked so cool with their green hair. I always liked fighting them. I liked the designs best from Ruby and Sapphire, then Diamond and Pearl.


Gen V -
1) I wouldn't normally include Team (insert name here) grunts, but Plasma were so cool in BnW. I enjoyed battling Plasma because of the music... So I count them in. Also they were fun. The uniform re-design for the sequel was pretty lame, but the uniform in the first games was nice.

2) I loved fighting the Game Freak staff. No link, sorry. But you remember them. Esp the dude who is like, 'I'm Snorlax! I mean...'

3) Clerks. And Bakers... ok fine, I enjoyed most NPCs in BnW. Gen III and Gen V are my ultimate faves out of all of them, so it's only natural that I have a lot of favourites in both. Doctors and Nurses were cool because they healed you after battle.


Gen VI -
1) In Kalos there were a LOT of redesigns of previous gen trainers that I liked, particularly the Veterans. I always liked fighting them, but in Kalos they look more sophisticated.

2) Socialites, aka Madames. And the male counterparts, Gentleman aka Monsieurs. I have liked them since they were first brought in, in Gen I, wasn't it? On board the SS.Anne? But I didn't have room to mention them 'til now. Anyway, they look cooler in Kalos. They aren't the same, btw. They need separate links. But I like them all and they are remarkably similar so I cheated and put both types in.

3) Ok, ok, I admit I only like battling Furisode Girls for both the design and also in the Battle Chateau they use Audino which obviously give HEAPS of exp. But they are still my faves for DESIGN. So many varieties of furisode... so pretty... even their lips and nails are coloured too (I like details). I just realised, they must be the modern versions of Kimono girls. Well there we go another example of how I'm a Japanophile.
Honorable mention: The hot Backpacker dudes from Kalos. Now in Omega Ruby. Reow! Just saying.

Btw the Ace Trainer male from BnW looks a bit like a male Team Galactic grunt. Just saying. Maybe someone wanted to re-use the design and thought if they changed it a bit, nobody would notice. Even his clothes have a similar style but a different colour.


One more thing! I like very much how in Omega Ruby, everyone uses Japanese teapots and teacups... and the houses are def Japanese-influenced design on the inside. It's a nice change from Kalos. Which was nice! Of course. But anyway it's a nice change.

Next time: I wanna do my fave Gym Leaders. And fave of all the Elite Four. Of which there are considerably more than 4 now. Like... 24, right? I better count my fave Champion too, I guess.

Closure?

I was just thinking about you again...
And crying a little.
And then I felt annoyed at myself because I know that you would be annoyed at me for crying and making a fuss.
I'm sorry.
It was childish of me.

After all, the living need to put the living first, and the dead come after.
I can't let my selfish moments cause other people trouble, just because you died.
That's being manipulative. I can't say, 'But I need closure!'
And cry and make other people feel guilty.
It is unfair to do that. It's actually ill-mannered, I suppose.
I will have to deal with this on my own.

I miss you, even though we weren't very close.
But you were one of the few people I have a blood relationship to. Had.
And I visited you more than all the others ever bothered to do.
I know I shouldn't say that like it matters or that someone's keeping score.
I don't mean it like that. I mean that is the reason why I miss you.
Because I visited you. And I have you engraved in my mind now.

And I tried to talk to you and listen and laugh. You were so ill.
I don't think that you even realised how ill you were, after a while.
You became ill early on, and got worse day by day. You never got much better.
Years passed. You were so used to being ill that I don't know if you realised how much you lost.

I used to feel so uncomfortable in your house. It was awful.
But you seemed happy and of course you were so proud that we couldn't help you or you would tell us not to come back. You had gotten upset at someone like that before, and you have a long memory. Had. We all have that, I think.
Was it selfish of us not to try to help you out of fear that we wouldn't be allowed to see you anymore? Should we have helped you and paid the price?
Even if I never got to see you again, it would have been ok if I knew that you were better off because of what I did. Or what I gave you. Or what I said.
Is that regret?
Is that what all this speculation is?

