GUMPTYR: My 20 Favourite Albums (2013)

 Enclosed are my top 20 albums. A lot of this is subject to change at any given time.I'll probably do full reviews on a lot of these later. Also aside from the top 5 which is pretty solid the rest are a bit slapped together so could be subject to change as early as tomorrow, except for as stated the top 5, which is pretty solid and akin to my fantastic taste in music.

1. The Wall (Pink Floyd)

I saw this live, very nice! Also why the movie no have Hey You. This album has more nostalgic value than any of the others and is a favourite from a fantastic band

2. The Velvet Underground and Nico (The Velvet Underground/Nico)

It makes me very upset that the Velvet Underground come off so indie in appearance. Oh well, Lou Reed and John Cale for the win!

3. Exile On Main St (The Rolling Stones)

Exile on Main St! I love this album so much I have a shirt of it, though I have a shirt of the above two albums as well, but I think I got this one first!

 

4. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)

I want Bob Dylan's shirt! Speaking of which I need a Highway 61 shirt

5. Fun House (The Stooges)

There's something about Iggy riding through the hellish Maelstrom that gives me hope

6. Beggar's Banquet (The Rolling Stones) 

Mick Jaggar does the southern drawl better than Americans do, what can I say

7. The Doors (The Doors)

The Doors of perception man! But in all seriousness this album is the essence of cool

8. The Clash (The Clash)

I used to like the UK version more, but than I discovered the US one had White Man (in Hammersmith Palais), so I combined them to make a mega album. In short its really fucking awesome

9. Horses (Patti Smith)

Took me ages to get this one, but once I did, while not changing my life like it did many people, I love it a lot and Patti Smith has a sexy as fuck voice. And is occasionally pretty hot stuff too, here's a picture

Granted having your soul eaten turns you on of course

10. Sticky Fingers (The Rolling Stones)

Music straight from Mick Jaggar's penis to your heart with not a faulty song inside

11. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)

Has my vote for best album cover

12. Doolittle (The Pixies)

So I have no idea what most of it is about, Debaser's about an awesome avand garde film! Luis Bunuel and The Pixies! Good little album this one, replayed it quite a lot over the last couple of months

13. London Calling (The Clash)

Why did Joe Strummer have to die, it was so selvish of him! Now I never get to see The Clash live. Some consideration would have been nice. :)

14. Ok Computer (Radiohead)

Seems quite wanky and not user friendly when you look at it, and typically avoid the crowd associated with this kind of music to an extent. But this is such a solid album! It may be higher next year, it probably should be higher now, but meh

15. Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin)

I have arguments with a friend with this one all the time, he argues 3 is the best LZ album, but I think this one takes the ticket and is the last great album in the bands catalogue

16. Unknown Pleasures (Joy Division)

Just cause you like the album doesn't mean to dedicate your life to being miserable and eventually killing yourself.

17. Meddle (Pink Floyd)

Underrated and I like it a little better than Dark Side of the Moon so I went with this instead. Echoes is amazing, but so is Fearless and One of These Days

18. Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Pink Floyd)

It's like a drug tripped fairy tale, but GUMPTYR that's Alice in Wonderland. To which I reply, no, gentle reader, you are regretably wrong in this regard. Alice in Wonderland is about the absurd nature of advanced algabra. This is drug fairy tale

19. Something Else (The Kinks)

I love the kinks a lot, this album has a lot of resonance for getting me into them and is an awesome album in its own regard. Waterlou Sunset fine's my good sirs of the internet

20. Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon)

Haha  Beatles fans! HAHAHHAHAHAH! I do like this album a lot though. Abbey Road is my favourite beatles album by the way

Well this has been fun,

GUMPTYR

JUMPTYR: My top 10 video game protagonists

Here it is, the first post of the mighty Jumptyr (otherwiseknown as Chris) this’ll be a top 10 on MY favorite video game protagonists ofall time, some of my choices will be completely nostalgic and some are justamazing characters.

Coming up with my first post I want to show you some of themany characters that I find amazing in one way or another due to their courage,strength,  and even sometimes “style”.

Don’t forget that this will be completely based off my opinion;I’d rather hope I get no comments such as “Gordon freeman for the win!” or “wherethe fuck is Mario?”

oh and don't forget there are most likely some spoilers in here so beware uneducated gamers.

