Monday, December 30, 2013

Highlander: The Series 1x17 - Saving Grace


Closing out 2013 with one more Highlander post. This episode is a good one, mainly because Darius gets a ton of screentime.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Highlander: The Series 1x15 - For Tomorrow We Die

What a menacing title. This episode is the debut of Xavier St. Cloud, one of the most memorable bad guys in this series. Though admittedly, he's a lot more interesting in his later episodes; between that and various inconsistencies in this episode, it seems like he was intended to be a one-off and got brought back due to fan demand.

Xavier is the only villain to appear in seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4... as far as I know.

Friday, December 27, 2013

Highlander: The Series 1x14 - For Evil's Sake


This is the killer mime episode. It's the first one to take place entirely in France, and it's better off for it. The dramatic tone shift continues!

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Highlander: The Series 1x13 - Band of Brothers

Highlander returns with one of the series' high points. This episode is insanely good. Legend says that Adrian Paul himself went to the writers and told them that the Cop Show wasn't what fans wanted out of Highlander. From here on out, the Cop Show is almost entirely out the window. The writers would get it back with spin-off series The Raven, once Adrian Paul was out of the way. Yeah.

Friday, December 20, 2013

Mystic Ark Finale - Terminus

"I'm the King" says Remeer as he looks out from the empty castle. "King of allllll the land."

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Mystic Ark, Part 10 - Hourglass

 CINDERELLA MAN! CINDERELLA MAN!

He went to the ball in his wife-beater, lost his Nike shoe.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Mystic Ark, Part 9 - Darkova

Next up is the Dark World. This is the shortest world in the game by a longshot. It's basically a haunted house. When I first heard "Dark World" I had all kinds of crazy ideas bouncing around, so this is a little bit disappointing.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Mystic Ark, Part 8 - Colossus

Plowing through the last dungeon of the Machine World, as things take a turn for the creepy. You'll never win, Skynet!

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Mystic Ark, Part 6 - Navajo


 Mystic Ark returns after an extended break. The rest of the game starts now, so sit down and have some Tea.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Alien 3 (Super NES, 1993)


 I always wondered what the deal was with this image. Where are its legs? I suspect this is a chestburster hanging out in someone's stomach. Judging from the head, it's a baby queen Xeno. Must be the one that Ripley was "pregnant" with in the movie. Said movie isn't bad (even if it can't hold a candle to the first two), but this game is just weird. It's like the developers wanted to make a game based on Aliens, but had to do something more "current" instead.