ThatDonParkerVODS

Originally streamed on 08/16/2021 Yeah, Beast's Castle was fun and all. But I really remember playing this world for the first and really spreading my wings out to get a taste of that sweet, sweet Kingdom Hearts II gameplay. The sounds is all messed up though here. My apologies for that. Look at that date though! I was still learning all that Streamlabs has to offer! I'm going to have to make up for that.

Originally streamed on 08/06/2021 Look, let's just get this out of the way. This hour looks like trash. It looks like it was recorded using a potato. It's not your fault. It's 100% my own. I didn't record what I was playing and pulled this hour off of Twitch. There's no excuse for what happened but these streams just look better and better in future episodes. It's still delicious, though. Leave a like!

Originally streamed on 08/06/2021 Look, let's just get this out of the way. This hour looks like trash. It looks like it was recorded using a potato. It's not your fault. It's 100% my own. I didn't record what I was playing and pulled this hour off of Twitch. There's no excuse for what happened but these streams just look better and better in future episodes. It's still delicious, though. Leave a like!

Originally streamed on 08/04/2021 So, apparently, there was an extra 50 minutes from when we got to the Tower with Master Yen Sid to when we could select our first world. Go figure!

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix - #1 - The Intro with Roxas and Twilight Town Originally Recorded on 08/02/2021 This is the start of our trek through Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix! Man, when they say this was a super-long intro, they ain't kidding. And in this very special episode, we play through the entirety of the game's intro in one stream! Over 3 hours! I know I broke a rule of mine. "Nothing over 90 minutes. I have to respect your time." I felt like this was one exception I could make. The intro to Kingdom Hearts II is notorious and a little slow since most people didn't get the exposition in Chain of Memories... but we did get that exposition! It felt longer because you know you aren't supposed to play through the game as Roxas and the story got a little confusing if you didn't play Chain of Memories (remake or not). I've played through Kingdom Hearts II before, but never right after Chain of Memories. Knowing what I know now, it hits way different. I highly recommend the 1.5 + 2.5 HD ReMIX now. It is a great value with 4 games and 2 "movies" but the deeper I dive into the series, it really does make you identify with certain story elements. (First moment was that Riku/Replica fight in the late game of Re: Chain of Memories, oh man)

Originally streamed on 07/15/2022 THEY HAD US IN THE FIRST HALF! NOT GONNA LIE! After the disastorious outing in the last episode, We get a great flow going and we rush up Ganon's Tower and toward the Blue Man Pig himself. At the end of this episode, as of the streaming, I talk about a lot of the goals and hopes I have of not only my socials, but plans for myself as well. Hopefully by this time this episode gets released, I would have had a good dent done in my audiobook, which was the ultimate goal of Take Your Shot. I like streaming and posting them for posterity and slowly scheduling them one week at a time. I could forseeably do this for years. Having content posted every week up until December and it being July is a great feeling. There's a lot more work to be done, and I can't wait for that challenge. Everything is going to come full circle. Finishing A Link to the Past was the start. - Notes as of posting this video - Let me tell you how radically my life changed from 10/11/2021 (when I recorded the first hour) til when I recorded this hour on 07/15/2022.

Originally streamed on 07/15/2022 This.. This was a rough hour. Not gonna lie. Just could not get in the groove at first. Then we needed to upgrade our bombs and arrows. And what felt like the first time in forever, I really needed money in a Zelda game. But we set ourselves up for success in the next hour.

Originally streamed on 06/24/2022 Not quite as miserable as the Ice Palace, and that's a good thing. First, we take care of some overworld stuff, then we finish the dungeon, and get ourselves set up for the next dungeon.

Originally streamed on 06/23/2022 We may have a front runner for worst dungeon design! That's why this episode is too long! Come to think of it. I didn't care much for the Great Palace in Zelda II either. For the sake of confusion, I'll refer to all of them as just dungeons from now on. The Great Palace was just too long and too much of a gaunlet to get through just to get rocked by Thunderbird and Dark Link at the end. The problem here, was I didn't care for just how confusing this was. And you need to flawless execute a plan going through this dungeon, one slipup and BAM! You have to waste 5 minutes backtracking.

Originally streamed on 06/20/2022 What an interesting design choice! And it's so early in the series too. "Hey, let's have players leave and enter the dungeon at different points and have them go through the overworld." "Yeah! Good idea!" There's one particular "dungeon" in The Wind Waker I can't wait to experience again, but that is FIVE games away at this point. Plus the Kingdom Hearts series on top of that? Hoo boy, that'll be a while before we get there! Here, we leave and enter and leave and enter and leaver and enter the Skull Woods dungeon. Plus, we get to the start of the next dungeon, Gargoyle's Domain. Man, I am really having a good time here. At one point, this was Nintendo's most ambitious game and I can see how this would have melted minds back in 1991.

