Category Archives: PS4

On The Evolution Of Gaming Skill

First off, I want all the credit for not spelling “Skill” with a Z at the end.  It took some self control. Carrying on, then. While I have been playing games since the glory days of the arcade, and an … Continue reading

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A Bloodborne Primer

That’s a bit of a misleading title, because this isn’t really a primer. A few days ago, I talked a friend into trying Bloodborne, and watching him play through the opening bits made me want to play them again.  I … Continue reading

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Test Your Might

A couple of games off the backlog recently. First, Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, which really wasn’t stuck on to the backlog for very long.  I preordered it, it showed up on the release date, it sat on the shelf … Continue reading

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In Which, I derp at Project Diva: Future Tone. 

It’s a good thing that I have absolutely no interest in any of the games coming out  between now and November, because the end of June was a little expensive.   I had pre-ordered both Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE and Star … Continue reading

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Did I Actually Just Finish Bloodborne?

Yes. Yes, I did. Going from “OK, I’m going to man up and try this Demon’s Souls thing” to, two months later, finishing the last of From Software’s series of rather brutal RPGs has been an interesting experience.  It’s made … Continue reading

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Cleric Beast Beatdown

After finishing Estival Versus, I had three PS4 games sitting on my shelf taunting me from their shrinkwrap.  Two of them – Nights of Azure and Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess – are JRPGs that heavily emphasize the general bustiness … Continue reading

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My OCD Is Showing: Senran Kagura Estival Versus, Take Two:

This makes eight total platinum trophies, three of them for entries in the Senran Kagura series.  Say what you will about the series, it doesn’t make you jump through a ton of crazy hoops to get cheevos.  If you just … Continue reading

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What the heck is an “Estival”?

So, after a steady diet of From Software’s finest, I needed something a little more fluffy.  This took the form of two visual novels (Aozora Meikyuu and Sakura Beach 2), THREE hidden-object games (Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood, Empress … Continue reading

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On Youthful Rejections Of Gender Stereotypes

Like pretty much every child with a pulse, I loved me some Pac-Man in the early 80s.  I had a Pac-Man lunchbox, a cassette tape of the Pac-Man Fever album, books on how to beat Pac-Man…  I shoved a lot … Continue reading

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Sweeeeeeeet Eeee-MO-SHUN

The big draw of 3.0 was, really, Star Wars, and I hadn’t even really noticed Inside Out during its theatrical run. Still, it happened to be in stock at a Redbox on a day when I was browsing for something … Continue reading

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