Will I get to see you again?
I couldn't go to your funeral, I'm sorry.
So that's why I am writing you this letter.
I remember your face.
You had such wonderful eyes. I've never seen that colour in anyone else's eyes.
Unique.
I love your laugh.
Loved.
I'm sorry.
I'm crying again.
I'm getting such an awful headache.
It's so awful sometimes. Everything about us all.
Other times its not so bad.
I guess I think too much.
Don't I?
I know what you'd say.
'Just sit down and have a natter with me, daling.'
Or 'Oh shut up. Make me a cuppa tea.'

Why is it that in all of us, we are mostly defined by our negatives?
All of us have hidden depths, most of which are negative.
We are strong but not in a good way, most of the time.
So many regrets and sorrows and unspoken things.
Even our spoken things seem unspoken.

I'm sorry, I really am.
I will stop now.
I guess I do overthink things.
I hope you know this, that I love you.
I hope you will forgive me for all the things I said in this letter that I never told you.

How wonderful you were.
How funny, how brave, how stoic. How thoughtful.
I liked your laugh. I loved it, actually.
It made me laugh too, every time.
Even though it was more of a cackle.

I wish I had the luxury of telling myself that you didn't suffer.
But that would be too much of a lie.

I wish I had told you more often how fond I am of you. Was.
How I was pleased that we liked a lot of the same kinds of books.
And that we liked cats.
Little things.
But I think perhaps you knew. It was pretty obvious. Maybe it didn't need to be said.
That isn't just me being hopeful. I think, maybe it was like that.

I want to see you again.
I hope very much that I will.

Love
Me

Mirrors, age and other thoughts.

I was just reading about Jorge Luis Borges, and his mirror motifs (among many other motifs he favoured).
It reminded me about mirrors.
I do not like them much.

I once looked in the mirror and found an expression in my eyes that frightened me so much that I had to look away. Ever since then, I have been a little afraid of mirrors.
Perhaps I saw too much.
Perhaps it was only my imagination.
Perhaps it was a trick of the light.
But I remember what it was I thought I saw...
I will never forget that look.
You see - I had never seen anyone look like that before.
To see that look on my own face, myself observing myself, and to have such a look - I became afraid of myself.

There are two ways of receiving this.
One is to shiver.
The other is to say, 'Idiot!'

I still do not feel certain which way I want to deal with it.
I know that in writing this out, I feel a bit better.

I know that I see things differently to other people sometimes.
I have been told this by others and have noticed it for myself as well.
That is probably the only reason why I do not simply laugh it off.

There are so many stories about mirrors.
I now understand why this is; for the first time I have a inkling.
Other people may have had similar experiences, perhaps.

Well, it's easy to take fright at things that are unusual.

I once told someone that I occasionally look in the mirror and do not recognise myself, but that is inaccurate. What actually happens is that usually when I look at my reflection, I get a pleasant surprise.
It isn't that I forget what I look like, or who I am.
It's more that I don't look the way I feel, usually.
So seeing myself there, quite fresh-faced and young, is a surprise. A pleasant one.
To explain, I was born gloomy and somewhat curmudgeonly.
I  both dislike and appreciate technology; but most of all, I love old-fashioned things.
I'm basically an old person in a young woman's body.

I keep thinking, 'It used to be better when I was younger.' and 'Things cost so much these days, I remember when stamps were only 20 cents, etc' Now that's nothing for a 30 year old (which I am). But I started thinking like this when I hit my early TEENS. I used to say to kids, 'When I was your age...' and so on. My friends used to call me an old man. Which was obviously comedic since I am in fact, a woman.

Apparently my thoughts on mirrors have gone astray.
Never mind. It doesn't pay to dwell on fearful things which are only half-understood.
Am I afraid of them, or not?
It depends. On what?
On whatever. There we are.
There are not always easy answers to things deep inside.
So let us move on!

In other news, I'm getting more interested in Pokemon Omega Ruby, now that I am getting more proficient. Onward I go. To GLORY! By glory I mean victory. Not death. Just to clarify.

Pokemon stuff, post number one hundred and somethin', probly...

