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Can we start putting Fighting Games to Brain Games category?

Been staring at my steam game library for a quite a while for the next game I’ll pour my attention to for the coming weeks or month. . . . and like most people, I really can’t decide. I don’t know I’m stuck in a loop of buying a new game or just settling down to what I already have. A thought comes in, “What I really need are brain games! My mind is probably getting rusty for all the unhealthy habits I’ve been doing, lack of exercise, foods, count it all, I probably have the worst habit there is!!! Then As I browse my game library, these games started to pop out!” To justify myself picking up one of these games, it got me thinking if fighting games can be also be tagged as brain games? In order to become good or better at one of these games, your brain needs to form new connections inside in order for the game to slow down a bit and be able to know what the hell is going on and stop yourself from getting your ass whooped all the time. I’ve played a bunch of fighting games when I was a kid, Marvel vs. Capcom, Street Fighter Zero 3, Tekken 5 (such an old school gamer! wew). With my teenager brain, all I want was to beat the enemy, be it button mashing or such. Tekken 5 is where I started to learn the fundamentals of the game itself, it’s also the first time I entered the “Practice” mode of the game and performed different combos and moves of different characters. I noticed that doing this puts my skills to another level compared to my classmates. Tekken 6 moving to Tekken 8, several of my move sets are not working anymore or was nerfed from the characters. But with the fundamentals I learned from my teenage years, I can say it still keeps me in par with my colleagues whenever we have game nights (once or twice a year maybe? typical adult life. haha). Fighting Games as Brain Games How do I differentiate Brain Games to other games? There are three things I noticed I’m doing differently when I’m playing a genuine brain games: Some may agree, or some may not, but I’m definitely getting pump. With the Sparking Zero coming up! I’m thinking of picking up Dragon Ball Fighter Z. 🙂But please let me know if Demon Slayer or Naruto is still the better one to learn the fundamentals and combos! What do you think? 🙂

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Final Fantasy VIII: Remastered – A solid trip down memory lane

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What my 30 year old brain experienced Just like every 30-ish gamer (or self-proclaimed gamer) myself, we have tons of game backlogs waiting for us to experience and have our kid inside be on the wheel for once in a while. And just like every gamers out there, we’ll be able to pick something up but after a month – or worse a week – something happened and we went on our lives forgetting about how we swear on our lives that we’ll stick to it and finish at least the main story of the game. Well, it proved that Final Fantasy VIII really hits something inside me. As I’ve mentioned, it’s a solid trip down memory lane. From the characters themselves and the sound tracks, oh boy! I can’t get enough of it. It may or may not have some psychological explanation, but something inside me is craving to relive my childhood and this game just hits the spot! Even in the office I had a whole Final Fantasy VIII soundtrack downloaded from Youtube to play it out during the entire day. It acts as my binaural beats for focus up until now. Squall’s Emo head and developments When I first played it, my teenager brain just looks at Squall as the cool dude who doesn’t care about anyone else or anything else but the mission! his mental health! himself! He’s very cool and very strong, his clothes fits him, the scar! God wish I could just act like him and look cool, but his attitude will only work if you also have his face. haha! Just look at his thought processes about the world and those around him. Pretty cool right? But as my 30 year old brain, looks at him now, I’m not sure if his first attitude in the game will make him likeable as to have everyone unanimously wants him to be their leader. After Rinoa goes to sleep at the end of Disc 2, it’s time for his development to take over. Not sure if his coolness went up for everyone, but his mindset changed to Rinoa-first before everything. And this is where Squall-Quistis tandem went down to the drain. I wonder who’ll Quistis end up with given that Final Fantasy VIII is a love story all along. I love Quistis 😉 Does Final Fantasy VIII deserves a Remake? Well, who doesn’t want to see Rinoa, Quistis, Selphie and the others on an advanced graphics? They are simply gorgeous, bet Tifa and Aerith fans will be split up on who’s the fairest of them all. haha. Seriously though, now that I understood how the junction system works better – making magics commodities – and Summons a necessity to give that 9999 damage? I’m not sure if it’s the best system there is, but it will be hard to change that system since part of the story is making use of, or relying on the Summons/GFs for a lot of times. It’s how the story justified the memory loss of the SEED squad. Instead of a game remake, I think a movie will justify it first if a game can follow through a remake. A movie like the Advent Children (not live action!) Trailers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liHKeemjdbIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtMGzG_91fYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxnzNVIAxCY FromtheBacklog Videos https://youtu.be/ls6x-mHbmDghttps://youtu.be/nDxP3JNOEYc

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