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SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE IN SILENT HILL ARE YOU? (2005)

After a traffic accident, Mystery Incorporated wake up in the dark misty town of Silent Hill, the fog only unveiling the sign. The van is out of commission, there's noises far out but there's only one question on their minds. "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?"

Developed by Team Silent in 2005, Shaggy Rogers (Matthew Lillard), and the rest of the gang split up across Silent Hill to find their faithful canine. But that's not all that Silent Hill is, that's not what it does.

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Quick nap

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My ma has worked at JoAnn Fabrics since forever, and while I can't speak for the entire company people will drive entire states to go to her branch in Michigan. JoAnn Fabrics may be just another company, but it's one of the most easily accessible and well put together fabric stores you can find.

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𝕀ℕ𝔻𝕀𝔸ℕ𝔸 𝕁𝕆ℕ𝔼𝕊 ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇ does many many things. But one thing it does, that I see often unappreciated is that it refocuses our attention on Dr. Indiana Jones in a different light.

The Indiana Jones Series is broadly about Doctor Jones going a race-war to steal a relic of great power from great evil. However, he's often forced to revisit an aspect of his life he'd been largely avoiding. Indy's relationship with Marion Ravenwood being the most complicated.

A toxic history, a major mistake, and a reminder of how terrible he is. Is exactly who Marion Ravenwood is to Indiana Jones. But in Raiders, years after the disgusting act Indiana Jones did to Marion Ravenwood they have nothing but time to reconcile their histories.

In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones proves to Marion, and himself, that he is a much better man than the terrible one he LET himself be. By deciding to be better than Belloq and setting aside obsession with fortune and glory he walks away with the love of his life. Reshaped for the better.

Except... He isn't.

He's drunk. He's alone. He didn't make good on his promises. He wasn't more than obsession with fortune and glory and he let that destroy his relationship with Marion. The Siwa Expedition is the knife that cuts her away, and forces her to hide her pregnancy from Dr. Henry Jones Jr. She believed him never to be ready for love.

In The Great Circle, We open with Indiana Jones, drunk, miserable, and in search of distraction. We see it end with final goodbyes and Gina Lombardi, his traveling companion and romantic interest, leaves his life in pursuit of her own interests.

It's a cruel twist of irony. Dr. Indiana Jones finds a new love, but she is just as obsessed with a goal as he is. They'd never be able to settle down in the life they lead. Which is why Marion left him.

But in this pursuit of the Great Circle, he lost his love, he lost his job, he lost a friend.

Indiana Jones is a character who continuously denied himself peace or love or anything. He constantly has to relive the same lesson over and over and over, and by 1969 we see this decision of obsession leave him with nothing.

Not even his friends are real. He doesn't even have control of his ending at an old age, he can't decide what... to be.

What are you when you chase your passion, and leave unhappy?

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I will say this for anyone looking to play Professor Layton Vs. Phoenix Wright. The beauty of the title is it's a great starting point for both of them, so you don't need prior Professor Layton knowledge or prior Phoenix Wright knowledge, as it does not spoil ANYTHING and it's not particularly hard.

The second thing you need to know is that the title is wrong. It's not "Professor Layton Vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney" It's "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Vs. Professor Layton."

Professor Layton mysteries are grand and insane. Lemme afford you a fictional example of a Laytonesque Mystery: Professor Layton is sent a letter from his friend Cotton Eye Joe, who says that he is from an alternate reality called "Deez Nuts". This alternate reality is plagued by a mystery only Professor Layton can solve. Upon arriving the Professor & Luke investigate and uncover that, truly this Alternate Reality isn't truth at all, and is really a secret town hidden elsewhere. And Cotton Eye Joe simply LURED the Professor there and hit him with hallucinogenic gas so that way he could gain the fortune. THIS IS NOT A CRITIQUE, just explaining how it typically goes.

Now the Professor, is a calm collected true gentleman, who quickly puts together the mystery and arriving at the most insane conclusions without much resistance or trouble. We don't typically follow the Professor's perspective in the same way we don't follow Sherlock Holmes' perspective.

Contrast this with Phoenix Wright, who is a stubborn bitchy lawyer guy with a heart of gold who is trying to figure this out as it goes. We typically follow his perspective. As we typically follow Watson's perspective.