Ok firstly, I forgot how annoyingly stupid Cilan, Chilli and Cress' logic can be in BW2.
I just went through my W2 game. I never fully finished it because I got bored.
I clocked the main game then that's it. I got W2 first, and played everything to the max in that.
But I enjoyed the sequel story a lot so that's why I got B2.

Anyway, man they are DUMB! They gave their signature Pokemon away to the childcare centre!?
I can't believe it, after all their blab about wanting to get stronger, they got rid of their main Pokemon. Well, ok perhaps the baby elemental monkeys aren't their main Pokemon but they are kinda part of their image! Anyway it is so annoyingly dumb. Don't train your Pokemon, give them away! Duhhh.
I had forgotten that, and then I felt sad because Lenora quit being a gym leader too.
I mean it is nice that Cheren got to do it but he moved away from his family and everything and the way he talked in the first games; I thought he was going to become a researcher or something really different. But instead he becomes your first gym leader, and stays weak. I dunno.
Just kinda sad how things turned out in some ways.

I bought Omega Ruby. I like it so far but I miss the old style. It's sad but I don't like the new look. It was ok for Kalos because everything was new all at once. But in Ruby it's weird. Esp the main characters, their eyes are creepy, too big and starey. And the girl character runs like a duck. I wish I chose the boy one. Orlando lol. Nice name. At least now you can clearly see he's wearing a hat.
I MISS THE OLD GAMESSSSS. I'll get over it. I will.
I know I will.
Mostly.
I'm just feeling a bit sad about how I never got my hands on a genuine cartridge of Ruby or Sapphire.
I have a bootleg of Emerald (which my friend bought me, thinking it real...) and the Japanese version of Ruby (legit copy) but obviously it's not the same because I can barely understand what they are all saying. I can read it though, which is kinda fun. And I have to dictionary or google a lot of stuff but it's still cool.

Anyway, I have fun sneaking up on the Pokemon, and trying to find ones with special Abilities or moves. TBH, I haven't even beaten Roxanne yet, haha. Too much fun. Skitty...*sigh* cute... I used to work hard to catch one but never used it much because it's not a bad Pokemon but there are so many better ones later in the game. Practicality wins over cuteness. Also it's laziness too. It's harder to train a weak Pokemon.
That's why most people go for the tough ones. Saves time and effort. And even when you're level 100, you still need a stat edge for type disadvantages. I think that in Omega Ruby, I will make an effort and try to train up a Skitty to be level 100 and make it TOUGH. Yeahhh booooiiiii tuff skittay. 

Gravity Rush SUCKS, Tearaway amazing.

Tearaway was awesome. Gravity Rush SUCKS.
Don't buy Gravity Rush.
The controls are AWFUL, the game mechanics are too confusing and the missions are stupidly hard from the very beginning of the game.
When you aren't forced to chase people pointlessly and talk to them about crap, (and you can ONLY talk to people if they shine blue. Otherwise you have nobody to talk to), you fight ridiculously hard monsters. With gravity.
You have to hit them in just the right place. Or you FAIL your ENTIRE mission and you have to start over. Oh and you can't just hit them. You have to use gravity powers (yes, you float in the air and have to twist around all the time to keep them in your sights) or jump and then hit them. WHILE THEY MOVE AROUND SO THAT YOU MISS CONSTANTLY. It's so difficult that it rapidly became boring and I actually gave up.
Several months later when I decided to give it another go, maybe my memory was exaggerating, because the controls are so confusing (and no hints or reminders); I had actually forgotten how to play. Tried to learn again and do another mission, get back into it. NO.
You have a stupidly short time to hit a monster in a particular spot WHILE IT'S RUNNING AROUND THE CITY and you smash into trees and buildings chasing it, then if you don't hit it in the right place several times (I don't even know how many!) then the girl you have to save is dead. GAME OVER.

STUPID STUPID STUPID

What a WASTE of my time and money this stupid game was.
If only it had a choice of missions and you could work your way up, practice and stuff.
NO.
It could have been so great.
So annoyed and upset about this.
I know I'm not the best gamer ever. In fact, I'm not so great.
But I clocked Tearaway which has a few tricky levels. Not many but a couple.
I'm going to keep at it with Little Big Planet which is also tricky.

