Category Archives: videogames

Silent Hill 4: Maison Ikkoku, Hell-Dimension Edition

In retrospect, it was pretty ironic to have chosen this last week to play Silent Hill 4. It’s not that I was ACTUALLY kept inside my house by mysterious chains and sealed windows, but being stuck inside for several days … Continue reading

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Wooooo cats

I’m choosing to believe that win% is the only metric that matters, and that Nintendo’s weird fudging of the numbers to put dogs on top is simply evidence that someone in the decision-making hierarchy couldn’t stand to see their precious … Continue reading

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Begun, The Turf Wars Have

To celebrate, Inkopolis Plaza got a new coat of, um.  Paint?  Ink? It looks pretty, anyway.  I’m not much for the Splatfest battle music, but a change of pace never hurt. After a dozen or so matches, I’m up to … Continue reading

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EDF! EDF! EDF!

Earth Defense Force 2017, the first game in the series to grace American shelves, was a bit of an impulse buy.  I picked it up because my wife had heard good things about it and it was, well, it was … Continue reading

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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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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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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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