Rose and Mae

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American Horror Story: Nine Circles of Hell

Dante's Inferno nine circles of hell is a main theme that plays out in American Horror Story seasons. With each season embodying a different circle of hell. This isn't just something fans came up with, but from the creator himself Ryan Murray. He confirmed that each season represents a different circle and revealed which season represents which one. The two that haven't been covered yet are Lush and Violence, which will be the final two seasons.

Murder House is Limbo

The Harmon house exists betwen the earthly existence and Hell. Anyone who dies in the house is doomed to be stuck in the house forever; thus in Limbo or stuck in between unable to move on. This is shown through every character dying in the house returns at some point to haunt the inhabitants that live there. Including Violet who commits suicide and becomes a permanent member of the estate.

Asylum is Fraud

Everything at Briarcliff Asylum is a lie. The institution is merely a front for Dr. Arden's horrible experiments. The church is heavily involved in the inner workings of the asylum, but it's entirely corrupt. Dr. Thredson is actually a serial killer. Sister Mary Eunice is actually a demon! Nothing is real. Not even that fabulous musical number.

Coven is Treachery

Coven centered around the crowning of the next Supreme, who is the great witch that governs all witches for the entirety of her life. Every episodes was filled with backstabbing; with each character ruthlessly attempting to prove that they are the next Supreme. Fiona slits Madison's throat and the previously Supreme before her. Marie Laveau seems intent on killing Fiona. Madison traps Misty in a tomb. Cordelia's husband is the one who blinds her with acid. Everyone is just trying to destroy everyone.

Freak Show is Greed

Elsa Mars's little collection of curiosities is all about exploitation. She herself is on a journey to get rich and famous and find stardom. At the same time, she's taking advantage of her employees by making money off of their deformities and imperfections. By the time we reach the end of the story, it's clear that Elsa is keen to sell the freak show without a second thought. Add on Danny wanting the Twins and then killing the Freak Show when he couldn't have them, the theme of Greed is everywhere you look in this season.

Hotel is Gluttony

From the vampires to the addiction demon, Hotel Cortez is more or less filled with gluttony. And for a good portion of time there is a band of blood-sucking children running around and wreaking havoc. The gluttonous tendencies are clear from the very start, when Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer's sexual foursome quickly devolves into a grisly bloodbath. The trend continues. Iris feasts on those insufferable hipsters. It goes on and on.

Roanoke is Anger

The focus is on pure, unadulterated rage. The Butcher is just so, so angry that people are invading her land, and she kills everyone who refuses to leave. There are some nuances, of course. But more or less, that's it. That's basically the whole season. And a lot of people die because of it. It's just a season filled with spiteful, violent, angry deaths.

Cult is Heresy

A lot of fans have been questioning the theme of this season. Heresy usually has to do with beliefs that contradict a kind of religious doctrine. In this context, maybe the members of this creepy new clown cult are killing anyone who disagrees with them. Alternatively, the cult itself could represent the "heresy" in America. We have lost sight of God, and this is what has happened because of it.

What do you think of American Horror Story being tied to Dante's Inferno?

[roseandmae]

Slime Rancher: Beginner's Guide

I love games that you can just sit back and enjoy without putting too much thought into. Or if you wanted to put a lot of effort can advance the plot. Slime Rancher has been available on early access through Steam since January 2016, but fully released on August 1st, 2017. And was developed by Monomi Park in Unity platform. In the story you play as Beatrix LeBeau, a rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes. But how do you achieve the fortune and avoid chaos from the various slimes? Here are a few tips to help you out!

Keep your slimes well feed, they will smile if they are good and frowning or have a bloody nose if they are starving.

Gold Slimes cannot be captured and fruit can result in one of their plorts that are worth a lot.

Tar slimes are created when a largo (anmaigam of two different slimes) each a plort of a completely different slime. Example, pink/kitty logo each a rock plort then they will become a tar that destroys everything.

Keep slimes separated in the pens.

Water is the bane of tar.

Some slimes require special corals so save up your money for it in order to get those upgrades prior to gathering the slimes.

Make a coop early on and get two roosters and a mix of hens.

Largos produce two plorts per food consumed, but they will also fight over the food and get in each other's way of eating. The best combination of largos in one pen is 3-4 to avoid stravation.

High walls and roofs will keep tars out of the pens if they manage to get onto your farm or if a largo eats a plort of another slime type.

You can't swim. You will wake up back at the ranch and lose all items you had.

Grassy section of the ranch is perfect for farming and coops, plus it keeps the food away from wandering slimes.

Don't worry about plort prices right away. The prices do go up and down, but once you build up resources and upgrade the ranch a bit then you can work on the trade market.

Keep a variety of slimes and cross-breed to create cute creations. Just remember Largos have issues with food, so keep the number of slimes in each pen you keep to a minimal.

Do you have any tips for beginners we missed? Let us know in the comments section.

[roseandmae]

Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Speedrun Tactics & Guide

One thing I love doing is playing Skyrim and watching speed runs. I am playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on my YouTube channel but I'm trying not to use any speedrun tactics or using mods. Though I am going to add a few mods that only adjust very minor things and disable the normal ones I use during gameplay. And off camera, I love playing the game trying to use the speedrun methods or tactics just to see how fast I can complete the game sometimes. Note, using these tactics will miss out on a lot of the story and heavily uses the glitches.

So what are those tactics?

Glitches to Exploit

A lot of them are using glitches in the game that Bethesda Game Studios have yet to get rid of or have no intention of getting rid of at this time.

At the beginning, hitting the wall of Helgren's Hold with a bowl and you will fall past most of the tutorial stage. Also it will cause enemies not to spawn. Similar effect will happen using buckets or platters. Due to the hit box of the wall being smaller than the hit box of the item, so you will go through the wall as it approximates where you are in comparison to the item & wall. This is something the developers found in QA but there is no way to fix it so this glitch will always exist.

After escaping Helgren go to Embershard Mine located just northeast of the Guardian Stones and get as many torches as possible.

Running with a one handed weapon or spell in one hand, and a torch in the other will cause an "Olympic Torch" glitch and you can run indefinitely. Torches will despawn over time so you might need to take several trips to the mine to get more.

Horses can walk directly up mountains but don't let them face the other way or they will fall straight back down the mountain.

Skipping Quests and Dialogue

Quick Travel will be your best friend to cut off time. Only works if you've been somewhere before.

Beating up guards to get arrested can quickly help you get to various places.

Using Quicksave then going back and forth between them can help you skip dialogue that is normally not skippable.

Sell anything you take so you have enough gold to travel places.

For 100 Gold, you can beat up Uthgerd the Unbroken for a chance at 200 Gold. This can help you get enough gold if you don't have enough for specific things. You can also get her to be your companion so you can help a shield to protect you since you won't really be leveling up.

This won't help you skip anything, but you will need lockpicks so collect any you come across.

