SHANK RUNNER

SHANK RUNNER
by Wmpyr

Post Apocalyptic Future
Science Fiction
Zombie Apocalypse
Martial Arts Action

YOUR MISSION
Parker Peridot, the daughter of Nathan Peridot CEO of Hole Tech has been kidnapped. This mission is huge, if you complete this one, you will be rewarded enough credits to retire in a capsule home next to the lavish Pyramid Skyscrapers in the Sholmes metro-plex.
Rumor has it that Parker is held captive at the underground city of Skyless directly underneath the Sholmes metro-plex.

The No-Sky-Zone AKA Skyless is a network of underground tunnels. The residents are comprised of scavengers, traders, merchants, crafters, and gangs. Over 90% of the population is homeless, most of them those who did not want to be a part of society any longer. The people of Skyless prefer to follow their own set of rules, often times set by the many violent factions residing in Skyless.

CHAPTER 1
THE BEGINNING

As you look out the transit window into the concrete jungle of the Sholmes metroplex you remember the details of your mission. Find Parker Peridot and bring her back to Sholmes at all costs. The rain hits the window hard but any force, sound is blocked from the ultra thick glass. Sholmes is a cold freezing place, and it's not just the weather that's so miserable either. The big wigs that run this place are blood sucking tyrants, modern day emperors living it up, milking the poor, no wonder Skyless exists. No wonder so many people left and choose to live free in danger, but still free is better than being a willing slave that works for everything, food, water, home, health care, and for the average person, there is no such thing as retirement anymore.

The transit takes you away from downtown Sholmes, away from the pyramid skyscrapers, away from the resort colonies, and into the industrial factories, where most of the population resides.

You get off board and walk to 90 Bronx West street. There is a park there with a manhole cover with a white rabbit marking on it.

Before you can enter it, a violent vagrant tells you not to go there. You can clearly see that this vagrant is psycho and for some reason has decided to mess with you. To make him go away, you must intimidate him beyond reason. You may choose any one of your stat, role the die, the sum must be higher than 5 to be successful.
If not you have escalated the situation and his five buddies jump you and poke you to death with wooden stakes.

You lift up the manhole and let yourself down. Underneath is a wide space roofed by a wide concrete arc, it looks like the park was built on top of a caved in freeway that was no longer used. You see graffiti with several gang names all over the walls. In the dead center the word SKYLESS.
There are a few broken down old vehicles with some people in rags who look like they live in it.
You enter a large hole and keep traveling further down into Skyless.

A large filthy giant of a man calls out to you. Says something about never seeing you here before. Clearly he takes you as a chump. And before he can shake you down for some valuables, your trusty knife is out and you deeply sever the tendon in his arm. He screams bloody murder and realizes that you were the wrong person to mess with. His brother however is blinded by his rage and has decided to make you into minced meat. He's armed with a homemade mace that can kill a man with a strong enough blow to the head.
His attack is a 3.
Because he is in rage mode, if you attack him head on it will only fuel his anger and you do not want to trade blows with this guy. You can defeat him if you use your defensive skills.
Role the die and add your defense stat points if you have any.
If you lose he has killed you by striking you in the head.

Once in a while a large ruckus is heard and local gangs pass by, you scurry off with the people who were wandering about and hide behind drum cans and corners not to catch attention.
During all this watch and hide action, a feisty girl by the name of Barb Angel befriends you. Despite her tiny frame, you know she is a seasoned local who can take care of herself. Barb has her blonde hair tightly braided so that it is less likely to be yanked on, she is armed with a knuckle duster in one hand and who knows what other weapons she has concealed.
It's still going to take you a few days until you get to the area known as the Food Court, so you get some cardboard boxes and make your bed with layers of blankets. Your glad that you met Barb because it's cold down here.

After you wake up, you have several choices at your disposal.
1) Head to the Food Court.
Go to Chapter 2

2) Follow Barb to the Mace Corp gang headquarters.
Go to Chapter 3

3) Go to your faction.
Chapter 3 = Mace Corp
Chapter 4 = Dark Robes
Chapter 5 =
Chapter 6 =

Dark Robes
Piller Jacks
Insaniacs
Ox Herders
Mace Corps
The Unicorns


Combat
Intelligence
Speed
Strength
Endurance
Reputation
Skill
Armor
Attack
Defense
Speech

So far there is a total of 6 cards to choose from.

