History Newsletter / News2010-06-03

* The game series MonkeyIsland has been split into separate pages according to individual games. Examples for any specific game of that series go on the specific page.

* After much deliberation, it has been decided that UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} will be split into two tropes: {{A-Cup Angst}} for flat-chested girls who hate being flat-chested, and PetitePride for girls for whom a flat chest is a STATUS SYMBOL!

As you many of you have no doubt already noticed, the JBM [bugs] icon has undergone a metamorphosis. No longer is it a frog with giant eyebrows which had absolutely nothing to do with the phrase “It Just Bugs Me!”, now it is a full fledged bug! A June bug to be precise! AndTheFandomRejoiced!

* After much deliberation, it has been decided that {{Pettanko}} will be split into two tropes: {{A-Cup Angst}} for flat-chested girls who hate being flat-chested, and PetitePride for girls for whom a flat chest is a STATUS SYMBOL!

It concerns the events on board a massive SpaceStation (possibly a GenerationShip) named IronGaia. In ''Where Angels Fear to Tread'', an engineer named Armand Carter [[LateToTheParty wakes up into an utterly hellish situation on board the station]]. The Gaia CPU [[AIIsACrapshoot]] has gone insane, and [[PsychicPowers psionically-gifted]] humans calling themselves [[KnightTemplar Celestials]] are roaming about the space station with their own agenda.

Ya know, I WANT to like these games, but it rubbed off on me the wrong way. Many of the tile sets are rather unapologetically taken from other games, such as many elements of the 2300 A.D. maps from ChronoTrigger (although given that most tile sets for RPG Maker are typical fantasy, this is probably the best they could get). And while it's possible to get used to the security cameras in Virus, I can't help but think there was probably a less frustrating way to implement that mechanic. Also, lots of [[RealSongThemeTune RealSongThemeTunes]] in MIDI format are used for background music, and it's jarring walking into a room and hearing plingy (totally a word) versions of [[Music/{{Rammstein}} "Engel"]] or [[{{Evangelion}} "Angel Attack"]] play. The fact that Dietrich is a one-man party through much of Virus also makes some battles extremely frustrating (here's a hint: don't get paralyzed).

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Ya know, I WANT to like these games, but it rubbed off on me the wrong way. Many of the tile sets are rather unapologetically taken from other games, such as many elements of the 2300 A.D. maps from ChronoTrigger (although given that most tile sets for RPG Maker are typical fantasy, this is probably the best they could get). And while it's possible to get used to the security cameras in Virus, I can't help but think there was probably a less frustrating way to implement that mechanic. Also, lots of [[RealSongThemeTune RealSongThemeTunes]] in MIDI format are used for background music, and it's jarring walking into a room and hearing plingy (totally a word) versions of [[RammStein "Engel"]] or [[{{Evangelion}} "Angel Attack"]] play. The fact that Dietrich is a one-man party through much of Virus also makes some battles extremely frustrating (here's a hint: don't get paralyzed).

SoYeah. *hic!* Alzo, dis is TruthInTelevision '''*hic!*''' for som' drinkers, so take dat in mind. *hic!*

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