I generally use a combination or glitches and bugs when I play Skyrim just to cut a little bit of time, but if I'm doing a speed run for fun I use the guide below. As Skyrim has been out for years and most likely you've already completed the game one time before. I'm going to make some assumptions that you already know the general layout of the map.

Guide to Speedrun Game

This is the order you can follow to cut the gameplay from 100+ hours to 2 hours. Anything that costs Gold or specific item will be in bold.

After getting into Helgren's hold, and having your bindings undone. Take a bowl and hit the right wall with it towards the rear of the room.

Escape Helgren.

Go to Whiterun and talk to the Jarl.

Steal a platter from Dragonsreach.

Take a ride to Solitude. Costs 20 Gold.

Head to the back of Thalmor Headquarters and use the platter against the wall this will get you into the Headquarters.

Enter the Thalmor Embassy. Note: You will be attacked by Thalmor agents.

Open the chest inside and take the "Dragon Investigation: Current Status" document.

Get out of the Embassy then quick travel to Whiterun Stables.

Take a ride to Riften. Costs 20 Gold.

In Riften, go to The Ratway.

Make your way to the Warrens where Esbern is. Note: Lowlives and Thalmor will attack you.

Convince him to let you in.

Make your way out of The Ratway. Esbern can act as your shield and defeat enemies for you. Since he's a story character, he can't die.

Fast travel to Riverwood.

Talk to Delphine in the Sleeping Giant Inn.

After Delphine and Esbern talk in the Blades room in the basement, fast travel to the Whiterun Stables.

Take a ride to Markarth. It might be a good idea to get Uthgerd the Unbroken if you want another sword to come with that is if you've taken on her beat. Costs 20 Gold.

Make your way to Karthspire, you might run into a blood dragon along the way.

When you reach the pillars, don't actually do the puzzle. If you jump onto the pillar on the left side there is an invisible wall you can get onto and walk/jump up to a set of stairs at the top that gets you into the Sky Haven Temple.

You might have to use the wait function to await for your companions to spawn. Then they will use your blood to open the head looking door.

Go to the Alduin's Wall where you will learn the prophecy. You might want to skip the dialogue if you are speed-running. This will lead to them telling you that you need to get Dragonrend shout from the Greybeards.

Fast travel back to Whiterun Stables.

Take a ride to Winterhold. Costs 50 Gold.

Make your way to Septimus Signus's Outpost.

Steal the Attunement Sphere and Blank Lexicon from Septimus Signus.

Fast travel back to Whiterun Stables.

Take a ride to Blakereach.

Head to Tower of Mzark.

At the back side of the tower, you need to walk up to the wall on the left side so you can see a switch. Flip it. This will let you in the back door.

Go to the five buttons and enter in the following series:

Place the blank lexicon.

Hit the second to last button on the right four times.

Hit the second button from the left twice.

Hit the first button on the left once.

Grab the Elder Scroll.

Fast travel back to Whiterun Stables.

Steal a horse.

Fast travel to Helgren.

Head up the mountain on the horse, be careful not to go too high or you might get stuck in a blizzard.

Enter High Hrothgar from the courtyard since you were never invited doing this method and can't enter the front door.

Talk to the Greybeards about Dragonrend.

Learn Clear Skies shout.

Either take the path or your stolen horse to get to the top of the mountain.

Meet Paarthurnax the Master Dragon of the Grey Beards who will teach you the Dragonrend shout.

Use the Elder Scrolls to learn why dragons have returned to Skyrim.

Fight/defeat Alduin with Paarthurnax.

Head back to Dragonsreach in Whiterun and talk to Jarl Balgruuf.

Talk to Farengar Secret-Fire the court wizard with the Jarl Balgruuf then convince the Jarl to allow you to use Dragonsreach to lure a dragon in.

Fast Travel to High Hrothgar.

As you don't have a stolen horse and still don't have access to enter the front door, use a bucket on the side of the stone stairs on the right side to glitch underneath High Hrothgar to the courtyard so you can use the same door you used with the horse earlier.

Talk to Arngeir the Greybeard and convince them to set up a truce between the Imperials and the Stormcloaks.

Fast travel to Whiterun Stables if you didn't discover Solitude the first time, otherwise just fast travel to Solitude.

Take a ride to Solitude. Costs 20 Gold.

If you punch a guard, you will be sent exactly where you need to be. Just pay the find then go to General Tullius. Fine is 40 Gold.

Convince General Tullius to agree to the truce and attend the negotiations with the Greybeards.

Fast travel back to Whiterun Stables.

Take a ride to Windhelm. Costs 20 Gold.

You can either punch a guard and do the same trick as with General Tullius or just walk to Palace of the Kings (option B takes longer). Fine is 40 Gold.

Talk to Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak and convince to agree to the truce/negotiations with the Greybeards.

Fast travel back to High Hrothgar.

You will need to do the bucket trick again as the front door is still and forever locked to you.

Talk to the Arngeir the Grey Beard and report you got both sides to agree.

Go to the chamber in High Hrothgar and there will be a negotiation that lasts seven minutes. Use the fast forward method of quicksave and load until you have successfully cut through the whole dialog to save them since let's face it you've missed most of the story at this point. No need to listen to it now.

Leave High Hrothgar using the courtyard door.

Fast travel to Whiterun's Dragonsreach.

Talk to Jarl Balgruuf to initiate the trap.

Go to the Great Porch in Dragonsreach upstairs behind the Jarl.

Use the shout you obtained at the end of the negotiations, this will call Odahviing to Dragonsreach.

Equip Dragonrend while you wait for Odahviing to appear.

Use Dragonrend as this will force Odahviing to land similar to how you used it against Alduin. Make sure you lure it towards you in the very back so they can drop the trap on him.

Interrogate Odahviing and convince him to take you to Sovengarde. The equivalent to heaven or Valhalla in Skyrim.

Release Odahviing. Note: a few times I've done this it's bugged out and Odahviing will attack after releasing him. So make sure you quicksave so you don't have to redo it.

Talk to Odahviing to ride to Skuldafn.

Head across the river and wall climb up the cliff to reach a tower that at the top has Alduin's portal to Sovengarde. Note: The area is crawling with Dragons and Draugr and they will attack you if you go the wrong direction.

Head into the portal to Sovengarde.

Travel along the wall/mountain on the left as this will avoid enemies.

Gain admittance to the Hall of Valor by beating Tsun. You will be ill-equipped so the battle might be hard so make sure to use quicksaves. Note: though tempting, you cannot trick Tsun away from the bridge then run across it. A magically shield will kill you.

Head across the bridge and enter the Hall of Valor.

Talk to the three (Gormlaith Golden-Hilt, Felldir the old, and Hakon One-Eye) that first faced Alduin and sent him into the future.

Head back out into Sovengarde. You will be joined by the three heroes of Sovengarde.

Use Clear Skies to get rid of the mist. You will have to do this about three times.