First you need to make a Character Control Panel.
Pick 3 cards and place them in the panels of your preference to custom build your character.

1. Companion panel
2. Faction panel
3. Character panel
4. Ability panel
5. Knife panel





Factions
You can collect cards with different factions or keep getting the same faction. If you have different factions you will be able to infiltrate different groups better but you maybe bossed around. If you collect cards of the same faction then you will have a higher rank and earn special privileges such as info, access to restricted areas, and commanding lower rank.

Abilities
Collect cards to increase your abilities, you can only have a limited amount of ability cards at a time so make sure you choose wisely to develop your character the way you want.

Knives
Collect knives, if you have the right knife you can skip the battle with an instant kill or intimidate them to have your way.

TMA < Striking < Grappling < TMA Dumont Dark Robes assassin - ninjitsu Karambit knife Captain Orion Piller Jacks pirate - gypsy fighting Skull-o-ween Insaniacs punk gang - kickboxing Ox Herders barbarian gang - toughman boxing Mace Corps military gang - combat sambo The Unicorns amazons - wrestling ninjitsu gypsy fighting Dark Robes Piller Jacks Insaniacs Ox Herders Mace Corps The Unicorns Windy Clerics

LaserLyte KA-BAR Pistol Bayonet review by Wmpyr

LaserLyte Serrated Pistol Bayonet attached onto Walther P99 airsoft gun.

*Carbon steel blade
*Black teflon coating on blade
*30% glass-filled nylon handle
*2.75 inch blade
*4 ounces
*Custom Polymer sheath

SHEATH
Let me begin badly with the sheath, I do not like this sheath. It is difficult to use, not quick, and it seems to be falling apart, I see black specs on the blade every time I unsheathe this knife, because the sheath rubs on the blade edge and it is falling apart.

BLADE
Now let's move onto the blade, I really like it! The serrations on the spine, pretty sharp edge, the shape, I'm digging it.

HANDLE
The handle does have that bulky part for the bayonet attachment feature but what are you gonna do? Aside from that the handle is pretty good. I like the flat handle bottom and the oval shaped hand guard, the handle itself is tubular sort of reminds me of a pineapple grenade. I see 3 screws going through the handle that not only hold it together but actually play an integral role when tightening or loosening it up when fastening this knife on the pistol rail, however I wish they had a bolt on the other side for a little bit more quality.

AS A KNIFE
The knife overall looks and works great. It's a small fixed blade, looks like a mini Rambo knife, very cute. I tried doing some of my martial arts techniques with it, and it works just fine.

BAYONET
Okay the main feature is the pistol bayonet ability. One problem was that, I didn't know which airsoft gun was going to be compatible. I can tell you now from experience that the Walther P99 will work provided that you use the extra rail attachment that my Pistol Bayonet came with. Once attached, it does what it's suppose to do. A blade on your handgun.

CONCEPT
For me the pistol bayonet is not a novelty item. In martial arts we train with various weapons, including ancient weapons that are no longer used anymore, but we continue to train with them to develop discipline, practice techniques, develop core skills, and for exercise/fitness.

Masters of Martial Arts film review by Wmpyr

I found this film on Youtube.

It is a classic Kung Fu flick that reminds me a bit of Bruce Lee's first film The Big Boss AKA Fists of Fury, but with a better story. Yes the story is actually better here.

The main character Go-Chan is played by the actor that gets defeated by John Saxon in Enter the Dragon. He was also in Return of the Dragon AKA Way of the Dragon, another Bruce Lee classic.

This actor is a suave looking guy that doesn't look like a fighter, but he does his fight scenes well. Unlike most martial arts films you don't see him go through a training sequence.

So Go-Chan is a martial arts expert who starts off in the film with a challenge match that goes wrong. He kills his opponent with a back hand palm strike to the nose. Go-Chan's dad kicks him out of the house and tells him to never misuse martial arts again. Our mild mannered reluctant hero is now wandering about when he encounters a thief who is portrayed as a good man forced into bad things. The thief dies and Go-Chan decides to carry his burdens, he travels to the family to bring the news and begins work in a new town to support the family.

