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Oh lord; I have yet to find a friend of mine that is in any way a minority and had anything other than the most hellish, painful time working at Wal-Mart. My ex girlfriend worked in Arkansas at Wal Mart, and my God, it sounded like the worst thing. lol Her friends still worked there when we visited her old college, and they all agreed when we watched the South Park episode about it, that that Halloween special episode was a documentary by all accounts: it really was a monster. But then, there's so many savings, which even they admitted to loving, despite despising their jobs ... ugh. lol

Why thank you. I'm not really huge on jazz, but I do enjoy a lot of it I hear; I used to help myself sleep by listening to smooth jazz stations. I hated it in the dentist's office, but it was soothing to listen to at night; the DJs just sounded creepy, though. lol And I've liked what I've heard of Coltrane and Davis.

I think I started liking metal before high school as well, but it didn't become a huge thing for me until high school and my later teen years (I went to quite a few concerts in 2008, the only non-metal one being Death Cab for Cutie of all things). I love Sabbath and UFO as well; would have never heard of UFO if 3 Inches of Blood hadn't listed them as an influence in one of their interviews.

As far as depressing stuff goes, I did like it and still do depending on my mood. It's more the grunge from that time period than the metal, but "Fade to Black" by Metallica is a good example of a depressing song I enjoy both cause it got me through a hard time and when I'm in a good mood, it's just a great song. It's the song that made me want to play guitar, in fact. Of course, I like band with screaming singers as well, or at least ones that aren't attempting to sing, like Terrorizer and Arsis, but I do like melody coming from my vocalists at least, so I see what you're saying there. I can't stand Job for a Cowboy, personally, and I LOVE metal bands where the frontman really uses his pipes, especially Iron Maiden.

Had to look up Doro Pesch, never really listened to much Warlock. I do love Tarja Turunnen (sp?) from Nightwish as a singer, and Angela Gossow from Arch Enemy has an incredible presence as more of a "screamer." lol

And I love Sinatra too, but I dunno, I like the music Seth Macfarlane's put out in the same style quite a bit. :)

Looks like a good game. I don't think her voice was too deep, I just thought the line read was a little awkward; otherwise, voice acting seemed pretty standard for a ported Japanese game to me. And that giant hand move looked cool.

I'm in Texas, but in a major city like Dallas, it's not THAT uncommon, though I certainly don't bring it up in interviews; in Nacogdoches (east/rural Texas), where I went to college, the Bible Belt was quite a bit more apparent, but when on campus, again it wasn't THAT uncommon, so I've never felt like I was in any real danger ... but then again I only told the right people, so there ya go.

Honestly, I'd say there's an age gap that determines how big a deal it is in most cases, as GamergirlBritt alluded to. I had mostly Christian friends and one of my best friends was a Bhuddist; I tried not to bring it up around anyone but my Buddhist friend, just cause we discussed philosophy all the time.

Loved this review, very funny, and refreshing to see one not totally glowing. The other reviews I've seen have mentioned QTEs and the like as being bad, but did not take them to task like you did; of course, the reviews I've seen were for 360 or PS3, not PC, so maybe knowing what buttons to press helped, since there's way fewer options?

That death animation still you posted happened SO many times when Conan played it for his Clueless Gamer bit. lol

That is some nice art work.

I'd probably try to find the art book and soundtrack separately, but sounds like a good collector's edition!

Something about Lara's poses is reminding me I still need to read Catching Fire. Can't imagine why ... hmmm... lol Damn I wish I had this game.

8. I'm just going to agree to disagree and go find more Macklemore, Childish Gambino and Immortal Technique songs. lol

6. Yeah, I definitely want to play it when I get the chance. My older brother had some GlaDos quotes on his phone.

5. ... I thought it was far too little and dull. No lyrics, just some electronic noises passed for a song. I like the rest of the Japanese soundtrack, but I guess we'll agree we don't like its intro, if for opposite reasons? lol

10. Agreed on all points

9. I do love that bass line, but holy hell that's some cheesy 90s guitar! lol It's good, but I have to be in the mood for it.

8. I'm sorry, but between this and those Knuckles rap songs, I can't take raps about video games seriously. I do like the rap/hip-hop genre, but not when the lyrics are just rhyming game plots. lol

7. I agree, nice and soothing, but modern.

6. Nice touch. Never played Portal, but I understand what's happening in the song. Sounds like Owl City. lol

5. The Japanese intro is playing on my phone since I had to re-download it after I took my SD card out. I prefer the NA intro and outro you posted.

4. Blues and metal. My favorites. :)

3. I like it, too.

2. Yeah, still not the tone I'd expect from SH.

1. Listened to about seven minutes; relaxing.

You posted this right as I'm about to go for my walk and I have a few things to take care of later, so right now I'll just say this list is giving me deja vu. lol

I like "Live and Learn" and "Sonic Boom" (cheater), but I'll have to listen to the others later (I like Guilty Gear X2, but don't know if I remember the song you posted).

My favorite brentalfloss song is the one for the Game Over music in MM3. lol I'll be back to comment more in-depth later.