Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle

I FEEL LIKE I COULD TAKE ON THE WORLD!

Said one day by some tentacle and thus one of the most amazing adventure games began! I played this when I was a little kid. My father used to translate me everything and I would point and click everywhere. Ah, such fun times.

Anyway, I'm sure you all played this. Right? Well if you haven't here's the chance. I managed to find an ISO image version with everything so there's cinematic sequences and everything else. The graphics are still good so all you graphics elitists should be able to swallow the DOS graphics (which I find to be much more fun from today graphics).

I don't want to ruin the plot for you so I'll skip that part. There's also a lot of information on Wikipedia anyway.

Year of release: 1993
Production House: LucasArts
Genre: Point & Click adventure

Wikipedia info.

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It might not work for you and I'm no tech support so you'll haft to manage somehow. It works for me. :/

Try DosBox or something if it does not work.

CombatWoundedVeteran - This Is Not An Erect, All-Red Neon Body

Combatwoundedveteran is a powerviolence/grindcore band from Tampa, Florida. They played in a style differing from the first generation of power-violence bands, and were influenced by and sounded like bands such as Charles Bronson. Combatwoundedveteran took influence from a variety of different musicians and bands, ranging from early math-rock such as Drive Like Jehu, to Grind and Power-violence bands like Assuck and Man is the Bastard.

This Is Not An Erect, All-Red Neon Body is some sort of album/compilation. Has plenty of fast grindcore-ish songs and an totally awesome memorable cover. :D

Tracklist:

01. Eat More Blood Money
02. With Love, Your Mother
03. I Gotta Slingshot, Wanna Get Hurt?
04. Completed In Three Easy Steps
05. Six! Two! Two! Mayhem!
06. Put 'Em In A Bodybag, Johnny
07. The Brown Tie Is A Clip-On
08. Dead Parents, Yeah!
09. Kill L.I.N.C.O.L.N.
10. Some People Ask Too Many Questions
11. The Tri Lamb Shadow Kick Meltdown
12. God, Guns, And Guts
13. Put Your Weight On It
14. Ted, Me, And Al Green
15. Dance, Asshole
16. Say Yes To Cathode Ray Rock
17. Cumbersome Ant People
18. We Stick Butter
19. My Foot, The Catheter
20. ...And Other Sinister Motives
21. Ecomonic Downturn With The Kung Fu Grip
22. Hank Cut Out His Bowels Again
23. I Talk, You Listen (Version Lo-Fi)
24. Rocks In A Blender
25. Kill The Translator
26. Shit X 1,000
27. I'm Sweet, I'm Sexy, And I'm Oh So Chocolate
28. Plastic Bullets Are So '84
29. I Hope You Get Cancelled
30. I've Got A Slingshot, Want To Get Hurt? (Again, Faster)
31. The Rise Of A Thousand Prosthetic Limbs
32. What The Hell?
33. Shit 3:16
34. Also Comes In Red, Orange, And Fuck You
35. Disembowelment At Room Temperature
36. Black Hair Dye, Aisle Six
37. "Jane, You Ignorant Slut" / Power Failure In The Suburbs
38. Operation: Superimposed Head (Prelude)
39. And When I Swing Around, I Will Destroy You
40. Q: What Kind Of A Band Name Is Scrotum Gringder? A: A Terrible One
41. We Are Geniuses
42. Asshole Means I Am Better Than You

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Tony Takezaki - A.D. Police

The AD Police are an elite group of highly trained and specially equipped police officers who have been formed to deal with terrorist activities and Boomer robot crimes in the city of Megatokyo. They are more heavily armed and equipped (including power armors like the K-11 and K-12) for a normal police force, but too lightly for a military organization.

The AD Police are offered a great deal of leeway in their activities, often blockading large sections of the city and causing great amounts of property damage in the course of fulfilling their duty. Despite their dedication to their jobs, however, the citizens of Megatokyo tend to dislike and distrust members of the AD Police, seeing them as corrupt and ineffectual.

Take Wolf Brigade, Ghost In The Shell and Patlabor (to some extent) then mix it and you get this. :D

There's nothing spectacular about this one nor artistically amazing. It's just sci-fi/cyberpunk mastrubation and I love it.

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Tsutomu Takahashi - Blue Heaven

The world’s largest luxury ship 'Blue Heaven' saves a wrecked ship out at sea. At the captain’s command, the ship is searched, and 2 male survivors are rescued. On the ship, there are signs of horrible bloodshed. One of the rescued men, of unknown nationality, loses himself among the ship’s passengers and starts randomly slaughtering the patrons and staff.

