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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:59:50 -0700

It Pains Me To Say, Tis The Brain That Is Frayed, A Respite, A Hospice, A NeedTo Get Away
April 1, 2011

I'd like to say that I've had some incredible life tremor that's set the world as I know it asunder as I try to gain footing, balance, and stability, but alas... I fear I am just a wuss.

Busy, I have been, but have had absolutely no incentive, or urge to put pencil/stylus to paper/tablet, and have little to no ideas for new comics. My creative juices are drained, and I have no excuse to let down the faithful readers. I have absolutely no doubt that my creative inspiration will return with full prolific nature, but for now... my soul must rest. Aside from a terrible Charlie Sheen joke that isn't that funny, I have really nothing for you, and would rather post something half-decent than something not worth wiping your but with.

Until then, there's the forum to chat on. I'll be checking it to answer questions or defend myself. Please stay tuned. I'm sure the good weather will bring more doodles.

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Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:06:16 -0800

Absent Minds and Absent Updates, but Absynth Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
March 7, 2011

I've been preoccupied with a few different things recently that have kept me from updating, and drawing. One has been a borderline obsession with knitting, and the other is watching the entire seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

It began simple enough with seeing it slide across the Netflix menu, and me saying, "Why not." I'd heard loads of good things about it, I didn't have a biased distaste for Sarah Michelle Gellar, and I wanted to indulge in something vampire that didn't sparkle.

Initially, I was pleasantly surprised at how funny and quirky the writing is, and how to the point (pun intended) the slaying was. It was simple. Hunt and kill vampires and demons while being in High School with quirky friends and boy crushes. The Buffy-Cordelia dynamic was super entertaining since Buffy was great at just brushing off the B from itch. It was nice to see that Cordelia was shown mercy on several accounts, and eventually came round to be on the side of good. The addition of Anya was a hilarious twist that I'm really glad to have seen played out straight to the end. Watching Seth Green as a warewolf was unique since his role was so much more mature than anything else I've seen him put his mark on. Willow going lesbo seemed a bit predictable with the steady incline of witchcraft in her daily life. I will say this though, I did not at all like Tara. Her face was stupid, and when she'd try to make goo-goo eyes at willow, it just looked like she had half a brain and was trying to follow a laser pointer flicking across a wall. Her unattractiveness carried through the rest of the seasons, and softened somewhat to where she was fairly tolerable, but we all know why she was there at all. Lesbians get ratings.

As the seasons progressed, and David Boreonis got his own show, the love interests of Buffy became more and more fleeting. An Angel cameo was always welcomed, and a delightful walk down memory lane to season one. Along with the promiscuity of the entire cast, the abnormality of the script followed that skewed path. It was hard to focus and get into the ridiculous plots that involved Buffy dying, being resurrected, dying again, being brought back, and thousands upon hundreds of ancient evils that are older than time, appearing and being killed within a season like it was nothing.

I was a little disappointed with the resolution of the wedding episodes, but Spike was invaluable to the entire show after that chip was installed in his head. Hands down, my favorite character of the entire season. Close second is Anya. I hear he's aged quite a bit since the show, and his appearance at some conventions dashed a few teen hearts upon looking at his "immortal visage." I guess that's what happens when you go through hell to get your soul back. That'll teach you for falling in love with a slayer.

I think one thing that I was so excited about when I first started watching, was the fact that the actor who played the first principal of Sunnydale High, also plays Quark in Star Trek. Cannot be unseen. Another huge milestone of the show was evil Willow. For being a teen show, they made an effort to touch on incredibly relevant human teenage problems and make hints towards guiding young minds in the right direction. Drug addiction, sexual abuse, death in the family, being used by people, knowing who your real friends are, and how to properly research topics for school papers. The epic episode that involved the passing of Buffy's mom was incredible. Not in the "so much evil happened and there were dead bodies everywhere," but in the incredibly profound and heavy way that the episode was produced, directed, and performed by the characters. The signature camera angles and cuts were put aside for a style that enhanced the scenes and the emotions of the characters. Wonderfully executed. The episode, not the mom. What I was looking for through the rest of the show, was how that death would come back into relevance. There was slight foreshadowing about an evil, "getting to you through your family," then there was the brain tumor, but she was fine after, then BAM.

