Song Overload

I've been wanting to post these for a while.  Some of my favorite songs either featured in video games or their trailers.  Lets get started, shall we?

The Heavy - Short Change Hero (Borderlands 2 opening song)


NERO - Doomsday (Borderlands 2 Doomsday trailer)


Cage The Elephant - Ain't No Rest For the Wicked (Borderlands Opening song)


Nico Vega - Beast (Bioshock Infinite Commercials)


Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Random moment in Bioshock Infinite)


Everybody Wants To Rule the World (Tears For Fears cover, Bioshock Infinite)


Thirty Seconds to Mars - This Is War (Dragon Age:Origins Ending Credits)


Ekstrak - Staggered (Mass Effect 3 Purgatory)


GLaDOS - Still Alive (Portal Ending Credits)


GLaDOS - Want You Gone (Portal 2 Ending Credits)


Breaking Benjamin - Blow Me Away (Halo 2  Mission 10 - Gravemind)


That's all I can think of right now.  Hope you guys enjoy.

My question, answered

A while back, I posted this. Well, someone finally did it.



http://xxpinkdeathxx.deviantart.com/art/Mr-Bubbles-93214208

Mr. Bubbles

I searched the internet and have found nothing. Why hasen't someone done something to combine these two? I mean, the joke is right there.

Top 5...er...10 Video Game Bad Asses

Okay, I know I said I'd be doing Top 5's but this is a subject where there are so many bad asses. So, I have chosen to bless you with an extra 5. Don't you just feel blessed. Now, there is clearly fan bias towards certain video game characters (as I found out from the nearly hundreds of lists similar to this one), and I know this list will not make everyone happy. But this is my opinion, so I accept the critiques and angry comments. So without further ado, let's begin.

#10 - Link (The Legend of Zelda series)
Link is not usually the first person to come to mind when you think of "Bad Ass." Clearly, the tunic and tights look screams "Broadway" more than "Bar Fight." But you have to hand it to the guy. He has saved Hyrule countless times, fought some of the most memorable creatures and in Twilight Princess turns into a pretty kick ass wolf. After nearly 10 games over 8 different Nintendo systems, Link is, if nothing else, a bad ass for Nintendo's bank account.

#9 - Dante (Devil My Cry series)

Dante is the son of the demon Sparta and a human woman. So right off the bat, he has a pretty bad ass bloodline. Add in his agility, insane swordsmanship, master marksmanship and priceless quips and one lines and he has all the makings of a legendary bad ass. Sadly, I do have to deduct points for the emo hair style and cliche trench coat. Sorry.

#8 - Subject Delta (Bioshock 2)

He's a freaking 1st Generation Big Daddy. How much more bad ass do you need to get? As if having a Drill for an arm wasn't enough, his arsenal includes a rivet gun, shotgun, gating gun and a harpoon launcher. Nothing is better than making art by harpooning a splicer to a wall. Being made of a diving suit makes being underwater a cake walk. I just wish there were more to actually do underwater, besides walk from point A to point B.

#7 - Dr. Gordon Freeman (Half-Life series)

There is, for some reason, a multitude of individuals who like to compare Freeman to Halo's Master Chief. For the life of me, I don't know why. Gordon is way cooler and a much bigger Bad Ass. Last time I checked, I didn't see Chief cracking skulls with a crowbar. Plus, he is a theoretical physicist who knows how to handle a gun. Which makes him a bad ass nerd.

#6 - Marcus Fenix (Gears of War series)

Marcus is the gritty, muscular, shoot-first-ask-questions-later leader of an equally gritty group of soldiers in a war against underground aliens known as the Locust. Hell, with in the first few minutes of the 1st game, Marcus goes from being in prison to leading Delta squad, a rag-tag group so different you half expect to see Carl Weathers and Jessie Ventura among them. In fact, that is what makes Marcus Fenix so bad ass. He's an ex-con who is not only forced to fight, but to lead, and he manages to kick some serious locust ass as he does it.

#5 - Solid Snake (Metal Gear series)

I'm going to get hell for putting Snake this low on the list, but he does make the Top 5. Yet as I sit here typing, I'm wondering if I even need to express why this character is even on this list. Nearly every other "Top (whatever) video game bad asses" lists I have read has Solid Snake not only on it, but clearly in the top three. So why is he so low on my list? Because as bad ass as Snake is, to me, there are four guys who top him.

