SHADOWTEXT'S PROFILE

author=Spazzgamer27 link=topic=751.msg10434#msg10434 date=1205276306
CHEESE RPG MAKER NUMBERS

Death changes people. Sometimes good people go bad. A trio of evildoers have stepped out of history to force a world of authoritarian corporatism on the world. Though they were celebrated for the contributions they made to science and mankind, their deaths have changed them.

Louis Pasteur, who invented the process of pasteurization, and Isaac Newton, discoverer of the laws of thermodynamics have turned ot the dark side. They use dark reflections of the powers they had in life--Louis Pasteur's pasteurization discoveries have given him total, metaphysical control over cheese and milk. And Isaac Newton's power with numbers allows him to rearrange the physical properties of those who seek to fight him. They are lead by the Destroyer of Worlds, Robert Oppenheimer. After helming the Manhatten Project, he has since focused on miniaturizing his nuclear bombs, and his new project is a factory for the production of nuclear Rocket Propelled Grenades and provide them to the most megalomaniacal CEOs and fascist dictators around--the world's greatest fear is about to come true: a Nuclear RPG Maker.
They have assembled a horde of other figures, not so maniacal but almost as capable to ensure the triumph of authoritarianism over liberty.

The only people who can fight them are intrepid heroes whose deaths have done nothing to erode their dedication to freedom. Teddy Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson team up to fight the evils of Cheese, Numbers, and the RPG Maker. The only things they have on their side? Passion, soft voices, a big stick, and the dark powers that Jeff can call upon due to his legal training. It's going to be a tough battle.

The player must guide the duo through many harrowing battles with historical figures with strange and sometimes horrifying powers. Control Teddy as he pummels his way through the enemy forces and call on Jeff's "contracts" with the forces of darkness (he is a lawyer after all) to power up enough to fight these darker powers. Gain access to new powers by helping Jeff to bind demons, and power up attacks with softly-soft whispers into a USB microphone.



STEAMPUNK, ROCK AND ROLL, GIANT ROBOTS
(I'm lobbing a softball with this one--there's no way to make a bad story with those concepts)

I'll try to keep this in relative order, but I can't bring myself to commit to an "order of preference."

1. Sandman
Do I even need to go into any details here? If you enjoy comics and you haven't read Sandman and don't already know why it's great....you're doing it wrong.

2. The Maxx
I first fell in love with this series after seeing it on MTV, then finally found the comics. It was every bit as weird and awesome as I remembered. The second volume was a lot weirder and not quite as awesome, but I'm glad I read it anyway.

3. Nextwave
Nextwave takes bizarre-ness and superhero comics and just goes completely over the top. A bunch of D-List heroes, posing in the streets. Machine Man. Short, self-contained stories. Machine Man.People hitting each other. Machine Man. Explosions. A sky fortress made from wielding three submarines together. MACHINE MAN! I'm increasingly convinced that Warren Ellis needs to be added to my list of people who can do no wrong.

4. (Cable and) Deadpool
Deadpool is great when he's written by Fabian Nicieza. Most other writers don't really seem to understand the character all that well, though a few have done him well. Anyway, Deadpool's great for a variety of reasons. A very post-modern sort of superantihero / antivillain....guy.

5. Formerly Known as the Justice League
Booster Gold and Blue Beetle alone are enough to read this one.

6. Great Lakes Initiative/Avengers/Champions/Whatever
You might have noticed a pattern here: I like incompetent super heroes. Also, Squirrel Girl!

7. Buffy Season 8
Really no reason other than that I'm a Buffy fan and the comic is Buffy in comic form. I never cared much about the tie-in comics, but this one actually follows up as a direct sequel to the series.

8. Spiderman Loves Mary Jane
I probably can't defend this very well. It's a series aimed at teen....probably preteen girls. But I love it because it's like western shoujo, it's fairly competent, and it's very pretty.

Honorable Mentions: Transmetropolitan, Scott Pilgrim

Why only Honorable Mention for those two? Because I haven't actually read them. But the good folks at scans-daily have posted enough one-shots scans that I am now certain I need to read them and that both will jump immediately into the top ten.


I know, I know--I really need to read some more of the "classics," like Maus and V for Vendetta and Watchmen. But it's tough to get comics in my area, especially the offbeat ones that I enjoy.

author=Craze link=topic=731.msg9866#msg9866 date=1204283124

author=demondestiny link=topic=731.msg9784#msg9784 date=1204143124
(please don't ban me)

Stop talking like that. This isn't rmxp.org.

Anyway, I plan on picking this up after I finish the last case in Trials & Tibulations. I don't really like the new characters (although Emma is pretty awesome), though. Why can't it be, like, DICK GUMSHOE: ACE ATTORNEY???


Please?

That's crazy talk. No arguments that he's one of the best characters in the series, but Dick Gumshoe could never be an ace attorney, bub. It's all he can do to be a passable detective!

How about MILES EDGEWORTH: ACE ATTORNEY?

I'm a big proponent of the open source movement, so I'm perfectly fine with people taking any code I've done for my games--in fact, I document it specifically so people will use it if they can figure it out. And I don't think I would have a problem with people using any resources I made for my project, either.

Only thing I'd really have a problem with is if they took that stuff and claimed that they made it. I mean if they don't want to specifically mention me, that's fine--I don't demand credit (though I always appreciate it). But there's a difference between making use of royalty-free stuff, and outright plagiarism.

No such thing as bad publicity, Craze!