Konami's Decade of Disasters

We all love(d) Konami.
But they're starting to slip.
This is the collected timeline of insanity!

2004:

                      - Renamed Room 302 to Silent Hill 4: The Room and forced Developers Team Silent to change it into a sequel, not a new style of game.

2004-2011:

                      - Lost Developers over this period from Team Silent to other places.

2011:

                      - Dissolved Team Silent (the Developers behind Silent Hill 1 through 4).

2012:

MARCH 1     - Dissolved/absorbed Hudson Soft.
MARCH 20   - Silent Hill HD Collection:  Poor quality graphics compared to original games.
OCTOBER    - Zone Of The Enders HD Collection: Bad gameplay compared to original games.
DECEMBER - David Hayter not rehired as Snake for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

2013:

JUNE 6          - Kiefer Sutherland announced as new Snake for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

2014:

MARCH 17   - Castlevania series Producer Koji Igarashi leaves Konami.

2015:


MARCH 19   - Metal Gear series Creator Hideo Kojima (allegedly) fired.
                       - Developer Kojima Productions removed from the Metal Gear series.
(Traces of company COMPLETELY removed from promotional materials, social media, everything.)
APRIL 27      - Konami delists itself from the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange).
APRIL 27      - Silent Hills cancelled despite P.T demo being a hit worldwide.
                         (Letting go of Director Guillermo del Toro and lead Norman "Darryl Dixon" Reedus.)
MAY 5          - P.T (AKA Playable Teaser) pulled from PlayStation Store.
MAY 11        - Castlevania Producer Koji Igarashi condemns Konami's actions over Kojima incident.

JULY 29        - Pachinko Castlevania game announced (WHY?!?!)
AUGUST 4    - Pachinko Silent Hill game announced (WHY?!?!)



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Dead (Wo)Men Act Many Tales

Warning: Mildly morbid celebration of artistry below.

It's an unfortunate side effect of life: Death.

But in the field of acting, and what many actors strive to do, is entertain, enlighten and bring out the best in people with their craft.

Sometimes this happens, quite unfortunately, after their own passing.

This is a list of actors, from various mediums, who left one last performance (sometimes more) after the fact.

Mako

Mako was a beloved voice/on-camera actor for many, passing away during the second season of the brilliant Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon. It's unknown how much of the voice acting was from him and how much was filled in by Greg Baldwin (the next performer to play General/Uncle Iroh), but he was known for many roles audience members will continue to treasure.

He left two last performances after Avatar:

- TMNT (2007) Splinter
- Rise (2007) Poe

Marlon Brando

This legendary actor died in 2004, but thanks to already filmed footage and CGI talents, Marlon played a few more roles (and even Don Vito one last time in The Godfather video game).

There are numerous credits, but of note to many is:

- Superman Returns (2006) Jor-El [Footage and CGI]
- The Godfather (2004) Don Vito [Video game adaptation]

Justin "JewWario" Carmichal

Justin was an internet performer who's reviews have been a hit for years on Channel Awesome, sadly passed in 2014. But he had two posthumous performances left. One via fellow internet performer "Nash" of Radio Dead Air (who debated lengthily about uploading the review in light of Justin's passing and gags in the review relating to injuring JewWario), the other via internet performer James "The Nerd/AVGN" Rolfe's long-in-the-making movie, as a cameo among many internet performer clips, Justin's recorded in 2013. He played JewWario in both.

- Dr. Strange - A Review (25 March 2014)
http://radiodeadair.com/2014/03/25/review-dr-strange/
- Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014)
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/avgn

Gloria Foster

Known better to modern audiences as The Oracle from The Matrix (1999), her performance in The Matrix Reloaded (2003) was unknowingly posthumous to many (she had passed away in 2001).
This left the Wachowskis to add a reason why The Oracle had swapped faces to the script.
Her character was played in The Matrix Revolutions (2003) and tie-in games Enter The Matrix (2003) and The Matrix Online (2005) by Foster's friend and fellow actress Mary Alice.

- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) The Oracle

Heath Ledger

You may be thinking I'm about to list The Dark Knight (2008) below. I'm not, despite it being his last completed film. His last unfinished work was actually after that! His final work was a film by Monty Python veteran (and Director) Terry Gilliam called The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Heath had died during filming, but two things eased the pain for all involved in the production. Especially for Heath's immediate family.