Defeat Alduin with the help of the heroes and Dragonsreach.

Speak to Tsun to return to Skyrim. You will also learn the "Call of Valor" Shout that allows you to call the Heros of Sovengarde whenever.

You reappear on Paarthurnax's mountains with all the other dragons who are now free of Alduin.

Talk to Paarthurnax and game is over, but Skyrim is still your oyster to play with if you want to. 'Cause Lord knows there are a million quests you skipped over while doing the speedrun.

Know a different way to quickly complete The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim?

[roseandmae]

Don't Starve: Beginner's Guide

I love playing Don't Starve, it's one of those games I fire up when I want to just have an open sandbox to play with that has challenges of finding resources. And there is a plot to the game that you can follow or just ignore it all together. The game does have simple mechanics that are relatively easy to understand, but can take some getting used to. So in this beginner's guide, my goal is to make it easier for you!

Understanding the HUD

Or the Heads-up-Display. This is where you can access the crafting menu, inventory, equipped items, day-night cycle, and check on your needs (sanity, hunger, and health). You also have access to the mini-map from here.

Health: This displays how much damage the player can take. When it reaches 0, it will cause the player's Death or Resurrection. To get resurrected, you have to find a shrine or totem that will allow this. Or you will be starting from scratch.

Hunger: Track how full the character's stomach is. When this reaches 0, you will start to lose health until you either find something to eat to die.

Spoilage: Food in your inventory doesn't last forever. It will spoil and rot over time. Items start out as green then yellow (stale) and then red (spoiled). At this stage it can be used as fertilizer as it's a pile of rot. Each stage of spoilage has different effects such as sanity loss, except for on the character WX-78.

Sanity: The character's current sanity level. When sanity drops, different things will start to happen. For starters, the screen will become distorted and shake. At night you will start to see eyes. At levels lower than 100, you see shadow creatures. At level 30, your character will hold their head in pain and the shadow creatures begin to attack.

Day/Night cycle: The cycle between the seasons vary on how long day, dusk, and night last.

Surviving the Seasons

If you have the Reign of Giants DLC there are four seasons, otherwise there are only two (summer and winter). Summer is the normal state of the game other than having longer day times. Whereas, in Winter there are multiple differences. For instance, animals and monsters will change appearance or coat color. The player can freeze to death.  Deerclops boss will occasionally spawn. And the duo of Mactusk N'Son will begin hunting you. Overall, Winter is a very hostile season so make sure you are prepared before this season hits.

Surviving the Full Moon

Pigs become werepigs and everyting in general just becomes hostile. Also if you have the Reign of Giants DLC, mushrooms will change into mushtrees while flowers turn into evil flowers. So make sure you have the following equipped:

On Hand: Wield tools, weapons, or magical items.

Body: Wear armor, dress items, magical apparel, or different type of Backpacks on the torso.

Hat: Wear armor or hats.

As these will serve as protection against everything that has become hostile.

Tips for the First Few Days

Find as much flint, twigs, grass, logs, and food as possible. The first concerns are hunger and night.

Flint and twigs create pickaxes and axes.

Cut grass and logs will become a campfire.

Carrots and berries can be cooked over the campfire in the evening.

Campfire will protect you from Grue or Charlier from murdering you in the dark.

12 flowers will create you a flower garland to keep your sanity.

Leave spiders and spider dens alone. Same goes for bees and tallbird.

Beefalos are useful for infinite Manure. But be warned during mating season, they will attack you.

Swamps are dangerous for beginners, wait until you are better equipped.

To avoid death by hounds, go to Beefalos.

Explore as much as possible before creating a camp.

Have any other tips that I missed? Let us know in the comments!

[roseandmae]

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Review

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is held to a very high standards for Zelda games. And is considered one of the greatest games of all time. It was the first 3D game in the series and in the timeline is the point where the timeline breaks into three parts. Like all Zelda games, you play as the Hylian named Link on his quest to stop Ganondorf the king of the Gerudo tribe from obtaining the full Triforce, save Princess Zelda, and restore peace to the world of Hyrule. And during the course of the game, you must learn and play multiple songs on an ocarina. Along with the other common Zelda activities such as puzzles and dungeons.

Like many of the first 3D graphic games, it features a target-lock system and context-sensitive buttons. And you can't really change the camera angle other than the pre-defined angles the game gives you access to adjust. Which loosely resembles a cube. And the use of Z-targeting is your best friend to focus Link during battle or latch onto others. This will also re-adjust the camera to follow the target so Link is always facing it. And considering the mass amount of time is spent in battle it becomes your main tool in the game. This technique allows projectile attacks to automatically be directed at the target without manual aiming. On the other hand, the context-sensitive buttons come into play to allow multiple tasks to be assigned to one button and the on-screen display will show what happens when that button is pushed and changes depending on what the character is doing.

Each dungeon or temple has one main boss at the end that matches the theme of the dungeon. And though the world is open-world environment, while the temples are separated or self-contained areas. Every dungeon requires a specific item or weapon that has to be gathered in order to complete. The completion of these temples advances the game and frees a sage (there are seven sages in total, six of which you have to save). There are side-quests that can be ignored or areas you can't get to until later in the game once you obtain bombs, hookshot, or power gloves. Some temples you have to complete when you are child Link and others are to be completed by adult Link, and you travel between the times using the Master Sword in the Temple of Time.

Don't forget about Navi the fairy that constantly shouts out to you trying to assist with locating enemies or solving puzzles. And this fairy will tell you the same thing over and over throughout the game by calling out "Hey", "Look", "Listen", "Watch Out", and "Hello!" It's annoying and naggy, but overall not the worst. Navi only ever appears in this Zelda game since technically only Kokiri have companion fairies and Link is not a Kokiri.

They also have a nice plot twist with the character Sheik. Since the game has been out since 1998 it's not much of a spoiler any more. But if you have somehow missed it, spoiler alert! Sheik is Zelda, who has been teaching you the 12 ocarina songs during the course of the game. So this is sort of one of the few Zelda games where you don't have to save Zelda from the very beginning. Though once Zelda reveals herself to being Sheik, she is then kidnapped by Ganondorf and imprisoned in his castle that is destroyed at the end of the game.

Now overall, it is a fun game and was revolutionary at the time as it was one of the first 3D games, but I wouldn't say it's still the best game ever! It holds nostalgia for a lot of fans, but overall I don't think it's anything turned the Zelda series in any different direction. It is very much like every other Zelda game without offering anything new. Sure for the timeline of Zelda, it is the cause of the three branches but gameplay wise there's nothing different about this game compared to the others.

[roseandmae]

Pokémon: Which Eevee Evolution is the Best?

I love Eevee. It has to be my all time favorite Pokémon as it can evolve into a lot of different Pokémons. And I especially love making a team normally my B team in Pokémon games made completely of various Eevee evolutions or eeveelutions as it's more commonly called. But which Eevee evolution has the best stats?

