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I once went to the cinema and watched a 3D movie. As I was walking out, a guy with his 3D glasses still on yelled, "Woah, everything is 3D!" I was one of the 10 people that put their glasses back on to check.

I was looking at my to-do list on my laptop. Near the bottom of the list, already crossed out, was written "time travel" I have no recollection of writing that.

Once, there were only two brownies left. I decided I should eat them both so that they wouldn't be lonely. I am completely satisfied with my decision.

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Most Games Completed In a Year= 2009:

January:
Tomb Raider Legend
Crackdown
Gears of war 2
Professor Layton
Knights of the Old Republic

February:
Oddworld: Strangers Wrath
Knights of the Old Republic II
Fahrenheit
Left 4 Dead
Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force

March:
Prince of Persia
Drawn To Life
World of Goo
Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Jet Set Radio Future

April:
Dead Space
Resident Evil 5
TimeShift
Homeworld
Braid
Homeworld 2

May:
Star Trek: Elite Force II
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Jade Empire
Plants vs Zombies
Pokemon Platinum
Dead Rising

June:
Perfect Dark Zero
Second Sight
Halo
Tomb Raider Anniversary
Prototype
Secret Files: Tunguska

June:
Grim Fandango
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Freespace 2
The Secret of Monkey Island: SE
Half-Life 2
Ninja Gaiden 2

July:
No One Lives Forever
Earth Defense Force 2017
Splosion Man
Half-Life 2: Episode 1
Gears of War
Fable II

August:
No One Lives Forever 2
Beyond Good & Evil
Star Trek: Shattered Universe
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Castle Crashers
Left 4 Dead
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

September:
Pokemon Yellow
Timesplitters 2
Max Payne 2
Mirror's Edge
Timesplitters: Future Perfect
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Starcraft

October:
Brute Force
Halo 3
Half-Life 2: Episode 2
Starcraft: Brood War
Valkyria Chronicles

November:
System Shock 2
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Shadow of Destiny
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Crysis

December:
Burnout Paradise
Assassin's Creed 2
Amped 3
Psychonauts
Batman: Arkham Asylum




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"Try to get your combat multiplier even higher!"

"Ah...THERE YOU ARE!"



MY TOP FIVE GAMES:
No One Lives Forever 2
The Longest Journey
Grim Fandango
Valkyria Chronicles
Halo. Yes you heard me.



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Top 10 Female Villains of all Time
Freefall | 10:36 AM on 07.14.2010 25 comments




We all know that saving the world usually requires fighting the ‘Big Bad’, more effectively known as the ‘Big Bad Evil Guy’. But sometimes, just sometimes women can have the upper hand. And I’m not talking about a cold hearted woman who falls in love with and joins the hero, I’m talking about the woman behind the strings.

Good, Evil, it doesn’t matter, and now I’ve realised that the sex doesn’t matter either, the female side of villainy can be just as, if not, more effective than the strong masculine power houses that we’re used to waging war with.
So prepare yourself for my list of the Top 10 Villainesses of all Time:

10. ‘Jacqueline’ Natla
-Game: Tomb Raider Anniversary, Tomb Raider Underworld
-Type: Final Boss, Big Bad
-Motivation: Desire for power.



Natla is from an ancient race that settled on earth, but she became power hungry and wanted all the ancient power for herself. Natla is extremely intelligent and when her nemesis questions what she is doing, Natla just tells it as it is; no games, no emotional strings, just the cold hard truth. Sure she’s a scheming bitch, but at least she is honest about it, it’s a breath of fresh air from all the manipulations and lies from most villains.


9. Sephiroth
-Game: Final Fantasy 7
-Type: Final Boss
-Motivation: Destroying the world to become god.



The result of an experiment on an extra-terriestral lifeform. Sephiroth tries to merge with the planet’s life-force, the ‘Lifestream’, effectively, she wants to become a god. Having a super soldier always ahead of you is always a downer and with the ability to summon a meteor, she is definitely a deadly opponent.

I’ve been informed that this villain isn't a girl? My bad. It’s the hair that fools me.


8. Selvaria Bles
-Game: Valkyria Chronicles
-Type: Walking Brick, Right-hand Woman
-Motivation: To serve her Country




Selvaria is a descendant of the legendary Valkyria, serving Maximilian as the Imperial Alliance invades Europa. What is surprising is how classy she is, she wants to protect her country, but she also has morals and makes an incredible sacrifice as the war progresses.