Spike got pretty scary when he was all head-over-heels psycho for Buffy, but Faith wasn't much better. I was kind of surprised at the amount of sex that the characters began having through the show, and how open they became about everything. Towards the end, the writing evened out, and began to shift focus back to one goal, and back to simple slaying with a hint of complicating impending doom. The KO move in the last episode was surprising, but I felt like there was a lot of things that were hinted at through the series and were never touched on that could have culminated in the finale. The deaths of a few character at the end put realism into it, but I was sad that Zander and Anya never ended up getting hitched. I really liked them.

One of the best episodes had to have been the one where a demon cursed the whole town and made everyone sing what was going on. So it was a musical episode, but with death. Because if you can't stop singing and dancing, you will burst into flames. Which happened to one poor tap dancer.

In conclusion, I highly recommend the series if you enjoy mindless killing with well choreographed action scenes, attractive people having sex with each other while under spells or curses, and if you think Joss Wheaton is a god among sci-fi writers. All hail Joss.

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Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:29:18 -0800

Order you VDay cards now! View the whole set :D
January 23, 2011

This year I have a few cute little cards for you, and bonus cards in stock that I'd like to get rid of.

View the whole set

One set of 4 cards is $4 USD plus $1.25 shipping and handling. If you're within the first 5 people to order them before Feb 14, you get 6 bonus cards. While supplies last!

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Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:57:51 -0800

PreOrder BGJ VDay Cards Now and get 8 bonus cards in addition to the 2011 4-card set! (while supplies last)
January 23, 2011

This year I have a few cute little cards for you, and bonus cards in stock that I'd like to get rid of.

One set of 4 cards is $4 USD plus $1.25 shipping and handling. If you're within the first 5 people to order them before Feb 14, you get 8 bonus cards. While supplies last!

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Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:37:36 -0800

So, this one time, I went to Portland and totally forgot to tell you about how awesome it was
January 6, 2011

So yeah, around May I went out to Portland, Oregon to visit some old college friends and go to this great thing I found out about, Sasquatch Fest.

It was a killer blast. Got to see the town, get stuck in the rain, buy new comics and graphic novels at the giant Powell's book store, camp out in tent-city for 3 days without showering listening to amazing indie music with the best view of the Washington Gorge ever, and eat the most amazin waffels through a window.

One specifically awesome thing that my chums took me along to see was Cosmic Monkey comics. We were all sugared up after going to Voo Doo Donuts, and ran wild in the stacks. They had a lot of the top sellers, some need-to-have basics, and my favorite was the desperate and independantly published works. A lot of the time, the real soul of a work can only come out when it's absolutely obvious that it was a pure labor of love. And that no matter the monetary succes of the story, the glam and color of the art style, the artist said what they wanted to say and got to see it on a shelf. Ever know that feeling? It's pretty damn good (so I hear).

Turns out, their walls are also littered with one-of-a-kind original (redundant, i know) artist sketches on comic boards. Each one was a different interpretation of the store's mascot, the cosmic monkey.

You could spend a few days starring up at the walls looking at each one till you got a neck cramp and had to be jostled back for the blood to circulate to your brain, but wow. I thought it was neat. So neat in fact, that the store owner let me draw one for the wall too! About an hour and some ink smudges later, I had a peice for his wall.

So if you're ever in the Portland, Oregon area, and you're looking for a place to get great comics, check out Cosmis Monkey Comics. Maybe you'll get to see my drawring too.

Don't forget!!! Bubble Gum Junkie V-Day cards are coming for February. If you want to be on one, then send me your photo and be on a card :D

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Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:29:38 -0800

Prints and Paintings with a Holiday Discount!
December 11, 2010

As you may or may not be aware, I have had some paintings in several establishements this year that have been fairly well received by the general public. This fact makes me incredibly proud and excited that something I made is wanted and enjoyed by anyone other than myself. For those who have expressed their adoration for my things by buying one, I am incredibly grateful for the wonderful ego boost and modest income from my labor of love.

In this update, I'd like to formally announce a sale through Etsy of my paintings. From now until January 1st, if you use the coupon code "YAY10" you will get a %10 discount on any item purchased.