#4 - Frank West (Dead Rising)

Not only is Frank West bad ass, he might be a bit too obsessed with his work. Taking a helicopter past a military blockade, jumping out of said helicopter onto the roof of a shopping mall, then spending the next 72 hours fighting off hoards of zombies just to get a story. And how much more bad ass do you have to be to walk up to a zombie, put a giant Lego-style mask on it, take it's picture, then beat it with a guitar? Lets see Chris Redfield do that. On top of all that, he's covered wars, you know.

#3 - The Apprentice, Starkiller, Galen Marek (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed)

Just a few of Starkillers highlights:

- Used the force to pull Darth Vaders lightsaber from his hands and use it against Vader, and Galen was still a kid.

-He is trained in secret by Vader then is sent out to hunt and kill Jedi, such as Shaak Ti, a former member of the Jedi Council.
-He destroys an Tie Fighter manufacturing plant.

-He uses the force to pull a Star Destroyer from the sky. Yes, a Star Destroyer.

-He nearly kills Vader in the final battle (good ending), destroying most of Vader's mechanical body.

-And his family crest becomes the symbol of the rebels.

#2 - Kratos (God of War series)

Okay, what else do I need to say about Kratos other than he has killed gods and destroyed Mount Olympus. Pretty much the pinnacle of Bad Ass. And this would have been enough to garner #1, but Kratos does get help from other gods and magic weapons.

#1 - Simon Belmont (Castlevania I & II)

Simon Belmont has faced bats, zombies, flying gorgon heads, werewolves, skeletons, floating eyeballs, ghosts, dragon skeletons, hunchbacks, suits of armor, mudmen, gargoyles, giant bats, mummies, Medusa, Frankenstein, Death and Dracula all while using just a whip.

Top 5 Evil Video Game Companies

I figure I would start my Top 5's with one I have thought about for a long time. Over the history of video games, the idea of the "evil company" has been a popular plot device. Whether the company was out for global domination or involved with a massive cover up or some other "evil," these companies are a central component to the story. But who are the worst of the worst? Well here are my Top 5:

#5 - Ryan Industries (BioShock Series)

While I wouldn't really call Ryan Industries the only evil company in Rapture, it is the catalyst for the creation and eventual ruin of the underwater city. Andrew Ryan's dream of a Utopian society was made possible by his company, however his rivalry with Frank Fontaine led to the creation of the Little Sisters and Big Daddys as well as the Tonics and Plasmids that eventually drove the citizens of Rapture insane. Ryan himself believed in a society where individuals were free to do as they pleased, as long as they obeyed his rules. He acted as a dictator over utopia, which led to revolution and eventual ruin.

#4 - Abstergo Industries (Assassin's Creed Series)

Lets face it, Abstergo Industries is just evil. Kidnapping, human experimentation, murder, and I'm pretty sure the CEOs eat puppies. Not to mention the fact that it is just a front for the Knights Templar and their quest to obtain the Pieces of Eden and control the world. But you do have to wonder how well they do background checks on their employees. I mean, they track down Desmond Miles and kidnap him because they know he was born and raised by assassins, yet they hired Lucy Stillman, who is also an assassin? Their Human Resources department needs to be seriously fired.

#3 - Shin-ra Electrical Power Company (Final Fantasy VII)

Shin-Ra, Shin-Ra, Shin-Ra. Where do I begin? Genetic experimentation, kidnapping, cruelty to animals, and ecological disasters are just a few of their evil deeds. I'll admit I was all for Sephiroth offing the president of the company, that is until I realized he was a mama's boy. And even after realizing that Cloud & Co. were out to stop Sephiroth from destroying the world, did Shin-ra offer to help? I mean, Sephiroth was their creation after all. Instead, the good people at Shin-ra attempted to hamper our heroes every step of the way. I guess saving the world wasn't good for their overhead.


#2 - Umbrella Corporation (Resident Evil Series)

What list of "evil" video game companies would be complete with out Umbrella? Did someone say "None?" I'm pretty sure unleashing a deadly virus that turns humans into zombies, then trying to cover it up by destroying the entire city filled with said zombies, as well as survivors, and your own employees is most likely one of the most evil acts in video game history. Being from the New Orleans area, I wonder if the folks at BP don't wish they could do the same thing to the Gulf Coast.

#1 - Aperture Science (Portal)

Okay, you can destroy a Utopian society, attempt to use ancient relics to control the world, genetically engineer a super soldier who nearly destroys the world or even unleash a zombie apocalypse and I'm okay with it. But if you promise me cake and I find out that the cake is a LIE, well then, you are truly the most evil of evils.