The Walking Dead Season 2 - The Game: Episode 1

And I'm back!

[CONTAINS SPOILERS – Do not read any further if you haven’t played the game but plan to do it]

I also warn you about all them feels I’m going to express! I’m usually a bit more objective, but that’s just not possible with this game.

The Walking Dead Season 1 was an amazing experience that I probably won’t ever forget. The game showed me how serious life can be and how hard it is to make the right choices. It is my favorite game for a reason. Now, if you haven’t heard of the game, it is a zombie game, where you have to make decisions that will let you survive the game. Bad decisions will kill you. Good decisions will let you live. It’s as simple as that.

Instead of the usual first person shooter survival game, The Walking Dead created by Telltale focuses on the story more than the gameplay. If you’re looking for a shooter, this game may not be for you, but if you love a good story like I do, you will love this game. There’s not much gameplay in the game. The game is set up much like a movie. What makes this as game though, is the fact that YOU are making the choices of the characters – you decide their story.

Now on to what I was actually going to talk about. The Walking Dead season 2 - Episode 1: All That Remains came out yesterday, and because I had preordered it, I could install it as soon as it came out. When the download had finished, I went right into the game and played the first episode of this season. And boy, what an experience!

I’ve known for a while that Clementine would be the main character this time, but I didn’t really know how to react to the news. I might have felt a little bit split between feeling good or bad. I mean, Clementine has suffered so much and I just couldn’t bear to see her out there alone, but at the same time I liked the fact that I didn’t have to get attached to a whole new character all over again.

After clicking play, it took me about five minutes before I was already crying. I will just leave it at that to not spoil too much – but I’m starting to see the evil in the people who created this game. I don’t think I know any books, movies, etc. which are sadder than this game. And the fact that Clementine is now walking around casually with a gun in her hand really sets me off. That one hit me hard. I don’t know what it is, but seeing a child having to carry a weapon like that is really not something I ever want to experience in real life.

And that’s not even everything. Clementine really has changed. That’s not negative, of course, but she’s become so mature that it’s almost hard to handle. Her values have changed. She’s so young, but finding a big box of toys only makes her throw it away and say: “Mmph. Nothing edible.” I just don’t see much of a child in her anymore.

 

Just when I think the thought that maybe the creators aren’t that heartless after all by letting Clementine have a dog as her friend so she isn’t alone, the freaking dog attacks her and makes her kill it (or I kind of made her kill it – but only because it was suffering!). That friendship was ruined in a time span of about ten minutes. That is what I call evil. Just when you get attached, you have to let go again.

To not only have sad things in this rant of mine, I must admit I love when Clementine uses sarcasm. I caught myself laughing out loud several times over her talking to herself. I actually think one of the things I love the most about these games is the sarcastic comments throughout the game.

Well, that’s all for this time, I apologize for the rant!

Here’s a trailer for you!

 

Shia

Creepy, but awesome Podcasts

And I'm back!

A few days ago, Sofie (Thursday) sent a link to me directing me to The Night Vale Podcast also known as “Welcome to Night Vale”. The podcast is produced by Commonplace Books, and was created by former Something Awful writer Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. The Podcast was created last year and has become very popular on social networks in the summer of 2013. The podcast is set up as a fictive community radio, where you will listen to local news, commercials and announcements of the town Night Vale.

I haven’t listened to too much of the podcast episodes, because the podcast isn’t exactly my taste, knowing that none of it is actually real. But I still felt like mentioning it here because, first of all, it is incredibly popular, and second of all, it lead me inspire to find other podcasts. And those are the ones I will be talking about the rest of today’s feature.

A podcast that I find very entertaining is the podcast “The Last Podcast on the Left” featured on the website CaveComedyRadio. The podcast consists of three men, Ben Kissel, Henry Zebrowski and Marcus Parks who discusses various topics concerning horror and the like. They talk about a lot of things, including serial killers, ghosts, war crimes, religion, hauntings and creepypastas.

Ever felt like listening to people talking without using too much of your brain to concentrate on difficult subjects,” The Last Podcast to The Left” might be something for you. The guys are happy and outgoing, and while they discuss serious topics, they do it in a funny and entertaining way so you won’t be bored listening to it. Be ready for some bad jokes, swearing and creepy and scary facts, and I hope you will go to the CaveComedyRadio website to check the podcast out.