Not only are several of my original paintings still for sale (at an additionally discounted rate), but I have made poster prints of 4 of the top favorites that are no longer available as paintings. These 12.25" x 17.25" prints of "The Fox," "The Rabbit," "The Frog," and "The Bat" are now for sale. If you buy one of the posters, you get the poster signed by me (with a message if you request one), and a personal doodle that is, no doubt, one of a kind.

On another note, we've been getting a great deal of activity on the forum as of late, and I'm pushing you to it for this holiday sketch-travaganza.

Post your Christmas/Holiday wish to the topic and I'll be posting each wish as a sketch to the comic from Christmas until January 1st. One wish each day. If I get enough wishes, I'll just keep posting them until I run out, or run into more posts.

Don't forget!!! Bubble Gum Junkie V-Day cards are coming for February. If you want to be on one, then send me your photo and be on a card :D

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Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:41:11 -0800

I Feel Strongly Against Con Air...
December 5, 2010

I read somewhere that Nicolas Kim Coppola changed his name later in life in order to hide his association with his famous father and earn his keep as an actor without the free ride. For this, I give a little bit-o-cred. Although, sometimes I find myself questioning how seriously he takes his acting career. Things like Ghost Rider and The Wicker Man really make me yell, "WHAT THE FUCK!" after (and during) the movie. To this, I have developed a sour taste when viewing the actor Nicolas Cage. A few solid roles that I actually can stand him in are the ones that reflect his most true qualities. The manic obsessive compulsive con man like in Matchstick Men, the psychotic repressed sociopath like in The Weatherman, and the asshole extraordinaire like in Lord of War.

Not mentioning his roles in National Treasure or the new appearance in Kick Ass, after seeing all these, I decide to watch Con Air. I heard it was a classic, and had a great cast line up with a familiar action/drama theme that I thought I'd enjoy. Alas, this... THIS was my big WTF moment questioning the career choice and acting talent of Nicolas Cage. The following is the bullet list of my WTF's that came to me while watching: he can't pull off being a bad ass in a wife beater, his southern accent sucks, how could Steve Buscemi play a cooler part than the lead role, and the bunny is probably one of the worse one-liners to come from an action movie.

I feel strongly about this. After having such a strong negative opinion of Mr. Cage's acting choices (for the most part) for so long, I also read an interview with him regarding his odd choices of film and entertainment. In his own words (referencing The Wicker Man) how seriously can you take an actor who punches a woman wearing a bear suit? From this, I can only assume that he doesn't take his career seriously, and will take a roll just for the hell of it. All I can say is that if anyone feels that Con Air is anything better than terrible, I may bunch you in the face, regardless of whether you are wearing a bear suit or not.

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Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:23:04 -0800

The QC Comic Breakdown According to Bubble Gum Junkie
December 1, 2010

(EDIT: I actually wrote this the day before Dora and Martin broke up. Getting around to posting it now.) I'd like to start this review by stating that I have been a reader of Questionable Content since 2003 during my freshman year of college, and have thusly enjoyed the most of it. Saying that, I understand having such a devote, and consistent web comic over the years is a feat in and of itself, and that respect is deserved for such an accomplishment.

For such a creation, dear Jeph Jaques earns my respect, but for everything else, I just don't know what to think. I read the comic for about 3 straight years enjoying it fully, and having it greet me at 12am (almost) on the dot to give me that ray of sunshine that comes with the final panel. I liked figuring out what Martin was up to with Fae, and OH NO! Dora Drama! And pint-size was so entertaining.

Recently, as in the past 2 years or so, I found myself crucially apathetic to the story, the characters, the style of illustration, and the incredibly predictable QC-Comic Formula. Hanners was the first sign of a desperate act to bring something new and exciting to the story, but only equaled by Fae becoming normal and breaking the man-whore that is Dora's brother. To me, the sexual tension between the original love-triangle totally killed the excitement and leaves no anticipation left in reading new strips.

At one point, it dawned on me how each character could possibly be Mr. Jaques self-portrait while on different hallucinogenic drugs. The amount of paranoia, insecurities, and complete lack of perspective on anything but their own petty problems fit the bill for the majority of on-drugs symptoms. Maybe it's just me, but maybe it's something you can't un-think now.

