Batman: Arkham City - Episode I

            "Batman: Arkham Asylum set a high bar, but Arkham City jumped over it then grappled onto the largest building in Gotham and kept swinging. Arkham City's puzzle-filled open world, diverse mission structure, and rich combat system made this not only the best Batman game to date, but also the best licensed video game, period." - Ben Reeves, Game Informer Magazine Issue 241, "BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS"



             Well, Mr. Reeves, you sure said everything about Batman: Arkham City in a nutshell. Couldn't have said it better myself.

             +Nuked Dew  will cover the first part of Arkham City, going over your encounter with Two-Face, and your first little chat with Joker. WON'TCHA +Nuked Dew ?!!

 

Batman: Arkham City

        Alright people, me and +Nuked Dew  are going to be doing an Arkham City mini-series.
         It's going to rock... we will cover all of the boss battles, all of the Challenge maps, and the story of "the best licensed video game ever, period."

Music Post 2- Devil May Cry by The Weeknd

Gotta love it

The 47 Ronin

        Alright, guys. I do remember saying I would do some legends in my description of this blog. So here is the first legend that has intrigued me... which was also made into a movie. In my opinion, the legend is much more interesting than the movie, though I haven't seen it.

Here goes.

       In 1701, the current emperor of Japan sent out two shogun(highest military official) to train 320 daimyo(warriors). The one was Kira, to train the daimyo in court etiquette. Two young daimyo, one being Asano, and the other being Kamei. Asano was of Ako, and Kamei was of Tsumano, two cities in Japan. 

      Kamei and Asano offered Kira gifts, but an Kira said that they were totally inadequate, and because of that, he treated both extremely poorly. Kamei was furious for his friend and himself being tormented, and he desired to kill Kira.

      But Asano brought peace to Kamei, and then Kamei decided to pay Kira to treat Kamei better. Well, it worked; he was treated much better. But Asano was still treated extrmely poorly. When Kira one day called Asano a "country bumpkin without manners," Asano drew his sword, and attacked Kira. 

      Kira was mildly wounded, but the law forbid anyone to attack an official. 
      After attacking his higher official, Asano was sentenced to commit seppuku(suicide).
      After Asano's death, the shogunate confiscated his domain, and reduced his soldiers to the status of ronin. (Masterless warriors)
      Since in Japanese culture, it is honorable to kill oneself when titled ronin, the ronin did so. But 47 did not commit seppuku. 
      Oishi Yoshio, the leader of the 47 Ronin, led them to seek revenge. 
      Kira became fearful, and shut himself up from an attack of such great magnitude. So Oishi Yoshio told his fellow ronin that they would disperse and lead ordinary lives; until the day that Kira forgot about the 47. And on that day, they would attack Kira, and kill him.
      And so, the 47 Ronin waited, biding their time... holding on to the hope that one day, they would have revenge. 
     On December 14, 1702, the 47 Ronin met with each other, and planned their attack. One young ronin was sent to Ako to tell their tale. 
     Some of the ronin scaled the wall, taking out the alarmed watchmen. Then they all attacked from either the front or the rear of Kira's home. Kira's samauri were caught sleeping, and had to fight without shoes. 
     Kira, when alarmed, hid in a shack. The ronin killed 40 of Kira's samauri and it took an hour for the ronin to find Kira. 
     Oishi Yoshio offered Kira the same short sword that was used to attack him, but he was terrified. So instead, Oishi Yoshio killed Kira. 
     Then the 46 Ronin came out and went to go and confess their actions. 
     The Ronin were honored for honoring the Way of the Warrior. Since the shougunate could not contradict what they had done, except for saying their actions were honorable by the Warrior's Code, they sentenced the 46 to seppuku; that being the most honorable way to die, instead of execution.
     


So there you have it folks! The Legend of the 47 Ronin. Oh, and by the way, that's a true story.

For +Nate AG , +Nuked Dew , and +Patrick Ranallo 

The 47 Ronin

Otters!!!

Doesn't everybody?

Pic says it all

So true

Joining blogs?

Hey guys. I got invited by +Nate G to join his blog, Epic'z Picz : URL = http://epiczpicz.blogspot.com/

And now, I am inviting him to join our blog at Piece of Cake. Whaddya say, dude? So, we will have our first outside member, blogging and posting about their movie experiences, and possibly their gaming experiences!

Pretty Cool! +Nate G , give me a call or email me at enakagawa0327@gmail.com

Cool? Cool.

Bye

Thanks to Epic'z Picz, got this awesome failure. 

Kickin' off the New Year with GRAVITY

Hey Guys! Happy New Year! So, as in the title, I saw GRAVITY New Year's Eve, into New Year's Day. Well, I'll say on a scale of 1-10 for intensity, it was (for me) a 9.5. I've never been more horrified of something that realistic... something that could actually happen.

If you guys saw the movie Cast Away with Tom Hanks, and loved it, see this one... it's WAY more intense. For those of you that disliked Cast Away, and couldn't handle the "suspense," I would say to you to not go and see this one.

Alright, we walked into the movie a bit late, so I'm assuming that Sandra Bullock and George Clooney both get deployed into space to do something with the Hubble telescope. I arrive at the part where Sandra Bullock (Ryan) is fixing up a piece of the telescope that has either malfunctioned, or something wasn't done right.

Houston says to her, "How long do you think you'll need, Doctor?"

"One hour."

"Roger that."

So Sandra gets working on the "broken" piece and George Clooney is just flying around, observing, then he requests to help Sandra. "Permission granted." So while the two are working, Houston sends a message that doesn't seem like it'll affect them much... but of course, it does.

"Houston to Explorer. We have just received word that the Russians have just blown up one of their own satellites, and the debris is flying at 20,000 miles an hour... but is far from your location. We'll keep you posted."

"Roger that, Houston," replies Clooney.

About two minutes later, Houston again radios and says, "Houston to Explorer, the debris from the destroyed Russian satellite is heading your way, twice as fast as we had anticipated. Return to your ship and come back home immediately."

George immediately stops working and starts to float towards the Explorer, "Explorer, please initiate opening hatch."

"Initiated. Ready for your deposit."

"Come on, Ryan," says George to Sandra.

"Just a second."

"No, not just a second, now. That's an order."

"Alright." She detaches herself from the telescope, and she's stuck by one cord. "I can't get free... I'm stuck."

"Just relax," says Clooney. "Lemme get it."

"Explorer to Matt(Clooney). You better hurry up, the storm's comin." And that storm did not look happy.

"Houston to Explorer, expect a communication black out at any moment. I repeat, expect a communication blackout at any moment."

Now here's where the action starts to kick in. The storm arrives, with Sandra and Clooney still at the telescope, which actually provides them with protection, though it's minimal... but it keeps them alive.

Sandra finally detaches herself from the telescope, which is now getting wrecked, and she starts "spin-drifting." Okay, so let's skip ahead, and Sandra and George are at the ISS(International Space Station). Before this, they encounter two horrifically distorted dead bodies... you were warned.

Sandra is holding on to George, and saying that she won't let go of him, they're connected by a cord that is dragging both away from the ISS. "Ryan, you can make it. You have to let go."

"No, I'm going to save you. You're coming with me."

"It's not your decision." He starts to undo his attachment to the cord, and then he takes one last look at Sandra, and lets go. Now Sandra is alone, in the deep void of space.

Okay, I won't spoil the rest, because I'm feeling stressed out just typing about the movie. Okay, well, Happy New Year, and God Bless!




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