1: Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell agreed to help finish Heath's role.
2: The above gentlemen (in the best sense of the word) gave ALL their earnings on this film to Heath's daughter Matilda, so her financial future would not fizzle away.

- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) Tony

And with the light in the darkness from those three men above, I shall leave this list as an internet oddity perused out of curiousity!

Cloaked Disabilities

Often it's forgotten in this world that not all of us are 100% complete. And no, I don't mean in a typically average person's everyday emotional troubles.

I'm talking about disability. Quick, what's the first image that sprang to mind when you saw that word "disability"? I'm betting $20 it was involving wheelchairs, crutches, bandaged/missing body parts. The visible, the tangible, the easily identified.

Often it's not realised until it's discussed: the "cloaked disabilities". Where people seem to function just fine. So why do they pull in a pension while you miss out?
You may not realise it, but some are so subtle, it takes just one small moment to lock onto the not so obvious factors. The moment that makes you raise an eyebrow at the "abnormal" event. A slur. A stumble. A hand shaking unsteadily.
(Michael J. Fox was diagnosed long ago with his Parkinson's, and reportedly hid his hand in his pants pocket during the filming of Family Ties to hide the shaking, which is why the press and public took so long to find out.)

There are many, but media has locked onto epilepsy as the easiest and most dramatic to demonstrate.
Not a bad thing, the more press for cloaked disabilities the better. We "dented" people could use the information to help our position in life.
(Except disinformation like "Psychotic Epilepsy". Thanks The Exorcism of Emily Rose.)


Just remember: You don't need a wheelchair or crutches to have a disability.
It extends beyond the external to the internal.

When in doubt/shy, look for a Medic Alert bracelet (or similar).
(Although not everyone is guaranteed to own one.)
Or even better, just ASK.
(We may tire of sharing the same details ad nauseum, but we know it's with good reason. Curiosity, not harassment.)

Assuming someone's "faking it" reminds me of two old sayings:

"Don't judge a book by its cover." and "Judge not, lest ye be judged.".

OZ COMIC-CON: Charged nearly $100 for nothing.

Oz Comic-Con:
Anyone with medical problems that may stop you attending,
be careful before buying tickets in advance.
"My epilepsy has prevented me attending twice now, 2012 and 2014 (details below).

Since I was lovely enough to book in advance, I was hoping since I couldn't make it, you could send me those years' DVDs instead.

I highly doubt out of my $97.22 spent, a couple of delivered DVDs would hurt.
(I did help 2012 succeed despite missing out on the live experience.  )

Below are the ticket details so you can double check my story, and this year's ticket has address, email and mobile number."

Oh and my email was lovingly re-subjected:
"Subject: *****SPAM***** General: Health preventing attendance twice question."

The response?

"Hi [MR],

We're very sorry to hear about the fact that you were unable to make our events. Sadly, we are unable to provide you with an event DVD. They are available to be purchased from our website, in the merch area.

Kind Regards,

Oz Comic-Con"

Yep, after giving them nearly $100 for NOTHING (full weekend tickets), they can't part with (estimated manufacture cost of) $5-10 DVDs they made, and then told me to GO BUY THEM ON TOP.

Be aware: You buy, no replacement/compensation/refund/ANYTHING.

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Pop Culture Things That Kids Of The 80s Will Need To Explain To Their Kids - Part One: MOVIES

"That stainless steel car with ridiculous gullwing doors does WHAT?!"

"Captain Kirk wasn't a muscular badarse but a flabby wigged guy in his late 30s in a girdle?!"

"Han shot FIRST?!"

"Why can Batman barely fit in his car?!"

"[INSERT REBOOTED 80s MOVIE] wasn't the original?!"

"Dolph Lundgren?! The Punisher?!"

"THIS is the first TRON movie?! Where's Daft Punk?!"

"Wait, Superman can fly but CGI wasn't used?!"

"Wait, this is The Karate Kid?! Where's Mr. Han?!"

"Who the hell is Reb Brown?! This isn't Captain America! It got a SEQUEL?!"

"Aliens is great! What the hell happened to the Alien franchise and James Cameron?!"

"...this is Indiana Jones, right? How did it get so bad after Last Crusade?!"

"This is the first Transformers movie?! Looks nothing like those other nine movies! It's animated!"

"Original trilogy Star Wars? You mean Episode One to Three right?"