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Like most people, I love Madness. It's one of the flash that got me into newgrounds, and flash in general. So it saddens me to see that this entry doesn't live up to expectations.
Don't get me wrong, there's still a lot going for 9. It's nice to see the introduction of two new characters (even if one is murdered in his first appearance), who bring their own style to the series. The hook is a creative and bizzare new weapon, used quite creatively. Also, funny as hell to see Hank's corpse be used as a shield and weapon. Music is a step up from 8, but doesn't match the best I've heard from the series.
But the entry quickly falls into the same routine. Yeah, it's what made madness what it is today, but it's starting to show its age. At least Madness 8 had Jebus and his creepy set of powers to add something new. Other than a car chase and a hook, it territory well traveled.
And then theres the claw. On one hand, it keeps with the tradition of batshit lunancy. On the other, it seems WAY overdone, even for Madness.
Depsite what I've spewed out here, I still really enjoyed 9, and still have high hopes for 10. It's not Madness at its best, but its still the Madness everyone loves. Keep at it Krinkels.
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"Oh, another round of mindless stick murder, surely this is a godsend" said I with a look a grim aloofness. Gah, why stick murder? Hasen't that decomposing horse corpse been beaten enough already?
Besides the fact the stick murder is going the way of the dinosaur, I find it inheirantly stupid to to release the same flash under the gusie of "it's a little longer now" in place of, I don't know, making NEW content perhaps? The standard "I luv bl00d" newgrounder may not care, but to me it's a sign of lack of creativity.
If you really like stick murder, and the original Arena4, then you'll no doubt do backflips of excessive joy over this entry. As for me, I'll just watch from the sidelines sal sign.haking my head and inching slowly away to safety. If you want to improve, then come up with some new content.
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Seeing something as morbidly dark as Watchmen being turned into what could only be described as the reincarnated spirit of every saturday morning cartoon from the 80's may not sound like the most sane move. But as it turns out, HappyHarry is krazy like the fox.
Seeing some of the darkest characters in comic book history prance around to their own theme music is perhaps some of the best parody I've seen in years. Combine it with incredible animation and voice acting and you have a nerdgasm just waiting to explode.
We need more flash like this, pure and simple. Also, thank for covering Dr. Manhattan's glowing blue junk.
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A good way to cap off what was a great year. Glad to see that so much talent and effort was recongnized over this past year. Shame to see that There She Is! didn't take the award, but Driggan makes the point by saying that Chuck's New Tux better represents Newgrounds as a whole (but that doesn't mean I'm not bitter).
And Tom may have just solidified his position as the biggest dork in the history of everything AND anything. But at least he's doing what he really loves, and at the very least his acting is hilarious to watch. Tip of the hat to you Tom.
Now that 2008 is a casualty of time and space, here's to hoping that 09 is just as good.
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Nearly everything in this game is perfect. Controls are very tight, customization is deep, weapon selection good and varied, and the sheer brutal action is orgasmic. Roll it all together and you get one hell of a game, one that keeps it's entertainment for many, many hours.
If you like action and massive amounts of gore, then you owe it to yourself to give this one a spin.
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Let's start off by saying this game has some of the best foaming-at-the-mouth batshit crazy action ever. No story, just you and the 30 billion people you have to murder with a minigun, but don't think for a second that is a bad thing. This game does balls-to-the-wall action perfectly as you kill swarms of monsters, laughing as they fall into piles of blood and piss.
The main problem with this game is the mouse control. While it may work, it doesn't work out too well with the action gets frantic. Every time I died, it was because the mouse couldn't keep up with the 50 baddies eating my face. The shotgun is virtually uselss, and several enemies are nothing more than bullshit meatshields, taking 150 rounds to face before dying and revealing 5 other meatshields to eat up the rest of your ammo.
But these are veyr minor complaints. What we have here is a very well designed game that is a hell of good time. If you want some morbidly entertaining senseless slaughter, then look no further..
Also, I found NO bugs in my playthrough, just to make that clear.
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Alright, alright, I'll admit this is an accurate portrayal of therapy, what with nosy recieptionists, idiot claiming to be a professional, and said idiot's certainty that your inner strife is because you want to take it in the ass.
