LOVE - If My Heart Had Wings ReviewJuly 5, 2014 by

WARNING: I'd like you to read this blog while hearing to the game's soundtrack (which is amazing) so play the 1st video and when the music ends, scroll up, play the next one and proceed...

Guys... I just finished "If My Heart Had Wings" and I must say that this is the best story that I've ever experienced... I have tears on my face for a single reason... Not because I had a sad ending but because it's over... This game is by far the best story I've read and it speaks to me in so many ways... The story revolves around Aoi, a boy who goes back to his hometown after 5 years... As we progress through the story, I feel like this story was somehow made for me for some simple reasons:

1st: This story revolves around the "Soaring Club" which is a high-school club where people make gliders and use them to fly... As some of you might know, I want to become a pilot so all the references to piloting and stuff like that made a lot of sense to me... The desire to fly, the passion it causes, everything meant a lot to me...

2nd: This game like most Visual Novels that have a plot based on romance (all that I've played so far) present a bunch of girls and get you to know them a little better, then the choices start which get you to pair up with the girl who's most suited for you... Anyway, most people have pictured a "Dream Girl/Boy"... Well, this game had a character who is exactly like my dream girl which made the game relate to me even more!

3rd: The characters are high-school students which make them have the same age as me (approximately) and also makes them face (some) problems similar to the ones I face like exams, classes and some others...


From the left to the righ: Asa; Yoru; Amane; Kotori and Ageha


Anyway, the game starts in a rather mysterious way, with you riding your bike, then it refers to an accident, then you go back to your hometown... Like in most Visual Novels, you begin way in over your head and then, you'll get to know more as you proceed into the point where you know the past of the characters and everything is explained...

The game is simply beautiful with fantastic designs and even some fantastic animations (people complain a lot about them but I thought they were pretty good)... Anyway, this game is absolutely breathtaking... The character's designs are fantastic and so are the landscape shots but like any good Visual Novel, the soundtrack also has an amazing quality level (you should know that by now since you're hearing it)... Honestly, I can talk a lot about how good this game is and still don't come close to expressing how much this game means to me... This game is simply huge and I've been playing it non-stop so basically my days have been (in a simplified way) waking up, eating, "If My Heart Had Wings" and sleeping (sometimes since this goddamned heat doesn't let me sleep)... This game has been basically my last few days and I loved every single minute of it... :) Simply AMAZING!

This is a Visual Novel so there are choices for you to make... In this game the choices are pretty straight-forward... The game takes a very long while before the 1st choice so that you can get an impression on what is the character you like the most... Then, when the choice appears, just click the option with the name of the girl which you prefer and eventually that'll lead to an event with that character... Choose her enough times and the story will assume that you are in love with her (that's how it went for me) and the romance story can begin! :D

I would like to present some of the characters (the most important ones) to let you know more about the story (Remember that the character's story and personality differs from route to route so have in mind that my descriptions are valid for Ageha's Route but I don't know if they are for any of the others...)


Aoi Minase:

Aoi Minase

Aoi Minase


Aoi Minase is (well, the player) a boy who came back to his hometown after an accident... He is tricked by his mother to work as a "dorm mother" (kind of a manager) in a girls-only dorm which is sure to cause some problems... We go through the story in his perspective so he has to be a bit of a blank character so we can immerse ourselves more...


Ageha Himegi:

Amega Himegi (with the school outfit and the everyday outfit)

Ageha Himegi (with the school outfit and the everyday outfit)

The girl which I choose... She's the perfect girl basically... :) She's Aoi's childhood friend so they are very relaxed near each other... She's funny, outgoing (sometimes shy); happy and energetic (such an understatement... I mean, it looks like she's fed with batteries)... When she was younger, she used to play around Aoi; Masatsugu and An-Chan so she used to play and act like a boy... That is one of the reasons why Aoi couldn't see her as a girl so he said that once to her... Also, they know each other for too long and are best-friends and this is the main issue in Ageha's Route with both of them having to evolve from friendship into romance... When he returns, she changed into a girlish person (a cute girl as Aoi describes)... I don't want to spoil anything so I'll just end it here... She truly is fantastic!

Ageha as a child (before Aoi left)

Ageha as a child (before Aoi left)


Kotori Habane:


Kotori Habane

Kotori Habane

Kotori is the first girl that Aoi meets when he gets back to his hometown of Kazegaura... She is (as the game describes her) "a slender girl with long, black hair and a tidy appearance"... One of her most noticeable characteristics is that she is unable to move her legs so she is in a wheelchair (probably this theme is approached in Kotori's route) that being the reason why she goes to Keiffu Academy since it doesn't have stairs and has elevators and stuff like that... She isolates herself for motives that we found out later in the game... She is considered to be the "main girl" as it's shown in how she has a massive focus early in the game and how on all the videos, she is basically the main figure... :)


Amane Mochizuki:

Amane Mochizuli

Amane Mochizuli

Amane, or The Super Repeat Student is a genius! She has failed more times than the school allows yet she's smarter than most teachers in the school... She chooses to fail in order to continue at the "Soaring Club" to work on the production of a glider... She is considerably older than Aoi, Ageha and Kotori (who are all the same age) so this can be one of the main issues in Amane's Route... Her head's almost always in the clouds and if there's one thing she likes is food... She is generally hungry because when she focuses on one thing, she forgets everything else... Even eating! :)

There are more important characters but they appear more to the end so it's not very necessary to talk about them... I'll just say their names: Asa Kazato and Yoru Kazatu... Anyway, there are a lot of things that people complain about in this game... I'll try to approach those "problems"... Anyway, this game is Japanese and so the text is completely in Japanese... So how was I able to play it? Well, a company called MoeNovel decided to translate it and place it into the Western markets, mainly USA and Europe... :) So far so good but when did the problems start? When they decided to mess with the game's content...