As you can see from the above:

Vaporeon has the highest HP stat

Flareon has the highest Attack stat

Leafeon has the highest Defense stat

Espeon and Glaceon have the highest Special Attack stat

Umbreon and Sylveon have the highest Special Defense stat

Jolteon has the highest Speed stat

But their totals are all identical. so it really just comes down to preference on which stat you want the most of or the type you need.

[roseandmae]

Runescape: Beginner's Guide

I have played Runescape on and off since I was about 11 or 12 which was a year or two after it's release in 2001. Now I haven't played on the same account since then mainly because I can't remember what I originally set it up as, but the current account I use I've had since college and was a premium member for some time before returning back to a free player as I don't have as much time to justify paying for the membership. Though I would seriously get it again and maybe will some day. I can't really advance or do quests at the moment since I've completed all the free stuff, but it's still fun just to hop up every now and then just to see what's changed. Since there's not much I can do anymore in the game and it was one of my favorites, I thought it would be a fun idea to put together a little Beginner's Guide of Runescape.

Learn the maps both mini and world map, so you aren't wandering around forever. Here is a quick guide to the dots on the map:

Yellow dots = NPCs (Non-Player Characters) or Monsters

Red dots = Items on the ground

White dots = Players.

White square = You.

Green dots = Friends.

Orange dots = Clan members.

Blue dots = Someone wearing the same team cape.

Purple dots = Chat member.

The path system is very helpful if you're trying to figure out what to do next for either questing, combat, and non-combat skills.

Daily challenges are another great way to start leveling up and learning Runescape.

There are no classes in Runescape, but more different times of play styles. Those that focuses on everything, non-combat skills, or PvP.

Bury every bone you find, those prayer points will save your life some day.

The combat training in Lumbridge is a great way to quickly raise your combat level.

Sell your stuff either to stores, other players, or at the Grand Exchange.

Know your speciality shop, selling certain items at these shops may vary the price.

Also along that line, check prices so you don't get ripped off.

Beware of the wilderness. It is PvP and if you die, you will lose everything. So don't take anything you aren't prepared to lose.

When you die, you can choose up to 3 items to carry upon respawn. All other items will be dropped and anyone can take. Except in the wilderness, you lose everything.

Use your bank at all times. It's a good idea to leave the majority of everything in the bank including gold.

Magic can be expensive to start with, but with runecrafting it should be ok.

Have any other beginner's tips for Runescape that I missed, let us know in the comments?

[roseandmae]

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Review

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the latest game in the Zelda franchise for the Nintendo Switch. Similar to that of Ocarina of Time, this game is open world and can be completed in any order. And is filled with puzzles and enemy camps with treasure and weapons. There is well over 50 hours of game-play during on if you take the time to explore every inch of the world or just stick to the main plot of the game. Breath of the Wild takes place in an untamed, post-apocalyptic, techno-fantasy land of Hyrule where Link has been asleep for a century with little to no memory of the events that occurred prior to his slumber when Calamity Ganon took over Hyrule and corrupting all of the ancient technology built to stop him.

As you tattle temples or ruins scattered around the world you gain new abilities through the Sheikah Slate, that allow you to manipulate magnetic fields and the elements. On top of learning new abilities or skills with your weapons. Unlike previous games, weapons don't last forever. They will break over time and different outfits are required for specific areas. A heavy outfit is needed for cold areas whereas light materials are needed for the volcanic Death Mountain. And to heal, instead of potions you need to cook up from grub from apples to stews. Plus you have stamina to worry about as you climb, run, or glide throughout the world of Zelda. But there was a bug that allowed you to have infinite stamina, if you whistled for your horse while running and it was no where nearby to hear you. I haven't tested that lately, so I don't know if that still exists.

The paraglider in the game is your best friend as you can use it to get to across lakes and gaps or ride updrafts to reach new areas. Or used to find hidden treasures or places around the map. And takes a few hours to fully upgrade in order to get to certain locations that are just out of reach on first try.

Each area in the game has it's own ecology and systems built area extreme temperatures or weather. So you have to prepare for them in advanced or you may face certain death. And certain areas do require a lot of stamina or skills that you may not have learned or upgraded yet. For instance, you cannot just get the Master Sword whenever you want, you have to save up a good amount of health first before going to get it. Plus add on Mother Nature with rain, thunderstorms, or a blood moon to change how the environment works. So you always have to keep that in the back of your mind as you tranverse Hyrule. You are at the mercy of the world.

Divine Beasts

The main key plot lines is going to the four divine beasts and destroy the corruption within them. Though this is not actually needed to face Ganon or go to Hyrule castle. But is highly suggested. The Divine Beasts are: Vah Ruta, Vah Medoh, Vah Rudania, and Vah Naboris. After freeing the beasts from the corruption by entering their innards and returning them to their owners, the four Champions, these will help Link defeat Ganon by blasting the castle with a laser making the first battle with Ganon easier. Each boss fight in the Divine Beasts is related to a specific element. Windblight Ganon in Vah Medoh, Thunderblight Ganon in Vah Naboris, Waterblight Ganon in Vah Ruta, and Fireblight Ganon in Vah Rudania. Which is representative of the companion who owns the beast, who all died during the initial fight against Ganon.

Each beast has it's own unique controllable function that is directly correlated to its form and design. And are controlled using the Sheikah Slate at various consoles around the beasts. In Vah Medoh, a mechanical eagle, has the ability to its roll adjusted to access other areas in the beast. In Vah Naboris, a mechanical camel, you adjust rings in the stomach that each contain a line that creates a high electric current when lined up correctly. In the mechanical salamander, Vah Rudania, it's body can be completely turned at a 90 degree angle. While Vah Ruta, a mechanical elephant, can move its trunk to spray water in different areas. And each beast also have it's own signature sound representing their animal.

Overall, I really enjoyed Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Is it revolutionary to the Zelda world? No, it follows the same basic outline of every Zelda game. Does that mean it's not enjoyable? No, I had a lot of fun playing the game. They did a lot of things right with this game and made the open world feel full with things to do without making it overwhelming like they were cluttering it or too empty where there weren't things to do. You can choose to play the game however you like without feeling gated off. And that I really loved about the game. It was a nice direction as there is anywhere from 50 to 100 hours of game play, and I never got bored playing it.

What did you think of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild?

[roseandmae]

Miitopia Review

Nintendo recently released a game on the 3DS called Miitopia, which is a role playing game where you can create Mii characters that either resemble your friends or other people. And you have to face the world from the Dark Lord, who is stealing people's faces and putting them onto monsters. You travel with a party of four each with their own class or specialty that you can choose. Characters also gain relationship between each other outside of battle that effects battles with monsters. And it's adorable and fun to play.

