Games:
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n+, DS
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Punch-Out!!, Wii
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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition plus a bunch of mods, PC
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The World Ends With You, DS
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Personal Trainer: Cooking, DS
n+ is there because I'd want to have one game there just to spend the rest of my life mastering, and off the top of my head (what I can see from where I'm sitting without getting up), that seems like a good one. Level editor and everything.
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron might be another option.
Punch-Out!! in case I need a workout, or just to laugh at funny foreign people. Also, by having a Wii game, I ensure, by the terms of this deal, that I will have some good shelter (as I would need it to be inside for the pointer to work).
SimCity can last forever, though
RollerCoaster Tycoon (the original) would be a pretty close second for that spot, considering I've been playing it just about non-stop for the last twelve years (even though I still haven't cleared all the scenarios) (By the way, can I assume that, if I have a PC, I also have a suite of basic, non-gaming programs on it? Paint and Gimp would be enough to make new regions for SC4; a word processor and maybe Adobe CS4 would be nice too) (Oh, also, the new SimCity coming out next year would replace this, if it turns out to not suck).
The World Ends With You I feel like I could probably spend a pretty long time 100%ing (though I would need to assume that I have either a Wii with the Nintendo Channel downloaded on it, or some kind of thing to emit wireless signals that the DS would notice, or a second DS with another copy of the game, as there are some pins that need Tag Mode XP to evolve). And if the island is nice and big and has lots of exotic foods on it, why not include
Personal Trainer: Cooking? There'd probably be something relevant in there (if not, then go ahead and put
RollerCoaster Tycoon in that spot. Or, the DS cart
100 Classic Books, if that's not cheating. If that is cheating, then I'd also consider
Metroid Prime Trilogy. Probably RCT, though.). I feel kinda bad for not including a Mario game.
World,
3, and
Thousand-Year Door would be at the top of the list for consideration on that front --
World and
3 for mastery, and
Thousand-Year Door because it's the most vibrant, fully-realized world in any Mario RPG, and I'm sure I'd be in the mood for some escapism.
Books:
- A parallel Bible with the 2011 NIV and The Message. Unless the suite of programs on my PC includes e-Sword, in which case I suppose I'd replace this slot with a single-volume compilation of
Narnia (been meaning to get around to reading that again for a while now), but with the books rearranged into release order, not chronological order.
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Machine of Death, edited by Ryan North, David Malki!, and Matthew Bennardo. A big collection of great short stories, each one of which could potentially inspire me to write my own book on my presumptive word processor.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, because I'd want the one with the ending and the happy.
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House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, because I'd have the time to dissect it all.
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Realms Unreel by Audrey Auden, because I just started it a few days ago and haven't finished it yet and it's pretty good so far. This spot could just as easily go to
The Hunger Games for the exact same reasons, but that'd have to be the whole trilogy probably, and I guess it feels kinda cheap to have two full-series compilations on here? (I'd get a full Harry Potter compilation too if that's allowed) Actually, I guess I just wanted to bolster my indie cred.
There's a good chance that after a few decades, I'd be wishing I'd brought either
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman or
The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss.
Albums:
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Your Sparkling Death Cometh by Falling Up
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No, Sir, Nihilism is Not Practical by Showbread
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Baten Kaitos II: The First Wings and the Heirs of God OST by Motoi Sakuraba
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Multi-dimensional: Sonic Adventure 2 OST-
The Essential Weird Al Yankovic by Weird Al
I've listened to
Sparkling Death about thirty times according to Windows Media Player, and I haven't gotten sick of it yet. Close call between that and
Discover the Trees Again (their best-of album), though.
Nihilism is a very well put-together album, and it has Mouth Like A Magazine, which I will never get tired of rocking out to. Although their new album coming out this year,
Cancer, may well displace it. Who knows? Also,
Anorexia/Nervosa would be a close call on that, though more so if Mouth Like A Magazine weren't a factor. The
Baten Kaitos Origins OST almost feels like cheating, as it's quite long (3 discs). I picked it over the first game's OST mostly because of "Le ali del principio" and "The broken manas and my one and only", though I'd certainly be okay with either one.
Multi-dimensional has all the level and boss themes from
Sonic Adventure 2, including "Escape From the City" and "Live & Learn". It would be a much bigger nostalgia trip than the other album that has just the character theme songs, and if I'm spending the rest of my life on this island, I think there'd be quite a few nights when I'd get a lot of comfort from that. And of course, for my last choice, I had to go with Weird Al. Actually took a while to talk myself out of
My Worlds: The Collection (a compilation of
My World,
My World 2.0, and
My Worlds Acoustic), as it would be fun to sing along to them all. I figure Weird Al has that pretty much covered, though, with more and better songs, some of which can even be kinda serious, in his own way.
Movies:
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Rebel Without A Cause, 1955
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The Fall, 2006
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Modern Times, 1936
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Hercules in New York,
Super Mario Bros.,
Birdemic: Shock and Terror, or
The Room; or an episode of
MST3K (not sure which one, or even whether it'd be Mike or Joel)
- If a complete-series DVD set of a TV show can count, either
Death Note or
Boy Meets World. Probably the latter (and not just because it's a lot more episodes). If not, then probably
Return of the Jedi.
Empire is a better movie, but again, I think if I'm spending the rest of my life here, I'd prefer the one with the ending and the happy.
Also, I'd be cheating a little on this, as I have
A Goofy Movie,
The Lion King, and most of
Aladdin in my head.