In one of the most important scenes of Ageha's route, she and Aoi have to run to the "Secret Base" because rain has started to drop intensely and they were soaking wet... Their clothes being soaking wet made them being somewhat "see-through" and MoeNovel decided to censor it:

The original version is on top and MoeNovel's version is bellow

The original version is on top and MoeNovel's version is bellow

As you can see, they decided to censor Ageha's bra and some people dislike this... There are people who play these games for these scenes so seeing that MoeNovel decided to censor it, they got quite angry... This is not the only example of something like this happening either... :) This has happened in numerous other scenes:

Original is on top and MoeNovel's version is bellow

Original is on top and MoeNovel's version is bellow

This doesn't bother me... I mean, why would it be of that much importance to see the bra or the panties? I mean, it doesn't affect the story at the slightest nor does it have any implications but things start to get worse as we move on... Anyway, they continued to censor things like in this scene were Kotori almost drowns in the bathtub:

In the original version, people don't take baths with towels around them...


MoeNovel went further... A lot further! They basically removed all of the H-Rated (Hentai Rated) scenes of the game and such scenes had impact on the plot in a very clear level... But is this the most extreme they had been? No not at all... You see, Ageha's Route deals with her being her long time best-friend and both Ageha and Aoi trying to overcome that, to become more intimate... They need to leave the comfort zone they have with each other and try to take things to other level... What if I told you that this is not the original story? Yes... MoeNovel re-wrote Ageha's Route completely!

In the original version, Ageha and Aoi share an intimate moment and get carried away ending up being in a situation like in the movie "Friends with Benefits" and then much like the movie, they must understand their feelings towards each other in order to become more than what they are, to get into a real relationship... None of this is presented in the version of the game that I played since the H-Rated scenes are very important in the plot, making it impossible without them...

They were supposed to translate the game and release it but they altered the graphics, the text and the story... They cut content and finally, they alter and re-write a lot of it... Were they supposed to do this? Of course not! Am I glad they did this? A lot!

To understand what I mean with "a lot" you'll have to read my review of Katawa Shoujo... In it, I spoke about how the girl which I was with started out as innocent and sweet and after the "H-Rated Scenes", she became obsessed and the furthest thing from innocent and that made her lose most of her appeal in my opinion... I mean, she was still great but she wasn't the Emi I liked... She went from the sweetest thing on Earth:

So cute!  *_*

So cute! *_*

to a somewhat interesting and cool girl without any of her innocence left:

Innocent Emi! Come back! :(

Innocent Emi! Come back! :(

Anyway, I didn't want that to happen anymore and in MoeNovel's version, that didn't happen... Yes, they altered the story but it continued interesting, cute and innocent with them Aoi and Ageha being all shy just for saying "I like you"... :) I really like that kind of innocence and shyness in the story but imagine if it was the original story with "H-Rated Scenes"? Ageha would have the same fate as Emi (Emi's still awesome, don't take me wrong... But less awesome...) and that's something I didn't want to happen and with MoeNovel to keep it clean, this is how Ageha was in the beginning:

1st time we see her in-game

1st time we see her in-game

And she never changed... She continued being that cute girl who is always happy and bright! :) As the story progressed, she grew becoming more mature but not changing... Just becoming more confident in herself and in what she chooses... In the original game, the game ended with Aoi and Ageha becoming an official couple and having yet another "H-Rated Scene"... Do you know how MoeNovel's version ended? With moments like this:


In this scene, I had only one thought in my mind: "Aoi, you have the best girlfriend you can possibly have so why the fuck are you looking so miserable?" Seriously, I need some explanations! :P



I must be the only male person I know that loves love stories... :P


Over this photo, the letters that spelled "Fin" appeared... Manly tears were shed... :P

Over this photo, the letters that spelled "Fin" appeared... Man(l)y tears were shed... :P

These moments also appeared in the original version but they weren't as cute and innocent as they are in this... Probably, I wouldn't have been so moved by them (I rarely cry but in this my eyes started to build up like a dam)... Am I wrong? Is the fact that the H-Rated scene were removed a really bad thing? I personally don't care... I prefer the game like this... I prefer the story like this... I prefer this Ageha and I prefer this tone to the game... There is a patch out there to remove the censure and to add the "H-Rated Scenes" back into the game, fully translated... I was supposed to install it to get the real experience but I couldn't seem to be able to make it work... I'm really glad that happened! :) I searched for some kind of short text explaining the original stories plot and here's what I find (Sexually Explicit Content so Watch Out!):

"Ageha,despite having love for Aoi wasn't willing/ready to commit to a relationship on the emotional level which is why they had only had a physical relationship (sex friend) at the start. Aoi wanted the full deal which is why he confessed his love, and tried to get a answer out of Ageha. Ageha was umm quite horny a lot (they had a lot of sex basically). Ageha went as far as giving Aoi a hand job so she wouldn't have to answer his questions about their relationship when they were on the beach." 