Another podcast that I found and simply can’t get enough of is “The Nosleep Podcast” featuring stories from the Nosleep forums on Reddit.com. After Reddit.com member Matt Hansen proposed the idea of a podcast introducing different stories from the forums, the idea was accepted in 2011. The host and producer of the podcast is the deep-voiced David Cummings, and the stories are read by all kinds of people and all the episodes have some nice soundtracks which fits the stories well.

As you might already know, I am a sucker for creepypastas, and what better way, for a lazy person like me, is there to find creepypastas than a podcast, where people find the best for you and even read them aloud. You don’t need to research the internet for creepypastas, and you don’t even have to read them yourself. Talk about killing two birds with one stone! Ohh, lazy me!

Well, the podcast is perfect if you’re looking for some really good and really creepy creepypastas, and some might even be so good that you’d want to support some of the authors. After listening to the podcast, I realized that a guy named Dathan AuerBach (also known as 1000Vultures) had written a creepypasta series called “Penpal” featuring six stories on the Nosleep forums. I can’t exactly explain what I love about the stories, but there is definitely something very eerie and maybe a bit epic about the stories that are about a boy (supposedly the author himself) and his life from kindergarten to the teenage years where some really creepy things happened.
I was curious and found out that there had been made a Kickstarter for the series to make it into an actual book, and yesterday I bought the book in paperback, and am now looking very much forward to receiving it next month.


"Penpal" by Dathan Auerbach

That's pretty much all for today! I hope you'll check some of the podcasts out, and as a bonus I will tell you that the last two podcasts are perfect listening to on your way to and from school!

Shia

Creepypasta Recommended #3

Hello everyone!

I apologise many times for the four day late post from me on Funny little features. I have been to Norway visiting a friend of mine, and I only just came home yesterday which is the reason for the missing post.
As I haven't actually been able to find some really good stuff to talk about, I will be continuing my Creepypasta list which makes this the second part!

First part is here: Creepypasta Recommended #2

Because of how long the stories were in the last Creepypasta Recommended post, I had some issues which made it impossible to actually read them, and it took me quite a while to fix the problem. Therefore the creepypastas will be shorter in this post so I won't have to do everthing over again as I did last time - and shorter stories means that lazy people can read them too ;)

That's all for today! I hope you enjoyed the creepypastas! I sure did when I read them the first time!

Shia

Mockumentaries

'Ello

So, I was looking through my ”Awesome stuff” playlist on YouTube, which consists of a few mockumentaries I watched a year or two ago. In short a mockumentary is a movie, television show or the like in which fictional events are shown and presented as a documentary. It is said to be mostly used for comedic or historic shows, but in the last couple of years they have become very popular in the horror genre.
Which, to me, makes totally sense, since the documentary styled movies which are presenting nothing but pure scary fiction, suddenly seems way more realistic to the point where you might question the fact that it really is nothing but fiction.

Well, as I was saying, I found some mockumentaries and skipped through one of them to check out the cool and scary parts that I remembered was in it, and as perfect as it could be, an annotation was added by the makers of the film, mentioning their other films. Thank god it is summer, because I just had to check out some of the other videos by the same people – and if it was winter, it had been really dark out, and that would only end one way: me shitting bricks! Sorry for the language!

Now it’s probably time to mention the actual name of the film makers. They are called EnterViral on YouTube, and the movies I just watched is called Covet and The Asylum, and was posted on YouTube in 2012.

Up till now, I have watched three of their movies, all of them lasting about 45 minutes, so they are not that long, but it is time enough to give you a few scares! And they are quite enjoyable, so unless you literally die from watching horror movies (yes, I’m thinking of you Becca) then watch these short mockumentaries.

The three movies from EnterViral that I’ve watched so far are:

The Rake (November 2011)

Basically this movie revolves around three guys who as stupid as it sounds (yes, I’m being subjective) decides that it’s an oh so great idea to go camping in some unknown woods, without bringing anything that would make it possible to communicate with the world – on purpose. First of all, woods are scary at night just being, you know, woods, but as the title insinuates, there is something else in the woods which makes life miserable for the three guys. The Rake lives in those woods, and you do not want to meet the Rake. I can assure you of that.