I guess Gravity Rush is just too much. I hate saying it.
But I guess that's just how it is.

I should try harder...
But I feel that all the messy clunky controls and such wouldn't be so annoying if you could start on easier missions and get a feel for it. Well anyway I'm not the only one who feels this way.
Some people on a forum (yes, I looked it up, so?) who have actually finished the game felt similarly. They gave it a 7-ish out of 10 because frankly, it's poorly designed in parts.

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/playstation-discussion-1000002/gravity-rush-how-can-anyone-say-the-game-is-great-29258074/

They didn't get as annoyed as me but it's good to know I'm not completely off.
I guess I will keep trying but it's just so annoying to not be able to save before a big monster. I won't call it a boss. I dunno if it is. I don't think so.
Anyway argh argh argh....

Tearaway. Awesome game. So unique.

Finally finished Tearaway. I loved it. Sometimes it drove me nuts but thats just trying to unlock everything. The actual game isn't too hard. I'm hoping to finish unlocking all the presents and papercraft now. Man, I enjoyed that game. It's one of the two games I specifically bought the Vita for, and it did not disappoint. Now for Gravity Rush... *girds loins*

Church - why it's not always well attended. Haha, diplomatic understatement title.

The main reason that people don't go to church as much as they used to is because it's no longer the social norm to have to go to church every Sunday. Just saying. A lot of people who went to church back in the day were only going because if they didn't, society would judge them. It was just what you did. You went to church. So now that it's no longer 'the thing to do', you could say that people who do go are more likely to be genuinely interested in God. Not 100% likely, but more likely (there's always weirdoes who target churches to try and suck the life out of people).

So everyone needs to stop going on about what's wrong with church. It's not church. It's just that things changed in Western society. That's it.

So it's not: 

1 Men hate church cause it's all girly.

2 Women are needy and treat their pastor like an oracle/psychiatrist/whatever.

3 Church is too worldly and focussed on performance rather than deep teaching.

All that stuff has some truth in it, IN SOME CASES, not all.

But the main reason is what I said above.

Think about it.

Stop freaking out for goodness sake.

Get over it.

Get on with your LIFE!

Good grief. Writing books and books, screeds and screeds of nonsense about how to 'fix' things, make your church 'grow exponentially' etc etc.

It's not numbers that matter. Idiots.

It's quality not quantity.

I automatically distrust (or is it mistrust?) some shiny evangelist in a suit with perfect hair who is just running over with charisma and has a massive church someplace. They all shout out words and commands like, 'Pray with me!' or whatever new catchphrase they try to use to be different from all the others. I will NOT follow your orders, shiny person. You tell me to get on my knees, you tell me to lift my hands in their air, forget it.

If God tells me to, then ok. But not you, suit.

Those shiny people turn faith into a business. IT'S NOT.

They try to play their audience, sorry, congregation (congregation just means crowd, doesn't it?) like an instrument.

Make them feel happy, make them feel repentant. Make them worship. Create the mood.

I didn't intend to start a rant about it but whatever, why not.

Save me some time.

Pastors should not be paid to be a pastor. Nobody should be paid to lead others in their faith. 

The apostles weren't. They were normal men with JOBS who sometimes travelled and preached.

They would probably be amazed (note I did NOT say 'horrified') to find out what kind of a racket is going on today.

You should not be making money out of religion. I don't care what religion it is.

Money is a worldly thing that we use to survive. And maybe a bit more than that.

The point is, the idea of people who make a living out of preaching creeps me out.

And that's pretty much all I have to say about that. 

It's my opinion.

I didn't do any research to back up my opinion with quotes from theologians or apostles.

That would be taking things to a whole new, messed-up level.

Opinions should not be polished and backed up with quotes to seem like some kind of new theological concept.

There's a word for people who do that. I'm not one of those people.

Hopefully nobody will give a damn about my opinion.

Then I don't have to put up with some bunch of trolls who want to try and pick a fight.

I'll issue this reply now, trolls. 'Save it.'