I mean, what the fuck is this? This isn't a good story! This is complete garbage (IMO)... How can people prefer this story over the romantic and lovely story that MoeNovel presented? I'm really glad MoeNovel did what they did... They turned a cheap story with a heavy sexual theme into an enjoyable story which makes me smile when I think of it... :) I mean, is this their idea of a good woman? I don't like the kind of woman that they turned Agahe into so they should just leave her like she is in the MoeNovel version... I personally wouldn't like to be around someone like that! An innocent and shy girl is a million times better than this! In fact, almost any kind of girl is a million times better than this... Hopefully, someone will realize that soon enough... I mean, honestly, which of you would like to date someone like the Original Game's Ageha? Obviously, this is a question of opinions so anyone is free to download the patch that gives the original content but screw that... I'll stay with this story until the end... I mean, look at this picture and imagine her doing those thing that are in the text:

Look at her eyes...

Look at her eyes...

It completely ruins the image that I had of her... Imagining this cute somehow innocent girl doing those kinds of things is something that I'm glad that I didn't have to witness... These games tend to backfire on themselves... They create cute innocent girls and then trash that image in a disappointing way making them do these kinds of things...

Commercial Reasons

Commercial Reasons

They delivered this reason but I must say that even if it's about distribution and money... I'l really glad they did it! ^_^ Thank you MoeNovel... That's all I can say... :)  Now it is up to you... What do you prefer: MoeNovel or Original? (Let me know in the comments)


There may be a few question popping up on your minds:

Am I missing game content? Yes... There were even characters that were left out...

Do I mind? Not a single bit...  I love every bit of what it was offered to me... Losing some content to enjoy the experience far more than I would otherwise is a sacrifice I'm willing to make...

Anyway, the game has a lot of moments where the bad translation showed up and I counted a lot of examples where "your" and "you're" aren't very well applied as in: "Your a cute girl" or in "Is he you're pet?" They could've done a better job about that but worse is when they cut out characters from the original story and then in later moments, they reference them... That in my opinion was a really sloppy move of their part... I mean, if you're cutting content from the game, then don't let us know that it exist (or try)... Don't go around throwing names that I don't know of!

The game is really big... I started it when I finished Kotawa Shoujo (01/07/2014) and I finished it today (05/07/2014) after playing it non-stop and approximately, that gives it about 40 hours of gameplay... :) It really is a big game (quadruple of Kotawa Shoujo) and that is perfect! All that time makes you sink more into the story, learn more about the characters, make friends with all of them, fall in love, the game makes you live all those emotions, immersing you in the story like nothing that I've ever experienced before...

It's impossible not to love the Himegi sisters... From the left to the right: Hotaru and Ageha

It's impossible not to love the Himegi sisters...
From the left to the right: Hotaru and Ageha

This is the game that makes me wish that there was a machine that can delete your memory and recover it once you fulfill certain objectives that you've established... This way, you could play games like this one for the 1st time as much times as you want... And even get the memories from the previous times before that... :)

The comedy in this game is something really special, joking around with puns, misunderstandings and some older, "more experienced girls" trying to joke around with other's innocence which creates quite a few hilarious moments... :) I remember grinning and laughing out loud (using the abbreviation is too mainstream... :P ) loads of times while playing this...

Golden Rule: Whenever Kanako appears, get ready because hilarious stuff is going to happen! :)

This game truly is something... It lasts for quite a while, it presents memorable characters, beautiful art and most important of all... A fantastic story that will live on me for quite some time but it is true that it presents quite a lot of issues such as poor translation, missing content (including whole characters) and some incoherences (because of the removed plot)... Having that said I can't give it a 10/10 and I have to lower it to 9.5/10... But this is a case where the numbers are misleading... Even though it technically is inferior to "Kawata Shoujo", the story of "If my Heart Had Wings" is far superior in many ways... Also, now that you have a basic feeling of how the story is, view this "trailer":

This video really points out some of the points I've been talking about... It feature mostly Kotori (considered the main girl) but it also features a picture of Aoi and Agahe sitting near each other... :D Anyway, in the video, you can see the characters and the whole flight motivation... Hope this is enough to make you excited and hyped to play the game... If not, well, I hope the next part will do the trick!

I have played many games that are considered perfect 10/10 like Uncharted (2 and 3); GTA V and even Assassin's Creed (2 and Brotherhood) but none of them stroke me as deep as this game did... No story live on me like this one did... No game marked me as much as this one did... Considering it's errors, I come to a rather ironic conclusion... I give this game a:

9.5 / 10 - Masterpiece

But I'm still not done... I grant this game something else... A very special award:

I hereby declare this game, the best one I've ever played... It is my Favorite Game Ever!

How come my Favorite Game Ever have a lower score than a  game I reviewed earlier this week? I truly don't know... It has mistakes that lower it's grade but it lives beyond that... It expands itself! It revolutionizes itself... :) It is my definition of perfection... I do not believe in True Perfection (no mistakes)... I believe that Perfection is the ability to live past those mistakes and to overcome them in such a way that they become meaningless... No number in a scale can rate this game... No word I can say will define it... No game I can play will surpass it (at least not recently)... It truly is a thing I can't place into words...

The Soaring Club's photo... I love it!

The Soaring Club's photo... I love it!