Originally streamed on 06/13/2022 One of my favorite things about Zelda, and video games in general, is just how a world just unfolds for you. Little by little. Yeah, some games let you go wild at the start but it does slowly reveal its secrets to you. I feel like that happens here as we go back and forth from the Light World and Dark World and exploring the parts that were inaccessible to us before.

Originally streamed on 06/12/2022 Took a break from streaming Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix on Twitch and got back to streaming A Link to the Past! Again, that's why there is such long gaps of time in the between the "Originally streaming/recording" dates. I haven't looked at Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix in a while, I wonder how those dates look. Anyways... In this episode, we see a good spike in difficult as we go through the Dark Palace and get ourselves ready for the Swamp Palace

Originally recorded on 03/09/2022 Why are these recording dates so staggered AND so late? Just wanted to get a backlog of episodes ready to go whenever I was ready to post them. Four weeks later, I think it's safe to assume that I was ready to post. In this episode we get the last pendant in the Tower of Hera, fight Agahnim, and explore the Dark World to get to the first Dark World dungeon Good luck to J-Ru and Collector's Quest as he attempts to break the Guiness Book of World's Record Follow J-Ru at... Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/gamergottagame YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/GamerGottaGameGimmickMan

Originally recorded on 01/03/2022 After working too much and too long. I got back to streaming. Here we make short work of the Desert Palace and explore more of the Overworld, which includes the Lost Woods, Zora's Waterfall, and Death Mountain. - Note as of posting this video - I can't believe how much my life change since starting this game on stream to when I finished. A complete night and day difference.

Originally recorded on 10/30/2021 It's been super hectic with life recently. But that is what makes life great! I need the break though, so streaming it is! Here we tear through the Eastern Palace and explore the Overworld for a bit. Let's see if we can set up success in later hours.

Originally recorded on 10/11/2021 Here we are! Back at it again! And we are not going anywhere for a long, long time! Initially release in Japan on November 21, 1991; North America on April 13, 1992, and Europe on September 24, 1992. We are finishing a Link to the Past, the third game released for the Legend of Zelda series! It has been about 12 years since I lasted played it. A lot happened since then. College, relationships, careers... life. Life happened. I remember liking this. Quite a bit actually. So let's see how it handles! Here, we play the opening segment up until the first dungeon in the game.

For Chris. I don't remember much about getting the game. I don't remember who got to use the free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut coupon (More than likely, no one did. It more than likely expired by the time we got the game) I do remember playing the heck out of it, and loving it. But does it still hold up or does it still kick shell? Let's give TMNT II: The Arcade Game for the NES the TGH Treatment.

Originally streamed on 06/23/2021 I was really expecting some sort of super crazy, super long stream. "Better set aside the three hours." I finish the game in less than one hour. That's it. No more Re: Chain of Memories. It's over. Thank you very much for sticking with me through it all. We are all rewarded, because Kingdom Hearts II is coming soon.

Originally streamed on 06/21/2021 I know I like to play around a lot. Those thumbnails I make are definitely proof of that. But this is definitely the first time I can say, without being condescending or joking around, that I really felt something while playing Kingdom Hearts. The story here, in this particular episode, just matures from "angsty, emo kids with Disney characters" to "What happens when a fake dies? Where will my heart go?" It's strangely peaceful. I don't even know how to react to it when it happens. I don't think I even allowed myself to process it. But reflecting on it now, it's a touching, thought provoking scene. At the end of the stream, a friend sent me this clip. I made reference to this on the stream before watching it. I regret that decision, but it's still pretty funny. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQZvNbQjb0T/?utm_medium=copy_link

Originally streamed on 06/17/2021 Poor Riku has been through a lot. We've been through a lot. But now, we march towards the end game. Lucky for us, we get a friend towards the end of this stream.

Originally streamed on 06/14/2021 In a surprise decision by me, who was super tired. I streamed live on Twitch for an extra hour. Go me. We finish up Halloweentown and turn one of the Organization's members into Nobody mincemeat. We also make an annoucement for streams on Tuesdays! I make a reference to a video I watched at some point in the stream. Here it is, in all of it's glory. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQHyCYWpyWA/?utm_medium=copy_link

Originally streamed on 06/14/2021 A little of Wonderland. A little Halloweentown (hey, copyright claim, it's been a while. Good to see you.) I surprised myself here when I make it a two-part stream. This story has been much better than the original Kingdom Hearts, and even Sora's part. I make an announcement for Tuesdays. I wonder what it could be.

Originally streamed on 06/09/2021 We get through Olympus Coliseum and a little bit of Wonderland. The game play may drive me absolutely nuts, but the story is pretty good.

Originally streamed on 06/02/2021 I don't think I said this before, even on stream. But Riku crawling out of the basement of Castle Oblivion while Riku is climbing to the top at the same time is a really, really cool idea.

Originally streamed on 05/26/2021 In this very special episode, I learned that I don't like semi-difficult boss fights where the boss looks EXACTLY like me and targeting randomly turns off.