Damnnn!

I just realized I haven't blog here since March.

Then again most of the action is going on at my other blog *cough* apocryphicvideos.blogspot.com *cough*

I should blog here at least once in awhile tho, mainly because it has the good format that I liked about blogger.

I swear if this one force updates, I might consider leaving blogger altogether and finding a new spot.

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The Gunslingers is Live

Full write up on my Apocryphic Videos blog.

http://www.apocryphicvideos.blogspot.com/2012/03/behind-visions-gunslingers.html

More new videos to come!

Retrospective

http://apocryphicvisions.blogspot.com/2009/02/kor-retrospective-part-one.html

It's nearly been 5 years since the King of the Ring: Return of the King. It was arguably the best one we ever ran and to this day I still look at my trophy with pride.

I really wish I could do something like this again but Tekken Tag 2 is so far away.

At least I still have my memories.

Salute.

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Who...What is the Gunslingers??

All I can tell you for now is its coming soon and it is linked this song.

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drummer by Apocryphic Visions

Rant & Rave: Best Buy

So not doubt I'm a fan of the Best Buy company. Usually when I need to get a game/ dvd or anything electronic I would go to them first. My t.v. is from Best Buy, a lot of cd's I own are from them so I am a loyal repeat customer. So when I heard Best Buy was offering a cool pre-order bonus for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 I thought it was a match made in heaven. To top it off, the pre-order bonus was alternate costumes for characters I like like Wesker, Super Skrull and M.O.D.O.K. I was like take my money and for the first time EVER I pre-ordered a game and paid for it up front. I have never done this before, usually I would wait till a game has dropped a little in price before buying because times are tough and I am not rich lol.

I however wanted to be on ground floor for Ultimate MvC 3 so I knew I needed the game on release date so again, pre-ordering was a blessing in disguise and I get a free DLC.

Well I got the game and it was ready for me on the date (had to go through a bit of hoopla for it but I shrugged that off). I was told that my DLC was going to be sent to my email address the day before, the day of or the day after. So I patiently waited.... and waited and waited. Till I could not do it no more.

A few days ago I called them and asked on the status of code. After a lot of holding and behind transferred, I finally got news that the codes were delayed and that they should be sent out 7 days after release date (a far cry from day before, day of or day after for sure). I nodded and said I would call back to make sure.

Again I waited, however last night I was online and a guy was using his DLC Super Skrull outfit and well that stirred a fire in me and I had enough. So today I called them and told them they were going to give me my code. After the long process of holding and behind transferred I finally ended up in the right spot. The customer service rep was very nice and after she finally got the code she was patient enough to walk me through the code a couple times (its 25 freakin' digits) and she sent me a follow up email with the code (so you do have my email address lol).

That is where the rave comes in, she was even nice enough to stay on the line and wait for me to enter the code and made sure it was correct. I appreciate that so kudos to you, Abigail.

However I also have to rant that it was crazy that I had to do all this for something that was promised to me. I worry that if I did not called them and harassed them would they have ever sent out the code in a decent amount of time?

I'm elated I now have my costumes and I'll definitely be using them but this really soured me off Best Buy's pre-ordering. I don't think I'll ever do it again and that's a shame cause as I said at the beginning I was a loyal repeat customer. Shame, shame.

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Blue Men Group

First we had 'Shades of Gray' then I introduced the 'Ambulance crew'. Now I have another color addition which I like to call the 'Blue Men Group'.... Blue Hulk, Blue Iron Man and Blue Strange.

And when Strange's DLC gets released... well they really get blue.

BTW check out my brand new Hulk combo video 'Smash Hulk Smash!' on my new youtube page

www.youtube.com/apocryphicv

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The coming of Apocryphicv

The time has come to close the chapter on one era and begin a whole new saga.

Pigeondrago is dead, long live apocryphicv.

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Announcement: Apocryphic Audio

I am proud to announce that when I debut my brand new YouTube page, it'll feature original music created by me.

With the help of Ezemuze + Hamster edition I am creating my own instrumentals for my videos. Now no one shall be able to claim my videos and I believe having original music will put me one step closer to getting a YouTube partnership.