If you are in the world of manga you mostly likely heard of this guy. He has quite an repertoire of popular works like Jiraishin (which I highly recommend btw.), Sidooh and Skyhigh (Jigoku Shoujo ripped this one completely).

Blue Heaven is one if his lesser known and I don't really why it is because it's also great (but not that great if you compare it to Jiraishin :P). The story might sound a bit like some thrashy horror flick but the story is developed very well and there are many interesting characters and equally interesting stories behind them. The art is actually something similar to Hiroakis, but that's just my way of seeing things. I could be wrong ahah! Anyway, recommended for fans of thrillers and murder stories.

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There's also an unrelated bonus one-shot story called 69 in this as well.

Infernal War - Infernal War

GRRR :[

Infernal War is a black/death metal band from Czestochowa, Poland formed in 1997. Their lyrical themes are death, hatred, satanism, anti-Christianity and the Second World War. So basically all the stereotypes of black metal is here completed with the totally cool clothes n' paints.

Despite this - flaw - I really like them. These guys don't mess around. From start to finish this little tape blasts all the way with no resting. Fast, brutal and technical (to some degree) is the trademark of this band. Really good songs. I have this on tape but this is not my rip. I'll scan the tape covers soon enough. It's basically an compilation of their works so it's a good place to start.

Tracklist:

01. Blok II (Block II) 02:15
02. Sciac Nazarenczyka (Decapitate the Nazarene) (03:10)
03. Czas Zniszczenia (Time of Destruction) (03:33)
04. Zrodzeni z Nienawisci (Born from Hate) (02:32)
05. Czarne Legiony SS (Black Legions of SS) (03:35)
06. Lata Niewoli (Years of Slavery) (05:24)
07. Chainsaw Gutsfuck (Mayhem cover) (03:08)
08. Blok II (Block II) - from promo 2000 (02:15)
09. Czarne Legiony SS (Black Legions of SS) - from promo 2000 (03:33)

This is not NSBM.

Jiro Matsumoto - A Revolutionist in the Afternoon

A collection of five short stories:

1. A Revolutionist in the Afternoon
2. A Revolutionist in the Afternoon 2 (not a sequel to the first one)
3. Desert Witch - A wounded man is being chased, but then he stumbles on cursed grounds
4. Takeyama's Life - A vampire, who is not really into the whole gothic vampire thing.
5. The Footmen Flee - Two men are in the battlefield, and all they want to do now is go home (without being killed by the opposing side)

I did not post anything from this artist haven't I? Hm, well, It's about damn time I do!

Another great, great, great artist I really like. So far he published 5 of his books and I read about three of them (if I remember right haha!). The first thing that struck me was his very unique way of drawing. There's no other manga artist quite like him. His style is characterized by drawing lots of short curly lines (kinda like in a sketch). At first it looks very chaotic and unprofessional but with further inspection it's actually very organized and detailed pice of work!

The stories vary a lot and I don't feel like explaning all of them but there's an good review here if you really want to know what you are downloading. Most of them are pyschedelic in nature (I suggest listening to Jimi Hendrix or some spastic jazz while reading).

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Asakawa Maki

Recently a blog that I'm following posted several albums from Asakawa Maki so I think you should check them out if you liked the one I posted before. It's run by some guys from China and they can actually speak English which is quite cool ahah.

Get them here!

Baphomet

Baphomet were an death metal band from the USA back in the day. Most of it were standard demo stuff, nothing too interesting. The only notable thing they released was their full length called The Dead Shall Inherit. Cheesy as it sounds this album quite br00tal for the time it was released. So if you are in the mood for some old school slam slam death metal get this. I also found their second demo from 1989 that you folks can check out.

The Dead Shall Inherit
(1992)

01. The Suffering 05:01
02. Through Deviant Eyes 04:01
03. Leave the Flesh 03:00
04. Valley of the Dead 04:19
05. Torn Soul 03:10
06. Vile Reminiscence 03:00
07. Boiled in Blood 04:29
08. The Age of Plague 03:31
09. Infection of Death 03:23
10. Streaks of Blood 04:37

Morbid Realities
(1989)

1. Intro (Morbid Reality) 03:36
2. Infernal Invocation 03:36
3. Sanguinary 06:05
4. Unexpected Interment 07:02

Get both.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Toshio Maeda - Demon Beast Invasion

Absolutely not for children.

This is a manga about tentacles. They are demons from outer space and they rape females with their tentacles. The plot switches from tentacles to naked women and then to tentacles and sometimes it offers some plot; but it's mainly about tentacles. Well I always wanted to read a tentacle manga so I did and I offer you the chance to do it as well. The main difference from this and the hordes of other tentacle hentai is that this one has really great drawn monsters and great art in general. It's also totally old school.