One of my favorite things is that you can customize every character in the world of Miitopia, not just the characters in your party. From the town people to the Dark Lord, you can configure it all. Plus you get to see your hard work of creating Miis riped away and you have to go put it back together again. Add on that you can pick their personality type and get appropriate scripted lines to fit those tropes. Cautious character will take a moment to stretch before attacking, while stubborn characters may choose not to fight during their turn. And you don't control it, the AI will just do it. It's amazing! And makes the game so much more interesting. As sometimes characters in your party will have quarrels based off their relationship. And sometimes this will lead to issues where their will sabotage themselves and you have to step in to stop them.  Cause you can only control the hero, not the party members.

I love RPGs. I will obsess over skill trees and equipment, to make sure everyone has the best thing possible and the team is balanced. And the skill tree isn't really available in the game but you do level up characters and give them grub to level up certain aspects. And not every character loves every type of grub. And there's not a whole lot of story, it's more just the journey and facing battles or dungeons over and over again. You do have the option to turn on auto-battle, but I personally wouldn't do that unless I was multi-tasking while playing the game. And luckily the battles are switched up often enough that they don't becoming ignoring or boring. Cause the humor and quirks in the game make it worth while to pay attention to.

Overall, I think Miitopia is a delight! Nintendo makes the best use of their Mii creations from the Wii and use them in a creative yet cute fashion. It isn't revolutionary by any means, but it a pleasant riff on a familiar RPG formula.

[roseandmae]

The Sims 4: City of Love Family Tree

As we're nearing the 40th episode of City of Love over on our YouTube channel, I thought it would be fun to do a quick update on the family tree since there are so many characters in this let's play. I tried to lay out all of the characters roughly in the pattern of a family tree structure but of course there aren't really lines so let me trying to explain it the best way I can by breaking it down into generations going left to right.

Generation 1

Mandy and Eddie Sellers. These were the parents of Caroline, Hayden, Angela, and Tommy Sellers, but have since passed away. Eddie died from a heart attack after too much woohoo, while Mandy died of an unknown cause that made her humiliated to death.

Theo and Stevie Westfall. The rich art collectors of San Myshuno that had two children: Parker and Blair. They lived in an industrial penthouse in their retirement and passed away of old age, leaving all descendants a nice inheritance to use.

Generation 2

Caroline and Adeyln Crouse. Co-workers and DJ club members that fell in love. They got married and adopted two children: Gabriel and Chloe. Caroline is the twin sister of Hayden and childhood best friends of Allison. She aspired to become a DJ but has since fallen in love with the rock genre.

Hayden and Allison Sanders-Seller. Once neighbors and now married, they have been together through it all from rebellious teenage years to death of their parents. They stick together and have two kids together: Carlie and Melinda. They also are raising Tommie and Angela after their parents past away.  Allison is an inspiring musician while Hayden hopes to be a gamer.

Angela and Tommy Sellers. Twins of Mandy and Eddie, being raised along side of their nieces Carlie and Melinda. They are a bit resentful of their siblings (Caroline and Hayden) that they didn't get to grow up with their parents and act out a lot. One of them will probably end up getting the mischief aspiration, while the other tries to become more like Mandy in going down the tech guru career.

Sonya and Parker Westfall. The power couple of San Myshunyo. Parker is the leader of the free world while Sonya is a charity icon. Together they have three children: Caden, Louie Thomas, and Gracie. Sonya is the older sister of Allison who raised her baby sister after their parents passed away. 

Blair and David Goldberg were heart school sweethearts. They had a child named Jared in wedlock before David vanished. Blair raised Jared on her own and became an established journalist. Years later David returned as a top secret agent, got married to his sweetheart and they got pregnant with Colby.

Generation 3

Gabriel and Chloe Crouse. The adopted children of Adelyn and Caroline Crouse. Gabriel loves sports while Chloe enjoys art.

Carlie Sanders-Seller. Child of Hayden of Allison. Carlie is a bit of a tomboy who is going to love photography, when she become a child the image of Max Caulfield from Life is Strange popped into mind so she's going to have similar characteristics.

Melinda Sanders-Seller. Child of Hayden of Allison. I haven't decided her storyline yet. If you have thoughts, let me know in the comments either here or on one of the videos in this series.

Caden Westfall. The oldest child of Parker and Sonya. He dreams of being a scientist some day and is a bit nerdy though he tries to fit in with his more popular cousins.

Gracie and Louis Thomas Westfall. The Westfall twins that are as thick as thieves. Gracie dreams of becoming a vet (I'm getting the pet expansion pack and she won't age up to young adult until that comes around, so I can ensure that happening for her) while Louis Thomas is into sports. Originally Louis Thomas was called Thomas but upon realizing name similarities, he now goes by his real first name.

Colby Goldberg. The middle child of Blair and David, he dreams of being a comedian and most popular person in town.

Anderson Goldberg. The youngest child of Blair and David, he is not pictured in the photo above as he was born off camera and is still a baby. But soon we will be exploring his character arc. If you have thoughts on what you think Anderson should grow up to be like, let me know in the comments.

Jared Goldberg and Tori Joyce. Jared is the oldest child of Blair and David, but was only raised by Blair so he doesn't talk to his brothers as often as he never grew up with them. He moved in with a college friend and vampire named Tori, who after using a wishing well were given a daughter named Kylie who is biologically both of theirs. Tori wished for love and ended up falling madly in love with Jared. Both are in the art related careers. Tori is a painter while Jared is an art critic.

Generation 4

Kylie Goldberg. The wishing well child of Tori and Jared. She is the leader of the WeSendants club that is comprised of Colby, Caden, Angela, and Tommy.

What would you love to see in the series as they move out of San Msyhuno and into NewCrest?

[roseandmae]

Zelda's Adventure Review

I mentioned this game in my last Legend of Zelda review for Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, that this was the other CD-i game Nintendo licensed for Sony's CD-i.  But unlike the previous two games, this one took the approach of using live-action cut scenes and characters instead of cartoons/animations. It's also the only Legend of Zelda game to do this, but that doesn't mean they are any good.

The plot of Zelda's Adventure is that Ganon kidnapped Link and stole seven celestial signs that you must get back in order to stop the "Age of Darkness." So you must play as Zelda to find the celestial signs hidden in shrines. And trying to figure out which shrine you're in is not the easiest to figure out. They each have their own design, but it's impossible to tell without consulting a walk-through from speed-runners on what they're names are.

Overall, this game had negative reception in every aspect. Whereas, the other two CD-i Zelda games had some mixed reviews or some positive aspects in them. Also it was developed by Viridis unlike the other two games. And I have to agree with the critics. The graphics are so bad, I can't think of another game that's worse than this one. The acting is unprofessional at best, probably because they used random people around the office to play the various roles. For instance, the role of Zelda was played by the receptionist. Sound effects and music can't happen simultaneously so it sounds choppy, plus both are not good quality.