Phoenix Wright IS the protagonist of PLvsPWAA. We follow his thoughts, we help him solve the case, he tries to figure out and solve the insanity of a Professor Layton mystery. Whereas Professor Layton has pretty much figured it out and is assisting Mr. Wright at arriving at the same conclusion.

my last tier list update for a little bit, now that i have finished Investigations 1 & 2 !

i loved AAI2 so, so much. i think that it is probably the strongest game in the series so far when it comes to consistency of quality. especially when you take into account the over-arching conspiracy and how well it connects the threads of each case together. i already thought that AAI1 was particularly good at that, and this one fared even better. still probably not my personal favorite of the series, but it's high up there and i can easily see why it would be at the top for anyone else.

damn do i miss phoenix and the other absent cast though! that being said, i am probably going to take a longer break before i begin the apollo justice trilogy. this duology felt like an absolute gauntlet for me to make my way through, and as far as i know the games only continue to increase in scope so i wanna pace myself before diving into a journey that i am almost certain will be a hard one for me to put down. im also reconsidering my placement of wright vs layton. still might play it during the downtime, but i kinda want to play the other layton games first now that i really consider it.... so im also considering saving that one for closer to the end of my full series AA playthrough. we'll see! i know it's ultimately not canon so im just gonna follow my gut.

anyway thanks for followin my journey through these if you have been :)

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y'all if you liked poker face. you need to watch columbo. it's like a must watch. if you like mystery whodunnits with a twist, or more commonly known as the how-catch-em. y'all can't sleep on columbo.

y'all, if you liked knives out. you need to watch poker face. it's like a must watch. if you like mystery whodunnits with a twist. y'all can't sleep on poker face

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I finished watching Odd Taxi last night, so I tried drawing Moxxie in the style of the show ^^

(I haven't really tried this kind of style before so it might be a bit off, but it was fun ^^)

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S V S X

M A S T E R P O S T

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Chapter 1 : Colony Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

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VA-11 HALL-A - Mar 10

This is transcript for the scrapped extra day for the Nintendo Switch release of Sukeban Games' Va-11 Hall-A. Unfortunately, due to some disagreements between Sukeban and Nintendo for the following interpretations the deal fell through. All that was written here is still technically unfinished, only in the sense that Kiririn51 only wrote this draft of the script into the code before the failure of the deal. So, there are no alternate routes depending on drinks sold.

Jill: G'Evening.

Dana: Hey! Jill, how'd the date go?

Jill: Uh... good? I guess.

Dana: I guess? What's that supposed to mean?

Jill: No no no, it was a good date boss, she was just strange.

Dana: Define strange, Jill. We meet a lot of strange.

Jill: Well, she was like a... racist republican trans trucker.

Dana: That a euphemism for somethin'?

Jill: No, she was a racist republican trans trucker.

Dana: Eesh. That's like meeting a homophobic vegan.

Jill: Ughh... she was pretty too.

Dana: Had to have been to go out with you.

Jill: I-- sorry?

Dana: I said what I said. If you need me, I'll be in my office.

Jill: (... I'm gonna go setup the jukebox.)

Jill: Time to mix drinks and change lives.

Jill: Welcome to Va-11 Hall-A.

Samus Aran's design, found in the files of the switch release.

???: ... Hey.

Jill: ... Hello?

???: ...

Jill: You gonna order something, miss?

???: ... You'll have to forgive me; I don't spend a lot of time around other people. What do you recommend?

Jill: Well, that depends on what are you looking for. Do you want something sweet. something bitter?

???: ... Hmm. Something sweet sounds fine.

Jill: Got it.

(Something sweet... she looks like she could go for a Moonblast.)

Jill: Here you go, miss...?

???: Sam.

Jill: Sam?

Sam: Just Sam.

Jill: (Huh. Weird. The registry doesn't say anything here for name. The money is still being sent over though...)

Jill: Well, "Just Sam" what brings you in here today?

Sam: Drinking.

Jill: Yeah, no I got that part. I was asking what your day was.

Sam: ... Who wants to know?

Jill: I don't mean to pry. I'm just... striking up a conversation.

Sam: I see. Well, I just finished a hunt.

Jill: A bounty hunt?

Sam: Yeah.

Jill: Y'know we got a bounty hunter who comes in here from time to time.

Sam: Do you know his name?

Jill: Jamie, he's a nice guy. Y'know him?

Sam: No. I do know a couple of bounty hunters, but... to be frank I tend to keep my circle small. I can't let feelings get in the way of my job.

Jill: Surely you make some time for yourself?

Sam: What do you think I'm doing?

Jill: Fair point. Despite that, you seem quite somber.

Sam: ... I do?

Jill: At least, I think it is. You've hardly changed expression during this conversation.

Sam: ... Yes, I am in a fairly bad mood yes. I just... something about this last job was different.

Jill: How so?