7. The Boss
-Game: Metal Gear Solid 3
-Type: The Boss
-Motivation: To Manipulate the course of the war.



A founding member of the cobra unit, The Boss is a master of CQC full of overwhelming charisma. She will always serve and protect her country. She is a motherly figure of sorts. Smart, confident, deadly and she lived until the ripe old age of 42. As far as villains go, The Boss isn't a major one, but she is a goo enough character to make it to this list.



6. Empress of Time
-Game: Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
-Type: Final Boss
-Motivation: To change her fate.




The Empress is just doing what she was meant to do, create the sands of time and protect them. But then some jerk comes along and asks around for the Empress so he can kill her to save himself. One of them must die. I like the Empress, because she isn’t the classical baddie, she just wants to not die. That’s a pretty commendable thing, wouldn’t you say? All she tries to do is prevent her death, even if that means one or two casualties.



5. GLaDOS
-Game: Portal, Portal 2
-Status: Final Boss
-Motivation: To test for Science.



Everybody knows this sarcastic villain who tries to attack the player with words rather than brute force. You could argue that GLaDOS doesn’t know any better, but she was created to test subjects, GLaDOS went beyond her programming to make sure the tests were satisfactory, that’s commitment! Even if it does mean a few deaths...



4. Ravel Puzzlewell
-Game: Planescape Torment
-Type: Boss Fight
-Motivation: To do the impossible.



Ravel is the reason for the entire game (As most villains are) but she doesn’t do it for evil, she does it for your character, you see, she accepts an impossible challenge to make The Nameless one Immortal, not evil at all.. Even though she is well feared throughout the planes, The Nameless One's relationship with her keeps you a friend of sorts, until you find her and want to leave, then she shows her true, murderous colours, she’s not evil, she’s just... Ravel.



3. Sarah Kerrigan
-Game: Starcraft, Starcraft Brood War, Starcraft 2
-Type: Big Bad
-Motivation: To lead the zerg to perfection.



Kerrigan is an interesting villainess, as she started out as a loyal soldier, but was betrayed and became a pawn of the zerg. This in a sense set her free, she was given more power than ever and eventually became the sole ruler of the zerg. It’s hard to hate her as she is just using the opportunity that she was given and later worked hard for. Plus, she is yet to be defeated.


2. SHODAN
-Game: System Shock, System Shock 2
-Type: Final Boss
-Motivation: Recreating Reality to become god.



What can I say here? SHODAN makes HAL-9000 look like a cuddly toy. A scary omniscient presence in the first system shock who is always watching you, an unlikely ally who you know is going to betray you in the second. SHODAN could only work as a female, even though she is just an Sentient Artificial Intelligence, her disjointed speech and huge ego all build what is one of the best villain’s in all of video gaming.




(KOTOR SPOILERS AHOY!)



1. Kreia
-Game: Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
-Type: Final Boss.
-Motivation: To KILL THE FORCE ITSELF.



Jedi? Sith? Neither. Kreia was an effective, sympathetic villain, only enhanced by the fact that your character had been travelling with her since before the game started. She didn't like being used. She didn't like that the Force was manipulating the galaxy as its cosmic plaything. Her motivations were understandable, and I wouldn't have minded for her to win would it not have screwed up the entire Star Wars canon. She was probably one of the best-written female characters in video-gaming, made all the more impressive given that, to my knowledge, the writing staff was all male.



There you have it. Now we just need to get the best female protagonists to fight with the best female antagonists... in some mud. You bring the camera, I'll bring the popcorn.


And now a question: Do you think gender makes a lick of difference to the strengths of a character? Especially a villain?



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Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 11:25
Occams electric toothbrush
I just knew Sephiroth would be on this list with her pretty, silver hair and intense make out sessions with fellow lady and softball teammate Cloud.

As an enjoyer of lists I enjoyed this one though I think the Boss > the Empress of Time but that's just me.

Also, female villains who aren't just the deadly vixen or raging bitch can be interesting. Otherwise it's just another boring stereotypical villain for me. Kinda like power hungry guy who wants to recreate the world in his image or guy who wants to destroy the world because he can guy.
Kraid's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 11:32
Kraid
Nice list!

I think The Boss was a misunderstood villain , since the real threat in Snake Eater was Volgin. She was motivated by honor and doing the right thing, if I'm not mistaken she defected to the Soviet Union in order to create a stalemate in the cold war for both nations. Not only because she wanted soldiers to have the recognition they deserved, but because for her , it was the only way to attain world peace.

Peace Walker follows the same ethos.
DinosaurPizza's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 12:07
DinosaurPizza
I think it's worth pointing out that half of these villains are totally forgetable, and one of them isn't even a girl (how have you not played FF7? or at least know Sephiroth is not a girl?). I guess I could also split hairs about Shodan and GLaDOS being AIs not actual girls.

