Am I....
......first? Go me!

Now some creative writing is needed to weave a tale of the geekiness that is intrinsic to understanding the enig-man that is JasperSinister.

When I was a teenaged youngster I had a tendencey to become pretty obsessive when I discovered a subject I found exciting. I would spend hours mulling over the stylings cues of Ferrari V8 coupes through the decades. I would lecture my friends at great length on the intercontextuality of Quentin Tarantino movies. When my friends were absent these lectures would become soliloquies.

But the extent of my obsessive nature was pushed to the limit by one particular TV series: Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Was it the sight of the nubile Sarah Michelle-Gellar performing martial arts? Was it the depiction of a town beseiged by demons from the mouth of Hell? Was it the fact the theme tune was performed by a band called The Nerf Herders, and I was pleased with myself for noticing this was a Star Wars reference? All I know is after a few weeks of immersing myself in the Sunnydale universe I was captivated.

So I watched, recorded and re-watched every episode. I signed up to the official Buffy fan site, searched endlessly for spoilers and bought every issue of Stardust of SFX Weekly that mentioned Joss Whedon. I once wrote to EA and told them how good I thought a Buffy The Vampire Slayer beat 'em up game would be (I still think it would be pretty cool).

I had an unquenchable thirst for completion. I compiled lists of episodes and characters, cross-referenced them with each other to establish another list of which characters appeared in which episodes and under what circumstances.

At one point I drew a chart outlining each characters relationship to each other
then devised a rating system to determine my favourite characters, watching each episode and marking them on a set criteria: Buffy fights 4 vampires in graveyard - 7 points; Spike sacrifices self in Hellmouth whilst wearing magical amulet - 10 points.

As with all good things in life, my rapture eventually came to an end: I loaned Season 4 to one of my brothers mates and never got it back. This gaping hole in my collection somehow shook me to my senses and broke me from my Buffy-induced mania.

Oh, and I thought the Angel spin-off series was shite.

I apologise for nothing.
(JasperSinister is offering two tickets to the gun show, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:41, 10 replies)

looks like it

( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:43, closed)

No,
you are shit
and have too much free time on your hands.
NEXT!
( Sir Pigeon Nipples Did you sit in some sugar?, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:43, closed)

First
Up against the wall come the revolution..
At least attempt an answer you cretin
( M o D, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:48, closed)

"At least attempt an answer you cretin"
Having issues much?

I was actually crafting an answer to be edited onto my 'First Post' triumph in retrospect, a process which I've notice is common practice.
(JasperSinister is offering two tickets to the gun show, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 11:04, closed)

^ this
JasperSinister is absolutley right. Whats up with the Q.O.T.Clique at the moment? This is clearly a local board for local people.
(i anglepoise, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 11:27, closed)

apparently there are several Buffy beat-em-ups:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_video_games
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 12:24, closed)

Go Buffy!
I have the whole series on DVD and watch it as one paints the Forth Bridge. Love Spike, closely followed by Anya. Had a dream last night in which Giles played a major role.

Got the Angel series for Christmas last year - it took me a good few episodes to get into it, had to persevere at first (Angel can be cloyingly "Little House on the Prairie" at times). It still has Joss Wheadon's superbly dark humour, and Cordy gets some brilliant lines later on in the series.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 12:34, closed)

@ apeloverage
I always wanted a one-on-one fighting game, like Tekken or DOA.

I should have sent my proposal to Capcom, they would've made it for sure!
(JasperSinister is offering two tickets to the gun show, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 12:58, closed)

@ Tourette's
I sometimes found Angel a bit labourious, but the Buffy crossover episodes were good, and it was nice when it had storylines in canon with the rest of the Buffy universe.
(JasperSinister is offering two tickets to the gun show, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 13:37, closed)

buffy
All the buffy games without exception were pure and unadulterated shite.
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Sun 9 Mar 2008, 1:59, closed)