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LA Noire silliness

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behindmylove:

Kate Austen & Jack Shephard for thedancewedo

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…I don’t know if there’s a particular reason these people were chosen to be portrayed, I mean I don’t necessarily agree that Sayid, Sun and Jin died for a particular reason other than the gang kind of screwed up when dealing with MiB, but…

What about Shannon, Libby, Ana Lucia, Michael (especially Michael, he definitely had importance in his death), JACK, etc.? They were all brought to the island by Jacob as well, and if I remember correctly, a helluva of a lot - if not all - of the people on Oceanic 815 (and every plane/boat/transportation method Jacob helped to crash) were Candidates.

But… I digress. Boone was the first Island “sacrifice”, Charlie had to die because he was destined to and he died in a way that helped people get off the island, Locke died because it was always his destiny to do things for the Island but he created jealousy in a murderous man who felt his short-lasting importance in life was snatched away unfairly, Dan died not in vain because he helped saved many people’s lives with his knowledge of physics [Desmond] and electromagnetism [building the hatch, etc.], Juliet died in an effort to try getting everyone back off the island and reverse time. Sayid died in one last attempt to save people selflessly, even after the MiB seemed to have poisoned his soul. Sun and Jin just got caught up in the tragic aftermath of it all, but…

Everyone’s deaths…they all either helped the people around them and/or fueled people’s actions on the Island further [like the deaths of Sayid, Sun and Jin].

…Tangent, but… I’m rewatching LOST and I just love to talk about it. I have like, no one to gab about it to. xP Consider this a journal/gabfest…?

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thelostie:

Jack Shephard has done what he came to this place to do. He has found his purpose. He has found love. And been loved. And he has finally found a way to love himself. The bamboo sways across the bleu sky. And Jack Shephard’s eye closes one final time. He is gone.

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slayground:

15 out of 100 photos of shitload of people: Olivia Wilde

<3 13

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Even though I finished it like, 4 months ago, I have 2 or 3 downloaded cases that I have to play and…they’re beckoning me. >x3

More work with Roy [ick] and STEFAN. Yes. The Naked City and The Consul’s Car. <3

Oh and more bad driving. >xD

thundercaya:

I am so in love with this.

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Well, this is it, folks. In this 10th and final chapter (approximately tenth) of my playthrough of Silent Hill 2, I work my way through the rest of the hotel, and face off against the final bosses. Ready? Let’s go.

When I left off, I just found the save point in the employee elevator, on the second floor of Lakeview Hotel. Now it’s time to do some exploring. Because if this is an elevator I’m in, this is one mother freaking huge elevator and I am very curious….

Ah no, it appears to be some dumpy employee… standing room? … that you enter once getting off the employee elevator. The real fun’s beyond this here wooden door. And by fun I mean death. X_X

Sho’ nuff’, soon as I go through that door, I’m in the eastern counterpart of the nice little T-shaped hallway dividing off the main hall, from the eastern and south-eastern halls of this hotel’s second floor. But this T-shaped hallway doesn’t look as pleasant. *rushes to fix camera angle* Dx

Hmm. I have…no idea what to do. I’ve already tried all these doors, and they’re all broken. Am I just being stupid, and need to get on that elevator again? *tries it* Err, maybe. Dx What’s with the alarm?! Jesus, you idiots want Pyramid Head to come after me?! Alarms are like his beckoning. Jeez oh man. So I start pushing buttons on the elevator, to no avail. Then I press O, and for whatever reason I discover something about the buttons.

“There’s something written over the buttons. Elevator capacity: 1 person.”

….

Dx

Wh-…. was there like, a ghost in there with me? Or does the elevator mistake James to be morbidly obese? I’m hoping….I don’t know. Gah. How do I fix this? Maybe James will think that memo board to be useful now. >=T

OH-HO. The empty shelves. I can do shit with them now. So basically I just left the elevator, thought for a bit, and then started walking around that room pushing X at every damn thing, until the shelves. The shelves. James is mistaken as two people for a damn good reason that I should have thought of - he’s carrying like, a crapload of guns, music boxes, and Pyramid Head’s blade with him. Of course he weighs about 5 tons.

I’m surprised his back or legs [however he stores these objects >.>] haven’t broken yet. *gonkface*

Alright. Well I feel a bit uneasy putting anything too important on this shelf, so I’ll start with an obvious choice - the Great Knife. It’s kind of a hassle to use, powerful it may be, and it’s too heavy for even a supernatural demon to lift. Let’s toss it. >x]

Alright. Let’s see if the elevator still wants to judge James. Yup. Yikes that is one annoying alarm. >=T

Alright. Let’s just toss out all the useless little garbage crap, however light they may be, just to get rid of them. Like this steel pipe I still have, and a wooden plank… god. That paint thinner. I don’t think it’s dire to hang onto it - I’d think items like Angela’s knife and anything regarding Mary, however seemingly useless, should be held onto at all times in the event of an event or cutscene - and even if I need it later, it’s not like I’m too lazy to come back and get it.