Plus not only will I'll be using my music for my videos I'll also upload songs I have created as well under my re-born music production company Apocryphic Audio.

Be on the look out for that, I promise you'll be surprised.

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Announcement: XLS

As I continued my march towards a brand new era of Apocryphic Visions, I am going to keep y'all informed about some of the new stuff that is to come.

Now Xbox Live Sessions was one of the staples of my original youtube page and most of the videos got a fair amount of views. Most of these videos were humorous in nature. A couple months ago, I announced I was going to start a new series called Xbox Live LIVE, however time got away from me and I felt like it wouldn't work, especially since it was for an 'old' game like Tekken 6.

Well Xbox Live Sessions is coming back with a vengeance as XLS: Ultimate Edition. With this series, it'll be me playing online Ultimate Marvel 3 warts and all. The matches will be direct captured and some of them may even feature commentary from yours truly.

Now without further ado, I present the brand new logo for this series.



Come Nov. 16th... prepare for the Ultimate.

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Bucket List

So it's been quiet over here mainly for two reasons.

1. I've been hella busy with school work and trying to get these last assignments done and dusted.

2. Recent color blogs for Shuma, Ryu and Sentinel haven't really excited me like previous blogs.

However with Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 on the horizon, I decided to check my bucket list in regards to the original version.

1- Found a good team and stuck with it (CHECK) 'Shades of Gray' really do work well together and I enjoy using a team with characters I like.

2- Did well in tournaments (NO CHECK). I only attended one real tournament for Marvel 3 (Iowa) and I also went to each Marvel 3 ranbat last season. Unfortunately at both I went 0-2. Pretty upset with myself. Hopefully I can turn it around come Ultimate.

3- Got people with Deadpool/ Trish glitch online and off (CHECK) LOL it's soooo stupid. I am happy it's gone but at the same time, thanks for the memories.

4- Hit someone with Hulk's infinite online (CHECK) Poor Dormmy player... had no idea what hit him.

5- Made combo videos with direct capture and not wide screen (CHECK) Armory.... proofs in the pudding.

6- Made people fear my Hulk (CHECK) Respect my super armor and my ability to spam standing heavy all day.... I don't give a f**k.

7- Beat up a lot of Phoenix abusers (CHECK) Learn how to play the game... damnit.

8- Ended my Marvel 3 online record with more wins then losses (CHECK) 100 plus more wins last time I checked.

So other then one and it was an important one :-(, I pretty much filled all my boxes. I think my foray back into the world of Marvel was a success.

Now I look forward to the future and really making a name for myself.

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A New Logo for a New Era

Here it is... the new Apocryphic Visions logo.

This logo will be affixed to all my new projects and you'll be seeing a lot of it.

The new era of AV is almost here.

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P.S. I am still pretty much a noob at animation but I think it came out pretty well.

Bucky Cap!!

It's a shame Bucky Cap is available now after his death in 'Fear Itself'... I am seriously thinking of using an 'Avengers' squad come Nov. So many cool options!

Oh and damn is this alternate cool as Hell as well.



He'll fit in perfect with Shades of Gray.

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The Defenders!!

Looks like Ultimate Marvel 3 is going to be filling a lot of bases with its proper teams you can build. Like this one.









All we need now is a Silver Surfer cameo/ DLC.

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RAVES: 'Ambulance' Team

Whilst I love my 'Shades of Gray' team, Ultimate Marvel 3 allows me to unleash a brand new look.

Ladies and Gentleman... the 'Ambulance' team... named because after they hit you, you'll need an ambulance to take you away.







Nov. 15 th can't come soon enough.

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RAVE: Ultimate Marvel's new colors

http://fans.marvel.com/marvel_interactive/blog/2011/09/02/storm_alternates_in_ultimate_marvel_vs._capcom_3

As a big fan of Marvel vs Capcom 3 (*cough* first combo video out *cough*) I, for one is hella excited for Ultimate Marvel 3.

I'm going to write a longer blog about it soon but for now I am going to rave about the new color choices. Every character now has 6 alternate colors and to top it off DLC costumes as well.