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Yasou Getsuna (梁邦彦) - 12 Kingdoms - Piano Memories

12 Kingdoms was a peculiar anime when I first saw it. It is divided into several arcs and it spans over 45 episodes. It's about a person who is confronted by a certain being and then is dragged into an middle aged fantasy world that is divided into 12 kingdoms. At first this person hardly survives and is regarded as scum. As the story goes on she becomes a princess and governs from there a kingdom. It's kinda weird because I expected this to happen a lot slower but I guess the main point of this series is politics. The story has a lot of lore and well thought out rules and settings. Something like a D&D wet dream.

Since this setting was highly influenced by middle age China so is the soundtrack (to some extent). I didn't like the OST very mcuh and I find it to be very, bland. The piano version on the other hand is magnificent. Grety arrangements follow through the whole album from combat music to sheer mellow music we all like. It's mostly just piano but some other instruments kick in from time to time. Check this one out if you enjoy the sound of a piano.

Tracklist:

01. Juuni Genmukyoku Piano Arranged Version (3:31)
02. Rakkou Piano Solo (4:13)
03. Shihouka Piano Solo (3:50)
04. Kuni Seinaru Hibiki (4:07)
05. Yoake Tabidori (2:52)
06. Touhou Raisan Minimal China Piano Arranged Version (3:46)
07. Itsumo no Asa Yokan (5:27)
08. Koshinkyou Piano Arranged Version (2:37)
09. Yasou Getsuna Piano Arranged Version (4:28)
10. Genkou Shinshou (2:54)

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Ai Aso - Chamomile Pool

Ever since I heard her cover song Islands from her split with Wata I wanted to check out her albums. Well now that I finally found one I could say I'm not exactly stunned with it but not disappointed either. The cover pretty much explains this album. Nice warm dreamy rock would be the best way to put it. There are some experimenting in certain songs but nothing too big it's mostly just guitar and her voice. Good album, check it out.

Tracklist:

01. Date (3:07)
02. Alon (3:51)
03. Life (3:33)
04. Tee Te Te (4:36)
05. Colchicum (3:14)
06. Not Late Yet (2:32)
07. Ka Mi Tsu Re No O O Ki Na Mi Zu Ta Ma Ri (5:02)
08. Hundred Years (3:43)
09. The Future (6:27)
10. Land (5:01)

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Savage Grace - Master Of Disguise

Going along with old school metal I present you Savage Grace.

Savage Grace from LA evolved from the band “Marquis De Sade”. They appeared, as Savage Grace, on Metal Massacre II in 1982, with the song “Scepters of Deceit”. The band also was featured on the “Speed Metal Hell” compilation album in 1985 with the song “Master of Disguise” and “Fear my way”. Also released the Song “Mainline Lover (4:01) on the sampler “American Metal” (1993).

You can judge by the cover that this band has everything that ball squeezing heavy metal needs. Bikes, naked girls and evil cops with red glowing eyes. Filled with tooth breaking solos and high pitched screams this one is an total nostalgic classic of the past time.

Tracklist:

01. Lions Roar (01:02)
02. Bound to Be Free (04:26)
03. Fear My Way (04:22)
04. Sins of the Damned (04:19)
05. Into the Fire (03:29)
06. Master of Disguise (04:03)
07. Betrayer (04:57)
08. Sons of Iniquity (04:40)
09. No One Left to Blame (04:14)

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Toxik

Toxik is a thrash metal group formed in 1985 by Joshua Christian and Lee Erwin of Peekskill, New York. The band’s style was comprised of a complex thrash metal base mixed with progressive influences. By the end of 1992 the band had broken up but not before reshaping what was to be termed “progressive thrash”.

Bands like Watchtower, Fates Warning and King Diamond had all approached the point of actually becoming mainstream. Toxik was in that group and had an equal commercial potential or greater but before they had that chance the industry changed. Toxik, originally called Tokyo line up, consisted of Josh Christian (guitar), Lee Erwin (bass), Sal Dadabo (drums), and Michael Sanders (vocals).

While the groups music was highly regarded especially Josh Christians technical guitar playing, the vocals were a hit and miss with fans. On the second release Think This (RoadRacer 1989) Mike Sanders had been replaced by Charles Sabin who unlike Sanders had a very versatile vocal range. The group also added guitarist John Donnely for a fuller live sound. Think This received even more acclaim than World Circus and was followed by a European Tour and a Tour of the States with label mates King Diamond.

