When you think of best Super Mario song, what comes to mind?  The overworld theme that is one of the most recognizable video game music compositions ever; the just-as-easily recognizable underworld theme; how about that one with the fish? Or God forbid, the Walk the Dinosaur song from the movie…

But I pose to you something else;  something newer, but not recent.  I’m of course talking about Dire, Dire Docks from the level of the same name in Super Mario 64.  Why do I think this song deserves recognition? Simply, it has stuck with me more than most other video game songs, including the overworld song.

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 WARNING: Sozin’s Comet SPOILERS EXIST IN THIS POST

I really wanted to write a review for the finale episode of Avatar, Sozin’s Comet, but I do not know what to say.  I am not very skilled at reviewing things in the first place, but somehow reviewing this episode (or “these episodes,” I guess I should say) seems impossible.  It has been almost a week since the finale aired, and still I do not know what to say; I am completely and utterly speechless.  I mean, how can I review something when I do not know what to say about it?  Well, I will give it a try.

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