In the game, you can't figure out what any enemy technically is and don't resemble anything from the other/main Zelda games. You also have to do trial-and-error to figure out what defeats each enemy as it's not mentioned anywhere. The hit box for enemies versus Zelda also makes no sense at all, so it's horrible to control. Also add on jerky frame rate, unresponsive controls, and long load times and it just is a miserable experience. Seriously just avoid playing this game, if you're really curious about it just watch a walkthrough or speed run of it on YouTube.

Do you know a game with worse graphics or worse than this? I would love to hear about it.

[roseandmae]

Turmoil: Tips & Tricks

Turmoil is a simulation that was released in June 2016 by Gamious and is available on iOS and Steam. You can play in one of two modes: normal and expert. Each mode you have a choice of four different characters, with the ones in expert having a special skill that can come in use during gameplay. Each of you are trying to become the grand oil tycoon as well as mayor of the town by getting the most amount of stocks. So here are a few tips and tricks to become the next grand oil tycoon through oil extraction to sales expert.

Pipes only need to go though the top of the oil patch, not all the way to the bottom.

Always go to Daphne's saloon. You can make brides that can fix the price of oil to having fines looked the other way.

Oil is pumped as fast as the narrowest pipe in the chain can handle, so make sure to upgrade all pipes in the chain.

If you don't see oil in uncovered ground below a waving dowser, wait a while for the ground level to rise higher. It may take a while.

You can earn a $1000 bonus for pumping out all of the oil, selling all the oil, depleting all gas pockets, and withdrawing your land lease early.

If a dowser with all the depth upgrades walks off the screen, it means there is no more oil pockets in the ground. If they are not fully upgraded, it may just means there is no more oil within their range.

Drilling around rocks can be cheaper than spending money to drill through the rock. But longer pipelines are more expensive to upgrade.

Connecting pipes from an upgraded rig to pipes from a non-upgraded rig will copy all the upgrades to the new network. This can be cheaper that paying for the upgrades separately.

Right-click can cancel a scan in progress or any undeployed object.

Using gas to boost the oil price is most effective when you connect multiple gas pockets at the same time to Left or Right Inc. Using just one gas pocket at a time gives you only a short boost to the price. When buying the Left or Right Inc. gas upgrade it is useful to get the valve upgrade as well.

Try to build efficiently, leaving no empty space between silos, rigs and the factories. The less space you waste, the more will be left for oil storage in silos.

Gas pockets will not grow if you encircle more than one gas pocket with a single loop.

The ultimate way to profit from gas boosting is to store up as much oil as possible, empty multiple gas pockets at the same time, and make use of the existing pipe network as much as possible.

At the end of the campaign, the player with the smallest share in town has to leave. Their stock are them auctioned off among the remaining players. This is repeated until someone has a 50% share or more.

When using the Thermal upgrade the size of your loop is important. Give the gas pocket enough room for growth but if the loop is too large the gas pocket will grow more slowly.

Save some money when you are close to the end of the 4th map. There will be an auction of shares and you will need to have more money than your competitors.

Know any other helpful tips for Turmoil, please feel free to post them in the comments.

[roseandmae]

Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Imperial Legion vs Storm Cloaks

I've been really into playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim lately. Like way more than I'm into playing Dragon Age: Inquisition. Mainly just because I played the same level or section of the game like ten times, and it made me really annoyed. So I'm taking a break to refind my love of the game. So in the meantime I'm playing Skyrim. Which I've only ever completed using speedrun tactics, and I'm trying not to do that this time and I've definitely gotten into it. And wanted to write a few posts about it. For today's post as you can tell from the title, I wanted to focus on Imperial Legion vs. Stormcloaks. More so just comparing the two main groups in the civil war over Skyrim. There are several clans that fall on either side of the rebellion (Battle-born and Gray-Mane being located in Whiterun, Black-Briars of Riften, and Silver-Bloods of Markarth).

And you can join either Imperial Legion or Stormcloaks, regardless of who you followed in the beginning of the game when escaping Helgen. Ralof being part of Stormcloaks and Hadvar being part of the Imperial Legion.

Imperial Legion

Lead by General Tullius in Solitude, they oppose the Stormcloak rebellion after their attempt to secede Skyrim from the Third Empire. They believe that Skyrim must abide by the laws and customs of the empire including the White-Gold Concordat to preserve peace between the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion. Though they support the alliance with the Aldmeri Dominion, the Empire has little love for it but do this so they can fend off another war. And thus believe killing Ulfric Stormcloak is needed in order to maintain the peace of the Empire.

Add on that they believe Ulfric Stormcloak murdered the High King rather than won a formal duel, and you can see why they have a strong sense of justice and that Ulfric must pay for the death of their king.

The Imperial Legion is compromised of local militia many of Nord and Imperial legionnaires, though there are a few Breton and Redguard legionnaries and Altmer, Dunmer, and Breton Legates. But many in the Empire view them as being corrupt and decaying, thanks to the near annihilation of the Blades and the rise of the Aldmeri Dominion.

Due to this they are at odds with the influential family in Whiterun, Gray-Mane, but have the support of the other clan in Whiterun known as Battle-Born and Black-Briars of Riften.

You can join the Legion by talking to General Tullius in Castle Dour where you take on the quest Joining the Legion, and in the end take an oath and be officially inducted into the Imperial Army. But you do have the opportunity to switch sides if you've changed your mind by giving the Jagged Crown to Ulfric Stormcloak instead of bringing it to the Legion.

Oath of the Legion:

"Upon my honor I do swear undying loyalty to the Emperor, Titus Mede II, (or simply "The Emperor" if Mede has been killed in the Dark Brotherhood questline) and unwavering obedience to the officers of his great Empire. May those above judge me, and those below take me, if I fail in my duty. Long live the Emperor! Long live the Empire!"

There are five ranks the Dragonborn can become within the Legion:

Auxiliary (Recruit) – complete "Joining the Legion.

Quaestor (Sergeant) – complete "Battle for Whiterun."

Praefect (Lieutenant) – complete "The Battle for Fort Dunstad."

Tribune (Captain) – complete "The Battle for Fort Greenwall."

Legate (Commander) – complete "Rescue from Fort Kastav."

Stormcloaks

Lead by Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak in Windhelm. Their name originally was first used to belittle their cause but they gladly accept it as they believe Ulfric Stormcloak is the true High King of Skyrim. And they believe they Skyrim should secede from the what they feel is a corrupt and crumbling Empire. Since they accepted the White-Gold Concordat, that makes them a puppy of the Thalmor and bans the worship of Talos. Which Nords do not support in any way as they highly revered Talos and considered them to be their greatest leader. They also believe the empire is only maintaining it's power in Skyrim by propping up loyalist Jarls.

