Monthly Archives: June 2015

A Bit of Backlog Blasphemy

I may have backslid a little on my backlog reduction goal.  I wasn’t supposed to buy any games until Fatal Frame V came out, and instead I got sucked into an indiegala deal and wound up with three new VNs … Continue reading

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Ain’t no party…

…like an Alicorn Party. My wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I told her that I’d be happy as long as there was cake. What I GOT was, well, a pretty princess cake.  Possibly the prettiest, … Continue reading

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Enoch Noch Nochin’ on Heaven’s Door

I came to own El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron only after it was featured in an Xbox 360 Games on Demand sale at the bargain price of $2.99.  At the time, I played the prologue and about half of … Continue reading

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A Slight Redemption

It’s taken me fifteen years, but I have finally finished a Nintendo 64 game. I didn’t manage to finish a single one of the eleven games I owned for the thing when I actually owned the original hardware, which has … Continue reading

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A Numismatic Surprise

It’s not too unusual to get a wheat cent in your change, and every couple of years I’ll even find that I’ve gotten a Mercury dime or buffalo nickel.  Coins are hardy things, and tend to move from pocket to … Continue reading

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I am VERY secure in my masculinity

So, a few months back, my wife and I sat down and watched all of Disney’s CG “Tinker Bell” movies, and quite liked them.  Naturally, I wound up owning a copy of the associated video game once it made its … Continue reading

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It’s The Great Zapfish, Charlie Brown

Finished the Splatoon single player mode tonight, after playing it a level or two at a time for the last couple of weeks.  It was a heck of a lot of fun, a good change of pace from the frenetic … Continue reading

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Otomedius Excellent, I want that hour of my life back

Anyone who’s read more than a few posts here might come to the conclusion that I rate games on a) whether there’s fan service, b) if the fan service is relevant to my interests, c) if there’s a lot of … Continue reading

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Deathsmiles II X – The Lolis Strike Back

It’s hard saying “Japanese Xbox 360-exclusive” without a massive amount of cognitive dissonance, but the thing managed to rack up a startling number of titles that fit into that category over the course of its lifespan. Probably 75% of them … Continue reading

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THE iDOLM@STER Fan Service For You!

I played through the PSP version of The Idolmaster a few years back, and it was quite a rough game to get though as a non-native speaker.  It’s very text heavy and you are frequently given dialog options with a … Continue reading

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