Influence Map

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Starts with the big one....and then jumps around....I would like to thank for the first draft and for the 2nd draft.... for the help in putting this together....one of these days I will learn how to do it on my own...but until then

Oh and I included links to where i found these things because i know they are warped in their slots...and i was a stickler for following the damn rules XD

(PS.....if you can't get the link to work....copy and paste it and only use the 2nd half of the link)


1. [[link] -- Dragon Quest 8 -- This one is here because the Symphonic Suite version of the OST is HANDS DOWN the single best album I have ever heard....pop, rock, techno, rap, oldies, classical, bass-bumping trace, J-rock, Latin...whatever you choose....for me...this inspires me so much....my imagination runs wild with several large concrete thoughts whenever I listen to it..bar none!

2. [[link] -- music group "bond" -- I love all sorts of music, spanish rock, Japanese rock, american and british oldies, various new groups, and heavy rock, classical, orchestrated stuff.....but the mixture of redone Classical music with a good beat behind it is just simply amazing! (I like to make analogies between things....and this is a good thing about me...it has a bit of old and a bit of new...a bit of soft and a bit of rough...describes how i view myself...just a bit unconventional)

3. [[link] -- Legend of Legaia -- Ah...and oldie but a goodie...this is the game that launched me into RPGs. I know that Pokemon is really an RPG...but when you are 10 years old and have no concept of what that is....then you dont know any better...This is a really sweet game...over looked by far too many people though. But this is what started me down the path of RPGs (and further into video games) (Oh and I will say that i do like the OST for the 2nd game just a little bit better...but like i said already...I needed more room)

4. [[link] -- 2X1 -- Piano arrangement from the Wild Arms video game series. -- I also love to listen to piano pieces from time to time...and although there are alot of good works for the piano to listen to....having played Wild Arms 2 and 3 and watched a friend play 5....I feel like i know more of this music than some piano piece that i've never heard before.


5. [[link] -- 2X1 -- Fractal art that finally told me to ask the artist how to do it. -- This is what I kept seeing around Deviant Art and in various places else where..and what i used to dream off (not exactly...but you know those in between dream areas where random shapes come up....yeah...from there)...and after seeing this piece of art...I was hooked and HAD to find out how to make it..so i had art of my own to post on Deviant Art.


6. [[link] -- 2X1 -- .hack//SIGN -- Ah .hack....This is what got me into anime...I knew that Dragonball and DBZ were from Japan..same thing with Pokemon....but i would not really go out of my way to think that i wanted to watch more of it on my own. (not to mention really awesome music on the OST for the series)


7. [[link] -- Another Wild Arms Album -- Had to put the Hard Rock remixes of music from the series.....like i said before...I like a ton of different music styles...and just like most other young people....I like to listen to some heavier stuff every now and then....


8. [[link] -- Mass Effect -- This does not influence me so much as it does inspire me...and provokes though inside my head.....what would it be like to find other species out there?? how would they react to us? (everyone speaking english aside) I really like how it gives (in my opinion) a very pragmatic view of how things could turn out in the future....and all the back history you can find in the game...and all those codex entries.....*nerdgasm* XD



9. [[link] -- Katamari Damashi OST -- Talk about an awesome game....good gravy...it also has a highly addicting soundtrack too....a must play/listen for both


10. [[link] -- Vocal Album for the Wild Arms series. --- Ha and I am 3 for 3 with the extra music albums for the Wild Arms series.....i just love the vocals for this game because most of the songs i've heard in one of the games before, and it's in Japanese...which makes it slightly more awesome


11. [[link] -- We Love Katamari -- while the game is practically the same as the first...the graphics are a little more crisp (at least to my eyes) and the music some how is even better....I would rate the music better here over the first one.


12. [[link] -- Simcity 4 -- Ah...Simcity 4...I started on 2000, moved to 3000, but with 4...I finally learned how to make money with every city on a consistent basis...so i finally learned how to "play the game" correctly ...but anyway...with the regional maps of places that i've read about and studied about before...makes it more awesome that i am building up the city around those spots. That combined with the ability to customize the music from the "radio" that you listen to.....make it more awesome...

13. [[link] -- Red versus Blue -- Talk about a FUNNY series....It was a toss-up between Futurama and this....and i just wish that i could have had more...but maybe i'll put up another one of these days and just make things smaller. But yeah....back to the series....if you have seen it...you know why i like it (especially caboose and church)..if you havent seen it...WATCH IT!

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