Find it here

Covet (January 2012)

This movie is pretty hard to explain what’s about, but it starts out with the guy John living in his new house, and he knows that somebody has been stealing drinks from his fridge in the garage. After about a week of it going on every night, he sets up at security camera to check out who has been stealing from him. The videos show a man or creature crawling naked inside the garage, stealing and leaving again. John starts to research on the former owners of the house and looks into why the house haven’t been sold for fifteen years, and he has some very interesting discovers.

Find it here

The Asylum (July 2012)

The Asylum is about three so-called historians who are curious about an old and closed off Asylum which has tunnels underneath it which are supposedly not locked off. They explore the tunnels, but they find out that they are not the only ones down there, and are somewhat followed by this person. There’s a minor error in this movie in the end of it which made it very hard for me to take the rest of the movie serious, but hopefully others won’t feel the same way.

Find it here

 

What all of these movies have in common, aside from being mockumentaries, is the fact that they have all ended in the characters either disappearing or dying mysteriously where the cameras have later been found, and it is also the same actors in all three movies. But since they are short, and you don’t really get to see much of the characters (because they are holding the camera filming), it doesn’t make them bad.

 I have watched many other mockumentaries and these are only the few I have seen made by EnterViral, and I may or may not mention them in later posts in the future!

Other horror mockumentaries:

 

The Tunnel (2011) - watch here

Windigo (2011) - watch here

Paranormal Activity Series (2007 - ?)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

 

 

Oh yeah, and my favorite series in the whole wide world just happens to be presented mockumentary style – what a coincidence! Or MAYBE that was the thing that brought me to like mockumentaries? Who knows? Yes, I’m being sarcastic!

I won’t even mention the name of my favorite series in the whole wide world here, just because it would be disrespectful only to mention it in a tiny passage of the entire post. It needs at least a whole post for itself! You might hear about it someday.

If you should know any awesome horror mockumentaries or if you wish to get more mockumentary recommendations, please leave a comment down below! Love you!

Shia

Creepypasta Recommended #2

Hi everyone

I haven't had an awfully lot of time today which should conclude the late post!
But here it is - a VERY short feature from me to you! Enjoy it.

Yestersday - as in Tuesday, I had some time to experience the joyness of creepypasta stories - oh what joy, what joy! I read quite a lot of them, found on the 4chan /x/ Paranormal board, and I thought: since I don't have anything unbelievably interesting to write about today, why not show you a few of the creepypastas that I read?
So, that will be exactly what I am going to do! Here's three creepypasta stories of the ones that I read, which I found somewhat interesting:


 

 

 



Yes, they are long - but I assure you: Good stuff always takes awhile, therefore you have longer time enjoying them! All three have been picked out of the ones I read yesterday, so they are by far my favorites - but I liked them anyways, or else there would be no reason to post them here.

 

Just a little reminder: Do not read too many creepypastas a day - if you have to read a lot, be sure to start in the morning, and refrain from reading while it's dark or about to be dark. If you feel the CHILLS, stop reading! I'm experienced - I know what I'm talking about! ;)

 

Shia

 



Courage the Cowardly Dog

It’s time for another Wednesday post! Hello everybody!

 I’m pretty sure that all of you know the old cartoon series: Courage the Cowardly Dog, which originally ran for four seasons from November 12, 1999 to November 22, 2002. You know – the small pink dog living with the old couple, Muriel and Eustace Bagge. The dog that is very afraid of pretty much everything, but at the same time is one of the bravest cartoon characters out there.

That Courage!

As I looked through my creepypasta app on my phone, I found a few “Courage the Cowardly Dog: Lost episodes” stories and decided to read them. Just to realize that they didn’t really seem like creepypastas. I mean, yes, they did have the elements of a creepypasta in them, but I just figured that there just isn’t that much difference between the creepypastas and the real series.

Therefore Courage the Cowardly Dog got a place on the blog today.

I watched the show when I was about 8 or 9, I’m not quite sure, but what I am sure of is, that it was one of my favorite cartoons when I was younger. But right now, at the age of 18, I really don’t understand how I dared to watch the show, and why my parents even let me watch it!

I watched a couple of episodes yesterday, and I must admit that it’s a pretty funny cartoon, which could be the reason as to why I watched it as little.

But there are just too many elements that I do NOT find fit to young children, and I will be showing you a few pictures from the series which may or may not get my point through.

This should definitely not be on a kid's show!

