4EVER's 4th worst boss fight Matriarch Benezia (Mass Effect)

There is nothing worse than having an epic character that you engage in conflict in, but not directly. Take this character from Mass Effect. sPAcE WiZarD Benezia is exactly like that. When you go up to her, ready to beat her to pulp, she sends her goons at you and just stands there. You can't hurt her, but she keeps using CRAAZZY biotic powers to hurt you, make you fall to the ground and of course...lift your cover. While this happens, the frame rate drops and you get lag beyond being able to be forgiven as well as making the game very difficult. When you do eventually waste away her goons, all it takes is a few shots and she's down. While the rest of the game is well done, this battle made my throw my controller down (on the bean bag so it wouldn't break) and change games. This boss was the worst problem I had with the first Mass Effect, but I was glad it was over and I could move on to the master piece that was Mass Effect 2! :-)

4EVER's 5th worst boss battle: Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man 2)

You'd done it. You'd swung about for hours in the wonderful open world of Manhattan and had fun beating up thugs and hoods as well as saving civilians. You'd fought some of the worst and now it was time to defeat Doctor Octopus, the most powerful threat  of the entire game. You'd fought him on the train, beaten him in the bank and at last it was time to fight him and save Mary Jane. But instead of an epic boss fight, you get a guy who simply cannot be beaten without resorting to cheap tactics. His attacks do so much damage, as well as having the ever awesome function of making them nearly impossible to dodge. So eventually, you resort to swinging back and forth on the same web line and cannonball kicking him. Fuuuuuuuuunnnnn. I hate this battle and so should you.

Demon's Souls

so i finally got my hands on this game, especially now that ive completed darksouls, I REALLY wanted to play this.
I thought Dark Souls was meant to be the harder of the two.


I was wrong




Very, Very wrong...

What do we see?

The video games industry is huge, even bigger than the film industry, so naturally, we have rules and regulations about what we can and can't see in video games. We have the rating system and with Australia moving even closer to an R18+ rating, we should have the same access to the content as the rest of the world. However, there are some problems. What do we really see in video games and do we really want people to see this? In games like Mario or little big planet, there is almost nothing that any parent could consider wrong for a child or anyone else to view. Games like Super Smash Bros may be violent, but not in a way that encourages or glamourises real fighting. It's not realistic and overall it feels a bit like a game show. But there are some games which have explicit content. 

The Batman games stirred up controversy for the liberal use of the word "bitch" and other adult themes like drugs and torture. Now, these games are rated M, but I know plenty of kids under 10 who have their hands on content these games. Batman is great, so kids will naturally want to copy what they see on the screen. They're not stupid enough to try and expose themselves to radioactive waste to get super powers, but hearing the word bitch used so often may desensitise them to it's intended effect. Adults know the effect that the word has, so they won't go around calling girls after female dogs, but kids may just think it as an insult to use freely. I'm not calling this a certainty, but it is indeed possible. 

Games like Heavy Rain have drug use, violence and torture, but then again, so do movies. Some movies that have these elements wouldn't be the same without them, so you can't really ban drugs, so what's the difference for games. Games require your own input to shoot that person, or stab that enemy. So do we really want to put this stuff in our games? In a COD game, you torture someone by forcing glass down their throat. That's a cutscene, but there's another instance which makes you strangle someone to death by using the joysticks? Do we really put these things in games? Is it alright? The rating system helps, but at the same time...how many kids play COD? A lot. So is what we see in video games alright for anyone to see?

Slenderman

So, you're walking through the forest at night armed with nothing but a torch and all of a sudden you see a large tree in the distance. You walk over to it and see a piece of paper on it that has the words: HELP ME! Scrawled on it in pencil. After this, you continue walking, because that's all you can do. You need to collect 7 more pieces of paper. You walk and walk and walk. You feel an eerie sense of being followed. Each tree begins to resemble a figure and each footstep starts to sound like something sinister. You turn the other direction an see a monstrosity. A creature with unnaturally long arms and no eyes walking slowly towards you. You visions turns to static. You turn and run. Run like your life depends on it. You turn around to check if he's still following you, but he's gone. Literally disappeared into thin air. You continue to walk everywhere, looking for that piece of paper and eventually find it. As you continue you search, it becomes clear that he's following you. You see this creature every so often and you run away terrified. At last...page five. You read the words: He is everywhere on the page. You turn and...oh god...HE"S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU! All you see as the static fills your vision is the faint outline of a head and shoulders, before you die. 