It is time to end it here... I hope that you enjoy this game in case you'll try it... If you're interested, let me know! ^_^

Anyway, this was it! :) Don't forget to leave a comment and let me know what you think of the game! :) Hope all of you have a great weekend (at least a great remaining weekend)... :) Also, if someone has already finished "Kawata Shoujo" (those who said that were going to try it), let me know cause it's fun to talk about it! :D



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FEELS! - Katawa Shoujo ReviewJuly 1, 2014 by

Hey everyone! I'd like to start this blog by warning that I will not be hosting a Community Project this week... I shall do it next week so use this week to work on this... Anyway, Blazer99 has a project which asked us to do reviews and I've been meaning to take part on it but I didn't got the chance... Anyway, I'm here now to get started and do my first review on a game that I just "finished" a few moments ago and decided to write about it immediately. Also, I get lost in my thoughts and start to ramble quite easily so this may not be very well structured... :) Anyway, here it goes:

Katawa Shoujo is a Visual Novel and that may drive away most of you... Why? Simply because it's a game with no gameplay at all. A Visual Novel is a game which is focused around plot and it features images and text... Loads of text interrupted by moments in which you choose the way you wish to proceed and that will alter the plot (a lot) to the point of you being able to have endings that differ completely from each other... Think of it as an interactive book...

In Katawa Shoujo, you are Hisao. A normal boy with a normal life until he discovers that he has a heart-disease and he has to go to a special school for people with medical issues...That's were the story will unfold but I'll stop here because I don't want to spoil anything for you guys. More so being this a game completely about the plot.



This game features not only an amazing story and one of the best set of characters I've ever seen as it also has an amazing soundtrack... Inspiring, touchy and pleasant... Here are some of my favorite tunes:

There they are... Listen to them while doing something else like relaxing or going for a walk or just listen to them right away... They are so good but so is every aspect of the game so nothing to be surprised there.

This game has various endings which go through various settings and there are endings in which you date different characters, meet new characters, etc... This gives the game a really high replay value but if I were you, I'd give it some time before playing again to let it settle in for a while... Plus, you have to wait a bit or else there'll be too many feels at once! :) Also, do yourself a favor and don't browse the internet for walkthrough... At least not on your first time playing. On the 1st time that you play this game, choose the options as you would on real life since it'll make the game relate more to you... I did that and everything went just the way I wanted it to be... I ended up with my favorite girl (since I did the right choices) and I got a happy ending... I checked out the sad ending for her (not gonna say her name... Try to guess after you finish the game) and it's really heartbreaking (enough to make me cry)... The scariest part? I choose the choice that leads us to that ending. I choose it but in the last scene before the sad ending happened, they give us another choice... A second chance! I choose (again, like I would in real-life) and that choice changed the game's course, allowing me to obtain my happy ending! Close call! I probably wouldn't have survived if that ending happened to me...

Kenji is so hilarious!

Kenji is so hilarious!

A second playthrough is something that I really want to do but there are two things stopping me:

First: Most of the text at the beginning is the same since your choices start to impact the story more at the "late-game" so it would be a bit boring go through dialog and plot which is the same as the one I read when doing my 1st playthrough (a few hours ago since I couldn't stop playing this and did it on 6 hours with minor pauses)...

Second: I made my choices based on what I would choose and the ending that I got and so, that ending is my story... I think playing it again in a different way would ruin it...

After having this said, I don't think I'll play it again soon but only time will tell...

As I was playing the game, it came to a part were things were getting a bit intense when I'm invited into the room of the girl who I was dating and I was like:



I mean, it's a videogame... They never go that far! Or so I thought... Anyway, everything seems normal except from some moments that hint that something more "spicy" might happen but nothing very extreme... This continued for a while, pillow fight... Oh... It seems the pillow fight has placed her on top of him and silence falls in the room as they look at each other motionless...

Me: I guess that now is the time this will zoom in on the curtains or something like that...

Well, I guess I'm just too innocent... All of the sudden, clothes disappear with the camera still focused on them! I wasn't expecting that at all so my reaction was pretty much this:

I just stood there, looking at my screen, taken by complete surprise! Nothing in the game's website hinted that it might contain things like these! After this, I remembered what gonholio had written me while I was searching on what the hell were Visual Novels called:



I have such an aim! I mean, the producers could warn something in their website or installer but no... On a second though, it may be on the Terms of Agreement...

Like any of you can judge... xD

Like any of you can judge... xD

Anyway, what followed was basically... well... I have a lot of trouble explaining this things... :P Well, you see "it" happen but you don't see anything in particular... Best explanation I can find... Anyway, here's a pic which contains SPOILERS and MATURE CONTENT!

PS: The picture is not from the moment I'm talking about... It just shows the type of content that I'm talking about! If it was the moment, it would be too easy for you guys to guess which ending I had... I'm afraid you'll have to play the game in order to find out but don't worry... You'll love it!

The game offers the option to block such content but it's not done in a good way and it makes you lose important plot as well since it advances even when such things are happening... This type of content brought another problem which was IMO the biggest problem in the entire game! Basically, I was lucky enough that the choices that I made took me into the romance story with the girl I liked the most and after that, the game just makes you (player) grow closer and closer to the characters, almost making you fall in love with the person you like in the game... This aspect is really well-done and it makes us notice the things we like on the girls and the for her, I liked her childish and playful behavior... She was always joking around and there's even one part of the game where she decides that for the future, she wants to be a pirate... It's her easy-going innocent approach to life that made her my favorite and after this moment happening, the producers wanted more like it... Guess what did they do? Completely change the character that we began to adore (which they made us do that) into a whole new one...

