Category Archives: videogames

That makes four for 2016

This is almost starting to become a habit. Mind you, I have been sticking to platinum trophies for games that (a) I quite like and that (b) are on the easy side.  There are a ton of games that have … Continue reading

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A Long And Vaguely-Formed Rant About Video Game Accessibility

I ran into an interesting article over the weekend, in which the author talks about wanting to play Skyrim but being held back by the controls. It struck a chord with me, because I had many of the same problems when … Continue reading

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The Shotgun Was Better This Time

One of my few complaints about the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot was that the shotgun seemed pretty terrible. It’s a silly thing to get worked up about, but I like it when video game shotguns pack some OOOOMPH, and that … Continue reading

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OK, that’s enough Lara for now

I did need to resort to a guide once I started working on hunting down the dozen or so documents and relics that I’d missed, and for help with the challenges in a couple of zones.  I couldn’t find a … Continue reading

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A Quick Thought on Rise Of The Tomb Raider

I had the following error message pop-up on me this evening: And I thought, huh, I guess I have been playing for a while, so that sort of error isn’t that weird, how long HAVE I been playing anyway? It … Continue reading

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I Probably Shouldn’t Call This My “Diva Cup”

For a guy who claims to be above all that silly trophy nonsense, I certainly do seem to be spending a lot of time going for Platinum trophies in my Vita games this month. In this case, it’s a side … Continue reading

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Hail Hydra

Finished Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate today – well, technically, I finished Warriors Orochi 3, because the “Ultimate” version added a bunch of chapters that take place after the ending credits – but I’m good with the story ending where it … Continue reading

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Priorities!

Sorry for the poor picture quality – Monster Monpiece is the first Vita game I’ve played that disables the screenshot option, presumably for Reasons. Anyway. There’s a lot of controversy around MonMon, because it’s a pretty fan-service heavy game in … Continue reading

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Mash Square to Continue

So, I finished playing through both of the Disney Infinity 3.0 play sets I bought during the post-Christmas sales, which left me with only two PS4 games on the backlog.  One of them is Alien: Isolation, a game that I … Continue reading

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Winter Wrap-Up

In the last couple of weeks of 2015, I burned through a good dozen games, neglecting my usual habit of writing a couple of paragraphs about each as I went. I figured I should catch up on that: Silent Hill: … Continue reading

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