Ladies and Gentlemen...this is Slenderman. Fear him. 

The Doctors Top 10s- Characters

So Before we begin, i must state the obvious.
SPOILERS.
This list is also made from characters that I know and from games I have played. 


At number 10: Norman Jayden (heavy rain) one of the games 4 playable characters, Jayden is an FBI agent assigned to work on the case of the oragami killer. however, he is also addicted to a substance called triptocane. the good thing about heavy rain is that you can get jayden to break his addiction and, to quote terfle, tank the cravings.


At number 9: Solaire of astora, aka Brolaire or the Sunbro (Dark souls) The sun bro is, quite frankly one of the most useful NPCs in dark souls. without him there would be no jolly cooperation. If you manage to save him from his ultimate fate in lost isalith, he will even help you with gwyn. PRAISE THE SUN!




Number 8: Jak (Jak 2 renegade) after the first game, Jak became far more awesome. after spending the first game as a mute, jak was finaly given his albeit gravely voice in Jak 2. his quest for revenge fuelled by dark eco puts jak at number 8 on this list.









Number 7: John Marston (Red Dead redemption) because John Marston...
ok, in all seriousnes, John Marston is trying to escape his old life as an outlaw, and the game red dead redemption allows you to go with him on his journey.




Number 6: Joker (batman arkham city) The joker, played by mark hamil, puts on an amazing performance in arkham city. The Joker was, by far, the games liveliest character (in terms of attitude anyway. 












Number 5: Sora (Kingdom Hearts) Keyblade wielder Sora comes from the destiny islands. however, after they are consumed by darkness, he must go on an epic quest to find and rescue his friends, Riku and Kairi. Sora's place on this list is based on his resolve. He will stop at nothing to reunite with his friends. 












At number 4: Master Chief (Halo series) Chief is, quite frankly, the definition of badass. problem? hell shoot his way out, just to mix things to a little.















Number 3: Cole Mcgrath (infamous and inFamous 2) Cole, the greatest hero or greatest villan in videogame history, depending on your choices. Cole's journey takes him through empire city and new marais in order to find out why he was given his powers and to stop the beast.





 










Number 2: Goku (Dragonball Z games) Why is goku on this list? hes an anime character, not a Videogame character! well, he's actually starred in almost every dragon ball game.




















Number 1: Zeke Dunbar (Infamous 2) Zeke at the end of the first infamous had a questionable character, but after playing infamous 2, my respect for Zeke increased tenfold
from launching nukes at the beast and down 5 armed men with nothing but a revolver, Zeke has earnt his place at number 1

FIRE THE DUNBAR BEAM!

Romance in Video games

In books. movies and TV series, an often compelling plot point is romance. And I mean actual romance, not the Game of Thrones type...
Anyway, games don't always get it done the right way. In games, we like to make things happen. WE WANT DEM BADD GUYS TO BLOW UP!!! Going to a flower store and buying gifs for your sweetheart before she cheats on you isn't exactly a compelling gameplay device. However, romance can be somewhat interesting. Often in games, there is a cliche of going on some EPIC QUEST to save your girlfriend. It isn't exactly original, but it does give you something to fight for. Also, in Skyward Sword, the time taken in building up the relationship between Zelda and Link is almost masterful and it really makes you want to save her. I remember playing Spider-Man 2 and the mission was "meet Mary Jane at cafe" AARRRGGGHH IT WAS SO INTENSE!!!!! I felt as though if I didn't make it, I would be f-f-FOREVER ALONE! But the absolute pinnacle of this is Mass Effect. The way you talk, learn more about these characters feels real, not tacked on as some sex appeal...even if each game does have a sex scene. So, if Mass Effect is at the top...I guess something like Assassin's Creed or GTA is the worst. In AC...you just sort of, get together with them. Nothing compelling. In GTA you hire...ladies of the night to get in the back seat of your car.
Ahem.