The happy and innocent girl became perverted, only thinking about "it" and using every opportunity to do "it"... As you can imagine, this really pissed me off! I mean, that is not the character I liked! In fact, I didn't like the new her at all! Why would they do this? This were the moments were my only motivation to keep going forward was to see what the ending consisted about... Thankfully, after a bit of this "fan-service", she went back to being her same old adorable self... Then, interesting plot-twist happened and the story captivated me once again...

This isn't your everyday romantic story either... This is a school for people with medical needs so the characters all face problems which causes them to face disadvantages and make their story unique and different... One character is blind, another does not possess legs and this issues that they have to face differentiate this story from the others which is something very admirable about this game...


The comedy in this game is also very well made! It features some pretty hilarious puns and moments and it was a relief to be able to laugh in the middle of so many feels (trust me... SO MANY FEELS)... Some moments are just hilarious and took the stress and tension out of the game (even if briefly)... Not many developers have the guts to pull jokes like these but they did it and it was well done:

Hiaso (talking to Lilly who is blind): Ok... I must go now... SEE you later!

Narrator: That probably wasn't the best thing to say!

The artwork placed in this game is truly amazing! I am learning how to draw and I get better slowly so I know how difficult it is to draw this characters and then draw those fantastic backgrounds and even animate these at some parts! I really have no complaints in this department... They excelled in every single way... The fantastic character design, the buildings, everything! Just... WOW!



Finally, the time for me to blow your minds is here... No matter how much I talk, my words can't ever do this game any justice... This game is very near to perfection and how much does it cost? Absolutely nothing! Go and do yourself a favor:

DOWNLOAD THIS FANTASTIC GAME FOR FREE! (I recommend using the Torrent version and the full version... Not just Act 1)

I thought about giving this game a 9.8/10 because of the focus on the "spicy" stuff later in the game and the change that happened to the girl who I dated (You still have to guess who) but the game compensates this with the experience and the FEELS... Also, making such a game and then release it for free is something to be admired... A truly fantastic experience unlike anything else I've ever played! Download it! Trust me and do it! You won't be sorry and when you finish it, warn me so we can discuss the game! :D

Katawa Shoujo FTW!

Katawa Shoujo FTW!


10 / 10 - Masterpiece

Well, that's it for today guys... Let me know what you think of it in the commentaries and make sure to play this game! Also, try to participate and do some reviews and link them to Blazer... I'm sure he'll be happy! Oh, almost forgot... PLAY THIS GAME! :D


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Community Project #2: "Top Moments"June 21, 2014 by

Hello everyone! ^_^ This is Rich and I'm here to conclude the previous Community Project and start another... Last time, I learnt a lot of important things about how to host and do a project such as this one and so, there are a few changes to the rules but first, thanks to all of the amazing writers and bloggers that embraced this project and wrote their own blogs... Here they are (click on the name and you'll go to the blog):







There they are... If someone still wants to do it, go ahead and let me know so I can add them to this list... Anyway, let's get going to the rules.



1st: The theme is to be followed, a bit of topic is OK (good knows I can't stick to a topic that well) but try to limit this.

2rd: Your blog must have their link posted in the comments of this blog (Some people did not follow this rule and I found their blogs by pure luck so please, follow this rule)


THEME: Some moments can define an entire generation or separate the gold from the garbage... This moments are important and so, they deserve to be treated with care... in the form of a blog! This Project consist on you choosing your favorite moment for each category I present and after that, if you wish, you can introduce your own categories... I tried to make the categories as different as I could, ensuring that they would be a variety for the moments chosen... Anyway, the categories are:

  • Awe (mindblowing moments)
  • Scary
  • Romantic
  • Funny
  • Musical
  • FUCK YEAH! (can't even explain... Just a moment were you were like: FUCK YEAH! Now really, the explanation would be EPIC moments)
  • Sad
  • *any others you might wish to include*

There you go... Those are the themes! Now, ladies and gentleman, I present:


Warning: Obvious spoilers... Proceed with caution!

AWE MOMENT: Leaving Vault 101 (Fallout 3)

Your character grew up in the safety of the Vault, hearing tales about the "Capital Wasteland" above... After being forced to leave the Vault, you suddenly step into the light... As your eyes adapt to it, you start to see it... The "Capital Wasteland" where your adventure will start... As your radio signal (from the Vault) fades, you get to see kilometers and kilometers (miles and miles) of destroyed land and ruined cities as you realize how alone and how hopeless this land is... I can't even describe the feelings I had when I experienced this for the 1st time but two things were certain: Goosebumps and Jaw Drop... The moment after leveling up, walking aimlessly through the land with only silence upon you is also something that marked me for life... :) And some people say that videogames can't be art!

SCARY MOMENT: Moment that made me never want to open a door again (Outlast)

This is pretty cool because I have my original gameplay uploaded to YouTube so you can see it with me! Anyway, I've made the moment start almost immediately so the hyperlink will take you to the video which will start on the correct part (I'm so smart... :P )... Anyway, here's the video! I don't even have words for this moment just fuck that dude... Oh, now that were talking about scary moments... Fuck this guy for that moment we all know:


ROMANTIC MOMENT: Lanterns and I see the Light (Tangled)

(T_T) I don't know enough words to say how pretty this moment is... The atmosphere, the music, everything is perfect... This moment is mainly one of the reasons why this is my favorite movie ever!