Sam: I'm afraid I can't share too much. But a... kid saved me today.

Jill: A kid?

Sam: Yeah. We were deep into a fight. It was me and this other person. I was nearly on my death bed. The final shot was coming and... this kid I spared jumped in there. I got to my feet, I took out the bounty. But, there was just this dread in me. This unspeakable feeling in my stomach.

Jill: Wow. That's...

Sam: There's nothing you can say about it Bartender.

Jill: ... I didn't think there could be. Do you want another drink?

Sam: ... Do you have something bitter as hell?

Jill: Yeah, I got something like that.

(Sam wants something bitter as hell, huh.)

Jill: Here you go.

Sam: What's this one called?

Jill: That is a suplex.

Sam: Hmm... did you pick the music?

Jill: Hmm? Yeah, I did. We got an old jukebox that plays all day, but I gotta pick the tunes before it starts.

Sam: There's a lot of synthwave in this selection. Do you know the artist of some of these?

Jill Uh... Garoad, I think, did some of these. I know Kira*Miki did "Your Love is a Drug." Do you like synthwave, miss?

Sam: It's all I listen to when I'm alone on a planet.

Jill: Oh? You're not local?

Sam: No. I am a galactic bounty hunter.

Jill: Oh, what's that like?

Sam: Lonely. Music like this though fills the time. I think my favorite artist is probably Hip Tanaka.

Jill: Oh, I'm aware of that guy. Didn't he say he started making music because he was tired of the more poppy happy type music?

Sam: He said he wanted to write more atmospheric music yes. I love his work. It feels simultaneously triumphant and desolate at the same time. It really fits any mood when I'm out there in some sort of hell.

Jill: I'd sure hope so. Do you want another drink?

Sam: Hmm... no, I don't think so... I'll be out soon. Thank you Jill, I hope you have a nice day.

Jill: Mhm. You too. Please come back soon.

Sam: I'll do my best.

Jill: (I think she was built up stronger than boss is...)

???: --Look Luigi, alls I'm sayin' is dat there's no way Daisy doesn't like youse.

???: AND I'm saying it's my business whether I go for her or not Mario! Granted she's a nice ragazza, but fratello, I don't even know if I wanna be with anybody right now anyways.

???: Gah, Cazzo de mierda...

Jill: Hello, welcome to Va-11 Hall-A.

Mario & Luigi in the files. Curiously, they take after the 1993 Mario Movie designs.

???: Hey how youse doin' bartender. Can youse just get us a couple-a-beers.

Jill: Coming right up.

Jill: (Two beers. I wonder what's with the matching outfits.)

Jill: Here you are. Now what's this about relationship problems?

???: Just that my brother here is so fuckin' blind he doesn't see romance when it slaps him in da face.

???: He thinks this friend of mine, who is frankly very attractive, is interested in me.

Mario: Oh yeah, sorry. I totally forgot, uh... My name is Mario Mario, this here's my brother Luigi Mario.

Jill: Nice to meet you two. I'm Jill.

Mario: Nice to me youse Jill, but uh... youse ain't gonna comment on da last name thing?

Jill: Eh, it's not that interesting.

Mario: Ayy, whaddya know Luigi? First time for everything!

Jill: So anyway relationships?

Luigi: So, there's this completely platonic friend of mine, Daisy, she's a paleontologist. We talk a lot when we're at the gym, and we hang out a lot.

Mario: Youse was goin' out on dates man.

Luigi: Those weren't dates!

Mario: Whaddya call goin' out for dinner at a fancy restaurant and not inviting your big brother, huh?

Luigi: Okay, #1. Hoskin's is not a fancy restaurant. #2. We were just hanging out and talking.

Mario: Mhm. Yeah, sure, bro. We'll go with dat. Whaddya think Jill?

Jill: I think it's none of business, and it's none of yours.

Luigi: Ah-HAH!

Jill: BUT. Aren't you at least interested in pursuing a relationship?

Luigi: Well... I mean I've thought about it maybe sure. But I'm just a plumber and a technician, and she's... amazing. She's a freakin' paleontologist for christ's sake! Like that's dats amazing! She's going places I can't even dream of.

Mario: Basta! She respects ya just as much as youse respect her Luigi.

Luigi: Eh, maybe. What's your situation with relationships Jill?

Mario: Nice subject change.

Jill: Eh... well... I did just go out on a really strange date.

Mario: What was so strange about it?

Jill: Well, it wasn't what was so strange about the date, it was moreso the person.

Mario & Luigi: Ah...

Luigi: So, what was the deal?