The Imperial Legion enforced the rules of the Empire/Aldmeri Dominion, which spared the Markarth Incident as Ulfric Stormcloak was still worshipping Talos within his city. Ulfric demanded the agreement to be broken but the Legion disagreed and arrested him. When Ulfric escaped he went to Windhelm to take up duties of Jarl after his father's passing. Then he murdered High Kind Torygg during a formal duel, this was a tradition of the Nordic people and why the Stormcloaks believe Ulfric is the true High King.

One thing that really sets apart the Stormcloaks, is they are comprised mainly of Nords. And many members look or talk down to other species or races of Skyhold. But they won't turn down a Dragonborn that is of another race. And the notable or influential families that support the Stormcloaks are: Gray-Mane in Whiterun and Silver-Bloods of Markarth.

To join the Stormcloaks, you need to go to Windhelm and prove battle-worthiness by slaying a ice wraith. And similar to the Imperial Legion, you can switch sides by delivering the Jagged Crown to General Tullius in Solitude rather than giving it to Ulfric.

Oath of the Stormcloaks:

"I do swear my blood and honor to the service of Ulfric Stormcloak Jarl of Windhelm and true High King of Skyrim. As Talos is my witness, may this oath bind me to death and beyond... even to my lord as to my fellow brothers and sisters in arms. All hail the Stormcloaks, the true sons and daughters of Skyrim!"

Titles the Dragonborn can become within the Stormcloaks:

Unblooded – Complete "Joining the Stormcloaks"

Ice-Veins – Complete "Battle for Whiterun"

Bone-Breaker – Complete "Rescue from Fort Neugrad"

Snow-Hammer – Complete "The Battle for Fort Sungard"

Stormblade – Complete "The Battle for Fort Snowhawk"

Which side in the Skyrim civil war do you fall on?

[roseandmae]

Anime Shows That I Love Watching

On Saturday, I shared my favorite DC & Marvel Movies and as I've been watching a lot of anime recently I thought I would share some of my favorite shows as well as an honorable mention. These are in not by preference but rather just how I need up making the collage of all the animes. And before everyone goes there, yes I know Avatar is technically not true anime as it's not from Japan but I'm including it in this post as I feel like it fits in with all of these.

Tokyo Ghoul

I learned about this anime a little over a year ago from Glam & Gore when she did a cosplay/tutorial with JKissa and Michelle Phan, and instantly became addicted to the story. There are only 2 seasons but I really hope one day they do more. But there is also a manga series and I'm planning on getting the full thing one day along with most of these as I know the story isn't over at the point season 2 ended on. The story is about an individual named Ken Kaneki, who is turned into a half-ghoul and has to learn how to live in this new world. All the while avoiding the CCG investigators who want to kill all ghouls.

Death Note

As you know I recently watched the Netflix adaptation of Death Note and hated it. But I've loved Death Note for a long time. Even though I know it sounds horrible, I don't think Kira or Light was that wrong with wanting to get rid of all of the evil-doers in the world. How he went about everything and making himself a god, was his own down fall as he wanted to take credit for everything. Plus in the end, he couldn't freaking wait to make sure his plan worked before revealing himself right as it failed. His ego was his own downfall but I honestly think of any of ending that would have worked. I don't like it, but I can't think of any better ending for Light. But personally, I would have kept it way more a secret so people wouldn't investigate me so soon. But that's whatever, it's a great show and manga. The only difference between the two is the show is set three years later compared to the manga, but otherwise everything is the same.

One Piece

I first saw this anime on Cartoon Network during Adult Swim, and got very addicted to the tales of Monkey D. Luffy who has the properties of rubber after he unintentionally ate a Devil Fruit and his crew Straw Hat Pirates on their journey in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as "One Piece". And whoever gets the treasure will become the next Pirate King. I have not seen every episode or read every manga, but I'm planning on finishing it before the year ends. As well as start collecting all of the books in the manga series.

Soul Eater

In college, I really got into watching anime and one of the shows that came out on top was Soul Eater. This is a series revolving around three teams at the Death Weapon Meister Academy, each team consisting of a weapon meister and at least one weapon that can transform into a humanoid. Each team is trying to collect the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch in order to make the weapon a "death scythe." And if they don't do it in that order, they must start all over again. Like most of these I have seen every episode but have not read the manga series, and I really want to so I'm going to start collecting and reading each one.

Sgt. Frog

In college, this is the other anime series I really got into. One of my friends, Eri, got me into this series and almost weekly we would binge watch this show on Netflix.  It's one of those no brainer games that I love to just have up in the background when I'm working on things. It's about a platoon of frog-like alien invaders that want to conquer Earth. Their leader is Sergeant Keroro but the platoon is at the mercy of a human family of three after he is captured while trying to hide in one of their bedrooms. Keroro does meaningless chores and errands for the family after his army abandons his platoon on Earth. And they still try to take over the Earth, but it always fails.

Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra

I used to watch this show when it was on Nickelodeon, and I loved it. It came out when I was about 12 so the characters in the show were about my age. Or at least Aang was so I felt like I kind of grew up with this show and it's characters. I have seen every season multiple times including the fail of a live adaptation and the sequel series The Legend of Korra. I know this isn't technically an anime as this was an American animated television series but it has strong Asian influence and uses Chinese martial arts. There is so much to love about this series and if you somehow haven't watched any of the seasons, I seriously recommend you check it out. But definitely avoid watching M. Night Shyamalan's movie on it. It's just bad all around.

And the honorable mention that I feel like I finish this post without is Naruto, it got me into watching anime. But being completely honest, I have never seen a full episode only parts with Akatsuki. As I loved that group and watched way too many fan dubs involving them. I really should watch the full thing one day.

What is your favorite anime show?

[roseandmae]

Link: The Faces of Evil & Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon Review

Normally I don't do game reviews of multiple games in one post. But Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon are basically the exact same story told from two different sides. These are the Legend of Zelda CD-i games. I'm going to do the other CD-i Zelda's Adventure in the future. But I wanted to start with these since I experienced these first.

The reason these two games are so similar is because they were developed together. The two games: Wand of Gamelon and Faces of Evil, were the first Nintendo-licensed games released on the Philips CD-i. The two games were given the relatively low budgets of approximately $600,000 each. But the development team Animation Magic, led by Dale DeSharon, decidedto develop the two games in tandem and have them share the same graphics engine to more efficiently use the budget. The animated cutscenes were created by a team of six animators from Russia who were flown to the United States for the project. And it kind of shows in comparison to other Zelda games.

The cut scenes in these two games is horrible. They are poorly animated and voice acting is misdirected, jarring, and laughable. It's almost comical to watch as it's just so not like other Zelda games. And controlling the game is a nightmare but considering the controller for the CD-i it's not the worst of all the CD-i games out there. Plus you need to farm for rubies to use a good amount of the weapons/items in the games. Also the fact that these games are considered some of the worst games in the industry. The community also rejects it from the canon and Nintendo rarely acknowledges their existence and don't include them in the timeline.

