Poll: Aww, Geek Out!

[NeutralDrow]

As I surfed the internet the other day, looking for images to prove a point in some Escapist thread or another, I chanced upon a marvelous discovery. It is an announcement certain to be met by the majority of Escapists with profoundest apathy!

Spoiler: BEHOLD!

Shiki Ryougi will be a character in the PS2 port of Melty Blood: Actress Again!

Anyway, I immediately forgot what I was supposed to be doing. Thus, it only struck me five minutes later that I was doing my geek dance, a subtle and complex number that to the trained eye resembles a combination of Caramelldansen, Hare Hare Yukai, and Motteke Seifuku, and to the untrained eye resembles a hashed-up penguin swatting imaginary insects.

And I thought, as I got a hold of myself again, "Surely I can't be the only one? The only one who reacted with a nerd's sheer physical joy at some announcement (like, say, Ike's inclusion in Smash Brothers)?"

Am I?

 

[cptjack42]

I've done it quite a few times. Like some of the anouncements for Halo 3, or Horde mode in Gears.

Spoiler: Read for depression

You are not special nor will you ever be!

 

[IankBailey]

I thought this thread was going to be about Freakazoid...

 

[SimuLord]

I thought this thread was going to be about Freakazoid...

And I was mightily disappointed when it wasn't.

 

[Khazoth]

I just have to ask.

Whosajiggawha?

 

[prettynothings]

Mm, I don't really geek out to most things, unless the very sweet nectar'd things, like uh. Hmm. I think I freaked out when Fable 2 comes out. It's basically starting from a low squeal to a full out scream, waving my arms like I'm flapping them, flying. And then I run around my house and stuff. I suppose it burns calories.. :/

 

[megapenguinx]

I thought this thread was going to be about Freakazoid...

And I was mightily disappointed when it wasn't.

I'm going to go watch the first season now.

 

[ZeeClone]

Now Now boys. we're all geeks of one form or another. So lets play nice with the Anime geeks.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

I don't geek out overmuch, but, I admit it, yes, I geek'd out when I heard that Pokemon Gold and Silver were being remade. I still feel my geek out was justified.

Also,

Shiki Ryougi will be a character in the PS2 port of Melty Blood: Actress Again!

Who is Shiki Ryougi and what is Melty Blood: Actress Again? Also, will it be avaiable in Europe, and when, since it actually looks pretty funky, and I'm a sucker for anime-style fighting games.

 

[IxionIndustries]

Umm.. I've never gone so far as to do a lot of strange dances that i've never heard of, but I will on occasion do a little jig.

 

[ThreeWords]

Whosajiggawha?

Seconded =P

 

[linchowlewy]

i do, i do a little dance every time i hear a bit of awesome news. but i may try adding caramell dansen and the haruhi dance to my geek dance.

 

[hypothetical fact]

What is a Shiki and more importantly what can it do for me?

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

Other: Probably not... I don't do it but I find it amusing nonetheless.

I haven't learned Ms. Suzumiya Haruhi's personal dance or the Lucky star one, but that's due to not looking anything like a trap, therefore it would probably be considered too otaku or gay . Caramelldansen is just swinging your hips while making bunny ears with your hands and anybody can do it .

 

[NeutralDrow]

I thought this thread was going to be about Freakazoid...

And I was mightily disappointed when it wasn't.

Crap, the reference is kinda what I was aiming for. Backfired on me, I suppose.

Also,

Shiki Ryougi will be a character in the PS2 port of Melty Blood: Actress Again!

Who is Shiki Ryougi and what is Melty Blood: Actress Again? Also, will it be avaiable in Europe, and when, since it actually looks pretty funky, and I'm a sucker for anime-style fighting games.

Shiki Ryougi is the protagonist of the Type-Moon novel-later-turned-anime Kara no Kyoukai (English title, Garden of Sinners), which was the company's first work (at that point still a doujin circle, they became a company after releasing the more well-known Fate/Stay Night). Actress Again is the fourth installment of Melty Blood, a fighting game spinoff of Type-Moon's first game release, the visual novel Tsukihime. I'm excited partly because she's a pretty cool character (and is the original Type-Moon character with Mystic Eyes of Death Perception), partly because she's the first/only non-Tsukihime character in the game.

I'm not sure if it will be available in Europe or NA, really (I'm planning on importing a copy). The Melty Blood games were originally for PC (and started getting arcade ports with the third installment), however. I found the first three installments (Melty Blood, Re-Act, and Act Cadenza) in torrent form, and Mirror Moon released translation patches for all of them.

Now Now boys. we're all geeks of one form or another. So lets play nice with the Anime geeks.

I don't say this very often, but...

There is no Tsukihime anime.

 

[Tolly]

My geek-out dance occured in the communal area of the student residence I'm currently living in just recently. There was a trailer for the new Star Trek movie (which is EPIC WIN!!) and I finally saw and heard the new Chekov. Said dance involves several moves from the 'Saved Your Life' bit from Emperor's New Groove and girlish squeals.