Relayer71

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Sex: male
Location: NYC
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Gamer since 1980 (yeah, that dates me, 30something here!). Also very much into music, reading, film and currently addicted to Warhammer Online (and DAOC before). Wardens and Warrior Priests all the way, baby!

  • 8 All Time Favorite Games
    • Super Metroid (SNES) details
    • Resident Evil 4 (GC) details
    • Final Fantasy IV (Various) details
    • Final Fantasy Tactics (PS) details
    • Baldur's Gate II (PC) details
    • Castlevania: SoTN (PS) details
    • Phantasy Star IV (Gen) details
    • Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass (DS) details
  • 15 Albums You Should Listen To + DMST
    • The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Genesis, 1974 details
    • Hounds Of Love, Kate Bush, 1985 details
    • How It Feels To Be Something On, Sunny Day Real Estate, 1998 details
    • Permanent Waves, Rush, 1980 details
    • Earthquake Glue, Guided By Voices, 2003 details
    • Relayer, Yes, 1974 details
    • A Senile Animal, Melvins, 2006 details
    • Washing Machine, Sonic Youth, 1995 details
    • Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 2000 details
    • Copia, Eluvium, 2007 details
    • Lifes Rich Pageant, R.E.M., 1986 details
    • Futureworld, Trans Am, 1999
    • Brighten The Corners, Pavement 1997
    • Heaven Or Las Vegas, Cocteau Twins, 1990
    • Do Make Say Think, ANY album... details
    • Sons & Fascination, Simple MInds, 1981 details
  • 14 Great Films!
    • The Godfather, 1972 details
    • Monthy Python And The Holy Grail, 1975 details
    • Ninja Scroll, 1993
    • Blade Runner, 1982
    • The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly; 1966 details
    • Frailty, 2001 details
    • Ran, 1985
    • Glengarry Glen Ross, 1992 details
    • Gone With The Wind, 1939
    • This Is Spinal Tap, 1983 details
    • Donnie Brasco, 1997 details
    • Midnight Cowboy, 1969
    • Forrest Gump, 1994 details
    • The Big Lebowsky, 1998 details
  • 7 Books I Absolutely Love
    • The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
    • Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
    • Past Watch, Orson Scott Card
    • One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    • A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
    • Imagica, Clive Barker
    • Dune, Frank Herbert
  • 8 Albums I'm Listening To A lot Lately
    • The Hawk Is Howling, Mogwai details
    • 23, Blonde Redhead
    • Radio Swan Is Down, Laura
    • Alien Lanes, Guided By Voices
    • Trilogy, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
    • Fly Pan Am, Fly Pan Am
    • Pig Lib, Stephen Malkmus
    • Calm Animals, The Fixx
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  • hello and thanks for the add! awesome lists :)

    Makyo Makyo Tue, 28 April 2009 09:08PM
  • Thanks for those words of wisdom. I only said "Rest in peace" because I formatted the hard drive. So, in a way, it did die.

    QMarc80 QMarc80 Sun, 29 March 2009 06:32PM
  • I think everything Fugazi ever did was great, but Red Medicine is one of a very few select albums that I personally think is PERFECT from beginning to end. Definitely one of my favorite albums of all time.

    I totally grew up on Ray Bradbury, and it all started with Martian Chronicles. Something Wicked This Way Comes is another great, but if I had to choose, I would probably pick Martian Chronicles as my favorite.

    Oh, and my hair color is constantly fluctuating...though lately the fluctuations have been less extreme (read: I had neon hair for like 4 years straight).

    Jimmy Jimmy Wed, 04 March 2009 11:00PM
  • Also, DUDE. Martian Chronicles is one of my favorite books of ALL TIME.

    Jimmy Jimmy Tue, 03 March 2009 10:31PM
  • hmmmm I'm not so into The Shins, I think they're a bit overrated (and boring).

    Fugazi, on the other hand, is pure perfect musical genius. :)

    Jimmy Jimmy Tue, 03 March 2009 10:30PM
  • I have not heard the Moore solo effort, but I am going to head over to my local record store post haste and check it out.

    Recently I've been digging on "Dear Science" by TV on the Radio, and listening to my old Frank Black stuff. Psyched for new Decemberists in March.

    Sean Sean Sun, 01 March 2009 03:48PM
  • I never really understood why Tactics was part of the series, and I thought it a cheap move on their part to put Cloud and Aeris in as secret characters (or maybe Aeris was the secret character? I can't remember). It really wasn't a FF at all - it just carried the name. But in all fairness to that, I barely played the game because I didn't like the fighting - so one day I might give that a second chance.

    I always wanted to cosplay as Tifa at a convention - but I figure now that I'm supposed to be a responsible adult, dressing up in game costume isn't exactly the kind of reputation I want to get as a future attorney, at least not until I'm more established haha. Then, who care! Plus I'd need more people to go as a whole gang of us, and no one ever wanted to!

    Lisa Lisa Sun, 01 March 2009 12:06PM
  • I can't even remember their names in FF12! Booooooring! lol In any case, I'm also playing FF4 on DS when I have the time -- I like how they redid it.

    (PS. Hated FF Tactics, too haha) I'm very stubborn and know what I like, and certain things just don't fit the mold for me, I guess.

    Lisa Lisa Sat, 28 February 2009 09:40PM
  • "VII was horribly written. The story itself was good as was the setting was awesome but the execution was poor. I would LOVE to see a remake with a whole new script."