In 1992 the group disbanded. Although Toxik never broke through to the masses in the United States they enjoyed a very strong following in Europe and Japan. Toxik officially re-united in 2007.

One of my favorite thrash metal bands.

Here's the two legendary albums:

World Circus
(1987)

Tracklist:

01. Heart Attack (3:49)
02. Social Overload (3:27)
03. Pain And Misery (3:17)
04. Voices (3:26)
05. Door To Hell (3:50)
06. World Circus (5:02)
07. 47 Seconds To Hell/Count Your Blessings (4:59)
08. False Prophets (2:22)
09. Haunted Earth (3:29)
10. Victims (3:58)

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Think This
(1989)

Tracklist:

01. Think This (05:37)
02. Greed (04:10)
03. Spontaneous (05:10)
04. There Stood the Fence (04:43)
05. Black and White (05:10)
06. Technical Arrogance (05:25)
07. WIR NJN8/In God (05:10)
08. Machine Dream (04:27)
09. Out on the Tiles (Led Zeppelin cover) (03:06)
10. Shotgun Logic (05:14)
11. Time After Time (04:55)
12. Think That (00:27)

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Uziga Waita - Game Over (full book)

Remember that one shot called Game Over I posted some time ago? Well it turns out that it was just one small fragment of the whole Game Over book. There's nothing interesting to add I guess. Standard Uziga work, some will love it and some will hate it.

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Mono & World's End Girlfriend - Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain

Ever tried to define beauty? Well if I would ever try to define it I would define it with this album. This, sound, is something so melancholic yet so wonderful that I wish it would never end. Sadly it does but the album is very long so I tend to replay it every now and then when I wish to hear sheer genius. I highly recommend this. Amazing mixture of post rock and classical music.

A collaboration between instrumental post-rock band Mono and fellow Tokyo native and modern electronic composer World’s End Girlfriend

In 2006 they released Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain, a five-part sojourn of neoclassical grace and luminescence that defies lazy categorization. As dark as the bottom of the ocean and nearly as otherworldly, “Palmless” finds Mono inhabiting a magical world previously only hinted at in their most orchestral compositions.

Forgoing their tendency to erupt into hellish bursts of speaker-destroying noise, Mono instead exhibits remarkable restraint, stretching song lengths past the 15-minute mark, turning subtle crescendos into earth-shaking events. This record is a miniature panoramic view of the sea on an eerily still day, the current swaying at an impossibly lazy pace, and the sound of a thousand tiny waves crashing all at once.

Tracklist:

01. Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (1:14:08)

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AW CRAP

I WAS SO CLOSE THIS TIME

Bullet Ballet

Year of release: 1998
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller
Duration: 87 min
Language: Japanese (English subtitles)

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In this incredibly stylish, dark and subtly violent movie, Tsukamoto takes a black look at three entirely disparate generations and finds each lacking. It's like a human food chain: the young characters in Bullet Ballet are mainly gang members or prostitutes, unmotivated drug-addled slackers looking to make easy money through crime and violence, and who have no morals, are utterly bored with life and have no future to look forward to except to grow up, if they're lucky, into salarymen; the middle-aged group are slaves to business, empty suits who are rich pickings for the youths to prey on, and who don't understand anything about society except keeping the boss happy; and the older generation, in which the youths class the hero of the piece, Goda (continually calling him 'ojisan', or 'old man', even though Tsukamoto was only 38 when he made this movie), who are so out of it they are completely irrelevant and utterly laughable.

Bullet Ballet has a stylised, unreal, grainy, heavily-contrasted look redolent of the true classics of 40's film noir, replete with femmes fatales, chisel-jawed heroes and evil villains, with stunning composition, kinetic action interspersed with amazing, pure silence and slowness, and incredible attention to detail in its use of close-ups. Just like his previous movie Tetsuo: The Iron Man, you could take every single frame of this film as a beautiful image on its own. And yet the style is occasionally so starkly frenetic, so fresh and exciting it's literally breathtaking.

There are contrasting scenes of such hyperactivity that it's hard to make out what's happening, as well as long, exquisite sequences of slow, loving detail - for instance, when the protagonist Goda finally gets his hands on a gun and simply sits and stares at it, turning the bullets over in his fingertips, then recreates his lover's suicide by gunshot in the exact spot she died in, reliving the death of the only thing which has ever mattered to him, it's not only pure and beautiful art, it's intensely moving and deeply desolate. And some of the slow-motion shots of fighting are literally as elegantly balletic as the title of the movie suggests. - Snowblood Apple

Full review here.

Highly recommended. Despite being a relatively new movie it's in black and white. :3

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