But that can't save this movie from the fact that it's bland and criminally unfunny. Maybe it's because gay jokes lost their punch eons ago, but I found myself staring at the screen, shaking my head at the feeble, miserable attempts to intice laughter in me.
For what it's worth, the animation may not be mindblowing, but is well done and stylized a bit. That does justify some merit.
If you really get off on gay jokes, then hooray for you, this will be like an early birthday present, complete with terrorists. For people like me, who see gay jokes as one of the most overused themes on newgrounds, stay away.
Author's Response:
Seems a little harsh, but it's your opinion so I can't really blame you for the way you feel.
I will however defend the piece against your reviews accusation that it is merely a gay joke. Amongst the many jokes in this short none of them were aimed at making fun of or exploiting the gay lifestyle. In fact every "gay joke" as you would call it was more an extreme representation of how therapists often times will try and assign a textbook definition to your turmoils before actually even taking the time to know you. In fact your review contains a more graphic and shocking depiction of the gay lifestyle than any single line in our entire short, and that's just the first paragraph. As for the terrorist, it was meant to show that the character clearly has issues he needs to deal with that the therapist is too blind to see. Like it or not the fear of terrorism is one that plagues many modern Americans, and again it isn't like we made an attempt to make jokes at anyone's expense, we weren't making 'stupid terrorist' jokes or any type of racial commentary. We tried to show a representation of an actual fear that plagues many people around the world. So again, I will defend that your dumbing down of these concepts to make a point in your review may not be entirely accurate. I can see as newgrounds (and the internet in general) is a bit of a breeding ground for mindless humor that it is very easy to scan this cartoon for similar jokes and label it as such, so I can't blame you for coming out of it as you have, I just think your labeling and generalization of its themes may have been a bit hasty.
That said, I can't help that you ultimately found our short not to your liking, and I would never try and blast you for your opinion (although, I do believe it would have had more of an effect if you made an attempt to phrase yourself like a constructive person rather than an irate critic). In fact I would say much the opposite, I really respect people who state their opinions honestly and constructively. I know I can take from your review, as negative as it was, that this was not your kind of humor and knowing that I would honestly like to see something that you would write or find funny. I don't mean that as the general response to negative reviews (you know the one "I don't see you doing any better") but I honestly like to study all aspects of comedy and keep myself well versed, so I would like to see something you DO find funny.
As my last point, please realize that not all of our sketches are the same, hence the reason we like to do sketch comedy, we can keep it fresh every short, so I would sincerely encourage you to check out some of our other or future work if you have time, perhaps you will find something there you like better.
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Despite anything bad I may say, I will admit it's good to see Egoraptor trying new things. Having beat all the parody out of the beast that is video games, Ego has now set his sights on anime, where cliches and sterotypes run free like deer in the forest.
In essence, it does its job well, insulting all the tired anime cliches that refuse to die, and anime fans (like me unfortunately) can easily keep track of them all and laugh at our pitiful hobby.
For all those who are insulted by this mockery of anime: grow up. If you can't be lighthearted enough to laugh at your hobby, then you are no better than those insane fanboys at anime conventions who dress as Naruto.
But I find that this entry pales in comparison to most of Egoraptor's game parodies, and I'm not saying that just becuse I like anime. It just doesn't present itself as well, and it's not as funny.
To be fair, this is the first in a series, so Egoraptor will probably improve this as he goes along. It's not bad, but it definately isn't the quality I've come to expect from Ego.
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Shame it didn't make it in the collab, it was a great 30 seconds of my time. You know to have something good when something that was intended for a collab can stand out on its own.
It may be short, but honestly, who cares when it's this good?
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I would never have thought that a looping song about narwhals could be awesome, but here it is and it is awesome...mostly. It's a fun little song, but I don't see why it's getting so much praise. I guess I just don't get it.
If anything, the art and animation are great, and the song is certainly fun to listen to a few times. Oh, and be prepared for it to get stuck in your head for a few hours, but you won't complain.
To be fair, most people will fall in love with this and its quicky take on the ocean's mutant unicorn population.
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