Ramses; I did not watch this episode when I was younger, but it is said to be one of the creepiest episodes in the series, because of this guy.

 

Can someone please tell me why this was even in the series? Hint: Let's just say she is a nice jump scare in one of the episodes.

Freaky Fred - do I even need to say more?

I mean, who doesn't think a gloomy banana is scary?

 

Well, that was all for today! If you know any cartoons which scared the shit out of you when you were younger or now, feel free to mention it in the coments below!

Until next time; Live life good!

 

Shia



Creepypasta Recommended #1 - Technology

Do you love the technology? Your television, computer and phone? It did something good to the world, didn’t it? Oh, what wonders have come out of it! Everything we see and hear today has probably come in touch with technology at one point.

But have you ever thought of the consequences of these lovely wonders? There’s always a bad side to the good. Always a negative to the positive. You may not see it in the beginning. You may not ever see it. But it is there. Lurking and ready to show whenever the timing is there.

 Wonders can so easily turn into horrors.

Horrors that will come and haunt you – till you feel that all sanity has left your body. It will come for you, and attack at your most vulnerable moments, draining your will to live.

 

This Wednesday will be a creepypasta day! Today I will be recommending a creepypasta I read last week! For those of you who don’t know what a creepypasta is:

A creepypasta is usually a short story containing scary elements with the point of disturbing or creeping out the reader – sometimes with a nice twist added in the end. It is not the typical horror stories, since they often deviate from the classical horror elements, and they can also be accompanied with video files or pictures.

Many of the popular creepypastas were posted on message boards all around the internet, having people forwarding them, and they were shared that way. Therefore it can sometimes be hard to tell whether the creepypasta is a true story or just pure fiction.

To have a more detailed description of what creepypastas are, you can go to this link: 

Know Your Meme - Creepypasta

 

The other day I read a very popular creepypasta with many titles; “Ben Drowned”, “Majora’s Mask”, “Haunted Majora’s Mask cartridge” and the simple title “Ben”. I’m going to go with the last one.


Source: Unknown

[Spoilers – You have been warned]

 

The story “Ben” is told by a guy called Jadusable. When visiting different garage sales, he stumbles upon the Legend of Zelda game – Majora’s Mask.

He starts playing, and sees that another game has already been saved - with the name “Ben”. He starts up a new game and soon forgets about the other one. As he is playing, he feels like trying out a well-known glitch in the game which lets the player have one more day to complete a certain mission. Things do not go as he had expected though, and the game starts acting weird, having some really creepy glitches.

Jadusable keeps playing – and as more disturbing stuff appears - he gets more and more terrified by the game. The game is soon known to be “haunted” by a boy called Ben who drowned and died – and Ben haunts Jadusable both through the game and computer creating havoc in Jadusable’s life.

The story is very long – I spent most of my day reading it, but since it caught my attention right away and kept hold on me till the end, it could have much longer for what I care. You might be thinking; the story is about a Legend of Zelda game? Is that going to be scary at all? And to answer that; Well, you may or may not have played the Legend of Zelda game Majora’s Mask, and may or may not have found it interesting when playing it.



Legend of Zelda - Majora's Mask
Source: Unknown

As for myself, I have never played any kind of Legend of Zelda game (which is probably bad upbringing, but oh well) and I found this story terrifying! I had problems sleeping after reading it, and my paranoia went right to the top, making me jump at every little sound and having me observe every movement made by my very still furniture and non-living stuff.

It might just be me, but the creepypasta must be so popular for a reason, right?
As if the written description of the stuff that happened in the game wasn’t enough, our so-called Jadusable even posted videos of the game play showing everything exactly as it was described.




“Ben” is a great example of how technology can turn out to be something horrifying and feared. The boy Ben chooses to act like a virus in Jadusable’s computer – watching everything Jadusable does, deleting posts on the internet, and maybe even writing some itself. Who knows – maybe it was even Ben who made this whole story up?

Even though the story may not be real – it still makes you rethink how much you trust the technology in this world. You might just be the next victim.

Read the creepypasta “Ben” here:

Ben (HauntedMajora’s Mask)

That was all I had for today. I hope you enjoyed my first real post on Funny little features – even though it was a rather dark topic, ha ha! If you know any good creepypastas, be sure to say in the comments! I’m always open to a new scare!

I apologize for any wrong or mistaken information.
I will see you next Wednesday!

Shia