The sweet thing is some of my least favorite colors have been overhauled and re-done. A great example is this Storm one



Another thing is Dr. Strange's cool alternate colors like this one, which you know are going to be added to my 'Shades of Gray' remix team (Existing member plus Ghost Rider/ Strange?)



HELL YEAH man... I'm hyped, November is just around the corner. Time to pre-order.

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Lucky 7 is Live

http://apocryphicvideos.blogspot.com

Check out Cincinnati/Dayton/ N. Kentucky and Columbus' combo video collaboration.

Exclusive to my blog is 'Behind the Visions' an exploration of the video with tidbits and what nots.

Also to quote Frank Sintra and many other lounge singers "The Best is Yet to Come"!

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'Writer's Wall' christened

Well 'Writer's Wall' has finally got it's first blog entry since it had been re-christened. Do check it out, the link to the blog is on the side of this blog (just click on the lovely picture of Inara from Firefly, you know you want to).

'Writer's Wall' is my ongoing blog about my writing, so if anything is happening on that front, you'll see a post there. Right now, most of my writing is focused on my new short story 'Inter-section'. Hopefully, it won't fall into dis-repair again (lol the last time I posted on that blog was back in 2009... yeah, 2 years ago).

Speaking of dis-repair, I need to write a proper blog for 'Rants & Raves' again. Might change up the look of this blog too. Just to keep things fresh.

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Blogs Reborn

What's up peoples.

So my old blog 'Run: Side by Side" has been re-christened "Writers' Wall". This blog will now be dedicated to any writing I do. This includes my project which I am working on right now which is called 'iNtER-SeCTIon' (yes it is supposed to look like that).

I'll be updating the look of it too but nothing too fancy. I'm also keeping the music mainly because I love that song.

So check it out when you got a minute.

In regards to 'Rants & Raves' I'll write a proper blog as soon as I can.

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Op: Darkness- Eliza is GREAT

I hope to write a corresponding blog as I went deeper and deeper into Op: Darkness. However I've been playing so much that I haven't had the time to blog lol.

Back to the game. I'm really enjoying it, it's quickly becoming one of my new obessions (lol my wife especially doesn't like my unhealthy passion for it).

As I get deeper into the game, I have a full team. Lewis, who was introduced early in the game is now a permanant character and he is pretty cool. His voice actor does a cool accent. Jack the Ripper is also a squad member and it's the Ripper of legend. His a good guy (more on the historical characters later). His pretty sweet with blades and general bad-ass attitude. Finally the last new member is Alisa Van Helsing, Abraham Van Helsing's daughter and probably my favorite character in the game because she is hella cool. She one of the best character designs I have seen in a minute.

So as I mentioned it's cool how this game has so many historial and mythical characters. I've already mentioned Jack the Ripper, Elisa is the daughter of famed vampire hunter Van Helsing (of Dracula fame). Herbet West is named after the re-animator made popular by H.P Lovecraft (Cthulhu linkage) and Carmilla is also a famous female vampire and of course, Hitler.

Speaking of vampires, I now know why Jude sucks and didn't get no cool powers.
**SPOILERS** It's because he was destined to be turned into your nemesis and become evil because he was turned by Vlado (the main bad guy). **end SPOILERS**

It was a nice twist and one I did not see coming.

Now onto the bad. I mentioned it before but having to watch every single dialogue cut-scene again and again after you fail a mission is so lame. I can't believe the game designers didn't see the flaw in this. Sure you can fast forward the cinematics and the dialogue scenes can be fast forwarded but it's a chore. On top of the can't save during battles crap it's one of my biggest annoyances with the game.

Another thing I found out is 'Dead is Dead'. If Herbert doesn't re-animate a dead squad mate, that person stays dead for the rest of the game and you lose that person's skill set. Ohh and to top it off, you get the bad ending as well. Hah! It's not really a bad flaw (like above points), it does add a lot more strategy to the game and makes you want to keep your squad alive no matter what. It's different but people mention other srpg's have this mechanic so I guess they'll were being true to the genre.

All in all, I like the game more then it drives me crazy so I'm enjoying myself. More blog on Op: Darkness to come.

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P.S. The Super Sniper Rifle rules.