Right now, I'm real glad for Fae. Good for her. I'm glad Martin and Dora are all sexy and matching hair cuts (aside from the color). They're cute. I don't care about Martins gay dad, or the porn star mom, Hanners isn't selling the paranoid-savant-space-hermit as sexy, just kinda cute. And I'm pretty sure the only reason Marigold was added at all was so Jaques could make WoW jokes and have an ugly geek rather than an absurdly skinny/curvy-yet-sexy hipster angst.

I think the only remotely interesting thing I've seen on there in the past year was Steve coming back all spy. Likely never to happen, but ridiculous and full of spin-off potential. I don't even know what Pint-size has been doing differently, but it's just not funny anymore. It's just predictable, un-original, I'm bored with the art style, I don't enjoy the characters, and I just don't find interest in it anymore. A sad day when I realized it, but don't know what else to say. Cheers to him, and what he's done is very impressive, but I'm just not into it as much as I used to. Hey, we all can't be like the Simpsons.

PS- his taste in music is just god awful

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Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:53:40 -0800

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Consume your brains out, I dare you.
November 25, 2010

Here's a hearty "good luck you crazy bastards" to everyone who's compelled to participate in what America calls "Black Friday." Other things that sound just as fun include "The Black Plague" and "Black Lung" and give just as much satisfaction when survived (I assume).

I'll be sitting on my but thinking about the crowded, high-tension department stores that a majority of this country will be fighting through to get that 50% off deal on some kind of stupid thing that you don't really need, and how you desperately wish that certain someone would have put on deoderant at 5am before being pressed so hard against you in that thermal coat.

Happy Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for opposable thumbs.

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Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:31:49 -0800

I don't think they're good enough to *ACT* like royalty, and they wont be seeing any royalties from me.
November 17, 2010

My original opinion of Kings of Leon wasn't much, but after reading a first-hand account from Andy Kato of Groove Armada, I'm pretty sold that I wont be endorsing them anytime soon.

As a band, I think they've got maybe one or two good songs, and if you can stand the sound of the singers voice, you'd be able to enjoy some of their other songs. I personally can't stand much of his raspy undertone and completely whiney carrying-ons. It's like listening to a pre-pubescent teen who's been a smoker since they were spat from the womb, bitch and moan about not having enough peanut butter on their sandwich. Pointless, unappetizing, and a little bit painful.

As people, they sound like complete assholes. They've got a royal impression in their name, but I think they take it a bit too far. If you don't believe me, read for yourself. Seriously though. Big ol' jerks. In my opinion, any band who expects to be given the royal treatment, especially when being compared to the treatment of multiple other bands for a festival, seriously needs to re-evaluate their talent, and get a new financial manager that wont let them waste money on things like individual limousines for each band member. The story that Kato paints of this particular happening is pretty clear, and gives multiple examples of reasons why you should refrain from endorsing them. The only way I could see them really needing the treatment they asked for, was if they were secretly government spies who had time sensitive information that would have put the globe at risk if not immediately acted on. Like James Bond whose cover was being a shitty band.

Safe to say, I will not buy their music, and will not attend a show with them in it, and would prefer to spend my time and money FedEx'ing them dog poop.

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Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:23:33 -0800

Hey, you remember when 30 Rock did their episodes LIVE!!??! Yeah, great times.
November 10, 2010

I'm a big fan of 30 Rock regardless, and just had that much more fun watching their live versions. One for the East coast, and one for the West coast. It wasn't great solely because it was done live. It was great because of the fantastic writers. They didn't just write another show and do it live, they really took advantage of every difference between live and pre-recorded quality. Instead of trying to compensate for lack of film quality, and the inability to play pre-recorded flashbacks when a character goes into a day dream, they embraced it and made doused it in satire and used fabulous substitutes like Julia Louis-Dreyfus to play Liz Lemon because she see's herself more attractive in her head.

Not only was there additions to the cast , but there were two versions of the same show. The introduction was different, with a well sung introduction to the live show by different cast, but you got to see where they stumbled doing it the second time. As far as I could remember, the main fumbles were made by Jenna Maroney and Tracy Jordan.