FUNNY MOMENT: Motto To Love Ru

Can't even choose a moment... Recently, I started watching a new anime and it's freaking hilarious... It just kills me! :D Anyway, watch it and love it but first, keep in mind that you first need to watch "To Love Ru" (and it's OVAs which are also very important story-wise) which comes before "Motto To Love Ru"... Oh, you should also notice that this is an Ecchi anime so viewer discretion is advised... Anyway, here's Motto To Love Ru; To Love Ru and a description of Ecchi if you don't know what it is...

MUSICAL MOMENT: For the First Time in Forever (Frozen)

Fantastic song from a fantastic movie... The song is happy with a nice tone and is (IMO) the best music to have yet appeared in a Disney movie (yes... Let it Go is 2nd place, don't worry)...

FUCK YEAH MOMENT: Naruto arriving at Konoha like a boss (Naruto Shippuden)

Two clips showing the scene... One from the anime and the other from NUNS 2. I actually thought the videogame one was more EPIC but the Jiraya reference in the anime was pretty cool... Anyway, an epic scene and a badass entrance to rivalize with Sasuke and Kakashi's entrance in the Chuunin Exam finals... Only a few years late Naruto but you did it... :D

SAD MOMENT: Marley's death (Marley & Me)

I don't usually cry but with this scene I'm helpless... I was just searching it to place it here and as I was seeing it to see if it's all good, I started to cry again... This scene always hits me where it hurts and the touching message it delivers is very beautiful...

Well, that's it guys (and gals)... I have chosen to remove the tagging rule because of some problems it originated but please, participate and try to spread this project because it's only fun if a lot of people participate right? Anyway, this was Rich and I can't wait to read your participation!




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Community Project: "Villains and Heroes"June 9, 2014 by

First of all, NEW HEADER! Really happy with how it worked out... Let me know in the comments what do you think about it... :D


Hey guys, I'm here to start a blog that I think that's a really good idea... Lately, this community has been way more lazy than it used to (sorry, but it's true) and so, there's a shortage of movement around IGN... People don't blog as much anymore (in general) and so, people like Lost_in_Translation have been trying to make people more active with projects like the Weekly Blog Theme which I'd advise everyone to participate... I thought that I'd like to help as well and so, I decided to do this:

I'll think of a topic, write about it, then "tag" 3 and they would have (no one is forced to do it but please...) to write about said topic and then "tag" 3 other people (that haven't been tagged) for them to write about it... The purpose is to generate a shitload of blogs and to get more people into blogging and reading blogs... Before I begin, I'll say the rules and the theme:




2nd: You have to "tag" active members that will most likely write their blogs.

3rd: Your blog and the blog of the people that you tag (in general, all blogs) must have their link posted in the comments of this blog


With the rules out of the way, I'll hereby explain the theme:


THEME: Since this is my first time doing this, I didn't want to delve into a very complex topic but I could only think of really complex ones such as "Life's Soundtrack" or even "Create your own game" but I'll do those further down the road... This time, I'll do a topic that's really close to the Weekly Blog Theme... This week, LiT asked us to write about our favorite villains. I'll ask you to write about 4 characters, your 2 favorite villains (1 male and 1 female) and your 2 favorite heroes (again, 1 male and 1 female). Without further ado, let's get this started:

RICH'S COMMUNITY PROJECT - "Villains and Heroes"

MALE VILLAIN - Uchiha Madara


Uchiha Madara from Naruto is an overpowered villain who seeks to release the "Mugen Tsukyomi no Jutsu" which is to release a genjutsu on the moon that will affect everyone on Earth, getting them into a world created by Madara, making him to be almost like an almighty god that can control everything in that world... This would mean that freedom would be lost so Naruto and every other shinobi (ninja) are fighting the 4th Great Ninja War.

Madara possesses the Rinnegan (the most powerful ocular "power" of all) and also possesses the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan which gives him an incredible battle strength... Madara is sort of an insane man, looking for power and strenght and obsessed with it. Madara has amazing jutsus and a incredible close combat skills... Here's some gifs that show that:

This GIFs show you his power and I explained a bit of his back-story... He is truly awesome and perhaps one of the best villains ever made

Honorable Mentions: General Shepherd, Albert Wesker, The Joker, Raul Menendez and Father Comstock

FEMALE VILLAIN - Mother Gothel


Mother Gothel is from Disney's Tangled which is basically, my favorite movie ever and one of the reasons that make that movie so awesome is that it possesses a fantastic villain. Mother Gothel is manipulative, evil and also somewhat funny... Gothel had a flower that she used to keep her young forever but, the queen of the kingdom got sick and everyone in the kingdom set out to look for that flower that Gothel had hidden. The kingdom's people find the flower and give it as a drink to the queen which got better. Gothel lost her flower and so when the queen had her daughter, Rapunzel, Gothel slipped inside the castle and kidnapped Rapunzel. She locked her in a tower, raising her as her own child to use her hair to keep her young forever. This movie is fantastic and the villain is superb... My favorite movie ever so I'd definitely advise you to view it!