His employers are corrupt and have henchmen who bully people. They are plotting to win a local martial arts tournament by dirty means. They hire a Japanese fighter Hashimoto to represent them, which at this time having foreigners on your side is considered a very bad thing to do.
The main villain is played by a convincing actor, although it would have been nice to have made him a bit more unique or colorful, but I give him props because he is able to hold his role just by his acting and looks.

Now Go-Chan is a reluctant hero who doesn't want to fight anymore because he feels bad and is trying to honor is dad's words, but one thing I do not like about his personality, is that there is another good guy in this film who is more aware about what is going on with the villain's evil scheme and this guy has offered his friendship and even the solution to Go-Chan, but Go-Chan refuses to help, he's stuck in his own drama. You don't want to be blind towards a real friend. So this results in this good guy's death, and Go-Chan has to take matters into his own hands anyway.

Another thing I didn't care for was the way Go-Chan's love interest in the film reacts towards Go-Chan, she blames him for people's deaths. Really not cool since Go-Chan has been honorable to her and has financially helped support her.

I am also pretty sure Sammo Hung was in this as a goon leader.

All in all, this film is not bad, to me it has a lot of potential, but it definitely lacks anything colorful, seems a bit plain. A rewrite of this script would probably be really good since the core is pretty cool, you have a reluctant hero, a martial arts tournament, a cool possible team mate, and 4 main villains.

SKYLANDERS video game characters

SKYLANDERS Spyro's Adventure

Here is a list of the ones I have so far (13) and my brief opinion on them.

Bash
This guy reminds me of a T-rex. He is the cute because he is dumb type.
His rolling capability makes up for his close range mace tail.

Chop Chop
I didn't care for his face, but I like everything else, plus he is undead, my favorite element. Starting off he doesn't seem that good, but he's one of those that seems to get much better as he levels up.

Dino-Rang
I like his Australian accent, since both of his attacks involve the boomerang, he seems a bit on the boring side, but he is practical in combat.

Eruptor
Obviously looks powerful, and plays like a mini Incredible Hulk type strong and powerful character. He looks pretty cool too.

Ghost Roaster
My favorite in the game. To me this is a silly version of Ghost Rider. I like his maniac laughing voice and his skull attack is effective and looks cool.

Gill Grunt
The character may not look that interesting but he plays well. I actually like him. To me this guy is everything the MOTU Merman wanted to be.

Hex
The coolest looking Skylander. Can easily become anyone's favorite.

Sonic Boom
I thought he was a bird, but now not sure what exactly he is. A griffon? His secondary attack spits out an egg, it hatches, and a mini Sonic Boom will go attack the enemy, now that is major awesome sauce!

Spyro
He doesn't hover as well as Hex. Character wise, he is a dragon, and dragons are cool, even though Cynder and Whirlwind look cooler, he is still a dragon!

Stealth Elf
Definitely one of the coolest looking, however starting off she is kind of weak. Level her up and it seems like she can become really enjoyable.

Trigger Happy
Because of his guns he is easy to use. Reminds me of a wacky version of Taz.

Wrecking Ball
He is some type of insect. I don't care for him much at the moment but maybe he will get much better as he levels up.

Zap
Reminds me of Nimrod from the TV show SURFACE. Plays very well starting off.

My Most Wanted List (from least to most)
Whirlwind
Warnado
Drobot
Stump Smash
Slam Bam
Terrafin
Lightning Rod

Wmpyr Fantasy Knife Design

Delta Force Combat Knife 01

Trianbit = Triangular shaped karambit


This is my fantasy knife, because it is basically a combination of my 2 favorite knives, the KNIVES STI P001 tactical knife, Krudo Knives SNAG knife, with a bit of my own contribution sprinkled on.

-SNAG knife blade lever
-Karambit finger hole
-P001 finger hole
-Solid single piece pocket clip
-Triangle shaped impact tool

SKYRIM

SKYRIM IMPROVEMENT IDEAS by Wmpyr

Okay I made a video a little while back on this very same subject but my opinions and ideas have changed since then, especially because I have gotten much further in the game.