The only thing that I loved from these games is that the drawn in-game backgrounds are very pleasant to look at. Below are the maps of each game that you have to navigate through to progress in the game. The music is pretty iconic. But that's probably because all I can think about is the song the Game Grumps came up with for Zelda: Wand of Gamelon. I can't think of these games without that song popping up in my head. If you don't have a console to experience these games yourself, I would seriously recommend watching them play it just so you can experience it. Here are the links for: Game Grump's Zelda: Wand of Gamelon Playlist and Game Grump's Link: The Faces of Evil Playlist.

Zelda:Wand of Gamelon

Link: The Faces of Evil

Though the plot is different in each game, they are basically the same. You fight the same enemies and go from region to region to gather items needed to get further in various areas of the game in order to reach Ganon who is defeated by each of the main characters using a specific item from the game. Zelda has to use the Wand of Gamelon in order to defeat him. Whereas, Link has to use the Book of Koridai. As far as plot in both games, they start out with news that Ganon has escaped from his prison and attacking an ally of King Harkinian. The King leaves and orders Princess Zelda to send Link if he doesn't return in a month. In both instances, Link is bored now that the kingdom is safe. But then the games split off. In Wand of Gamelon, Link goes missing so Zelda goes to Gamelon to find Link and her father. While in The Faces of Evil, Link goes to Koridai to stop Ganon with a wizard named Gwonam. And Zelda is kidnapped some time later by Zelda. At the end of both games, the King, Princess Zelda, and Link are back together again. In Wand of Gamelon, Link is freed from a mirror and is confused what's going on to which everyone laughs at him. While in The Faces of Evil, Link declares himself to be the victor but Zelda refuses to kiss him as a reward.

What Legend of Zelda game do you think is the worst?

[roseandmae]

Minecraft: My Favorite Skins

I get bored with my Minecraft skin every now and then, but all of my favorite skins are relatively the same and I love to switch between these five depending on the mood. Typically all of my skins are various girl skins that I find on MinecraftSkins.com but there is one that I found forever ago (Gamer Girl) that is actually from MinecraftSkins.net. I always debate on switching it up for something different but always come back to one of these five skins with Gamer Girl probably being my most worn or main skin that I fall back to.

Also putting them all in a line up, I just realized they all have the same hairstyle more or less. Three of the them are wearing hats but they all have long hair with side swept bangs. Basically how I want my own hair granted it never grows that long.

When I Choose to Wear Each Skin

The first one, called idk, I end up using whenever I'm feeling particularly moody or really just want a moon the back of my shirt since I end up seeing that the majority of the time while I'm playing since I love to leave it in 3rd person POV. I love that the flannel is ripped up or falling off one of the shoulders as well. It's a nice touch.

The second skin is probably my main skin at the moment as I generally end up using it.

The third skin I have my character wear any day I'm in creative mode or feeling quite laid back. As the outfit this skin is wearing is pretty much what I would wear when I'm just hanging out around the house. A hat or beanie paired with a shirt, a flannel and a pair of jeans. Plus it's just hipster aesthetics.

The fourth skin that I love using in Minecraft is this camo number. Generally worn underneath armor if I'm spending the day in my mob arena. This skin just puts me in the mood to knock out from mobs or tackle the nether.

And the last outfit is my whenever skin, I don't put this one on if I'm in a certain mood while I'm playing Minecraft like the other skins.

What type of skin do you generally use when playing Minecraft? The generic skin from the game or a custom one from the internet? If custom, is it a normal person or something different? I would love to know what type of skin you lean towards.

[roseandmae]

Favorite DC & Marvel Movies

Today I thought it would be fun to share all of my favorite DC and Marvel movies. Now these are not in any particular order for either universe, more just the order I ended up making the collage for this post. And I love these movies for different reasons. Some are because I find them hilarious while others make me want to strap on a sword or bow then go fight hundreds of enemies.

Suicide Squad

Ah one of the most hated movies in the DCE Universe, but honestly I loved it. Granted I have a few things I would have changed about the movies that would have made it better. For starters, I would have done origin movies for each of the main characters: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, etc. Rather than a few minute intro card for each one as there is a lot missing and overlooked. Like the fact that Harley Quinn killed Robin and would have made the Joker scenes so much better. A Deadshot origin story also would have been really good to have as it would make more sense as you why he missed Harley Quinn when she was escaping. Unless you knew the comics you couldn't tell that it was basically three stories squished together. So I would have loved it to be separated. But still I really enjoyed it despite that. I also actually liked Jared Leto's joker. Again it probably would've been seen differently if they didn't cut out a large amount of his scenes when they changed it to be more like Deadpool. I am hoping to see more in the future but I hope they pull it back towards the original direction they were going to go.

Wonder Woman

Rose already did her review of this movie but I haven't talked about it myself on here. I love the recreation of one of my favorite comic book characters brought to life. The movie takes place during World War I (The Great War) which not a lot of movies these days take place during this time period as if it's going to be a war movie of the past they go to WWII. Examples being The Imitation Game, Captain America: The First Avenger, War Horse, The Book Thief, and Hacksaw Ridge all took place in WWII. But The Great War, was a perfect time period to set this movie in as it's the perfect setting for Wonder Woman. As her whole focus is stopping war and Aries, so why go to WWII when WWI was referred to as "The War to End All Wars." Granted the comic books take place during World War II, but I am actually really pleased it went to the war before that. Plus it's a good reflection on our current world state. Nationalism is very similar as it was during that time period and it would take very little to spark global conflict. Sure WWI wasn't the final World War, and is outside of living memory at this time period but it is a has all the right elements to tell this tale

Deadpool

Okay this probably has to be my all time favorite super hero/anti-hero in either universe. And I don't know if it's the sarcasm of Deadpool or how often they break the fourth wall, but Deadpool has always been my favorite. From the comics to it's own movie. Plus no one could possibly play Deadpool any better than Ryan Reynolds. Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool. And I will fight with anyone that disagrees with me on that.

Guardians of the Galaxy

I loved Guardians of the Galaxy more for the humor than the actual tale. I know why they had to start there to introduce this characters and had to go down their line in order to get to the Infinity Wars, but the story is rather straight forward without a lot of depth. Don't get me wrong I still loved it but it just isn't one that's overly memorable in the universe. But the characters and humor is memorable. And makes the entire movie worth it. Plus I love Groot especially baby Groot. I want a little figurine of him on my desk.

Avengers Assemble

Let's be honest, this is probably the movie that really got me into the Marvel universe and wanting to see more super hero movies. I wasn't overly into the Iron Man movies or any of the other ones until this one came out. And I would attribute my entire love of the genre to this movie. So how could I not include it on this post. Yes I saw all the ones beforehand, but it was more just a curiousity and wanting to go to the movies over being overly in love with the universe. And paying attention to all the details. I was more in the comic books and wasn't impressed before it all came together in this movie. So thank you Avengers for my obsession with super hero movies.

What movies are your favorite from the DC and Marvel Universes?