Here are some of her best moments:

This is how Disney decided to introduce Mother Gothel in a reveal before the movie came out:

Honorable Mentions: Katherine Marlowe

MALE HERO: Uzumaki Naruto


Guys, I know that this is a big surprise so just calm down and listen:

This dude is simply fantastic... He's funny, not that bright and he's the character I can relate the most (clumsy, values his friends over anything else, went through loneliness, etc...) Through the anime, we get to see his evolution and him growing up... Almost seems like we are growing up alongside him and just witnessing him going from an "useless nuisance" to the "Hero of Konoha" is one of the most brilliant things ever! Here are some GIFs that show more about him:

Honorable Mentions: Nathan Drake, Leon S. Kennedy, Flynn Rider, Michael De Santa

FEMALE HERO: Anna of Arendelle


This was a very troublesome decision for me since Rapunzel from Tangled is also awesome and for some time, she was the main contender for the 1st place but Anna eventually took it... Anna is Elsa's sister and she lives in Arendelle with her sister and her parents but after an accident, she suddenly couldn't see her sister anymore and was also "sealed" in the castle... After her parent's tragic death, she found herself truly alone and she stayed that way until the moment of where Frozen's story starts to "grow"... Anna is far from being the perfect princess but that's exactly why she's freaking awesome! She's clumsy, funny, childish (in a good way) and always on a good mood! She's my favorite Disney character so far and she has one of the best personalities I've ever seen in a movie... Truly fantastic!

That's it on my part... Hope you guys enjoyed it and now, onto the tags!

Firstly, this post and Community Project was based on the Weekly Blog Theme topic that Lost_in_Translation chose so I think it's logical that I will tag him...

Second, he's an amazing person, always there to help and is one of the most active members around here... I tag KRATOSGODOFWARIII

Finally, I have not know this member for long but he's awesome and he's also an amazing person and an active member... Even though I haven't talked a lot to him, my final tag goes to mk1982

Well, that's enough for today... Let me know what you think about this blog in the comments and please, if you do get tagged and do a blog like this one, leave the link in the comments... Till next time!


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IGN's World - Chapter 2February 16, 2014 by

Previously on IGN's World: Chapter 1


IGN's World - Chapter 2

A huge wave of energy spread through the forest as my Rasengan collided with Leaf's metal arm... The Rasengan truly has an amazing power but it drained my chakra really quickly... I guess I don't have a lot of control over my chakra  yet so each jutsu drains way more of it than it should... All of the sudden I was in the air, going back, getting thrown back by a gigantic ammount of force...

I fell to the ground panting and with effort, I managed to get up after some effort and noticed something scary... I had truly underestimated Leaf and  as I turned back, I saw it... As he was getting hit by the Rasengan, he used alchemy to transform his arm into a shield of metal that was destroyed by the Rasengan but there he was, Leaf, completely unharmed... He couldn't use alchemy anymore because he didn't have his arm but I could hardly stand up... It was confirmed that Leaf was indeed more powerful than me!

Leaf looked at me and said:

-Well fought Rich! You made me lose my arm and that's not an easy task! Plus, you have only arrived here today... I can see you'll become very powerful but for now, in this fight, victory is mine!

Leaf ran and to officially end the fight, he went in my direction and jumped in the air... I couldn't even move to dodge or block and then he hit me with his metal leg... The kick with the Automail leg was devastating and sent me flying back... The fight was over and Leaf fell on his knees, the effect of the Rasengan slightly affected him even after being blocked by the shield...

-Damn! That Rasengan is truly a devastating technique! - Leaf said while smiling

Leaf stood up again with a bit of struggle, turned back and said with a smile on his face:

-I'll go get some water from the lake Rich... We have so much to talk about after we recover!

Leaf kept walking for the lake but suddenly, he felt something... Power flowing behind him, power that he never felt before. He felt something dark and evil and more powerful than he could imagine. Leaf started wondering:

Strong and powerful! Is this Rich? No... It's too powerful! What can it be? (It's in Italic so it's a thought but it belongs to Leaf)

Leaf felt it flowing more and more and slowly turned around, scared of what could be the source of that power! Leaf turned around and the shock was immense... What he saw was something he didn't even imagine but now that it happened, it looked logical... It was too powerful for Leaf to fight... He just stood there looking it in it's eyes... Looking me in my red eyes!

Leaf stood there watching me... Leaf wondered how could he forgot that I was the Kyuubi Jinchuriki and he realized that the Rasengan had hurt him too bad for him to be able to fight...

-Rich, calm down mate... Everything's fine, the battle is over, ok? No need to continue it!

Leaf's attempts to calm me down were in vain for a simple reason... I had no control over myself... The Kyuubi was the one who gained full control over me now... After a giant struggle against it, I could control myself just enough to say a single sentence:

-Leaf, run!

After that, the Kyuubi retook control of me!

At an amazing speed, I launched myself at Leaf hitting him with a devastating speed and an amazing strength...Leaf flew through a tree that fell in the ground with a loud noise, shaking the ground and smashing into bits...

Leaf quickly realized that even though he's stronger than me when we're fighting normally, he stands no chance against my Kyuubi mode. A scream went through the valleys and mounts as I build more and more strength... The Kyuubi was ready to release the finishing blow to Leaf. The Kyuubi wanted his life!

My red eyes looked at Leaf without a single bit of mercy in them, after that, I jumped high in the air, ready to land on Leaf, crushing him into the ground... Leaf looked at me shocked and scared... He was completely helpless against me! I started my descent and suddenly, a crushing kick was dealt!

But not by me!

I flew in the air like a rag-doll before falling against the ground with a really strong impact... Leaf opened his eyes to have a glimpse at his saviour and after recognizing who he is, he closed his eyes smiling.