Maybe. >xP

OKAY ELEVATOR. STOP BEING A BITCH AND TELL JAMES HE’S PRETTY AND THIN. I mean, let me on, dammit.

Shit. If I have to give up all but one of my guns, I’mma throw a fit. I just can’t choose. The handgun comes in handy when I have some mofo right in my face or coming at me fast, and the rifle and shotgun are both almost equally useful for more powerful attacks. >.< God dammit. Well, the most ammo I have is for the shotgun - 97 shells - so I think I’ll shelve the Handgun and Rifle for now. ;___;

JESUS I’M STILL OVERWEIGHT. Dx

Alright. Angela’s knife and the music box have to go. Hmm. Maybe I should have gone with the Handgun, as it’s probably the lightest. But it seems the only option for retrieval is to gather up all my things on the shelf all at once, and I dun wanna go through all that again. Dx< I’m going to use a FAQ, screw this shit.

Never mind, I forgot I don’t exactly have a mouse at the moment and I barely was able to get this document open. Son of a bitch…

I’m still overweight and all I have are my three different kinds of health items, my shotgun and shells, my flashlight, and my radio. Oh and that room key. Wow. I even put away my shotgun, and I’m still overweight.

O_o;;

ALRIGHT, EVERYTHING BUT THE FLASHLIGHT AND RADIO.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME.

Guh. I put EVERYTHING away. And now it’s all okay.

Dx Except it’s not, because now I’m in the fucking dark, without any means of detecting and defending against demons.

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So last time in this playthrough, I faced off against Angela’s personal nightmare and the nightmare known as Eddie Dombrowski. Whew that was intense. Well, actually, more like just a wee bit suspenseful and really irritatingly wasteful of my ammo. >=/ James has to face off against his own personal nightmares himself, thank you, so why does he have to go around setting everybody else straight? Hmm? That doesn’t sound fair, or that they’re being equally punished. And Angela freaking stabbed her dad, like, five or more times, and Eddie killed a dog and crippled a football player. James murdered his wife, yes…with a pillow. No knives or guns involved, no poor animals losing their lives to some nutbag.

Ugh. Anyway. I’m sure I’ll get my answers to exactly how ‘good’ James is in comparison to his fellow Silent Hill explorers in just a little while - I’m up on the rooftop right now. Just saved my game on a barrel. x]

Walking….walking…I’m walking down a mother freakin’ long deck, until I come across a — a boat!

OMG FREEDOM!

Once James hops aboard, he just sits there because I have no flippin’ clue where I’m going - it’s been a while since I got back into this game, only just a couple weeks ago compared to last year - and how to operate this contraption. Meh. Let’s just paddle around and make some big splashes. >x]

I can just see James doing that, for some reason.

Hmm. Well there was that big, bright beacon light across from the deck, so I’ll bet I need to go there? *shrugs* Hmm. So pulling left and right on the control stick moves me backwards. O-kayyy. At least I can get to where I want to go, right? *shrugs*

God dammit I would be so mad if Pyramid Head all of a sudden became an aquatic demon and just like, attacked my boat before I could make it to this faroff light that doesn’t seem to get any closer….

Oh dear god. Now the light disappeared and I’m shrouded in mist and freakin’ lost. Dx Was I rowing forward? I could have sworn I was backing up to the light…. D; Oh wait there it is! =D Phew. Lightttt….

Well I’m rowing…and rowing…. and just disappearing further into the fog. Am I really going to this hotel? My map shows the far, upper left corner with the Lakeview Hotel circled, but… two things…

One, I don’t think I’m anywhere near the damn place. James is eternally rowing. I just know it.

Two, does this mean I’m going to be back on the streets, with those street demons? Dx Nurses…. TT__TT

I couldn’t help myself again… hehe… anyway…. more rowing.

YES A CUTSCENE. I MADE IT TO A DOCK.

Hopefully the right dock. Dx

If I just made a fucking circle….

*gulp* No, that uh, that’s the hotel, alright. Dx Cue scary music and eerie camera pan to focus attention on a hotel that hopefully Jack Nicholson is not wreaking havoc on. What time period is this? Are we in the 80’s like Harry Mason was? Hmm… Anyway not important, that was a joke, anyway.

Alright. Time to press onward…to the creepy ass hotel. Dx This game constantly forces me to do things that are most illogical and unpleasant.