I've heard that in real life, the actor Tracy Morgan is very difficult to work with because he fails to remember lines, and the lines that they end up using in films and shows are actually his naturally erratic mental state ad-libbing. Funny part is, if you watch enough episodes from 30 Rock (or anything of his) you can kind of pick out the parts where he's probably doing that, but realize that his character is actually written that way. Not to mention his name is basically identical. They also wrote the majority of the episode around the fact that doing a show live means you mess up on camera and "break" and it fails. They basically exploited the fact that (I'm guessing) Jordan was going to mess up a live show so bad, they just said, "Hey, let's run with it," and wrote the show for him to mess up. They even staged a few mishaps that made me laugh, regardless of their authenticity.

As a writer and an actress and a glasses wearing brunette, I greatly admire Tiny Fey. If you know anything about what she's done and been a part of, you can tell how successful she's been as a creative mind. Aside from Baby Mama, I like everything she's done, and I love 30 Rock. It's the right kind of witty comedy that makes you laugh, snicker, and quirk without being weighed down (too much) by relationship drama, evil in-laws, rank humor, or Seth MacFarlane animated family comedy equation. Thank you Tina Fey, you've given me one more thing to look forward at the end of the day. Call me.

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Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:52:35 -0700

Happy Oktober!
October 21, 2010

A quick update for those of you readers who like words. I got to draw a comic to celebrate the October holiday and I think you'll like it. Been keeping busy and all that. Hopefully you all will have a great Halloween and not over dose too much on candy and the likes. Keep writing on the forum and I'll keep responding.

Going to be a bit more busy in November with an art show going up, but there's enough comics for everyone :D

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Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:49:46 -0700

A Stereotypical Movie from Disney
October 21, 2010

One dark and stormy night in a dreary city, she felt the need to watch something completely ridiculous that was randomly selected from the instant que on her Netflix. And so, she watched the newest Disney princess movie, The Princess and the Frog. Now, the only knowledge of this movie prior to the spontaneous selection on that night was the rumors of just how incredibly racist Disney is, and how much farther they pushed it in stereotyping the very first Disney princess of African decent. I looked into it a bit further by watching the trailer and thought to myself, 'Well... it's set in New Orleans in the 1920-30's, there's a witch doctor/voodoo bad guy, and the only food they mention for her dream restaurant seems to be gumbo, jambalaya, and hush puppies. Then again, that's a huge part of New Orleans, and maybe they weren't actually that stereotypical in the rest of the story, so I sat through it.

Usually in these kinds of kids movies, adults are able to be somewhat entertained regardless, but this was different. I want to say that I'm surprised at the degree of racism, but I should have known better than to get my hopes up that it wouldn't be completely stereotyped. The best friend of Tiana (the main character) is a spoiled, blond, bouncy, rich brat whose father basically owns the entire town, and has Tiana's mother making princess dresses one after another for his daughter. Granted, the girl Charlette (::slaps forehead::) isn't a complete B, and is actually nice to Tiana and helps her. But the entire time, she's fixated on getting her prince, and spending her daddy's money. Again, Disney kills off one of the main characters parents. WTF. Like there can't be a happy ending if both of their parents are alive to celebrate. Maybe they're just trying to give single moms something to relate to, and give them hope that their white-trash children will grow up unlike their alcoholic father who's in jail for his 8th DWI.

Aside from the racism and single parent bit, I didn't like one single character. The story seemed rushed and completely half-assed. Who didn't see it coming when she turned into a frog when she kissed him within the first 10 minutes of the movie? Shrek pulled that off well, but not Tiana. Another thing, I can't figure out if the prince is supposed to be Spanish or ... not. The firefly, the gator, the mama voo doo lady, the prince, and his side-kick... all super weak characters. Turns out all you have to do in order to completely 180 a spoiled party boy prince who wants to marry rich so he can never work, is make him sludge around the bayou with a tight-ass poor girl who works (dare I say) like a slave who teaches him to chop mushrooms. Then he'll fall in love. WTF. I'm not even sure what lesson they were supposed to have learned from their trials and tribulations. I feel like it was a complete waste of time. You can tell that even the cast had mixed feelings about their characters. Just look at her face! One thing I will say though, it's pretty funny watching an over weight little white girl running through the costume story screaming to her mom that she wants to be Tiana for Halloween.

