Category Archives: videogames

Numbers! Part Two

Warning: Dreadfully dull post full of navel gazing ahead. Last year around this time, I realized that I’d been keeping track of my backlog progress for seven years, and that I’d finished 250 games in those seven years, and then … Continue reading

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How many barrels will thy vengeance yield thee?

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago – never mind how long precisely – having little or no money in my purse and a fondness for digital entertainment,  I thought I would sail about the iOS app store and see what … Continue reading

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False Idols

After knocking the K-On! rhythm game out of the backlog last week, I went back to the PSP shelf, picked up Megpoid The Music#, booted it for long enough to do the data install, and stuck it in my bag … Continue reading

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Hey now, Hey now, Ika Ika Un-day

I’ve been playing Splatoon in a very relaxed fashion since its release, finishing the single player, doing some Amiibo challenges, logging on for Splatfests, that sort of thing.  I saw people at the level cap of twenty within its first … Continue reading

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Sakuragaoka Girl’s High School Musical

I watched the first season of K-On! a few years back, and it really didn’t make much of an impression.  I finished it, so I probably liked it, but it was really just kind of a moe-by-numbers show, designed to … Continue reading

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Don’t Stop Beheading

I finished Ninja Gaiden Sigma this weekend, though I was eventually forced to swallow my pride and drop down to Ninja Dog level.  In retrospect, it was the right decision, but I might have held on a little longer if … Continue reading

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Cult of Personality Test

Pretty much every job I’ve had in the last decade has had me take a Myers-Briggs test, and I always score as an INTJ.  It’s nice to be predictable, I guess. It’s not a terribly useful thing to know about … Continue reading

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Once, Twice, Three Times a Ninja

I have now purchased Ninja Gaiden for the third time, this time in the form of a $6.39 copy of Ninja Gaiden Sigma for the PS3.  At some point, I am expecting my wife and friends to stage an intervention. … Continue reading

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Miku is a harsh mistress

I’m usually playing one or two console/PC games and one portable game at any given time, so I needed a new walkabout title after finishing Spirit Camera. Somehow, Project Diva f 2nd leapt off the shelf and wound up in … Continue reading

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Speed Camera

When I originally bought my 3DS, the store I was in didn’t have Kingdom Hearts in stock, and I felt silly leaving without any games, and I’ve always had a fondness for the Fatal Frame games, so I bought Spirit … Continue reading

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