Why video games are actually quite frankly amazing

I know a lot of people have this very vicious stereotype that video games don't 'have a storyline' and that they're just for nerds. I'm fully aware of the hate or disinterest video games get from them. I've been aware of it ever since I knew what a video game even was.

Well I'm here to tell you, being someone who loves entertainment of all formats, that video games have some of the best storylines out there.

Sure, in the beginning, video games were corny little inventions to help pass the time and many of them DIDN'T have much of a plot to brag about. They gave you a mission and you followed it. Just like you would in a board game. Over the years, however, video games have grown into so much more. While things like Mario still stick around to keep especially the kiddies entertained and has a fair amount of plot that would match up with that of a cartoon, things like The Legend of Zelda, Halo and especially Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts have some of the best and most beautiful storylines out there, in my opinion. The characters created are amazing and many backstories are so deep and unexpected. The creators of these games even today try their best to bring in people who have their doubts. Who disbelieve that games have a plot. They strive to improve the graphics and material to make them seem real-like.
I might add that video games are basically like movies and shows, it's just that YOU can control where the story goes. YOU are the hero. 

Many video games have been converted into movies very nicely.
Advent Children, for instance, is one of my all-time favorite movies, as well as Wreck-It Ralph.
Halo: Forward Unto Dawn was brilliant. (and it even has Susan Pevensie!)

Video games can also teach you alot. They've been proven to help kids' puzzle-solving skills and interaction to things.

I might just be very easy to please when it comes to stuff, but I grew up with video games and had the love of them instilled in me, so I honestly can not even imagine what life would be like without some of the characters found in so many of the classics.
I know if more people caved in and just played, they'd really love it.
I always have a respect for folks who promote games so positively and encourage others, including the type that doubt, to play. Folks such as the awesome Robin Williams and Zachary Levi, for example.


Robin and Zelda


Zachary
Robin even named his daughter after Princess Zelda, for pete's sake.

So yes, games have had a large impact in character society. They have amazing characters and plots and the graphics are getting better and better, even though I've never been too picky on graphics to begin with.
Still, there's some really great stuff out there that people would really enjoy. There's games ranging from every scenario, every type of character, every type of plot, I'm sure you'll find something to get into.
Games even get created based on movies.

So please give them a chance. You have no idea what you're missing out on-- games are incredible things and I know you'll agree if you just pick up a controller and take a leap. :)

So with that, are you a gamer? If so...what's your favorite game? ^.^

The birth of a roleplay, pt. 2...

(this roleplay is a two-day special, due to everyone not being able to participate on our first day)

To fill you in about this roleplay, the 10th Doctor and his companion, Rose, visit a strange land called Hyrule, where they are immediately greeted by a strange imp girl named Midna, who is the Princess of the Twilight Realm. She tells them that Hyrule is once again in trouble and that they all need the Doctor's help.
Apparently, black creatures have been wreaking havoc upon the land, as well as a blue hedgehog.
The hedgehog then appears and introduces himself as Sonic.

As the Doctor studies him, two other visitors appear, being the 9th Doctor and Donna Noble.
Here, 10, 9, Rose and Donna begin to have a confusing, wibbily wobbily timey wimey discussion, as Link appears, sword unsheathed.
He questions how Sonic got out of his cell and Sonic bolts into the T.A.R.D.I.S., where Link chases after him. 10 follows and among the chaos, Sonic accidentally knocks against a button and causes the T.A.R.D.I.S. to be on high alert.
Meanwhile, yet another visitor appears out of the shadows, an agent named Black Widow, who explains that she is there to take them all to S.H.I.E.L.D., saying that they need the Doctor's help.

Princess Midna detects that the black creatures tracked them down and goes to confront them, where the Doctor follows, and she puts up a protective barrier to keep the black creatures from getting to the others.
The Doctor questions what the black creatures are and so does Midna, when a young boy suddenly appears, slashing away at them, making them disappear.
He introduces himself as Sora and is apparently friends with the Doctor, where he then explains that the creatures are Heartless, though are a new breed, that he suspects the dark fairy, Maleficent, had something to do with.

There, his friend, Riku, appears, and Midna transports herself, Link and Sonic to a location the blue hedgehog can't escape from.
On the way out of the T.A.R.D.I.S., Sora bumps into Donna and Black Widow, whom were tensely conversing, where Sora discovers Donna has something on her back. The Doctor explains that this creature alters time and creates paradoxes and orders the boy to destroy it. He does, but the others realize the Heartless were returning and so all pile back into the T.A.R.D.I.S..
Just when they are about to leave, Sora yells that he has to protect the 9th Doctor's T.A.R.D.I.S., or else the Heartless will use it to destroy even more worlds. And so him and Riku jump off, 9 in tow, and Sora uses his keyblade to open the T.A.R.D.I.S. and lock himself and the other two inside.
Black Widow suggests that her and the others travel to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.
Sora suggests his small party track down the heart of Hyrule to seal it, so the Heartless would be defeated on that world.
And we are yet to find out what happens. :)

Characters:
Character Queen- Princess Midna, Link, Sonic the Hedgehog and Sora
Charlotte Black- Tenth Doctor, Rose and Riku
Elara Dorne- Ninth Doctor, Donna Noble and Black Widow
Artemis- Darth Vader and Loki
River Song- River Song and her character, Ariella Wylde.

Let the madness continue!

Kingdom Hearts II

Kingdom Hearts II is a 2006 action, role-playing game featuring Disney and Final Fantasy characters for Play Station 2.