Jill: Well, she was this lovely trans lady. She was incredibly attractive, and she seemed funny. She had this like... tattoo of one of the bad guys in Model Warrior Julliane.

Luigi: Oh, yeah, I remember seeing that on air.

Mario: It was aight.

Jill: ... Anyway. She was one of those bad guys that connected with a lot of the audience for having a tragic backstory or something, and that got me interested in her, so I asked her out.

Luigi: So, how'd it go?

Jill: Well, we went out for some coffee, and we're sitting down and chatting, and it turns out over the course of the conversation, it turned out she was racist and a republican. Also, she had no time for a relationship anyway. Chick was signing up to be one of those space truckers.

Mario: Eh? Why even go out on da fuckin' date den?

Jill: I forgot to ask. I did ask why they liked Lazula. Because she was quote "patriotic."

Mario: Dat... wow. Yeah, no dat bites. That's special.

Jill: Then she brought her gun out halfway through the date.

Mario: WHAT!? Ay, if youse being tracked by some chick with a gun, youse better go home safe or somethin'.

Jill: No, they weren't gonna USE it on me. They had just been sitting on it for the last minute or so. They wanted to put it in their purse.

Mario: Well, first of all, youse conceal your gun someplace safe on your side. The back is just uncomfortable.

Jill: But then they just kept bringing it up into the conversation. Like the gun was just so integral to who they were as a person.

Luigi: Do youse not like guns Jill?

Jill: Um... It's a bit mixed for me. I can't deny they have purpose in certain situations, and it's good to have if shit goes down. But it's also not good to have if shit goes down. There's also the whole fiasco with gun laws and how it affects minorities. It's a complex issue.

Mario: Yeah, fair enough. Fair enough. But what was so upsetting 'bout this chick ownin' one den?

Jill: It seemed like it consumed her whole personality the fact that she owned a gun.

Luigi: Dat'll do it.

Jill: You two want anything else to drink? Mario: Nah, we gotta get back. There's a couple of things we gotta get to. Thanks for asking though. Youse have a nice day Jill, aight? Jill: Will do. Come back soon. Jill: Boss, I'm gonna go and take my break, lemme know if anybody walks in! Dana: Got it!

Unfortunately, this was all that was written for the day. The second half is not present in the files. What do you think? Would you have liked more cameo characters in Va-11 Hall-A?

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Adult Scooby-Doo TV Show Pitch

So, the idea with my theoretical Adult Swim Scooby-Doo TV Show is to avoid any inclination this is a reimagining. I'm envisioning this is as being a sort of continuation of the concepts and story present in Zombie Island, Witch's Ghost, and Alien Invaders. But, attempting to keep up the original episodic format of "Where Are You?" and breaking some limits of what you can put these characters through.

Part of the reason "Zombie Island" works, is because these are the same characters we grew up with. But they're a little older now too. They all have jobs, they're long past high-school, they have adult expectations. But for the most part, Hanna-Barbera doesn't change anything about Mystery Inc's personality, and instead drops them into a scenario that is dark and gritty. Which makes it far more terrifying.

But another reason is Zombie Island keeps the inherent comedy without sacrificing the horror. Good stuff.

So how do you take the concepts of Zombie Island, and transform it into a monster of the week Scooby-Doo show?

Coast to Coast with Scooby-Doo!

Part I: The Plot

After the harrowing experiences dealing with true brushes with the supernatural and the paranormal, Daphne Blake is now more convinced then ever that she needs live footage of a real honest to good ghost. If they can get one on camera, and report it, this will be the find of a century.

Sticking with the original plan, Scoob & The Gang travel across America investigating real folklore and horrors, in hopes of finding something real.

Part II: The Formula

So, Coast to Coast With Scooby-Doo is kind of a mix of genres. But for the most part, I want it to be a Horror Comedy Mystery show, but it's also a road trip show. One of the things I liked about Zombie Island, is that it took place in New Orleans, and introduced us to real New Orleans cuisine. From beignets, to po' boys, crawdads, gumbo and jambalaya. But it also told us about the voodoo scene in New Orleans.

I'm now dead set on heading out to New Orleans sometime just to try the food, and I think that's something that can really help drag Scooby-Doo down to earth. It makes you really want to visit these places, and maybe investigate a haunting while you're there too.

So, here's the setup.

