{"id":5141,"date":"2012-07-26T22:04:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T02:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/?p=5141"},"modified":"2017-04-24T02:07:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T06:07:43","slug":"metroid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/2012\/07\/26\/metroid\/","title":{"rendered":"Metroid!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tonight, Rowan asked me to find a fruit beetle for him. That&#8217;s one of the easiest tasks ever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2730-small.jpg\" alt=\"Rowan: I am ALL about those crazy things. I'm serious! They're crawling in my dreams.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2730-small.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2730-small-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2730-small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>So I walked a few feet and caught one. I gave it to Rowan and he thanked me by giving me a tea-room wall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5117\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2731-small.jpg\" alt=\"Rowan: Yesss! A fruit beetle! HIGH FIVE, bud! You hooked me up big-time.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2731-small.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2731-small-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2731-small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>After I was done watering my flowers, I made my way to the beach for the night&#8217;s main event: Gulliver.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2732-small.jpg\" alt=\"Gulliver: Oh, wait, that one I know. I'm Gulliver, captain of the Crusty Barnacle... Um. Crusty SPACE Barnacle.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2732-small.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2732-small-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2732-small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>It wasn&#8217;t an easy journey, but my long wait is over. He gave me the Metroid! Score!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2733-small.jpg\" alt=\"My new Metroid on display in my house.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2733-small.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2733-small-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/RUU_2733-small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Even though it looks cool, the best part is the short bit of Metroid music it plays. It made me think of how Metroid (the game series) has such great, atmospheric, even haunting music. More than any other Nintendo franchise (yes, even Zelda), I feel that the unique music in Metroid is an integral part of the game. Metroid with a different soundtrack may have still been a good game, but I don&#8217;t feel it would have become the classic that it is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sorry for going off on a tangent there. But tomorrow night is Friday Night Forest, so check back late tomorrow night for another entry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, Rowan asked me to find a fruit beetle for him. That&#8217;s one of the easiest tasks ever. So I walked a few feet and caught one. I gave it to Rowan and he thanked me by giving me a tea-room wall. 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