In Kingdom Hearts II, following Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Sora, Donald and Goofy have been asleep for a year, while Sora's Nobody, Roxas, has been living a normal life inside Twilight Town with Hayner, Pence and Olette, unaware of the events that happened during his time with the Organization and his departure.

Soon, Sora's memories begin to be fully collected, at the hands of DiZ and Namine, which causes Roxas to have strange dreams of the past events of the two Kingdom Hearts games.
What's more is that the Organization, angered at Roxas for leaving them, finds him in the quiet town, having control of the senseless Nobodies that constantly pester the clueless Roxas.

Roxas' time is finally up as he is called by DiZ to come to the mansion, at which is DiZ's current hideout, where he finds the white room with all of Namine's drawings, whom was dragged off into darkness by the secretive DiZ and Ansem.
He explores the basement of the mansion, where he finds the computer that DiZ used and he smashes it, out of anger.
Afterwards, he battles against Axel, who appears to be sad of Roxas' leaving the Organization and the fact that he doesn't remember him.

Immediately afterwards, Roxas finds Sora, Donald and Goofy sleeping in pods and the trio finally awake, unaware themselves why they even fell asleep to begin with.
And so their new journey begins.

Rating: 10+++∞
My opinion, it's the best game EVER!! I love it so much, it's tons of fun. :)

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is a 2004 action, role-playing game featuring Disney and Final Fantasy characters for Gameboy Advance.
It was remade as Kingdom Hearts RE: Chain of Memories in 2008 for the Play Station 2.

The game takes place in Castle Oblivion, a mysterious castle kept by Marluxia. Sora and his teammates are told that the castle causes visitors to lose their memories upon entering. The lobby and areas between floors are white with flower-themed decorations, but each floor can be transformed into a different world from the first Kingdom Hearts game using "world cards" created from Sora's memories. Like before, many of the worlds are based on Disney films while the rest were created by Square Enix. Unlike the previous game, the worlds are created from Sora's memories. As such, many of the events experienced in Kingdom Hearts are relived in this game; Sora encounters memory-based versions of Disney characters that he has met before. The individual plotlines differ from those in the original game and revolve around the theme of memory. The exception is the Deep Jungle world which does not reappear in Chain of Memories. Just as Kingdom Hearts had several worlds created specifically for that game, Chain of Memories introduces Twilight Town, in addition to the original worlds of Kingdom Hearts. The world card for Twilight Town was created from memories on "the other side of Sora's heart."

Rating: 7
My opinion, I don't like the fighting style. I haven't gotten through the whole game, but I loved the Organization and the plotline so far. It's pretty good, though, cuz it's a Kingdom Hearts game and anything Kingdom Hearts rocks. :D

Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts is a 2002 action, role-playing game featuring Disney and Final Fantasy characters for Play Station 1.

The universe of Kingdom Hearts is a collection of various levels, referred to as "worlds", through which the player must progress. Thirteen can be accessed in the game and one, Disney Castle, is shown in cutscenes. Additional worlds are mentioned by various characters, but are inaccessible because they have been destroyed by the Heartless, beings of darkness. Ten of the worlds are based on Disney fiction and the other four were created by Square specifically for the game.

The graphics and characters of each world were designed to resemble the artwork style of its respective Disney film. Each Disney world is inhabited by characters from their respective film; Hercules and Philoctetes inhabit Olympus Coliseum, while Aladdin, Princess Jasmin, and Jafar inhabit Agrabah. Each world is disconnected from the others and exists separately. Most characters in the worlds are unaware of the other worlds' existence, with few exceptions. Players travel from one world to another via Gummi Ship.

The worlds created specifically for the game mirror the overall appearance of the other worlds and feature either new characters or characters from several Final Fantasy games. The new worlds include: Destiny Islands, where the story opens; Traverse Town, which serves as a launching point for most of the game; Hollow Bastion, which many of the Final Fantasy characters call home; and End of the World, a large, dark world created from the remnants of various worlds consumed by the Heartless. The main characters travel from world to world to seal each "Keyhole"; this protects the world from the Heartless and ultimately from destruction. They also try to minimize their interaction with characters of other worlds to maintain a balance of separation. This sometimes requires Sora, Donald, and Goofy to blend in with the world inhabitants by changing their physical appearance.

Plot (In English, lol)

Sora and his friends, Riku and Kairi, live on an island (supposedly a world) called Destiny Islands.
They are about to set off on a quest to find other worlds. Their wish is granted.
The night before they are to take off, Heartless invade their world and completely consume it, taking Sora, Riku and Kairi along with it, thus separating the group.

Meanwhile, back at Disney Castle, Donald Duck, Goofy, Queen Minnie and Daisy have discovered their beloved King Mickey has gone missing and thus Donald, Goofy and the trusty Jiminy Cricket set off to find him, with the help of Pluto.

Sora wakes up in a town called Traverse Town, completely dazed and unaware of his world's sad consumption.
Back on the island, he had mysteriously ended up with a strange key-like blade called the Keyblade, which he fought the endless swarms of Heartless with, until he decided to go find his friends.

Unaware of Donald and Goofy being in the same place as he, Sora looks around the town to see what he could find.

Soon, he finds out, by Squall Leonhart, Yuffie Kisaragi and Aerith Gainsborough, that he is the chosen Keyblade master and that he was meant to save the worlds from the hands of the Heartless, by sealing the worlds' "keyhole."
After fighting more Heartless and looking around the town, he ends up with Donald and Goofy and they fight against the world's primary Heartless boss, Guard Armor.

After defeating him, they decide to team up to find King Mickey, Riku and Kairi.
And thus the journey begins.

Rating: 10+
My opinion, it is the best game series ever. :) Highly recommend playing it!!