Spooky Cold Open, probably a Murder

Theme Song

Scoob & The Gang ride the mystery machine into town, probably with some sort of banter. Velma brings up where they're going, and Shag is like "Yo man, it's been a minute since we've been out to New York! You guys think Trinidad Golden Palace is still open? Like they had one crazy Shark Sandwich dude!" Then another member of the gang brings up they're actually looking to go to the statue of Liberty, where, by the way, there is ACTUAL rumors of buried treasure and ghosts. This changes depending on local

The gang stumble upon mystery, ask questions, find out gruesome details, meet suspects. Daphne & Fred interview some people.

They film the hauntings as they're happening, and search for clues.

Then, as the episode progresses we figure out whether or not this thing is real or fake. If it's real, the gang have to find a way to take down the monster using ingenuity and what they've found in the episode, or they have to capture the culprit and breakdown the mystery.

Small things, but I feel like having a constant bet between characters whether or not it's real or if it's fake would be something really fun actually. I think the audience would have fun getting in on the question too, and guessing along with the gang.

Part III: The Adult Part

So, this is a show for adults, but the fact it's FOR adults will not override that it IS Scooby-Doo. Which is to say, that it will have murder, swearing, mentions of sex, but it will not go beyond what you expect in terms of tone from Scooby-Doo. It's a fun horror comedy mystery show about 4 friends and their dog who investigate spooky mysteries. You can't change that core premise or you risk it no longer being Scooby-Doo and something else entirely.

So if you need a member of the gang to swear for a scene, you can, but it can't breach too far out of character for the group. Like Fred can say fuck, but he's still the leader Dad type guy who likes Daphne, and likes building absurd rube goldberg type traps. Shaggy can smoke weed, but he's still the goofy moral center of the group. He makes fun sandwiches, he cracks dumb jokes, he's scared of getting stabbed, but he sticks around for his friends. Velma can be a lesbian, but she's still the quirky smart character who loves books and science.

But most importantly you need to make sure it's still abundantly clear to the audience that no matter how much drama or crazy shit they see, Scoob & The Gang are all best friends who love working together.

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Lupin III au where nothing changes the Fiat is just covered in a bunch of stupid bumper stickers

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There’s a lot of Scooby Doo stuff on Netflix

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Scooby-Doo Meets Professor Layton (2010, Unreleased)

Before the Professor's meeting with a certain Attorney, apparently another crossover was in the works. Being developed back in 2010 before being dropped in favor of developing for the 3DS, Scooby-Doo meets Professor Layton was going to have everyone's favorite great dane and a true gentleman trying to uncover a good old fashioned mystery, spliced in-between some classic puzzle solving by series veteran Akira Tago, and screenwriter Glenn Leopold taking up the story.

A small demo released by an ex-Level 5 designer, saying the project was quite extensive, but due to licensing issues, and lack of interest by Warner Bros. it got shut down.

We would have gotten it too, if it wasn't for meddling executives!

Thank you so much to Muzzable for their permission to use their wonderful renditions of Scoob & The Gang for a DS Layton-Style Game Mockup~

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October 29th. Haunting Ground (PS2, 2005)

You're unfamiliar. Unfamiliar with this place, incredibly unfamiliar.

The people who roam it are with you, but you aren't with it. They too, are unfamiliar.

Not just in the sense you don't remember them, but they are off. An off-putting sentence,

maybe a bizarre question. Something plain wrong.

They want to kill you, they shouldn't but they can, they want to, and by god they'll try.

You don't know why. You don't know where you are. You don't know what you did.

You don't know this castle, you don't know it's inhabitants, and you don't know where to go.

Where to hide. You've never known this panic, you've never known fear, you only know this.

He is so close.

So.

Uncomfortably.

Close.

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October 13th. Friday

Pleasure. Pleasure comes in many, many shapes and forms. It can help us escape.

Escape from the burdens of reality, and deep into fantasy, love, and and excitement.

But go too far with pleasure, and soon you're far beyond comprehension, you're

unaware of your surroundings, it's just the pounding of your heart, the ecstacy

in your mind. Anything could happen, and yet you're focused on the pleasure.

While you're focused on this pleasure of yours, you fail to notice your reality

crumbling, the danger behind you.

The death.

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October 10th. ???

In the pursuit of art, we often have to reach deep into the near infinite pours of imagination.

Nick too, has to find his way through this. A specific middle ground between light and shadow. Between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit o a mans fears and the summit of his knowledge.

Unfortunately he has to pass through a dimension of imagination.

A dimension, which we call...

The Twilight Zone

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October 10th. Evil Dead

What started as a simple vacation turned into survival. Reading the words from the book of the dead brought more then just demons. It brought hell.

Your friends possessed, your resources limited, and your sanity low, you're stuck in a neverending nightmare in a cabin in the woods...

Sounds pretty Groovy to me.