    1. I don't think I can talk to you anymore, lol. That entire quote is blasphemy. FF7 and FF6 are, in my humble opinion, the best written FFs of the entire series - FF10 is a distant, but earned 3rd. Next to those two I'd say 10 was my favorite, then FF4. In any case... I don't understand how you think FF7 was horribly written.

    2. I paid pretty close attention to everything in FF12 and I was still not interested in it - I got all the quarks and side remarks that made up the bigger plot, the point is that it wasn't all that good of a plot! I didn't care! It was recycled information that never seemed to come full circle. I thought it was weak. Sure, the conversations were more "realistic", but I don't like that it wasn't "melodramatic" - that's what makes up a RPG and, more importantly, an FF RPG. We aren't in the real world, it's some other world that slightly resembles our own, but never close enough to what earth is. Since when have any of the stories NOT been melodramatic? It's what they're supposed to be.

    3. I have to disagree with you on the characters for FF12 - they WERE shallow, immature (in developement and personality), and we've seen them all before. For Christ's sake, the main girl might as well have been Yuna's face. I've had enough of the same faces. These characters were watered down, big time. They just didn't grip me the same way as any other FF game has. I really didn't care about them.

    4.. Did you play these games in order as they came out, or did you start with FF10 then work your way around? Most people that I've talked to have started with 10 (to go with the PS2) and then played the others. I can see why people don't like the older versions or don't have the patience for them, but they are truly the better quality games.

    5. I also don't really have the time to play that game over. I hated it, I gave it a chance - especially because I am a HUGE FF fan, so it's not a matter of me not paying attention to the little details. It was just plain bad, that's my story, and I'm stickin to it lol.

    Lisa Lisa Sat, 28 February 2009 11:34AM
  • It was AWFUL.

    BEYOND words, awful. I know a lot of people liked it, but to me, it was anything but a FF. It was just so.. weak, in both plot and character development, and I hated the fighting system. I can't even go into it, it'll make me angry haha. Needless to say, I'm not at all excited about the newest addition (whenever that decides to come out).

    Lisa Lisa Fri, 27 February 2009 03:42PM
  • thanks! it's from Fart Party, one of my favoritest comics ever.

    Jimmy Jimmy Thu, 26 February 2009 11:24PM
  • Sorry for the long ass delay, but that's some friend man. Same sorta thing happened to a couple of my friends who went to see the Addicts a long time ago, but they ditched the IDless in the van and went in anyways! Did you ever get to see GBV live?

    I really, really need to get Netflix. There's so many Westerns I need to see, including all of which you mentioned. I'm such a slacker when it comes to seeing movies. I've never even seen the Godfather. I figure they'll be around for a while so I got my whole life to see em'...but I should really get on them. Was Yuma a remake?

    And yeah man Deadwood was so good, it's a shame they finally tore down the set and there won't be any movies anytime soon. But at least the one guy is on Eastbound and Down now. Did you see that series yet? It's so good.

    Dominic Dominic Wed, 25 February 2009 12:11AM
  • Thanks. You have a very good taste in movies. Haven't heard of Ran or Ninja Scroll, but I'll check them out. I've seen Eye of the Beholder, but don't quite remember enough to make my final judgement. In my mind I have faint images of when Ewen finds Judd's pubic hair in the bathtub, and there was a blind guy who folds money a certain way, and there was an imaginary friend of some sort, but nothing solid. I look forward to your "worst movies list."

    ozymandias ozymandias Mon, 16 February 2009 05:15PM
  • Yeah I love Alien Lanes as well, and Vampire on Titus of course, but I haven't listened to Under the Bushes Under the Stars yet. I'll have to download it soon.

    And as I said Earthquake Glue is great, but the bad recordings are like GBV's signature. I always feel like a little something is missing, but at least it's got the best name (IMO). Oh and My Kind of Soldier is such a great opening track.

    It is funny how everyone thinks that Bee Thousand is the greatest, but it's kinda special for me since it was the first GBV I had ever heard. Normally I share the same opinion as you because the masses tend to pick one album and declare it the best. I think Metallica's Ride the Lightning is their greatest album, but everyone seems to think that Master is better.

    As for Pollard I've never listened to his solo stuff but I ALMOST went to a show a year ago...before it sold out. But I'll have to download both of their stuff as well.

    Oh and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is in my top films of all time as well, if not #1. Have you ever seen Once Upon a Time in the West? I'm a bit of a western dork but don't watch enough. Speaking of which did you happen to watch Deadwood when it was on?

    Dominic Dominic Thu, 12 February 2009 12:32PM
  • Hey! I love GBV! Earthquake Glue is great but it's all about Bee Thousand, you know that! Every sentence I've written thus far has ended with an exclamation point!

    Did you get to stop by the NYCC?

    Dominic Dominic Mon, 09 February 2009 01:15AM
  • Warmer than usual. I can go out with a hat and gloves, which is rather unusual for February.

    J-Man J-Man Sat, 07 February 2009 10:20AM
  • Oh, hey, sorry for not replying earlier, but yeah, no problem. It's just that I don't check my profile that often...

    J-Man J-Man Fri, 06 February 2009 10:36AM
  • Family Guy reference. Peter takes Meg to buy her first car and uses the money to buy a tank.

    QMarc80 QMarc80 Thu, 05 February 2009 09:11PM
  • "Did I mention the tank is a tank?"

    QMarc80 QMarc80 Thu, 05 February 2009 03:42PM
  • Why would I delete someone with such delightfully helpful dining tips??

    Thanks for the suggestion...I have some friends in Brooklyn who will now have a mission to complete when I visit!

    Jimmy Jimmy Sat, 17 January 2009 03:43PM
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