10: Isaac Clarke (Dead Space)

Isaac Clarke suffers from having a case of terrible luck

Issac Clarke is the main protagonist of Dead Space working for CEC as a systems engineer, he is sent to the USG ishimura, and during this time he ends up watching his crew get ripped apart by necromorphs, witness the death of his girlfriend and get attacked countless times by necromorphs and after this he still pushes on, through three games Isaac Clarke goes through all kinds of hell and still finds the strength to go on, to me this makes for a strong protagonist.

9: Leon S. Kennedy (Resident evil 4)

Well known as the bad ass rookie cop of resident evil 4

Agile, skilled and deadly with his pistol Leon always finds a way to take out his foes and save the incredibly annoying Ashley Graham, his foes are no match to his witty dialogue and gorgeous hair, Leon made a complete transformation from a clumsy rookie (resident evil 2) to a gorgeous deadly master of all weapons in resident evil 4, from battling ogres, lake monsters or even dodging lasers coming at him full speed Leon has done it all.

8. Frank West (Dead Rising)

Photojournalist Frank West gets the job done killing zombies with everything, literally everything.

As the lead protagonist of Dead rising Frank starts out by hurling himself into a mall infected by zombies and not only saving multiple survivors from the hordes of undead, he battles many psychopaths and even has the time to take photos of the whole ordeal.

Ever since i was young I've always had a sweet spot for zombies, maybe it was the constant fear that one day i would wake up to an apocalypse filled with zombies, what frank did for me is hold out his hand, dressed in a full mega man costume and say "lets go fuck some shit up", master of all sorts of weapons Frank West is a master of killing not only the undead but psychopaths too.

7. Mega Man (Mega Man series)

super bad ass robot that will steal yo weaponry

Mega man lab assistant turned bad ass robot by his creator Dr. Light is the only protagonist I've found to not only brutally murder his foes (turned evil by their creator) but also steal their strength, as mega man goes through the game i can't help but think "but mega man couldn't you just disable them and get Dr. Light to fix them?" of course mega mans reply would be along the lines of "fuck that i'm mega man i need their powers!".

with that I've decided that mega man is a bad ass and takes shit from no one, i mean come on he has a gun for a hand!.

6. Dante (devil may cry)

This guy has style

Now do you remember when i said "style" in the intro?, well this is the guy that caused me to say it, bastard son of Sparda a powerful demon, Dante is a mercenary/ demon hunter that possesses demonic powers beyond that of any human.

with "rebellion" his blade by his side Dante brings both comedy and badassry to the scene as he destroys all kinds of demons in the search for the demon that killed his mother.

super strength, demonic powers, kick ass sword, whats not to like?

5. Simon Belmont (castlevania)

original bad ass vampire hunter

As the most recognized vampire hunter of the Belmont bloodline, Simon grew up hearing stories of the mighty Belmont clan slaying Dracula each time he was reincarnated, as Simon is passed on the mighty vampire killer he goes on to slay Dracula, as his bloodline is cursed to do so.

4. Argo (shadow of the colossus)

along with wander his trusty human companion Agro goes on to be the greatest animal protagonist the gaming industry has ever seen

Argo is the most loyal and courageous animal protagonist in gaming, during the game wander has been given a quest to slay 16 colossi for the possibility of his beloved being resurrected and though the whole  journey Argo never fails to show courage and loyalty, from riding into colossi to sacrificing herself for you, Argo shows that sometimes the side character takes the glory.

3. Cecil (final fantasy IV)

2 sides of the knight Cecil

one of the only protagonists within the final fantasy series to change their class from the mighty dark knight to holy paladin, Cecil constantly questions his actions, as the first final fantasy character within the series to go through drastic changes not only in appearance, but also personality, Cecil carries the game on his back.

2. Samus Aran (Metroid Series)

who doesn't like a bad ass bounty hunter chick? 

Holy shit Samus is the pinnacle of bad ass bounty hunter, bounty hunter Samus Aran is the lead protagonist of the metroid series being able to weird all kinds of weaponry with her arm cannon and adapt to all kinds of environmental conditions in her suit Samus takes on all kinds of baddies and always comes out on top.

when a women has the ability to contort into a ball, you know the sex will be good.

1. Link (Legend of Zelda Series)

Fuck yes

Now all you Mario and gordan freeman fan boys can go to hell cause link is where its at, as the legendary hero of time link has conquered all kinds of baddies and come out on top all through time, though link isn't the same in all the games he carries the same will and courage, some call him a silent hero but every now and then he lets out a shout to show you he's ready (unlike gordan freeman).

with his trusty master sword in hand link will always be the greatest hero of all time period.

