Wall for trachy (page 48)

Did you want a screenshot of Gligurr harassing Masked Torterra?
Well, this post is already on MT's wall but in case it gets deleted from it before you see it yourself then:
http://i.imgur.com/x1Souwi.png

http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/meta/48637/article-on-hax

50. Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages: There aren't many games besides the Pokemon series that I really enjoyed playing on my Game Boy. Interestingly enough, it was a pair of games released similarly to the pair of Pokemon titles that were the only other games I got into. While the Pokemon titles were released in pairs with very few differences between versions, likely to generate more income, the Legend of Zelda: Oracle titles were anything but. While they reused assets, there were different storylines, different locations, different enemies, different weapons, and a bit more. This was a rather excellent gimmick, as it gave you more reason to own both games. Owning both games would also create more references to the sibling title in the game, as well as unlocking endgame content with Ganon.

Now as for the games themselves, they were great. They scaled back on some of the more annoying elements of previous Zelda top down titles (my god the original Legend of Zelda is so hard to navigate) and improved the story driven elements, as well as adding a nice variety of equipment. The music is classic, just like with all the Zelda games, and the art is rather timeless. I also found the story to be very enjoyable, and while I wouldn't call it incredible, it was still quite good. The games had a lot of great dungeons, some good puzzles, and very enjoyable boss fights. My highlight was the level in Oracle of Ages where you wash up on an island with your gear missing, and you have to go find and collect it in order to solve the puzzles on the island.

I have Oracle of Ages on my list rather than Oracle of Seasons because I enjoyed the time travel element more than the seasonal change element, but both games are rather fantastic. They were rereleased on Virtual Console, so I would suggest picking them up.

18. Harley Quinn: I think what I like most about her is that she is as much a victim of the Joker as anybody else is. Oh, and she's voiced by Tara Strong in Batman: Arkham City.

19. Thanos: Now what is this Darkseid wanna-be doing as one of my favorite villains rather than the infamous New God? Well, the answer to that has to do solely with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Don't get me wrong, Thanos is pretty awesome in the comics, but what makes me like him more than Darkseid is that Thanos is being set up as the major villain in the MCU. Since his reveal in The Avengers, plus the fact that we've seen two of the five Infinity Gems, it's been pretty obvious that Marvel is setting the stage for the famous Infinity Gauntlet storyline. So expect Thanos to be the villain always lurking in the shadows and masterminding everything in at least five more years of Marvel movies. That's pretty awesome, and not something we ever get with movies.

azula from avatar and umbridge from harry potter imo

20. Poison Ivy: Honestly, this spot would have probably belonged to Deadshot. However, I had to include Poison Ivy on my list because of one thing. And that thing is, I think she is the hottest comic book character. What can I say, I'm partial to red heads.

So I think I'll write a little thing for my favorite villains and say why they are my favorite. One every day.

George Romero on Night of the Living Dead: "I had written a short story, which I basically had ripped off from a Richard Matheson novel called I Am Legend."

Top 5 Worst Critic Practices

This is a little article I wrote up about the things critics tend to do that I despise. These are practices done by critics in all forms of media, but as my knowledge is best when it comes to video game critique, there might slightly more focus on that aspect.

5. Heavily focusing on only one aspect: Yes yes yes. We get that Castlevania: Lord of Shadows 2 had a terrible stealth aspect. Yet that isn't the entire game. There is a far heavier focus on the combat and platforming, both of these aspects are barely mentioned in the review. You don't have to give even focus to every part of the thing you are reviewing, but do make an effort to at least cover all elements of the product. Otherwise you're not only misrepresenting the product but also are doing a disservice to consumers, who will not get as much out of your review.

4. Trying to review a product from the perspective of a fan: I get it. Some things (such as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Doctor Who) have huge fan bases. And I get that you might not be a fan of these things. But stop making an effort to review from the viewpoint of another. You only know how you feel about something, and have no idea how the fanbase will react. Just because Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has Darth Vader in it, doesn't mean Star Wars fans find it any less awful. And to the guy who guessed that Ozymandius would not be the fan favorite episode for Breaking Bad, look how wrong you were. Just review things based off your own opinion. There are other reviewers who are fans of the product to have that viewpoint, so let them write as a fan of the product.

3. Not doing research: You'd think this goes without saying, but you'd be wrong. I mean, how easy is it to find out that Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is far from the first metroidvania? Incredibly easy. Fact check all of your work, or get someone else to do it for you. Otherwise you end up looking like a fool, and in the eyes of some people, all future work you do will be invalidated because you made a factual error in the past.

2. Scores: Scores are used by those who lack confidence in the strength of their words. Scores add absolutely nothing to critique, and instead only cause points of contention between readers and the critics. They're an arbitrary number that provides no way to reference it with the work of different critics. Removing scores from your article will force readers to actually pay attention to what you write, and will remove such areas of contention as "price is too high", "boobs are too big", or "I don't like the humor". Plus it will stop companies from firing people for getting "only" an 84 on metacritic.

1. Top X Lists: Now these could be helpful, except that they almost always end up useless because the writer decided to end with a controversial choice designed for click baiting. An example of this could be seen in an article that was titled "Top 10 Biggest Rip Offs" which ended by saying the biggest rip off was every single zombie thing ripping off of Night of the Living Dead. First off, the novel I Am Legend, which came out in 1954, was the inspiration for Night of the Living Dead. And I Am Legend wasn't even the first piece of zombie fiction! Also it clearly fails to understand that the development of genres is a process of iteration. Top X lists can have a purpose, but only when it is clearly the authors own opinion, such as saying "The Top 10 Movies I Enjoyed Most This Year". Not "The Top 10 Best Movies of the Year", not "The Top 10 Greatest Pictures of All Time" but instead a piece that is clearly geared toward opinion rather than trying to create facts.