I like it. x]

Ooh a bird fountain. Aww, it’s not working. =[ The one glimmer of happiness and hope. At least it’s still pretty, and not Otherworldly-deformed, or anything. Dx

I’d like to just stare at this bird fountain for a while. It’s so peaceful. @__@

Eww yikes, accidentally pressed my start button when I meant to get hold of the map - I STILL mix up the two buttons. I’m so used to menus being open with the triangle button - and found that my shotgun is pretty low on ammo. Yikes. Reload. I’m really kinda curious as to what monsters I’ll be seeing inside the hotel. Any stronger or different ones than I’ve already seen? Hmmm…. Kinda nervous. Dx

Heyyy, another bird fountain! And a Little Mermaid music box. :3 I feel happier already. Dammit I can’t listen to it. =[

Hmm, the gate to the courtyard or whatever seems to be locked. Ah well, that’s probably just the way out to the streets anyway. No need dealing with those street demons anymore. I have hotel demons to worry about. >x]

So, going back up to the hotel…Up the stairs, into the hotel…

Jesus it’s dark. James, has it really not changed that much in three years? Because I’d uh, I’d hope you wouldn’t vacation in a hotel whose owners obviously don’t care enough about their guests to pay their utility bills. >=T

Alright, so I get a map. Mary’s waiting for me, I think, in room 312. Or Maria. “Waiting for you” sounds coy enough to be coming from Maria.

Gosh dernit. The cafe’s closed. >x[ I mean, the lock’s broken. Oh yay, the restaurant is open! Good thing, because he came here to take names, kill demons, and eat pie. And he really wants to eat pie.

DEMON PIANO. Dx Freaking brat. *shakes fist* Hmm. I forget if she’s real or not. Well anyway, let’s see what this dumb brat’s letter says….

D’aww, man. Mary was kind and trusting of James up until the end, it seems. =[ So sad. Who would have thought he’d flip out though?

Aww. Laura. Adopt her. Isn’t that sweet. But what happened to her parents? I know she’s irritating, but I hope she wasn’t just like, abandoned or given up to foster care or something. Or maybe she’s irritating because her parents have been gone. *shrugs* Either way I don’t think James would have respected Mary’s decision to try and adopt the little monster. Not a problem anymore though. =T *sigh* This game is getting depressing again.

Dang brat lost my other letter!! Dx Crap, do I need to chase her now?! Dx< That pisses me off. I’m in no mood to go chasing after that brat whilst dodging likely inevitable hotel demons. >=[ Besides… I wanted to check out that piano some more.

Ugh. Anyway. I’ll just poke around here a little more. After James makes some mean remarks about Mary’s piano-playing abilities, I wander off and find a fish key on a plate…? Hmm.

Guess there’s no pie around here. =T

Oh dear GOD my radio doesn’t seem to be working anymore, because as soon as I step outside the restaurant, I’m attacked by two monsters that resemble Abstract Daddy’s demon offspring, if he were to have any. And there was no static to warn me. >.< Shit.

Oh thank god, a save point. Dx Alright so so far, I went and explored a few rooms - based on a FAQ, I will admit - to gather up some ammo and shiz. Ran into my freaky mannequin friends again.

=D Demons on the street, yo~ I missed those guys. Those pushovers.
But anyway. Then I came  back out and fought those spawn-of-Abstract-Daddy abominations. Dx But I found a save point!

That brings me to…today. Approximately one week since I’ve played it? I am now officially going FAQ-free. So prepare for a lot of deaths. Or idiotic wall-shooting. Or mindless bawling that will generate much eye-rolling from those that are veterans of the SH franchise.

Ahem. Let’s proceed… Man. I can’t wait to get this game done with. Not that I’m not loving it, but I soooo want to play Silent Hill 3, like, really badly. And I want to get my hands on that digital-download Silent Hill 1. What the hell, I just want to get through the whole series. Except for Shattered Memories probably.

But instead I’m going to wildly look around the room because I think I’ve been standing in one place too long just typing away here. Dx This is a big-ass ballroom, or whatever it is, and there’s fucking loads of room for mannequins or nurses to be hiding and stalking me. I can just imagine a slightly more intelligent Bubblehead Nurse crouching behind one of those tables…. *shiver*

But everyone knows they’re just Bubbleheads.

=P

Seriously though, I am going to GTFO of here.

Oh wait. An indentation…with a plate…with some engraved writing. Sounds like an intriguing semi plot-device! =D Time to investigate. >x] “Seat of the Princess who fled at midnight.”

Did I not get the memo that Silent Hill is going Disney, or something? Little Mermaid… now this? *smh* I am so confused… Did James kill Mary at night? Was there a struggle? Does it not have to do with James and rather, the Order? Or better yet, one of my three crazy friends? Or no one at all?

No. Maybe it’s just Silent Hill Cinderella.

