That EMO Thing In All Of Us (updated)

back when i was a shitty fourteen-year-old (but not saying that i’ve grown less shitty after three years) i used to collect these Pon and Zi graphics because i thought them “cute”. i no longer have my collection, or my admiration at least. so i shall now shut the fuck up and stop pretending that i give a shit about the junk graphic i found on the rented computer.

but anyway…you probably got here because of the graphic. that’s what my site stats tell me.

so why are you looking up emo graphics? emo yourself?

i had been dubbed emo many times. and coming from the tongue of that dubbed emo kid, i say, emo graphics are only used by anti-emo shitheads (to insult emo kids) and emo posers that wear a lot of eyeliner and write nonsensical poetry while scratching their epidermis (they call it “slashing wrists”).

look at the picture above. it clearly makes fun of all you emo posers. while asking an existential question and contemplating it, who turns into a bloated piece of potato chip with glass eyes and heart-shaped mumps?

YOU EMO POSERS.

PATAPON 2: Defeat Final Boss

Defeating the final boss in PATAPON 2 requires pure concentration and strategy. It seems awfully difficult with the first five tries and if you lack the ability to analyze this beast, it’s very hard to who. With the strategy and analyzation part, i’m going to help you with that.

I just finished the game today with so many trials and errors to memorize and fully understand the nature of that boss. Here’s what you need:

Equipment. You need a well optimised army of a hero in a Tatepon type, Toripons, Dekapons and Robopons. Equip a stew to boost up attacks.

Sequence. You begin with moving your army for about three forward marches and do the Pon Chaka (charge) and Pon Pon (attack) song simultaneously. Remember that it’s also only THREE forwards in case the boss moved away to the right and disappeared. If the beast moves away, charge up and attack him as he approaches you (always charge-attack, charge-attack) that’s one Pon Chaka song as the screen is on the beast. If the beast blows that sleep breath to you, do the Pon Chaka immediately because he’ll transform into that “grabber” form. You’ll be doing Chaka Pon twice to make them move back and if you’re doubting about the distance, do the Pon Pata (move away) after one Pon Chaka. If your hero gets grabbed, just quit and retry. But if you follow this tip well, you will not have to lose any of your troops.

IMPORTANT: make sure that ALL of your moves are done in PERFECT RHYTHM. That will enable your invincibility with your Tatepon hero. Errors and imperfection in pressing buttons will terminate your chances of winning this boss. And if you get your hero eaten up, you’re really dead.

Whatever happens, don’t give up. Just concentrate and perfectly do the keypressing. And follow my tips to avoid getting any of your allies taken by the “grabber”. You can defeat it without losing any patapon while maintaining an undamaged HP. Goodluck, gamers! May you reach Earthhend!

Philippines: Artist’s Handpick For Next Tour

The way that artists are being interviewed for the evening news saying, “Oh, I’d really love to have a concert in the Philippines. The fans, the everything…” is truly overwhelming. Means they love us and they DO think we love ‘em. Now WHY are we being handpicked?

The big reason is that our country especially idolizes everything coming from abroad. Perfumes, chocolates, clothes and even music. As a result of this, our very own music industry tries to “copy the beat” and do what is the trend or whatever urban the West defines. There are OPM artists with baggy pants and some who try to sing like Gerard Way. But despite all of the trials, the special music interest still goes for entertainers other than OUR own entertainers. I wonder, why instead of shaping new artists and enriching Filipino Pop Culture, the mob keeps on worshipping the “imported” music. They play the imported music and dance to it and sing it like it’s their original. Worse, they’ve translated some Western music to Tagalog (i hated it the most when Flo Rida’s Lowgot Tagalized. Dumbest lyrics).

I envy my fellow Asian countries, whose artists may not be as big as those artists who get to sing in Araneta or Fort Bonifacio but still has the originality and fame in their own circles. Japan has Metal, Korea has Pop, India has Bollywood and the Philippines has OPM with very little support. Even Charice Pempengco was tearful in one of her interviews here because she thinks nobody in her own country REALLY loves her or her music. So she flew to the West, and the headlines were all, “SHE’S NOT COMING BACK?” sort. Our artists even seem more successful when they work abroad. And God, that’s so bitter. Concert tv’s always dance to foreign music, the artists try to copy and sing like the original that i’ve had enough and turned off the tv.

When are the Bands going to repeat the 2006 phenomenon? Are they just one-hit wonders? When will the next Eraserheads come out? Colonial mentality, or simply “trends”? What about OUR music?