Vagrant Rant’s first album review in a long time comes courtesy of Dazidia, a Croatian music man and anime enthusiast who produces some smooth tunes of his own over on SoundCloud, which you can also take in via his YouTube Channel.
1. Jazzmatic (feat. Steph the Sapphic Songstress) 2. Another Day In The Life (feat Cise Star and Mr SOS) 3. Chillaxation 4. Cloud 9 (Interlude) 5. The Art Of Work (feat Steph the Sapphic Songtress) 6. Save The Day 7. Universe Works (feat Steph the Sapphic Songstress) 8. Star Child 9. Music (Interlude) (featuring Steph the Sapphic Songstress) 10. Lead The Followers (feat Edgar Allan Floe, Niles*, Steph, Tunji) 11. Still Think Different 12. Why The World Weeps (feat. Mello-D, Steph) 13. In Memoriam… (Interlude) 14. The Boy With No Name 15. Tokyo Twilight
When you want to build a bridge solid and impervious to rust, you use an alloy of iron and carbon for a durable structure. Likewise, when you want that firm balance between classy jazz melodies and smooth lyrical flow, your best bet is Bop Alloy. Featuring the likes of chilled wordsmith Substantial and producer Marcus D, Bop Alloy is off to a strong start with their first construction Substantial and Marcus D are Bop Alloy (2010), creating a perfect blend between the chillaxing smoothness of jazz and a lively urban beat, perfect for your local cafe rendezvous.
We kick off the first Vagrant Rant guest writing week with a guide piece written by ZaonTheFirst, a JRPG afficianado with a taste for the grind. Having played over six hours of the new Monster Hunter myself, I can tell you that the game is hella confusing for newcomers and these tips have already helped me immensely.
—Written by ZaonTheFirst—
—Edited/formatted by Vagrantesque—
So, you’ve just picked up your copy of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on 3DS or Wii U. You’ve jumped into your first boss monster quest and immediately you think “HOW THE *^@!$ DO I PLAY THIS GAME?!”… If this is you, don’t worry. I used to be like that too… many years ago…
ANYWAY, you’re in luck because because this is a list of tips on “How newcomers can make the most of their Monster Hunter playthrough”. .
1. Have the correct mindset.
This is arguably the single most important tip. If you charge into even the lower rank boss monster quests with the God of War, Devil May Cry, generic-hack’n’slash-game mindset, I GUARANTEE you will have a bad time. Unlike the aforementioned games, you’ll be focusing on something a lot more than actually attacking. What is that, you may ask? See below. Continue reading
Ladies and gentlemen, this is it! Vagrant Rant’s first ever
GUEST
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For the next seven days this site will be hosting some out-of-the-ordinary content covering some entertainment media I’m not exactly qualified to cover. And it’s all Aussie, all the time.
There you have it, a hat-trick of Bioshock Infinite posts!
So I just finished Bioshock Infinite last night. This is a game that people are likely to want to talk about for a long while yet, and for good reason. I’m no exception, so here I’m just going to post some of my freshly spun thoughts on the game. I see no point giving it a serious review, if for no other reason than to avoid confusion on the site later on. It’s wall o’ text time.
I’ve separated my helter-skelter thoughts into positive, neutral and negative categories for, well, just for the sake of categorising them really. I will keep all mentions of the game’s ending in their own section at the end for people who don’t want it spoiled.
Yes, that was an April Fool’s post yesterday. I don’t really hate Bioshock Infinite. In fact I’m about eight hours into the game and it’s really, really good. Not 5/5 good, as it has some padding issues and I found a few bugs on the PS3 version, but it’s a fantastically well-made game that is a blast to play.
Especially when fighting these guys.
With the foolish stuff out of the way, I’m excited to announce that I”ll be featuring a handful of guest writers this month on Vagrant Rant for the first time ever, just to change things up a bit. A week of guest posts will start mid-month and range from instructive to critical to bitter and beyond! Aside from that April is traditionally a pretty quiet month when it comes to entertainment media, the highlight of which for me is the (way late) release of Fire Emblem: Awakening on 3DS. Speaking of 3DS, I’ll also be posting a 3DS vs PS Vita comparison piece this month as well. Keep it here.
I picked up this much-hyped game a few days ago amidst a flurry of other titles. Suffice to say the other games fared a little better.
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At least the case looks good.
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I have waited for Bioshock Infinite to arrive on store shelves for a very long time. It was announced years ago and as the third in an incredibly revered series of games, I wasn’t alone in expecting big things. But now that I’ve played it, I barely think it’s worth wasting words on. In fact, you can skip the review if you want; just please don’t buy this game. Continue reading
Man, there is a lot to say about this one. I saw it two days ago, though it’s been in Aussie cinemas for a couple of weeks already.
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Expectation is a funny and powerful thing when it comes to movies. When I first saw the trailer for Oz the Great and Powerful, I was quick to dismiss it as a stylistic rip-off of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Considering that film got precisely two things right (Johnny Depp‘s performance and Danny Elfman‘s score) I wasn’t optimistic and didn’t make any plans to see Oz at all. A couple of intriguing reviews later, though, and I was ready to give it a chance. What I got was something quite unexpected and something that arguably doesAlice better than Alice.
I am quite fond of Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics’ latest effort, the rebooted Tomb Raider (You can read about just how fond of it I am in my review here). While playing through the game I came across quite a few memorable moments worth mentioning and thought they deserved their own post. If you haven’t played the game yet, I recommend that instead of reading this, you go and play it right now.
I actually finished this game around two weeks ago, but I’ve been so busy I couldn’t even capture screenshots, let alone write it up, until now. It released officially on March 5th.
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It’s a hard knock life.
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It’s barely fifteen seconds after you select “New Game” in the new Tomb Raider that our heroine Lara Croft receives her first injury. After fifteen minutes she’s been burned, impaled through the side and has had disagreements with countless hard, jagged surfaces. An hour in, it’s a wonder she’s still alive. But she is, and this is the important thing, because Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have re-imagined the decades-old gaming icon as a desperate survivalist in a much grittier setting than the old version ever had to contend with.
So I feel the overwhelming need to post this new trailer for Despicable Me 2, which just debuted a matter of hours ago, because it has relevance.
In my anticipated 2013 movies list that went up only this week, I had only a teaser to link to. Now there is this. Suffice to say I am even more keen for this movie now!
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