1. Killing your follower really bites.
Having to constantly be careful not to kill your partner while trying to complete the task at hand is a pain in the rear. Definitely more realistic, but can really take the fun out of the game. My solution is to make it an option. Ability to hurt your partner and vice versa should have an on and off feature.

2. Money problems.
At higher levels it's really easy to accumulate so much money you don't know what to do with all of it. A casino type feature would be great! Oh but if we do that, we can lose money but also have the potential to increase our money even more, I know we can purchase a house, but let's take it a step further, build our own custom home, how about even build our own village like Riverwood? Also people I'm trying to sell to constantly run out of money, the entering and exiting stores is a big pain so can't there be an automatic bank where they can automatically borrow to buy from you, so the cash can come in via courier a few days later.

3. Interact with other live players.
I know this is a single player game. If players could have a special window where they can just sell each other items it would be priceless! It shouldn't be that hard of a feature to add.

4. Long Load time
I understand this is a giant game, so it's going to have long load times, I wish there was something useful we could do during the constant load times.
Here are some ideas.
Access the map, access inventory so you can equip or even store items.

5. Vampires and Werewolves
Needs to play like a selectable race, it doesn't have to be a race that is selectable from the get go but it needs to work with the game where the play can be done from early stages of the game all the way to the advanced stages of the game.

6. Fix the compass
This next suggestion is not that hard to do, sometimes the compass is difficult to see because the building, terrain, and other location symbols get in the way. Just put the compass below that and it would solve this problem.

REVENGE OF THE NINJA film review

REVENGE OF THE NINJA
(1983)

What can I say? This film is my favorite ninja film of all time. It stars Sho Kosugi, real life martial artist, ninjitsu practitioner, expert in 9 different styles of martial arts, and a vast collection of 650 weapons, 120 of them are throwing stars. He does most if not all of his own stunts, and almost killed himself 4 times. Welcome to a trip down memory lane, let me take you back to a time where Sho was the king of ninja films, the golden age of ninja films.

The film starts off with some action right away, evil ninjas attacking Sho and his family. Sho with the support from Keith Vitali decides to move to America. Keith Vitali btw, is a columnist on Black Belt Magazine, and a US National Karate champion for 3 consecutive years.
Anyways we find out that Keith is an evil ninja, who uses Sho to transport drugs over to America by smuggling them inside fancy Japanese dolls that Sho is trying to sell.

Keith in the meantime goes to war with the local mob and has hypnotized a blonde bombshell named Cathy to keep an eye on Sho and spar with him wearing a red gi top and pantyhose. One of the memorable and humorous scene was with Grandmother, who has a fantastic fight scene with Keith who wears an awesome silver Hanya mask (Hanya is a Japanese female demon). Gotta love the acrobatic ninja Grandmother! Another scene to look for is the fight scene between Sho and a Native American henchman which kind of brings back memories of Storm Shadow versus Spirit from the 80s GIJOE cartoon! Tomahawk nuff said!!! Eventually Sho's real life son Kane gets kidnapped, and Sho brings out the weapons and outfit to save him. In the end there is a worthy final boss fight between Sho and Keith that will not disappoint, starts with some awesome Kuji-kiri (ninja finger weaving) and we get to see weapon vs weapon combat with various deceptive ninjitsu tactics as well.
What can I say the film is cheesy and great, they sure don't make them like this anymore, you will see Sho use a ninja star belt, don't forget the torture in a jacuzzi scene, and even a short appearance by Professor Toru Tanaka who was SUBZERO from The Running Man.

This film made me want to watch the other Sho Kosugi ninja films, and even though this was the best, I enjoyed the others very much, and became a Sho Kosugi fan!

Revenge of the Ninja review part 5/5

Revenge of the Ninja review part 4/5

Revenge of the Ninja review part 3/5

Revenge of the Ninja review Part 2/5

Revenge of the Ninja review part 1/5

Pray for Death starring Sho Kosugi

Rage of Honor starring Sho Kosugi