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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:08:15 -0700

Doctor Parnassus, Your Imaginarium Gives Me Ice Cream Seizures... And I Like It.
March 16, 2010

Apparently, this movie was the real last movie that ever featured the dearly departed Heath Ledger. I guess you could say that Dark Knight was the last movie that he finished, but this is the last one he was ever in. Rumor has it that they filmed all of the scenes that had dear Mr. Ledger in them while he was outside of this "imaginarium mirror" of which is the central focus for the entire movie. The traveling band of performers steals souls from anyone who goes into the mirror. Apparently, the mirror is the gateway into the doctors imagination, and once inside, they are transported into their own personalized fantasy in which they must make a moral decision (the right thing, or the wrong thing) in order to ensure the safety of their soul.

Mr. Ledger plays an untrustworthy, yet handsome, con man who is placed by fate in the path of our band of performers. The eerie irony throughout the movie lies in the reality of the poor actors death within and outside of this particular film. Without generating a spoiler alert, entropy and serendipity create a winding path of decision making that push and guide our friends through a series of events in order to save the soul of the beautiful daughter who is fated to "the devil" on her 16th birthday because of a bet made years ago.

The role of Mr. Ledger's character while inside the imagination of Dr. Parnassus is alternately played by Johnny Depp, Colin Ferrel, and Jude Law. Magnificently done might I add. As a person who feels that their facial recognition skills are above average, their presentation was nearly flawless in that it was a basic level mind-fuck looking at them switching back and forth. The sets and costumes were incredibly visually stimulating with bright colors, abstract ideas & concepts, but had some pretty cheesy computer graphics. However, the cheese was fitting to the level that the movie was presented. I felt that the personalized fantasies of the people who went in through the mirror were fairly plain, but presented well. Who honestly fantasizes about shoes like that? Seriously!

I'd recommend going to see this movie if you like any of the actors, if you enjoy creative presentations of a few stereotyped human desires would be, and if you have a taste for abstract imagination. I think kids would like it, but not too young. There's some sexy parts, but kids these days are more and more all about that.

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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:21:39 -0800

So, I'm a bit behind, but the original Bioshock is a blast.
March 8, 2010

If you've had your finger anywhere near the pulse of video games lately, you may have heard that they just released a second Bioshock. Considering that I was only allowed to *watch* others play it on PC at the time, I'm pretty far behind. So I decided to start the experience from the beginning and loaded up the original Bioshock. I had only seen it being played by others on PC, so it was a new wave of love when I was put in control of it through the xbox.

Every good thing they said about it is true. For someone who habitually gets lost very easily in levels without clear maps, goal outlines, and story line reminders, I rarely found myself making loop after loop on a level trying to figure out where I was supposed to be going. The controls are easy to grasp and adapt to as if they were always the buttons you needed to get what you want, and I could rant and rave on and on about the story line, art, and visuals. Playing the role of a plane crash survivor entering a city created at the bottom of the ocean in the 1950's puts an already rustic and nostalgic sentiment behind your surroundings. The past when they expected colonies on the moon by the year 1996. The controversy behind harvesting adam from the little sisters may have been a bit warranted just because the graphics are pretty sensational/disturbing, but again... you're given a choice. The ideas around the plasmids, and how they give you different powers is awesome. Who wouldn't want powers like that?

Another thing that I really liked about it was how the story was fluid enough to keep progressing and easy enough to follow if you were too busy being swept up in the graphics to pay only 90% attention. The crazy audio diaries of the people who lived in the city are really well done, and really set the tone for the fact that everyone down there went crazy with paranoia, hallucinations, and cold war fever, even though they had their own little world. One thing that threw me off, and maybe it's just me, but it seemed to get easier towards the end. I was a little shocked at how easy the last boss was, and the end cut scene was too short for what I was expecting, but still enjoyable. The plot twist at the end was fairly predictable, but they pulled it off really well. And I liked how it sets you up as a big daddy towards the end which is right where you start in the second. Full circle.

It really got me excited to see what the second one has in it. I highly recommend this game if you enjoy rustic themed environments, taking down giants with electricity, fire, and bees, and if you don't have any strong morals against possibly stealing from little girls.