Sad state for female baddies. I suppose it's a decent list when you get past the whole factually incorrect part of it.
garethxxgod's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 12:15
garethxxgod
All this does is reinforce the notion that I must find a copy of KOTOR II so I may relive that bitch again. God damn I have too many games to play.
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 12:19
Mr Andy Dixon
Don't feel too bad about the Sephiroth thing. For a long time, I thought this dude was a girl:

knutaf's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 12:24
knutaf
SHODAN, very nice. I don't care if "she" is a computer. I don't really have a problem with her on this list.
Elsa's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 12:32
Elsa
LMAO on including Sephiroth!! :)

Nice list!! Though personally I loved Bodhi, the female vampire from Baldurs Gate II!

No, I don't think that gender makes a huge difference, though it does a bit when it plays off "familiar roles" like GLaDOS. GLaDOS almost seemed like the stereotypical receptionist for a large company with her "nice professonal" voice, the promise of cake, thanking you for your assistance - so the evilness was a nice twist.
Stevil's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 12:37
Stevil
@DinosaurPizza: Cheer up, mun.

No sign of Elexis Sinclair from Sin and Sin Episodes (of which there was only one) a.k.a. Evil Miss Big Boobies Bum.

Daxelman's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 12:47
Daxelman
No Administrator from TF2?

What are you, a maggot?

(awesome list, btw)
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 13:59
Occams electric toothbrush
@Dinosaur Pizza: From the only source you will ever need, Wikipedia: A joke is a short story or ironic depiction of a situation communicated with the intent of being humorous. These jokes will normally have a punchline that will end the sentence to make it humorous. A joke can also be a single phrase or statement that employs sarcasm.

@mrandydixon: I keep on telling you man that hermaphrodite thing was a rumor spread by Judith Light in the early 80's to discredit her as an actress. Stop spreading lies.
manasteel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 14:39
manasteel88
It's a shame but I've only faced 3 of the top 10 female villains. I'm not sure about KOTOR though as I picked up Jade Empire and hated it, but somewhat enjoyed Mass Effect. I figured KOTOR would be exactly in between those two games so I never really felt like dipping my toes in the water.
Lazerpig's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 15:19
Lazerpig
Fapped for including Sephiroth.
ikiryou's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 16:43
ikiryou
I'm afraid The Boss would eat Kreia for breakfast and use her lightsabers for toothpicks. Her expanded backstory in MGS: Peace Walker is kinda epic.
Sir Legendhead's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 17:12
Sir Legendhead
@ mrandydixon - I would nail that dude in a heartbeat. Well, maybe not now, but the eighties version? Definitely.

Also, this page needs more Xenia Onatopp.

jc83's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 17:12
jc83
Sephiroth should be number 1. Please post this on FF forums.

Good stuff!
RichardBlaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 17:15
RichardBlaine
I think gender can make a difference when the character's gender is directly tied to their motivations and relationships to the other characters. I would argue for example that The Boss is a better FEMALE villain (even though I would argue that she's not a villain at all) than Kreia because Kreia could have just as easily been male. The Boss had to be female because her role as a teacher/mother/lover to Snake (and biological mother to Ocelot) was the foundation upon which their strained conflict in Snake Eater was built.
comradetrotskii's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 17:39
comradetrotskii
10. Would. 9.Would Not. 8.Oh yeah 7.Totally 6.Damn 5.Maybe when we have the technology. 4.Not with those teeth. 3.Whatever she says. 2.Only in a threesome with GLaDOS. 1.If I was seriously inebriated and sad then maybe.
NOVENO's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 18:29
NOVENO
Nice list. +1 fap for Silveria and The Boss.
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 19:57
ace of knaves
Very excellent list. Selvaria? Hell yeah, I've been discovering the joy of Valkyria Chronicles over the past couple of weeks.
laggerific's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2010 22:20
laggerific
Good list...Kaileena, from Warrior Within, is probably one of the coolest villains. And like all good villains, we discover they aren't all that we think they are. I liked her almost as much as the princess from the first game.
MacAttackNChee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2010 00:59
MacAttackNChee
Great list! Ravel's a great pick, though I liked the lady of pain more even though she wasn't really a boss I suppose... *mazed*
Captain Meat's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2010 04:27
Captain Meat
There's so much that has missed this list. Have you even considered Princess Peach?
Aurain's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2010 09:27
Aurain
The Boss is the best character on this list.
By a mile.

And she's not a villain =/
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