So anyway there you have it my top 10 favorite video game protagonists of all time i hope you liked my decisions and if you haven't heard of some of my choices i hope you check them out i'm sure you'll like them

Thanks for you time,

Jumptyr

Jumptyr Gumptyr

Hey there guys, I (being Brodie not that anyone reads this) am joining up with a friend to give this blog the regular life it deserves, so therefore Chris and I shall be known as JUMPTYR GUMPTYR (pronouned Jump-ter Gump-ter). I am Gumptyr and Chris is Jumptyr and I hope you enjoy the changes and the blog in general

Yours truly
GUMPTYR

GUMPTYR: Top 10 Favourite Video Games

What the hell let's do it, ten to one to make it hard on myself, so this is subject to change somewhat or entirely. I hope you enjoy my selections and remember its my opinion not yours and based more on gaming experience and memorys rather than the quality of the games themselves. I have only included games that I have played enough of the qualify as a complete gaming experience. I have played several hours of Bioshock and rather enjoy it, but do not count it as I have not played enough of it. Next year I will do a revised version of this list and hopefully it will be less nostalgia based and more based on the quality of the games themselves.

10. Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings

Okay I'll admit, this is a last minute throw in option. But really I didn't want to put a nostalgic title that's probably crap now and I also have played this game on and off (on and off meaning like 2-3 year gaps) for a very long time and it is very very fun. Not a huge fan of strategie games or it could be I haven't played many but I enjoy its simplicity and epic battles. The 200 population cap can suck a dick though

9. Red Dead Redemption

I love westerns. I love Rockstar. This game is an awesome game that let you dwell in an awesome world. The story was very good for a change too, usually video game stories; to put it lightly, are horrendously terrible, sorry. But I liked this one a lot and often times I'd be eagerly awaiting a cut scene. John Marsden could be in my top 10 game protagonists as a mature and adult character creation.

8. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

This one is pure nostalgia as I fucking loved this game as a kid. Yeah the tone and such was much too emo and over the top but the atmosphere of the temple and the insanely fun gameplay made me fall in love with it. It's been a long time since I've played it and pray it holds up. Also I really need to buy and play Sands of Time as I sadly never owned that one. I probably missed out there, screw it! Warrior Within is awesome

7. The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion

My introduction to the world of the Elder Scrolls and is was definately a toss up between this and Skyrim but Skyrim even with its advanced combat and improved spell crafting  doesn't quite seem to match up to the creativity and originality of the fourth entry in the series. Hate fetch quests I'm sorry, send me in another cave and I'll put on another game, I swear it.

6. Grand Theft Auto Series

I know I'm technically cheating and if at gunpoint I'll say San Andreas cause of teenage memories with the thing but 4 is probably the best, though Vice City has an awesome soundtrack and hilarious missions. You see my conundrum. But I play every GTA for the same reason, to kill innocent civilians and have myself a fun time. And GTA games are soooo much fun

5. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Last nostalgia entry, but still an awesome game. I'm playing one for the first time so standby if that changes the order in the next year. I loved this game so much and how epic it was, how amazing the boss battles were, the world, the action, the bad translations, the stealth, it was an amazing experience of a very good series of games in which I've enjoyed all of, just the solids, not much for spinoffs I'm afraid.

4. Half-Life 2

Half Life 2 is a fantastic sequel to an amazing game. It is hard to describe my feelings towards this game, I find it an extremely immersive experience and some of the best sound design ever. The characters and story give the feeling that you in far more than just a shooter

3. Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus is a spectacular game that everybody should play. It plays as a peice of mythical art or an epic poem. And I would say the game is epic but that would be an understatement, its truly colossal and everything about it is perfect. Plus best animal character ever, Agro for the win

2. Fallout 3

I love the 50s style in this game, love roaming the apocalypse collecting bottle caps and killing people as a superman black cowboy of the wastelands. And have been on and off this game since it came out. love the bloody thing!

1. Half-Life

HALF-LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have so much fun whenever I play this motherfucker, such a good game. I like that you never have any idea what you're gonna be doing next, and some of the best fun has ever been had. A crowbar at a time

0. TETRIS

Because nothing is as great, not even breathing to the glory that is tetris

Well this has been fun,
GUMPTYR