And I am too undisturbed to Photoshop something as ghastly as that. So no picture for you. *waves ladle at the door* *I mean Wacom pen*

Hell yes I will play the music box! =D So not fair that I got another one earlier - and a Disney one at that, one of my favorite Disney movies, at thatx2 - and couldn’t even play it. *pouts* Just another strange thing for James to hoard in his big-ass pockets.

“This doesn’t sound quite right.”

No shit, Sherlock. Nothing in Silent Hill does. Everything is fucked up. James has not learned anything from this experience. Now, not just because I like Maria, I hope I get the Maria ending, just so James goes through this all over again and hopefully, inevitably, learns a lesson or learns something.

“Is this music box broken? Or maybe…..”

Possessed? Out of tune? Useless? >=/

Hmm a painting. Still on the lookout for the Nurses, but I thought I’d stop to admire the decor of this room. Apparently James only feels like examining creepy paintings of the “Red Pyramid Thing”. No wonder his subconscious hates him so. >=/ He’s effed to the max. I bet that could have been a really beautiful painting of a lake, or a basket of kittens, or a sunset. But James just doesn’t care if it’s a normal painting hanging on a wall in perfect position. No sirree, he’s gotta have weirdness served straight up, on Silent Hill.

Alright. Enough James-bashing. Not sure where this is coming from, actually. Usually I’m mildly amused at his…thought processes, but I’m a little nitpicky tonight I guess.

Hmm, alright I keep going… there’s some kind of square indent in the wall, but there’s nothing there to examine [of course]… and then some double doors which no doubt lead somewhere very awful, I’ll save that for later… And then a room with keys! =D

Let’s see… ah, a key to room 312. Heyyy that’s the room I’m supposed to meet my dead wife in, isn’t it? Score. I’ve moved the game along. When can I expect Pyramid Head to come in and try to stab me, now? >.>;;;

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Okay, so here’s the thing. You may know through my various playthrough postings here on tumblr that I’m in the middle-end of Silent Hill 2. I’ve read LP’s of several Silent Hill games, and know the plots of many of them fairly well. Silent Hill, SH2, SH3, SH4:The Room, Origins, and Shattered Memories.

My priority in playing the Silent Hill games is, based on what I have heard from LP’s and such:
1.) Silent Hill 2
2.) Silent Hill 3
3.) Silent Hill
4.) Silent Hill 4
5.) Downpour
6.) Homecoming
7.) Origins
8.) Shattered Memories

And today, I bought some games, but had to decide between the HD Collection as well as Homecoming, or just Downpour. [cash limited me]

But… I don’t really know too much about Homecoming or Downpour.

I heard about Downpour late fall last year and thought it sounded really awesome, despite the fact that I hear it’s changed even more than its preceding non-Team Silent games. And all I know about Homecoming is the basic summary, and the occasional joke about the main character’s resemblance to Dean Winchester.

SO. Out of these following games, which would you recommend I buy/play next? I am considering returning Homecoming in favor of trying to find The Room, but still. For those SH gamers out there!

• Silent Hill 1 (via PSN download, most likely)
• Silent Hill 4: The Room
• Origins
• Homecoming
• Shattered Memories (>.>)
• Downpour

Much appreciated! >x]

EDIT: Thanks for all the responses, guys! Very helpful. Based on these comments, I think I should play SH3 and SH4 after I’m finished with 2. thedopemind, I think I kind of agree, just based on what I have heard, but I’m definitely going to give a test drive of each game eventually. x] luotkasnih, spot on - I love really good stories to back up the creepiness of these games. =] Good to hear Downpour might actually be up my alley, after all. hystericpolaris & poisonpassionfruit: I’ll have to play the first game! Especially if it’s got some good psychological stuff behind it [and of course, what with the Order and all].

I’ll leave this open a bit longer for more input if anyone has any, but thank you all for your responses, they’re very helpful, especially since some of you pointed out certain games based on what kind of horror “flavor” they had [psychological vs. action, etc.]. Thank you! Definitely going to be on the lookout for The Room, when I’m done playing 2 I’ll move onto 3, and then I’ll see about Downpour. =]

A plain glass pot lid shatters as you remove it from a pot of boiling water, the steam too much for the old glass to handle.

Shards fly everywhere, at you, at the ground, all around the kitchen.

You’re lucky you didn’t get that 4-inch shard lodged in your throat, or have to wash blood off your face from nicks and cuts, it all thankfully ended up everywhere else.

Your dad comes running out of the adjoining room when he hears you screaming.

What does he do?

a.) Ask if you’re alright

b.) Explains what happened and says it’s fine

c.) Explains what happened and thanks you sarcastically for breaking something his mother gave him.

Even though you weren’t the one cooking, just turning off the stove and getting the food ready.

And I find the songs Charlie/Dom Monaghan sings… sound so much better when he sings them.

Wonderwall gets me every time.

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