-Please, try to be gentle with him... It's the Kyuubi who's controlling him, you know? - said Leaf before becoming unconscious

-I know!  I'll try to be gentle but I have to kick his ass to get him to normal again! - said Leaf's savior

From the cloud of dust filling the air, I jumped in direction of the attacker... There is nothing I could do! The Kyuubi is far more powerful than I ever imagined and she was bloodthirsty... I could feel it! Every inch of the body that's mine, although it seems out of my control, is yearning for blood! Leaf's and it's savior's blood!

The man that saved Leaf stood there, watching me, eyes to eyes, without showing any fear. The man pale as the moon looked at me and as the time passed, his red line that crossed his body seemed to glow brighter and brighter... After this, the man interrupted the silence and said:

-Rich, I know you're in there... I know that you can hear me although you have no control over your body... I will have to stop you but don't worry, I'll avoid harming you too seriously... Don't worry! I will not let you hurt Leaf...

I felt happy for once... Looking at that man, I recognized him immediately and I knew for sure that I will not be able to hurt Leaf or anyone because that man is here to stop me... A man pale as the moon and stronger than I dread to imagine, Kratos, the God of War stood in my way!

He took out his Blades of Exile and led out a yell of pure fury! Even though I felt fear, the Kyuubi doesn't know what fear is and so, it didn't matter to her, she propelled at him... My body kept going closer and closer to him and jumped higher than I could think it was even possible, as I started to descent, I realized I had something in my hand... A Rasengan made not by my chakra but by Kyuubi's... It was unimaginable more powerful than the one I used against Leaf and it has aimed at Kratos!

Kratos didn't even flinch, block or dodge. The Kyubbi Rasengan exploded against it!


After the giant blast that occurred in the area, a crater appeared and a curtain of ashe and dust covered the air. No one could survive that! Kratos... Is dead!

-And Leaf's Next!

I heard a voice in my head saying that... The Kyuubi is speaking at me, apparently, she can hear everyone of my thoughts. Quickly, I ran into the cloud of dust, seeking Leaf to become my next victim but he wouldn't be the next... If I killed him, he would become the first!

A kick with an unimaginable force threw me back and as the dust cleared, Kratos stood there, watching me, completely unharmed! Kyuubi's power was a joke compared to Kratos, who looked at me before started running in my direction. The Kyuubi sensed the threat and started running in Kratos way! Looks like she hadn't had enough yet!

Kratos got close enough and quickly rolled, getting behind me, turning around and wrapping the chain from his blades around my right-foot, which made me fall to the ground! He jumped high in the air and in his hands, he formed a lightning bolt, forged by the power of Zeus himself. Kratos simply threw it, the lightning of Zeus, against me!


The lightning was really weakened, compared to the real one that Kratos could produce, it couldn't even be called an attack but it was enough not to kill me but to stop the Kyubbi! The lightning bolt landed on top of me and blew up with a huge noise, destroying the ground near were it hit, stopping the Kyuubi and returning my body's control to me, and creating an enormous fog of dust...

Kratos had completely defeated me, without even breaking a sweat... That's the amount of power that he has!

After that, I just blacked out, completely unconscious!

I woke up and felt like I was on movement and after opening my eyes, I noticed where I was... Kratos was carrying both me and Leaf, each one on one of his shoulders, to an unknown place. I tried to move a little but my body refused... That lightning bolt, although more weakened as Kratos could make it, had completely destroyed me! I would just have to trust him, and let him bring us to that place he was going to...

I trust you Kratos!

I closed my eyes and went back to sleep to have strength for what may come after this...

I woke up with someone shaking me a bit roughly and asking for me to wake up... I opened my eyes and saw who it was: Kratos. Me and Leaf were on the floor and after waking me up, he proceeded at waking Leaf up. I got up and looked around, seeing all sorts of things and trying to find out where we were. All I could say is that we were on the middle of a city and it looked kind of familiar to me...

Leaf got up,shaking a bit and struggling to stay up, he got near me, he smiled and said:

-Glad to see you're back mate!

-Leaf, listen, I'm sorry! It wasn't me!

-No worries mate! I know!

Kratos quickly got near us and started talking:

-Rich, the Kyuubi's regenerating powers seem to be at work! Leaf, you do not have such luck, you'll have to rest for some time before you do anything like that again. Oh, I almost forgot, here's your Automail... I asked a friend to fix it while both of you were unconscious!

Leaf thanked Kratos, placed the arm in position and after moving it a bit to test it, said:

-The arm works really well... Thanks! Anyway, where are we Kratos?

I was also questioning myself the same so we both looked at Kratos, intrigued and looking forward to hear what he had to say.

-Well, both of you are strong already and I trust that with time you'll get stronger and stronger... But for now, you need help to develop your skills and get on your feet... Leaf was lonely for some time, living in that forest and Rich just got here so I'm here to give you guys a new home, friends to cherish and something to fight for! I'm here to invite you guys to my guild, the strongest of them all!

Kratos after saying this pointed at a building which was, without a doubt, his guild... Me and Leaf stared at the building which was gigantic, showing off the power of the guild it holds and it's splendor!

Kratos smiled looking at us, after a while, he said:

-Welcome to the guild that is now your's as well... Welcome...


... to Fairy Tail!


Next Episode: Chapter 3

People in this episode:

R1ch404 as Naruto

Leafeaterxx as Edward Elric


That was it! Hope you like it and stay tuned for more!


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