Category Archives: videogames

Demon Gazed

I finished Demon Gaze last night, and according to the in-game timer, it took me a hair over 42 hours.  I started it back in mid-December, so I’ve obviously taken some breaks from play here and there.  Some of that … Continue reading

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I Bought This Game for the Plot

Lot of Dead or Alive posts recently, sorry about that. I could talk about The Familiar of Zero instead, since that’s the show I’m currently using as a distraction from spending 90 minutes a day on the exercise bike. I … Continue reading

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In Which, I Purchase Cosmetic DLC

So, there’s apparently a bit of a kerfluffle going on right now in the competitive fighting “scene”, as it were, where fans of the Dead or Alive series are concerned that their punching simulator of choice is not taken seriously … Continue reading

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Well, that was unexpectedly brutal

It turns out that playing through DoA: Dimension’s tutorial has boosted my confidence enough that I’ve decided that I’m actually going to try playing a fighting game online, and I had a bunch of PSN credit left in my Japanese … Continue reading

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She Kicks High

I had written the fighting game genre off as something that I’d used to enjoy but no longer could. Honestly, most of that is just because the games that I grew up with have gotten to be hopelessly complex. Looking … Continue reading

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Chimera Chips

I’m not sure how long these have been around.  I’d never seen them before yesterday, and there was only one package of them, incorrectly shelved with the rice cakes and far away from the other Pringles displays.  It’s possible that … Continue reading

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The Online Shooting Robots

My wife and I have been watching a ton of anime together recently. She’s been going through the streaming options on Crunchyroll and Netflix and finding new series for us to watch, and her recommendations have thus far been spot … Continue reading

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ICHIBAN WA MEEEEEEE

The Oneechanbara series aren’t exactly art games.  Really, they’re a raised middle finger in the direction of every well-meaning crusader, from Fredric Wertham to Tipper Gore to Jack Thompson, who has ever tried to SAVE THE CHILDREN from the evils … Continue reading

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I Think I Can Maybe Live Without Half Life 3

So, finished playing through Half Life 2 tonight, my fourth time through the game which says an awful lot for how much I like it. It was my first time through since Valve patched in Achievements, which I found really … Continue reading

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Plastic Heroes

I’m still playing Demon Gaze, and it remains a terribly enjoyable game. The level of fan service has dropped off considerably as I’ve gotten further into the story and dungeon crawling, so I suspect that it may have been front-loaded … Continue reading

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